Do you enjoy "remake" movies?

TOTAL RECALL is releasing this Friday, but i'm not sure if the movie'll be better than Arnold Schwarzenneger's original movie from 90's.

Hollywood also remade some classi'c 80's movies as FOOTLOOSE, FRIGHT NIGHT, THE THING etc recently.KING KONG comes to mind as well.They also remade and remaking movies from outside America like LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THE GRUDGE, THE RING especially for American audience.

Thing is do you enjoy "remake" movies or prefer original version as it is?

Personally i prefer original version.I really hate when they remake and ruin classi'c movies.

I enjoyed the remake of scarface, both versions are great but the remake is actually better.

If you've seen the original, its almost always they're better.

I enjoyed the remake of scarface, both versions are great but the remake is actually better.

toast_burner

You mean Brian de Palma's Scarface? Its a remake ???

Not typically, no. The only two I really liked were the first Hills Have Eyes and Texas Chainsaw.

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I enjoyed the remake of scarface, both versions are great but the remake is actually better.

indzman

You mean Brian de Palma's Scarface? Its a remake ???

It's a remake of a 1932 film of the same name.

The thing is also a great film, although it seems more like a sequel than a remake.

Not typically, no. The only two I really liked were the first Hills Have Eyes and Texas Chainsaw.

Pirate700

The remakes were better than original?

Sometimes yes, often times no. I don't automatically condemn remakes for the sake of it though.

I thought Let Me In was a fantastic film and actually enjoyed it a bit more than Let the Right One In (which I adored in the first place). Same goes for Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Fright Night was also much, much better than the original. :P

I will say Total Recall looks terrible.

Not usually. A few have been ok.

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I enjoyed the remake of scarface, both versions are great but the remake is actually better.

toast_burner

You mean Brian de Palma's Scarface? Its a remake ???

It's a remake of a 1932 film of the same name.

The thing is also a great film, although it seems more like a sequel than a remake.

WOW, always thought 80's Scarface was original movie and is one of my fav gangster movie of all time lol."ll check out the 1932 version thanks for the info.

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I enjoyed the remake of scarface, both versions are great but the remake is actually better.

toast_burner

You mean Brian de Palma's Scarface? Its a remake ???

It's a remake of a 1932 film of the same name.

And the 1932 film itself was an adaptation of a novel based on Al Capone (for those that say that Hollywood is out of original ideas today).

For the record, the 2011 The Thing was not a remake but a prequel to the remake from 1982.

For the record, the 2011 The Thing was not a remake but a prequel to the remake from 1982.

TheFallenDemon

It rather confusing.

As for remakes, I really have no problem with them. It can be interesting to see someone else's take on an older story and the results can be good. I view film remakes the same way I view cover versions of songs.

Not sure if it counts as a remake, but I loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I never seemed to be able to get into the old ones, but that one was right up my alley. photokid201

Not sure if it counts as a remake, but I loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I never seemed to be able to get into the old ones, but that one was right up my alley. photokid201

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For the record, the 2011 The Thing was not a remake but a prequel to the remake from 1982.

toast_burner

It rather confusing.

[QUOTE="photokid201"]Not sure if it counts as a remake, but I loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I never seemed to be able to get into the old ones, but that one was right up my alley. Pirate700

In a sense it is. The story is very similar to Conquest of the planet of the apes.

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[QUOTE="photokid201"]Not sure if it counts as a remake, but I loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I never seemed to be able to get into the old ones, but that one was right up my alley. toast_burner

In a sense it is. The story is very similar to Conquest of the planet of the apes.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]That's not a remake.

Pirate700

In a sense it is. The story is very similar to Conquest of the planet of the apes.

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In a sense it is. The story is very similar to Conquest of the planet of the apes.

toast_burner

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]It's in no way a remake. It's a prequel to all of them.

Pirate700

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]It's in no way a remake. It's a prequel to all of them.

