Movie remakes that are better than the original?

[SSSnail]

In your opinion, what are some movies that are better than the original? We're not talking about sequel or part 2, but remake.

I honestly think that the remake of The Italian Job is better than the original; yeah yeah, cry about it. And, Batman Begins is the best Batman, of all time, of all time.

 

[zerocool84]

In your opinion, what are some movies that are better than the original? We're not talking about sequel or part 2, but remake.

I honestly think that the remake of The Italian Job is better than the original; yeah yeah, cry about it. And, Batman Begins is the best Batman, of all time, of all time.

Umm Begins is NOT a remake. It`s just another Batman movie.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

In your opinion, what are some movies that are better than the original? We're not talking about sequel or part 2, but remake.

I honestly think that the remake of The Italian Job is better than the original; yeah yeah, cry about it. And, Batman Begins is the best Batman, of all time, of all time.

Several of mine are horror movies:

John Carpenter's The Thing
The Fly
Dawn of the Dead (this one is more controversial)

I would agree Batman Begins is the best Batman movie but I'm not sure I'd qualify it as a remake.

I like the Scorsese Cape Fear better than the original with Robert Mitchum, but they're both great.

 

[nageov3t]

Dawn of the Dead is a tough call.

the remake is certainly scarier, but the original was a lot more groundbreaking and important.

 

[Numenorean]

Repost.

 

[Gibsons]

The Thing, maybe? I never saw the first movie.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Dawn of the Dead is a tough call.

the remake is certainly scarier, but the original was a lot more groundbreaking and important.

I agree - I am a big Romero fan - but as a movie to actually sit and watch I prefer the remake. Actually I would probably say the same of The Crazies.

 

[Alone]

The Departed.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

evil dead 2

 

[SSSnail]

The Departed.

Speaking of which, a lot of Japanese and Chinese remakes are pretty good. The Ring rings a bell, and it's better than the original.

 

[FallenHero]

Lord of the Rings

 

[Schadenfroh]

The Thing

 

[ProfJohn]

Repost.

But is it better than the original?

 

[zerocool84]

Speaking of which, a lot of Japanese and Chinese remakes are pretty good. The Ring rings a bell, and it's better than the original.

I won't say it's better than the original but The Magnificent Seven is damn good.

 

[Stifko]

Ocean's Eleven

 

[Joseph F]

Scarface

 

[dali71]

Little Shop of Horrors

 

[stargazr]

The Postman Always Rings Twice

 

[dmw16]

I would agree Batman Begins is the best Batman movie but I'm not sure I'd qualify it as a remake.

You think Batman Begins is better than Dark Knight?

 

[HAL9000]

In your opinion, what are some movies that are better than the original? We're not talking about sequel or part 2, but remake.

I honestly think that the remake of The Italian Job is better than the original; yeah yeah, cry about it. And, Batman Begins is the best Batman, of all time, of all time.

Several of mine are horror movies:

John Carpenter's The Thing
The Fly
Dawn of the Dead (this one is more controversial)

I would agree Batman Begins is the best Batman movie but I'm not sure I'd qualify it as a remake.

I like the Scorsese Cape Fear better than the original with Robert Mitchum, but they're both great.

This

 

[gorcorps]

I personally liked The Producers with Nathan Lane a tad more than the original, but it's very close and both are fantastic.

 

[gorcorps]

You think Batman Begins is better than Dark Knight?

After watching them both recently again, I'd say Begins a better overall movie. DK had one villain that was better, but the origin of Batman made for a better movie IMO.

 

[BrokenVisage]

You think Batman Begins is better than Dark Knight?

Ha! I seem to recall the last time this was debated here that more people agreed with BB > TDK than those who didn't, which is how I see things as well. If TDK didn't have Ledger's performance it would be all but forgetable to me.

As far as other movies... I say The Ring, The Italian Job, and Oceans 11.

 

[Monster_Munch]

The original Dawn of the Dead is way better. I found the remake to be very forgettable, it could have been made by the same idiots that made alien vs predator.

 

[KeithTalent]

A lot of good ones covered here already; The Thing, The Departed, Ocean's Eleven.

I love Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, but I still have to go with the original on that one. It's much closer than I ever would have expected and Snyder's version has a fantastic ending sequence; what a great way to finish the film.

I'd probably add Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) because that's a freaking awesome movie.

Call me crazy, but I think Let Me In is close to being on par with the original Let The Right One In. I re-watched both back-to-back recently and while the original still stands above the remake, I do believe they are not very far apart and the remake does some very interesting things. That Chloe Moretz is a very, very impressive young actress.

KT