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Uh, it's not exactly highbrow, but I really like Rob Zombie's take on Halloween. As a movie (with, like, actual plot and motivation, in so much as they are horror movie plot points), I like it a lot more than the original.
I heard the sequel was a big mess, though.
I'm looking for instances where a movie remake is superior than the original
The Thing.
Little Shop Of Horrors.
Nathan Lane was wonderful, and Calista Flockhart was surprisingly good in a tiny and mostly thankless role, but the entire rest of the movie was, to me, a bucket of meh.
Hank Azaria!
Far From Heaven isn't actual a remake, more an homage, AFAIK.
Like the remake more than the original: Thomas Crowne Affair. GUH.
Like the remake more than the original: Thomas Crowne Affair. GUH.
Yeah. The original had some great 60s elements, but I loved the remake. Also, I liked Unfaithful better than La Femme infidèle.
The original had some great 60s elements
And also some wild Boston-shot scenes. I remember seeing random scenes on TV and going "wait a minute..." because one of the buildings is still very much prominently there, but a lot of the rest of the area is unrecognizable.
I can't remember if I've watched the original, but the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was pretty good.
Oooh, good call on The Thing. That's a movie that has just grown and grown in reputation since it came out. I'd think it'd rank in the top ten horror movies of all time.
I'd say both "His Girl Friday" and "The Front Page" (1974) were better than the original "The Front Page" (1931). "Switching Channels", on the other hand, was far worse.
Bit of trivia: "Switching Channels" was supposed to star Michael Caine but he was too busy doing "Jaws, the Revenge". Burt Reynolds was cast instead because, y'know, Burt and Mike are oh so similar. It's hard to say which movie was worse. They both suck in their own special way.