What is one movie that should never be remade?

[soulcougher73]

Seven

 

[Mayne]

Movies that should be remade would have been better, but I'm not about to do a parody thing and bother I guess.

It's done enough anyways, though to the wrong ones most of the time just to further a franchise.

How many damned spider man etc, etc reboot movies needs to be spewed out over time.

i was perfectly happy with the tobey maquire spider-man's. :shrug:

 

[brianmanahan]

i was perfectly happy with the tobey maquire spider-man's. :shrug:

i liked the first one and loved the second one

but the third one was crap

(though it did give me this awesome meme pic)

 

[brianmanahan]

i think i still like the original spiderman best though

 

[Mayne]

i think i still like the original spiderman best though

i wish i was still 4 years old high on drugs watching that

 

[Mayne]

been thinking about the sam raimi film evil dead. I love the new series.

 

[Mayne]

now i'm thinking about the amazing tarzan cartoon that ran at the same time on saturday mornings.

 

[brianmanahan]

i wish i was still 4 years old high on drugs watching that

2 outta 3 aint bad

 

[Mayne]

got a probllem wiht drugs?

 

[Ruptga]

Nothing should ever be remade until the original has been forgotten, if you're not sure then assume nobody forgets anything until at least 30 years have passed. That would be a good start. I'd make an exception for adaptations from other media that did well in the original medium but then flopped so badly that nobody has heard of the movie, but that's it.

Dune would be a good candidate for a remake, at least in theory. It would probably be an awful mess of CGI and pew pew, but most movies are these days.

 

[Mayne]

Nothing should ever be remade until the original has been forgotten, if you're not sure then assume nobody forgets anything until at least 30 years have passed. That would be a good start. I'd make an exception for adaptations from other media that did well in the original medium but then flopped so badly that nobody has heard of the movie, but that's it.

Dune would be a good candidate for a remake, at least in theory. It would probably be an awful mess of CGI and pew pew, but most movies are these days.

that is such an easy copout to make. I don't disagree with you though. I'm sure it has been given thought.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Fifth Element

 

[BoberFett]

If what you mean is that there's no way in hell that a remake could improve upon the classic, then I think Jaws very well could be that movie. It was almost dumb luck that the movie turned out as good as it did. They couldn't get the mechanical shark to work well - that resulted in a huge improvement to the movie - more mysteriousness as the shark wasn't constantly visible. Hard to realize it the second time through, but you don't see much of the shark for at least the first hour of the movie - you don't see it until comes out of the water after the chum, then swims by the boat. John William's shark music - duh dunh... you were instantly on the edge of your seat. Robert Shaw giving Quint's USS Indianapolis speech - one of the best in the movies. There isn't a person alive who saw the movie and didn't jump when Matt Hooper was scuba diving alongside the listing boat, and the severed head rolled out. Jaws started the concept of a summer blockbuster movie that everyone just had to see, and I think it's listed as the American Film Institute's (or some such group) #1 movie of all time.

No, a modern remake would be filled with constant CGI sharks which would destroy the fear that the original movie invoked.

It's already been remade my friend.

 

[MongGrel]

Robert A. Heinlein should have came back from the grave and strangled Paul Verhoeven for the mess that Starship Troopers was.

Jaws the way it is is probably about as epic as it will ever be, any attempt at a remake would be lame.

End of my rant.

 

[BrokenVisage]

The Breakfast Club, but I'm waiting for it to happen someday.

 

[Linux23]

Poltergeist, what, wait???

 

[twinrider1]

Apocalypse Now.

I'm not generally against remakes in principal. Never say never, but I don't see any actors today that could pull it off. War is different now and so is our country. Just don't see anything that heavy and dark working now.

 

[bbhaag]

Breakfast at Tiffany's and maybe Aliens. I'm kinda up in the air on that one.

 

[ImpulsE69]

The Thing was a remake - it was/is awesome compared to the original. However, if you compare all the old b&w horror movies to their counterparts over the last 30 years, I would say the old ones are still better. I didn't mind the new Evil Dead, but it really wasn't the same type of movie.

