Movie remakes as good as the original.

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May 21, 2017, 12:53 PM

bendable

Movie remakes as good as the original.

titanic

May 21, 2017, 06:10 PM

irreverent

True Grit and Thomas Crown Affair.

May 21, 2017, 09:28 PM

Aquabird

The second Virginian

May 21, 2017, 09:46 PM

amals

Heaven Can Wait/Here Comes Mr. Jordan

May 22, 2017, 02:17 AM

DMF

quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
titanic

That's not a remake.

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May 22, 2017, 02:20 AM

DMF

Breaking Point, was a 1989 made for TV (early in the TNT network) remake of the 1964 film, 36 Hours. The remake was actually a little better than the original.

May 22, 2017, 07:45 AM

Hound Dog

quote:
Originally posted by DMF:
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
titanic
That's not a remake.

There were quite a few 'Titanic Movies' over the years. Cameron's is simply the definitive version (due to the CGI and budget; the whole 'love story' aspect of it sucks).

The only remake I like (at all, much less one that I find better than the original) is the 1953 War of the Worlds. That was a remake from an earlier movie. The Tom Cruise version sucked.

May 22, 2017, 07:51 AM

akcopnfbks

quote:
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
Hopefully, no one mentions RED DAWN or POINT BREAK.

I didn't mind the Red Dawn remake, though it wasn't as good as the original. But I couldn't make it half an hour in the Point Break remake.....talk about a preachy enviro-terrorist bullshit movie.

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May 22, 2017, 07:52 AM

akcopnfbks

quote:
Originally posted by ChuckFinley:
I disagree on True Grit. I tried to watch it, but turned it off in less than 10 minutes. Unwatchable.

I like the new one better, overall.

May 22, 2017, 07:54 AM

akcopnfbks

Dredd with Karl Urban was far superior to the Sly version. The Robocop remake was close too, maybe not better, but on par.

May 22, 2017, 08:59 AM

DMF

quote:
Originally posted by Hound Dog:
quote:
Originally posted by DMF:
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
titanic
That's not a remake.

There were quite a few 'Titanic Movies' over the years. Cameron's is simply the definitive version (due to the CGI and budget; the whole 'love story' aspect of it sucks).

Yes, there are many movies about the Titanic sinking, but that does not mean each is a remake of the other.

Cameron's Titanic had a fictional plot that had not been done before.

Calling Cameron's Titanic a remake is like saying every movie about WWII is a remake of the others.

May 22, 2017, 09:11 AM

Bigboreshooter

The Manchurian Candidate.

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May 22, 2017, 09:14 AM

fpuhan

quote:
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
Hopefully, no one mentions RED DAWN or POINT BREAK.

Or Total Recall. What a disaster the remake was!

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May 22, 2017, 12:07 PM

iron chef

I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet.

Heat (1995)/LA Takedown (1989)

Another Michael Mann movie,
Last of the Mohicans (1992)/many other previous versions

May 22, 2017, 06:46 PM

Floyd D. Barber

Night of the Living Dead. 1990.

Maybe even better than the original.

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May 22, 2017, 06:51 PM

Bigboreshooter

As much as I liked MANHUNTER back in the 80's, I think Red Dragon was a better overall film.