Pirate700

Whats the difference between Reboot and Remake?

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[QUOTE="toast_burner"]No it's not. It's a reboot that is not conected to the original series.

toast_burner

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[QUOTE="toast_burner"]No it's not. It's a reboot that is not conected to the original series.

indzman

Whats the difference between Reboot and Remake?

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Right, it's a reboot. Not a remake. :P

Pirate700

Whats the difference between Reboot and Remake?

i see

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[QUOTE="toast_burner"]No it's not. It's a reboot that is not conected to the original series.

indzman

Whats the difference between Reboot and Remake?

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Right, it's a reboot. Not a remake. :P

TheFallenDemon

Whats the difference between Reboot and Remake?

I think i understand now why they call Amazing Spiderman reebot movie of spiderman franchise.Ty for the info.

I am watching the new 21 Jump Street movie and it is pretty funny!

Depends. I think there are some movies (like Peter Jackson's LotR and King Kong) that are on par or even better than the remakes. Though Hollywood should really make remakes off of crappy movies but make it 100X better.

No i fvcking hate them for the most part and it seems like one out of every two films coming out is a fvcking remake.

Colin Farrell is Arnie's equivalent apparently

And they are remaking The Running Man, that made me so angry i was almost ill.

The Bourne Legacy is continuing the series, right?

I'm generally not a fan of remakes especially those of Asian horror films. For some reason their western counterparts just don't measure up.

The Bourne Legacy is continuing the series, right?

DeadMan1290

I don't like most of them, I enjoy some though.

No i fvcking hate them for the most part and it seems like one out of every two films coming out is a fvcking remake.

Colin Farrell is Arnie's equivalent apparently

And they are remaking The Running Man, that made me so angry i was almost ill.

Ilovegames1992

TOTAL RECALL is releasing this Friday, but i'm not sure if the movie'll be better than Arnold Schwarzenneger's original movie from 90's.

Hollywood also remade some classi'c 80's movies as FOOTLOOSE, FRIGHT NIGHT, THE THING etc recently.KING KONG comes to mind as well.They also remade and remaking movies from outside America like LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THE GRUDGE, THE RING especially for American audience.

Thing is do you enjoy "remake" movies or prefer original version as it is?

Personally i prefer original version.I really hate when they remake and ruin classi'c movies.

indzman

The vast majority of remakes are just churned out for the purposes of making money off name recognition from the original - not because anybody had any worthwhile idea that would actually warrant a new movie being made.

I've liked maybe 5 remakes - out of how many hundred that have been made over the last few years?

Scarface, True Grit, Ben-Hur, Cape Fear, The Thing, Ocean's 11, 3:10 to Yuma, The Departed, A Fistful of Dollars, etc.

Not typically, no. The only two I really liked were the first Hills Have Eyes and Texas Chainsaw.

Pirate700

I don't get riled up over remakes/reboots/rehashes/reheats/reruns or what have you. Nine times out of ten the original project is still widely available to watch in one form or another, so if the new version sucks, you still got the original to fall back on.

Generally no, but I hated the original Total Recall. Just because I hate a movie doesn't mean that I want a remake, but the story is a good one and the concept for a good movie is there, it just got ruined by REALLY cheesy special effects and Arnold. So yeah, looking forward to TR.

Generally no, but I hated the original Total Recall. Just because I hate a movie doesn't mean that I want a remake, but the story is a good one and the concept for a good movie is there, it just got ruined by REALLY cheesy special effects and Arnold. So yeah, looking forward to TR.

theone86

But... dude... triple boobs! How can you hate a movie with that?

I don't mind them as remakes have been churning out of the movie-making machines since the beginning of movies and though many are crap, you never know when you're going to get something considered the defining version or at least on par with the original like The Letter, The Maltese Falcon, The Thing, The Wizard of Oz, Kongo (1932), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) et. al. Besides which you always have the original or at least the one that's your particular favorite to treasure forever so what's the harm?