OK..Poltergeist...oh...wait..
Oh..and Point Break...wait..
OK..Gremlins....oh...wait...

Well at least they haven't remade Alien.

 

[MongGrel]

The Thing was a remake - it was/is awesome compared to the original. However, if you compare all the old b&w horror movies to their counterparts over the last 30 years, I would say the old ones are still better. I didn't mind the new Evil Dead, but it really wasn't the same type of movie.

OK..Poltergeist...oh...wait..
Oh..and Point Break...wait..
OK..Gremlins....oh...wait...

Well at least they haven't remade Alien.

The original The Thing was still better in it's day IMHO.

I could be a bit biased as the circumstances at the time I first saw it were pretty awesome, but I still thought the remake was lacking, though pretty good.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Some others that IMHO should never be remade because they are already so close to perfect (for what they are) that improvement is nearly impossible:

• Casablanca
• Back to the Future
• Shawshank Redemption
• The Quiet Man
• Dr. Strangelove
• Raiders of the Lost Ark

Can't believe I'm posting in a Mayne thread.

 

[Ichinisan]

If what you mean is that there's no way in hell that a remake could improve upon the classic, then I think Jaws very well could be that movie. It was almost dumb luck that the movie turned out as good as it did. They couldn't get the mechanical shark to work well - that resulted in a huge improvement to the movie - more mysteriousness as the shark wasn't constantly visible. Hard to realize it the second time through, but you don't see much of the shark for at least the first hour of the movie - you don't see it until comes out of the water after the chum, then swims by the boat. John William's shark music - duh dunh... you were instantly on the edge of your seat. Robert Shaw giving Quint's USS Indianapolis speech - one of the best in the movies. There isn't a person alive who saw the movie and didn't jump when Matt Hooper was scuba diving alongside the listing boat, and the severed head rolled out. Jaws started the concept of a summer blockbuster movie that everyone just had to see, and I think it's listed as the American Film Institute's (or some such group) #1 movie of all time.

No, a modern remake would be filled with constant CGI sharks which would destroy the fear that the original movie invoked.

It's already been remade my friend.

What if: Jaws: Special Edition
:whiste:

 

[Ichinisan]

The Thing was a remake - it was/is awesome compared to the original. However, if you compare all the old b&w horror movies to their counterparts over the last 30 years, I would say the old ones are still better. I didn't mind the new Evil Dead, but it really wasn't the same type of movie.

OK..Poltergeist...oh...wait..
Oh..and Point Break...wait..
OK..Gremlins....oh...wait...

Well at least they haven't remade Alien.

The Last of the Mohicans 1992 remake far surpassed all previous material.

 

[Ichinisan]

Other movies I think should never be remade:
The Princess Bride
Forrest Gump
The Godfather
The Shining
Caddyshack
Silence of the Lambs
Back to the Future
Groundhog Day
Wizard of Oz
Pulp Fiction

The Shining was remade as a TV miniseries in the '90s.

The Wizard of Oz has been remade (or reimagined) lots of times.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

If what you mean is that there's no way in hell that a remake could improve upon the classic, then I think Jaws very well could be that movie. It was almost dumb luck that the movie turned out as good as it did. They couldn't get the mechanical shark to work well - that resulted in a huge improvement to the movie - more mysteriousness as the shark wasn't constantly visible. Hard to realize it the second time through, but you don't see much of the shark for at least the first hour of the movie - you don't see it until comes out of the water after the chum, then swims by the boat. John William's shark music - duh dunh... you were instantly on the edge of your seat. Robert Shaw giving Quint's USS Indianapolis speech - one of the best in the movies. There isn't a person alive who saw the movie and didn't jump when Matt Hooper was scuba diving alongside the listing boat, and the severed head rolled out. Jaws started the concept of a summer blockbuster movie that everyone just had to see, and I think it's listed as the American Film Institute's (or some such group) #1 movie of all time.

No, a modern remake would be filled with constant CGI sharks which would destroy the fear that the original movie invoked.

Well said. Jaws tapped into what was and is really frightening about a shark attack. Which is the fact that most of the time, you don't see it coming.