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Movie remakes that are better than the original?

SSSnail

SSSnail

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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.
 
SSSnail said:
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.
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Umm Begins is NOT a remake. It`s just another Batman movie.
 
SSSnail said:
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.
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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.
 
Dawn of the Dead is a tough call.

the remake is certainly scarier, but the original was a lot more groundbreaking and important.
 
loki8481 said:
Dawn of the Dead is a tough call.

the remake is certainly scarier, but the original was a lot more groundbreaking and important.
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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.
 
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SSSnail said:
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.
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Don Vito Corleone said:
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.
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I personally liked The Producers with Nathan Lane a tad more than the original, but it's very close and both are fantastic.
 
dmw16 said:
You think Batman Begins is better than Dark Knight?

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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.
 
dmw16 said:
You think Batman Begins is better than Dark Knight?

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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.
 
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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.
 
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
 
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