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Lord of the Flies
Village of the Damned
Planet of the apes

Original was better, the remake made more money.
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Flyingcursor wrote:
GaryKelly wrote:
buddhu wrote:Good remakes:

Cape Fear
Are you serious? Robert Mitchum was brilliant in the original, genuinely menacing, and not once did he have to resort to the cheap 'techniques' of foul language, blood, gore and violence that Scorcese stooped to. Mitchum was the DB's in the original, De Niro little more than a caricature.
And you could clearly see what was going on at the end of the original, which was shot day-for-night; the remake was reminiscent of Alien, so dark you couldn't see what was going.
Not to mention the ridiculous idea of hanging on to the bottom of an SUV while going down the highway. ...
Don't get me wrong. I prefer the original, but the remake worked for me in a different way. I'm a big Scorsese and De Niro fan, so I'm biased, but in my life there's plenty of room for both versions.
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gonzo914 wrote:
cowtime wrote: the ultimate remake sacrilege-

Sunset Boulevard
No -- The ultimate remake sacrilege would be Citizen Kane, starring Tom Cruise as Charles Foster Kane and Katie Holmes as the talentless lounge singer who became Kane's second wife. Toby McGuire will play the reporter seeking out the secret of Rosebud, and Mark Wahlberg will play Joseph Cotton's role of Jedediah Leland, since Tom Hanks and Dustin Hoffman will have nothing to do with it.
:o well, I'd certainly put that on a level with Sunset Boulevard.

Wonder what Rosebud would be in the remake?
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cowtime wrote:
I checked out a remake site and am horrified.....

swearing


http://www.movie-remakes.com/
this one?
No, not that one,but it looks interesting. I'll check it out.
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djm wrote:Whatever happened to the remake of Don Quixote, that was supposed to star John Cleese, with Robin Williams playing Sancho Panza? It sounded interesting, but just seemed to fade away off the map.
Sounds a little like "The last remake of Beau Geste" with Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margaret et al.
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cowtime wrote:
Wonder what Rosebud would be in the remake?
A Razor Scooter... :D :P
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Tyler Morris wrote:
cowtime wrote:
Wonder what Rosebud would be in the remake?
A Razor Scooter... :D :P
Or a scratched copy of Wipeout XL for PlayStation.
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emmline wrote:
Tyler Morris wrote:
cowtime wrote:
Wonder what Rosebud would be in the remake?
A Razor Scooter... :D :P
Or a scratched copy of Wipeout XL for PlayStation.
Or maybe a DDR pad? :lol:
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