Remakes That Were Good - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

J. J. Hunsecker · 05-02-2010, 11:45 PM

Blow Out (1981)
The Departed (2006)
Dracula (1958)
The Fly (1986)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
King Kong (2005)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Lodger (1944)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Thing (1982)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_A-M

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_N-Z

EDIT -- I forgot to mention A Fistful of Dollars (1964)!

Steve · 05-02-2010, 11:52 PM

I agree that The Thing is probably the greatest remake ever. I also liked the remake of Clash of the Titans, although neither movie followed the actual story of the myth very accurately as I understand it.

JAWS · 05-02-2010, 11:54 PM

I am just going to stick with remakes that I thought were as good or better then the original. Meaning that while I liked the Dawn of the Dead remake, I did not think it was as good as the original.

John Carpenter's The Thing
The Fly
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Departed
Cape Fear
The Ring
3:10 to Yuma
Fistful of Dollars
Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
The Blob
Ben Hur

Flyfisherman · 05-03-2010, 12:12 AM

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) the Original was Bedtime Story (1964)

Brando played the role Stever Martin did in the remake.

Dotpattern · 05-03-2010, 12:18 AM

Since no one's mentioned them...

Heat and Scarface

Monolithium · 05-03-2010, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dotpattern

Heat

What was this a remake of?

Q? · 05-03-2010, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnothan Pedak

What was this a remake of?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097700/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113277/movieconnections

IMDb provides good info!

lDlisturb3d · 05-03-2010, 03:41 AM

Dawn of the Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street

3:10 to Yuma
Bourne Trilogy

Inglourious Basterds

Clash of the Titans
Death race

I AM LEGEND

King Kong

Scareface

Shaft
The Thing
13 Ghost
True Lies Go Cameron

War of the Worlds

Keep in mind i hate older films, I need it to be modern

But this is my list

Lord_Stewie · 05-03-2010, 03:43 AM

King Kong.

Dotpattern · 05-03-2010, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Q!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097700/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113277/movieconnections

IMDb provides good info!

And they were both directed by Michael Mann.

Similar to how Hitchcock directed both the original The Man Who Knew Too Much and the remake.

surfdude12 · 05-03-2010, 04:00 AM

Vanilla Sky

charlieray1 · 05-03-2010, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

Keep in mind i hate older films, I need it to be modern

But this is my list

Why arbitrarily cut yourself off from decades of great film-making? With a little patience you might find you need to add a few to that list!

SpiderBaby · 05-03-2010, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

Inglourious Basterds

Keep in mind i hate older films, I need it to be modern

But this is my list

You hate older films, but you like a film in Basterds that references anything from silent films, to propaganda films, to G.W. Pabst, to Max Linder?

Travis · 05-03-2010, 05:21 AM

Better than original:
Payback
The Departed
Scarface
The Longest Yard
The Fly

*I am Legend
*not sure if it is a remake or just a different chapter from the same book that Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth came from. I am Legend is so much better than Omega Man. Never saw The Last Man.

Lacit170 · 05-03-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HeelsHater

Saw is a remake? I'm confused.

Anyways, I will second those who listed Man on Fire and The Crazies. Great stuff.

Also, I haven't seen the original Italian Job but I enjoyed the remake.

ill third this notion... i really want to know what this is in reference to... Saw that is...

fatediesel · 05-03-2010, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HeelsHater

Saw is a remake? I'm confused.

Yeah, I've never heard anyone say that Saw is a remake, and the Wikipedia and IMDB pages don't refer to it as a remake. Maybe there's a similar movie that is believed to inspire it, but Saw is not a remake.

CZAR · 05-03-2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabotage

You're all going to hate me but I thought Rob Zombie's Halloween was way better then the original.

No disrespect but this has to be one of the worst comments Ive read on here. Sorry friend. Got Em!!

Gaius Marius · 05-03-2010, 06:13 PM

Ocean's 11. Loved the new one, the original was okay.

Flyfisherman · 05-03-2010, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

Dawn of the Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street

3:10 to Yuma
Bourne Trilogy

Inglourious Basterds

Clash of the Titans
Death race

I AM LEGEND

King Kong

Scareface

Shaft
The Thing
13 Ghost
True Lies Go Cameron

War of the Worlds

Keep in mind i hate older films, I need it to be modern

But this is my list

Why do you hate older films? Any paticular reason? And what do you consider old?

Lacit170 · 05-03-2010, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Yeah, I've never heard anyone say that Saw is a remake, and the Wikipedia and IMDB pages don't refer to it as a remake. Maybe there's a similar movie that is believed to inspire it, but Saw is not a remake.

The closest thing i can think of would be Cube.... but there is no way its a remake...theyre not all that similar....

05-02-2010, 11:45 PM	#21
J. J. Hunsecker Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:460 DVD collection:270	Blow Out (1981) The Departed (2006) Dracula (1958) The Fly (1986) Heaven Can Wait (1978) His Girl Friday (1940) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) King Kong (2005) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) The Lodger (1944) The Magnificent Seven (1960) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) My Fair Lady (1964) Scarlet Street (1945) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) The Thing (1982) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Twelve Monkeys (1995) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_A-M http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_N-Z EDIT -- I forgot to mention A Fistful of Dollars (1964)! Last edited by J. J. Hunsecker; 05-03-2010 at 01:19 AM. Reason: Forgot a title

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05-02-2010, 11:52 PM	#22
Steve Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Anna, TX 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:41	I agree that The Thing is probably the greatest remake ever. I also liked the remake of Clash of the Titans, although neither movie followed the actual story of the myth very accurately as I understand it.

05-02-2010, 11:54 PM	#23
JAWS Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:423 Blu-ray collection:700 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:27 Trading Score:27	I am just going to stick with remakes that I thought were as good or better then the original. Meaning that while I liked the Dawn of the Dead remake, I did not think it was as good as the original. John Carpenter's The Thing The Fly The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Departed Cape Fear The Ring 3:10 to Yuma Fistful of Dollars Last House on the Left The Hills Have Eyes The Blob Ben Hur

05-03-2010, 12:12 AM	#24
Flyfisherman Banned Member since:Apr 2010 Blu-ray collection:84	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) the Original was Bedtime Story (1964) Brando played the role Stever Martin did in the remake.

05-03-2010, 12:18 AM	#25
Dotpattern Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:409 Blu-ray collection:1505	Since no one's mentioned them... Heat and Scarface

05-03-2010, 03:41 AM	#28
lDlisturb3d Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Norfolk, VA Criterion Collection: 33 Steelbooks: 28 Home Theater Gallery:53 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:464 DVD collection:12 Blu-ray reviews: 127 Trading Score:4	Dawn of the Dead Nightmare on Elm Street 3:10 to Yuma Bourne Trilogy Inglourious Basterds Clash of the Titans Death race I AM LEGEND King Kong Scareface Shaft The Thing 13 Ghost True Lies Go Cameron War of the Worlds Keep in mind i hate older films, I need it to be modern But this is my list

05-03-2010, 03:43 AM	#29
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	King Kong.

05-03-2010, 04:00 AM	#31
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05-03-2010, 05:21 AM	#34
Travis Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Recliner Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:126 Blu-ray collection:2055 DVD collection:241 iTunes collection:40 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:14	Better than original: Payback The Departed Scarface The Longest Yard The Fly I am Legend not sure if it is a remake or just a different chapter from the same book that Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth came from. I am Legend is so much better than Omega Man. Never saw The Last Man.

05-03-2010, 06:13 PM	#38
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