I'm looking for instances where a movie remake is superior than the original
The Thing.
Little Shop Of Horrors.
Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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Atropa - Nov 16, 2009 10:36:15 am PST #4995 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2009 10:38:46 am PST #4996 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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!
Jesse - Nov 16, 2009 10:39:12 am PST #4997 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Far From Heaven isn't actual a remake, more an homage, AFAIK.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2009 10:40:09 am PST #4998 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Like the remake more than the original: Thomas Crowne Affair. GUH.
megan walker - Nov 16, 2009 10:48:10 am PST #4999 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2009 10:59:11 am PST #5000 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
megan walker - Nov 16, 2009 11:03:36 am PST #5001 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can't remember if I've watched the original, but the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was pretty good.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2009 11:26:50 am PST #5002 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Tree Lobsters - Nov 16, 2009 12:06:41 pm PST #5003 of 30000
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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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2009 12:15:16 pm PST #5004 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm pretty sure The Birdcage is the original source of my abiding Robin Williams hatred. Even more than his hideous string of "sickly sad clown/robot/divorced dad/miscellaneous manboychild with a song in his heart and a wound in his soul" abominations. 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. Except Williams, who was a bucket of STABKILLRAGE.
Oh, thank God, I'm not alone. Robin Williams should thank his lucky stars that I've never found a genie lamp, because wish #3 would be for the ability to be waiting backstage with a heavy shovel at the ready every. single. time he plays up his mincing fey schtick for a cheap laugh. I'd go through a lot of shovels.