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What movies cannot be remade?
July 22, 2019, 05:53 AM
4MUL8RWhat movies cannot be remade?
Obviously, all movies could be remade--it is possible. We've discussed Seven Samurai (1954), Magnificent 7 (1960), and Magnificent 7 (2016) as one example. But, in some films, there is a certain magic that cannot be recreated. One might use The Sound Of Music as a story and cast without equal. Other movies have a star that simply defines the story with his or her presence -- think It's A Wonderful Life.
So, let's see if we can come up with the SF 100 No Remake Films that are so incredible in some way that no remake is warranted, for any reason.
To make this enjoyable for all, each "critic" can nominate one film for its story, and one film for its actor. No more than two, please.
If a film has a remake, it is by logic off the list. We don't want to create in this thread an argument over which should not have been remade.
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July 22, 2019, 06:13 AM
Jman78Blazing saddles and The Kentucky fried movie.
July 22, 2019, 07:55 AM
Hound DogThe Outlaw Josie Wales.
Fear God and Dread Nought
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher
July 22, 2019, 08:21 AM
RipleyJust spitballin', Gone With the Wind, Gummo.
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Johnny 3eaglesTora, Tora, Tora
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July 22, 2019, 08:31 AM
2BobTanner“Casablanca”. Warner Bros tried that with “Passage to Marseilles”, even used many of same cast, but it just didn’t work as America had gone too far into WW2 to have the same impact.
Some things are best left to the original version.
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July 22, 2019, 08:32 AM
clubleaf206‘Dial M for Murder’. So what if the phone line is cut, everyone has a cellphone these days. And many people don’t have landlines at all, anymore.
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July 22, 2019, 08:42 AM
henryarnaudI love this movie for it's weirdness/quirkiness, and I don't think a remake would be able to capture that.
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oddballThe Godfather I & II
Citizen Kane
Dirty Harry
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Jaws
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July 22, 2019, 09:14 AM
tigereye313Dr Strangelove.
July 22, 2019, 09:59 AM
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July 22, 2019, 12:02 PM
ensigmatic and
The Blues Brothers. In both cases both for the content and for the cast.
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mcrimmAnything starring Clint Eastwood.
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0-0Too often I see outstanding french movies turned to crap by attempts to milk the US market.
I mean, it's not just classic movies that can not be remade in order to sell old stuff to younger audiences.
Oftentimes, even great current talents are not up to par with old ones and CGG are not enough to fill the voids. Just think of Michael Bay's Pearl Harbour... and Team America's epic song about it.
Can't think of anyone filling Peter Seller's shoes, doing Mel Brooks comedies or being the next Kubrick, Houston, Hitchcock, Scott without looking like a cheap knock off.
Arts, IMO, must move forwards.
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July 22, 2019, 03:58 PM
.38supersigAw come on, You know they are just about to remake
Blazin' Saddles after they take the offensive stuff out.
The movie plays for eight minutes.
July 22, 2019, 04:26 PM
henryarnaudI just can't see anyone else playing Doc Brown. Or Marty McFly, for that matter.
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