Topic Question
Added 2021-09-01 02:30:18 +0000 UTCWhat's a movie remake that you think is better than the original? Video to follow.
Comments
The Thomas Crown Affair of 1968 vs. the 1999 remake ... I think Steve McQueen beats Pierce Brosnan on all accounts. The King of Cool. And although Rene Russo does a very good job in the remake, she is no match for the irresistible allure of Faye Dunaway in the original.That being said, the remake works fine as a thriller.
Klaus Gehrmann
2021-09-19 18:36:08 +0000 UTCA Star is Born, the 1954 version with Judy Garland and James Mason is just about as fine a musical as you can get. The original from 1937 is good as well, but that first remake is the best. From there (1976 and 2018), the pictures lost their way. Will also add a vote to Cronenberg's The Fly, which takes the original 1958 campy creature feature and transforms it into a terrifying, effective horrorfest. Fox was on a roll in 1986 with both Aliens and The Fly.
Atticus Xey
2021-09-04 20:13:38 +0000 UTCWow there's actually a list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_film_remakes
Jesse Albert Garcia
2021-09-02 06:53:55 +0000 UTCThe Wizard of Oz (1939). While I don't think it's a perfect film, it captured the hearts of a generation who watched it on their televisions. The technicolor and set designs are wonderful to look at and it's an easily accessible film for those who say "I don't like old movies. They are boring". Oh and it's way better than the 1925 version
Emerson B
2021-09-02 02:12:16 +0000 UTCThis may be a bit of a hot take, but I think that Jim McBride's 1983 remake of Godard's Breathless from 1959 is the better film overall. It does trade any substance that the original may still have had for pure style - but what a style that is! Sure, Godard's film was an influential part of the French New Wave and demonstrated bold and unconventional visuals for its time. But the 1983 interpretation is just a lot more fun to watch, has tighter pacing, a killer soundtrack, and just looks fantastic. Valérie Kaprisky is often seen as miscast, whereas I think her performance, intentional or not, fits the role perfectly. I respect the original, but I actually love the remake.
Michael Hofmann
2021-09-01 18:14:36 +0000 UTCDawn of the Dead (2004) is superior to Dawn of the Dead (1978.) The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is fractionally better than The Invasion of the body snatchers (1956) arguably. The Lord of the Rings (2001) is better than the Lord of the Rings (1978.)
Ross Skilton
2021-09-01 13:28:42 +0000 UTCYeah, I’m going with The Fly (1986). There were plenty of 1980s sci-fi/horror remakes, such as The Thing (1982) and The Blob (1988), that benefited from much improved special effects. But David Cronenberg, in one of his best films, gives the 1950s original’s B-movie premise of a scientist who gets his genes spliced with that of a fly a whole new tragic dimension. Jeff Goldblum gives his best performance as a man whose body—and humanity—starts to waste away as he becomes a horrifying creature. He and Geena Davis have a touching romantic chemistry that forms a strong center for the film, leading up to an emotionally brutal ending. Cronenberg takes sci-fi pulp and makes it into a moving metaphorical story about loving someone with a terminal illness, something that resonated all the more as it was released during the AIDS epidemic. The film is at once disgusting, horrifying, operatic, and, ultimately, hauntingly tragic.
Bennett Oliver
2021-09-01 04:00:41 +0000 UTCIt is a massive tie between 2001's Ocean's Eleven and Carpenter's The Thing. We all know that Carpenter's film is an all time horror classic. It does everything right that a GOOD horror film requires. Greet gore effects that never feels excessive to where it takes over the film. The suspense and characters are always in the forefront. 2001's Ocean's 11 does an amazing job with it's colorful cast of movie stars and really makes an interesting, diverse team. The use of Vegas is also brilliantly used to show off not only the glitz and glamour of the Strip but also the rather subtle craziness that always ensues underneath.
Tony Moro
2021-09-01 03:38:37 +0000 UTCMy Fair Lady is better than the original Pygmalion in every way. The original 1938 film adaptation with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller is great but the remake took it to a new level of pure timelessness by making it more of a musical comedy with one of the best soundtracks in film history, some of the most hilarious performances ever by Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway, and Wilfrid Hyde-White, and a masterclass in production and costume design that contributes to the story and completely sucks you in to the setting rather than detracting from it. So many great moments told through just visuals and music and a beautiful retelling of the original themes which never fail to blow me away.
Wolfman Brandon
2021-09-01 03:38:24 +0000 UTCFrancis Ford Coppola's Dracula (1992) over Tod Browning's Dracula (1931). Browning's version is charming in it's own way even it's bit dated leading to some unintentionally funny moments. Coppola's version, by contrast, is able to portray a much more interesting version of the character with a great performance by Gary Oldman along with Coppola's amazing direction that perfectly captures a dark and sensuous tone, reinforced by the sets, costumes, and score.
Stephen
2021-09-01 03:14:49 +0000 UTCOne that comes to mind is TRUE GRIT. The Coen brothers version is "grittier" by far than the original directed by Henry Hathaway. The acting is far superior, the writing is closer to the original novel, and the ending is much more melancholy than the happy ending of the 1969 version. I'm usually not a big westerns fan, but the 2010 version is one of the exceptions.
Edward Eiffler
2021-09-01 03:14:11 +0000 UTCI feel like this poll will greatly favor horror titles. Cronenberg's THE FLY (1986) is the obvious but also best example. Pete Travis' DREDD (2012) is also superior to the clumsy Stallone vehicle from the '90s. Didn't know Alex Garland wrote the screenplay for it until recently! :-D
Grant Phipps
2021-09-01 02:56:09 +0000 UTCThis is the obvious and mandatory answer.
Arthur Augustyn
2021-09-01 02:56:04 +0000 UTCI'll go to bat for Suspiria 2018. While I appreciate the aesthetic of the 1977 original, I find the remake far more compelling and much more interesting as horror. It trades a fairy tale sensibility for a grim cold war Berlin, bringing what was a vague backdrop more to the forefront to devastating affect. The dance that played such a minor role in the original is front and center and such an interesting part of the mythos in that it is the way the witches cast spells which its itself such a cool choice. It also has this overwhelming since of crushing dread which I hadn't felt in a horror movie since probably when I saw the Shining as a kid. It's a frigid movie with a haunting atmosphere that I found gripping and unsettling unlike many movies.
Tyler Shobe
2021-09-01 02:42:29 +0000 UTCI know both are technically adaptations of the novel but still
Dan Tedesco
2021-09-01 02:35:54 +0000 UTCI actually like the 50s The Thing From Another World but compared to Carpenter’s 1982 remake it’s not even close
Dan Tedesco
2021-09-01 02:34:14 +0000 UTC
