Remakes that improved upon the original (ooh controversy)

[belboid]

actually, i think I'm thinking of the 1931 version

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Hitchcock's second go at The Man Who Knew Too Much was a better film imo. He'd learned his craft a bit more by then.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I'm not sure if El Dorado is better than Rio Bravo, but it's certainly as good as.

As for Rio Lobo, I've not seen that for sometime so I can't really say....

....and then You've got Assault on Precinct 13, which was inspired by Rio Bravo, and then remade itself...

It's like a spiralling hell of remakes

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Hitchcock's second go at The Man Who Knew Too Much was a better film imo. He'd learned his craft a bit more by then.

Was that The Man Who Knew Too Much More?

 

[gamma globulins]

was he man himself not a good actor then?

He-man was alright as an actor, but he was always cast more for his looks than anything else.

It's alright, I've already got me coat...

 

[kained&able]

I definitely wouldn't call Batman Begins and Dark Knight remakes. They're the first proper Batman films.

nah returns was the first proper batman film. That still holds up and is decent. Obviously not a par on the new ones but hey.

Dexter im not saying that batman and robin was any good, far from it it was utter utter shite(statue of liberty in gotham city ) but the original batman suprised me by its complete and utter shitness, which somehow makes it worse. I was really looking foward to rewatching that one but even jack nickelson is shite in it and theres laws againbst that.

dave

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Even Returns fiddled about with the material though - Catwoman coming back from the dead? Penguin being a deformed freak who lived in a sewer?

It does look fantastic, mind you.

 

[ChrisFilter]

The Italian Job not bad remake.

Burn the witch!

 

[kained&able]

Even Returns fiddled about with the material though - Catwoman coming back from the dead? Penguin being a deformed freak who lived in a sewer?

It does look fantastic, mind you.

ahh i never read the comics so don't have basis for shite like that.


dave

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I'm not a comic expert, but even I know the Penguin in the comics doesn't look remotely like Danny Devito's one...

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

It's a good Tim Burton film. Just not necessarily a good Batman film...

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I'll start. The Thomas Crown afar. Original had badly dated split screen visual, dodgy music, and a ropey plot. Remake up took the concept ran with, had two great leads, a fantastic ending, humour, style, wit, and pace. And it has a fantastic cameo from Faye Dunaway star of the original as Crown's therapist. For those of you have seen the ending here's a

when I say the thread title this sprang to mind immediately. I love the remake. I tried to watch the original when it was on telly the other day and couldn't really get into it. I wanted to like it, it had Steve McQueen in it! But I just couldn't.

 

[AverageJoe]

Evil Dead 2 is better than Evil Dead 1

Snatch is better than Lock Stock.

Sequels or remakes of the previous film with a bigger budget? You decide. The stories are the same (ish)

You cant include Bill and Teds cos thats a different story in each film

 

[pboi]

dark knight was shit, sorry.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

dark knight was shit, sorry.

 

[pboi]

the first one I preferred. the second was just...panto, too long, and unecessary prisoners dilemma thingy