Absolutely. The remake was damn near perfection. It was truly what a remake should be - take what was great about the original and keep it. Learn what in hindsight wasn't as great or didn't age as well and change it.
Movie Remakes - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
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I would take the 2nd JJ Abrahms Trek film (ie TWOK attempted re-hash) and send everyone involved - writers, crew, actors, marketing, everyone - to live on a desert island and be forced to watch that movie on a continuous loop, until the end of their natural lives.
And not like a tropical desert island. Like one of the little ones in the Bering Straight, where it's windy and freezing all the time and the only thing to eat is industrial fish.
Not a fan.
And not like a tropical desert island. Like one of the little ones in the Bering Straight, where it's windy and freezing all the time and the only thing to eat is industrial fish.
Not a fan.
Point Break, the original, was a horrible movie. I know I am in the minority with that opinion.
I would love to see a remake of Debbie Does Dallas.
Thoughts on Total Recall? I thought the remake, while not a great movie on it’s own, was way better than the original.
There were elements of it I liked, but it took itself way too serious. The original is super corny, but that was part of its charm.
Original Poltergeist is one of my favorite movies of all time and I rather enjoyed 2015 version.
I pretty much hate all of the Disney remakes of their classics. Lazy cash grab.
I pretty much hate all of the Disney remakes of their classics. Lazy cash grab.
I'm about half way through the Roadhouse remake. It's pretty awful
"The Bird Cage" with Robin Williams is a masterpiece remake of "La Cage aux Folles" and it has to be because of his impeccable performance. Or, could be because Gene Hackman was genius as the conservative Senator forced to escape Miami in drag.
Vacation remake with rusty driving the car and Christina Applegate had some good moments but was not anywhere near the original. Prime Chevy Chase was so good. Glad we didn’t have the internet back then to see how much of a jerk he was.
That trailer for the original doesn't look funny at all. It looks like an arthouse film or something, not a comedy.
Humor is cultural.
One of the biggest box office hits ever in France, "Le Père Noël est une ordure" (Santa Claus is a piece of sh*t) tanked dramatically when they tried to remake it in English (Mixed Nuts). Even Steve Martin couldn't save it.
It's also temporal.
Most of what was funny decades ago is no longer that funny. And some of what was supposed to be serious is not hilarious. I give you "Reefer Madness".
