What is one movie that should never be remade?

[XSoldier77X]

For me it is Titanic.

 

[Coalfax]

Waterworld

 

[Jeeebus]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

2nd place: whatever remains from my childhood that they haven't butchered/murdered yet

 

[Tormac]

As 99% of remakes made in this century have been horrible, I say Hollywood should quit remaking all movies please. If Bollywood, the Japanese, or the Koreans want to remake something, I would be willing to give it a try though.

 

[Captante]

The Wizard of OZ

A Clockwork Orange

 

[Muse]

The Godfather
The Departed
Taxi Driver
Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca

I ignore the great majority of remakes.

For me it is Titanic.

I think many don't like it but it has always worked for me totally. OK, maybe the scene in the submarine could have been better, but that's nitpicking.

 

[Charmonium]

Dumb and dumber. The trailers were all so cringe-worthy, I could never watch it. But . . . and this is probably my shitty memory at work - I vaguely remember that they ran ads for this for so long (theater then dvd maybe?) I almost couldn't take it anymore.

 

[Captante]

Animal House

 

[TheELF]

Bah, humbug!
Let them remake anything they want, if it turns out incredibad just keep watching the old/original one.
I for one am glad that we have '90 bram strokers dracula and not just 1920 nosferatu or goldblums the fly instead of only the '50 b-movie one.
Remakes are great because they remind us of great old movies that we should watch again.

 

[nakedfrog]

Dumb and dumber. The trailers were all so cringe-worthy, I could never watch it. But . . . and this is probably my shitty memory at work - I vaguely remember that they ran ads for this for so long (theater then dvd maybe?) I almost couldn't take it anymore.

The original Dumb and Dumber? You never watched it?

 

[shortylickens]

this is like the 15th time we've had this thread. Maybe someone can gather them all up and combine?

 

[JM Aggie08]

Shouldn't have remade/done a live-action of Cowboy Bebop...or Death Note.

God damn it Netflix.

 

[dawp]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

 

[Artorias]

LOTR trilogy. There is literally no point, it's ageless with the mix of practical and CGI effects.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I seriously doubt they'd get away with remaking Blazing Saddles.

 

[SKORPI0]

Forrest Gump (1994)

30 Hollywood Movies That Are So Perfect, They Should Never Be Remade - ScoopWhoop

Hands off the classics!

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[Charmonium]

The original Dumb and Dumber? You never watched it?

Ummm, what happens if I say "no?"

 

[kage69]

One?



The Untouchables

Unforgiven

The Abyss

Jeremiah Johnson

 

[Iron Woode]

Dirty Harry

 

[Medicine Head]

Inauguration GWB

 

[ultimatebob]

Animal House

Yeah, there is no way in hell that a remake of that movie could be done properly with today's political correctness restrictions.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Any John Huges movie.

 

[snoopy7548]

The Wizard of OZ

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange is a good one, or really any Stanley Kubrick film, or any good film from the 70s era.

Serpico
Taxi Driver
Midnight Cowboy (1969... close enough)
Panic in Needle Park
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dog Day Afternoon
The Godfather I/II
The Exorcist
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
etc.

What a lot of those movies have is realism - the actors aren't caked in makeup, scenes aren't rushed, and the environment is gritty.

The people in the films look like real people you'd see on the streets, not supermodels, but maybe part of that is just looking at an era I never grew up in.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)



Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

 

[SaltyNuts]

Pulp Fiction LOL.

 

[dawp]

The Evil Dead