Remakes, Remakes, Remakes!

I agree for what it is worth. Most remakes are flops at the box office anyhow.

Yeah some people can't leave well enough alone. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in Casablanca...Oh my I think I hear a flop coming.

The problem is that usually the original is really old and considered a classic but if you think about it the originals are sometimes really simple movies that for some reason were turned into myths.Also originals are watched with the idea that it was filmed in another era and re-makes are watched as if its from nowdays, they either change it to fit the times and are beaten by fans or do it like the other and the movie turns crap because the times have changed!

You wouldn't believe what they are remaking next that now the remakes to " The Ring", " Texas Chainsaw Massacre", " Dawn of the Dead" and " Manchaurian Candidate" have been successful:

"Suspiria".
" Back To School".
" The Last Unicorn" ( Now in live-action).
" Assault on Precinct 13".
" The Flight of the Phoenix".
" The Posideon Adventure".
" The Bad News Bears".
" The Longest Yard".
" Prom Night".
" The Hills Have Eyes".
" Transformers: The Movie".
" Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
" King Kong".
" The Fly" ( Made for TV movie).
" Charlie and The Chocolate Factory".
" Dark Water".
" The Grudge".

Do you think these remake ideas are good or things that can't be broken then fixed?

Most of those I couldn't care less about. If anything, they'll raise awareness to the originals, which from the likes of it, probably could benefit from a remake.

Hasnt Invasion of the Body Snatchers been remade like 2 times already?

" Assault on Precinct 13".
" The Flight of the Phoenix".
" King Kong".

Perfectly good movies already that still bear up to viewing - Remake? Why? makes no sense...

" Dark Water".
" The Grudge".

Obviously a lot more people are going to want to see a sub-standard non-scary version of a horror movie as long as it's in English and they dont have to strain what little brain they have.

" Charlie and The Chocolate Factory".

Well now - see - a film that again really doesn't need a remake, or readapting... but I've got "insider knowledge" about this production and its damn well going to kick your ass.

Wow tranformers:the movie would be cool just becuase i loved those guys as a kid but are they doing it as a cartoon? becuase i've heard they might be doing a tranformers movie, but no cartoon.

transformers is live action i believe (with loads of cgi ofcourse) and its not supposed to be a remake of the old one.. charlie and the factory doesnt need one.. but with tim burton and johnny depp its gonna be awesome

Remakes i dont mind too much, providing that they pull it off. Here is a list of reasons why this hardly ever happens, consider these god awful remakes:

The Jackel
Planet of the Apes
A Perfect Murder
Get Carter
Diaboligue
Psycho

The chances of ruining a movie versus improving it are pretty slim through my eyes.

There are three remakes I am looking forward to:

King Kong
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
War of the Worlds

I just can't believe America are remaking Infernal Affairs, tut tut.

Black Christmas was going to get a remake, are they still going ahead with remaking a classic?

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory is being remade soon. {lol}

they're also remaking Ju'on (the grudge) and Shall we dance?
both are japanese films being remade for western audiences.. which tend to suck.. 😘

Hey, the Ring wasn't so bad.

Originally posted by ScarFace Clone
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory is being remade soon. {lol}

In fact it's not so much a remake of the first movie as a return to the book - hence "Charlie and the chocolate factory"

And it's going to be great.

Remakes don't surprise me anymore. My parents have always said, "Hey, you should watch the original 'Ocean's Eleven' or 'Planet Of The Apes' or 'Psycho', which I usually check out and compare and contrast with the new versions for some form of entertainment I cannot explain. Of course we will be telling the same thing to our kids, or our sister's kids, for I cannot fathom having kids of my own at this moment. But, yeah. I can't wait to tell my niece when she's 17 to rent the original 'Joe Dirt', or the original 'BaseketBall'.

The only remakes that actually work are the ones from the Golden Age of cinema, for instance, the 1959 Ben Hur is far better than the silent version. Elsewhere, remakes are a sure sign of Hollywood slowly, gradually running out of potent ideas of decent screen entertainment.
The remake of Psycho proves this beyond a doubt. What were they thinking? 'Oops, we've run out of movie scripts! I know what we'll do...we'll crap all over a recognised masterpiece by a renown director long dead. Great idea!!!'

For the record, here are eight reasons why i believe remakes should be outlawed by all good cinemagoers who appreciate originality in an artform that used to revel in such things....

1. psycho (1998)
2. the italian job, without the cockney bloke (obviously)
3. house on haunted hill
4. (deep shudder)...The Haunting
5. alfie (again, without the cockney bloke)
6. get carter (same as above, even though he's actually in this version)
7. planet of the apes (Tim Burton finally loses it)
8. rear window (patronising Chris Reeves is one thing, spitting on Hitch twice is another)

if theres more, please enlighten me. I know there is but typing the words planet, apes and tim burton in the same sentence did me in....

"Suspiria". - Bad idea remaking

" Assault on Precinct 13". - Original is a classic, but will be interesting to see what they do

" The Posideon Adventure". - First was good enough

" Prom Night". - Pointless remaking a slasher film which was one of the better ones during the time, I loved Prom Night.

" The Hills Have Eyes". - Not bothered, be interesting to compare.

" Invasion of the Body Snatchers". - Been made 3 times already! Liked everyone of these.

" King Kong". - Naomi Watts and Peter Jackson, can't complain

" Charlie and The Chocolate Factory".- Looks interesting, can't wait!!

" Dark Water". - Think this remake will do very well, especially with Connolly in the lead, and also a good director.

" The Grudge". - Was pretty pointless

I'm just waiting for someone to remake Saving Private Ryan, or at least start another thread about it.