Are there any movies that should not be remade?

[Raisor]

While that's true, I'm basically talking about American and British movies. Movies like Three Men and a Baby, Scent of a Woman and The Birdcage were all remakes of foreign films. What if they remade Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter? Are you up for that or would your nerd heart break into a million pieces?

Nope.

As long as they don't destroy the originals, they can keep remaking whatever they want.

[Eric from NC]

I like that your first example, The Magnificent Seven, is actually a remake itself.

One of the better remake chains is Man Who Would Be King (book by Kipling 1st movie w/ Connery and M. Caine.) Kelly's Heroes (Version 2) Three Kings (Clooney and Wahlberg), but these were all 90s are earlier, but sadly movies have taken a big dive in quality since 2005.

[GAC]

True Grit was, apologies to any John Wayne lovers.

It was good. The difference was that it was made more in-line with the Charles Portis novel, which emphasized Mattie Ross' side (central character) then Rooster Cogburn.

[RedEye]

One of the better remake chains is Man Who Would Be King (book by Kipling 1st movie w/ Connery and M. Caine.) Kelly's Heroes (Version 2) Three Kings (Clooney and Wahlberg), but these were all 90s are earlier, but sadly movies have taken a big dive in quality since 2005.

Why do you say that? Since 2005?

[Eric from NC]

Somewhere a little past the, 1990s, they stopped making story based movies. Critics say it has a lot do with the fact that Hollywood makes more than half of their money in Asia, India, and the Middle East, where they dub the actors voices with local dialects Because of this, we end up getting 500 comic book movies a year. I don't mind a good CGI/blow stuff up fest, but I do enjoy a little variety.

[westofyou]

Mr Roberts will never be remade


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[George Anderson]

Godfather

[GAC]

When it comes to remakes, there have been far more disasters then successes.

What happened to the effort to remake Gone With The Wind with Witherspoon and McConaughey? .... http://empirenews.net/gone-with-the-...ghey-as-rhett/

I've also read that they are going to remake It's A Wonderful Life. Yeah, like A Christmas Story 2 was a huge success (LOL)

A short list of untouchables? ....

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
E.T.
The Searchers
Any Marx Brothers movie

IMO, you can't improve on perfection. But you can't tell that to Hollywood. It's a wonder they aren't attempting to remake A Hard Day's Night (LOL).

[Big Klu]

Animal House

[marcshoe]

Mr Roberts will never be remade


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I am absolutely certain I saw a remake in the eighties, as a stage show for television, maybe. If that's the case I guess they really weren't remaking the film. I'll look it up.

edit: Yep. It was a one-shot stage production with Robert Hays (Airplane), Kevin Bacon, and Charles Durning.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207607/

But it was a remake of the Broadway play the movie was based on, so it doesn't count, really.

[RedEye]

Somewhere a little past the, 1990s, they stopped making story based movies. Critics say it has a lot do with the fact that Hollywood makes more than half of their money in Asia, India, and the Middle East, where they dub the actors voices with local dialects Because of this, we end up getting 500 comic book movies a year. I don't mind a good CGI/blow stuff up fest, but I do enjoy a little variety.

It is true that we've been in the age of the blockbuster since the 1980s, but I don't think we've seen the end of stories and there is still a lot of variety in Hollywood movies. It's just that the multiplexes have been overrun by superhero franchises, so the typical moviegoer might have that impression if they don't seek alternative outlets.

American cinema has made a load of money abroad for generations, so that angle isn't really true. What we do have is a proliferation of media platforms and distribution outlets that have made the big long-tail action films the most visible and accessible to audiences. But there is a lot more out there that is quality -- you just have to look for it.

[Chip R]

When it comes to remakes, there have been far more disasters then successes.

What happened to the effort to remake Gone With The Wind with Witherspoon and McConaughey? .... http://empirenews.net/gone-with-the-...ghey-as-rhett/

I've also read that they are going to remake It's A Wonderful Life. Yeah, like A Christmas Story 2 was a huge success (LOL)

A short list of untouchables? ....

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
E.T.
The Searchers
Any Marx Brothers movie

IMO, you can't improve on perfection. But you can't tell that to Hollywood. It's a wonder they aren't attempting to remake A Hard Day's Night (LOL).

It would be so tough to remake movies like those. Not that you couldn't improve on them - you certainly could improve on some of the casting and cinematography in some of the older movies. But they are just so beloved that people couldn't conceive of remaking them. How would you like to be a director trying to remake Casablanca? No pressure there. It'll be interesting to see how the Magnificent Seven is received since Denzel Washington is the lead.

One movie they have remade a few times is "The Front Page." It was originally a stage play - as were a lot of movies back then - and the leads were Pat O'Brien and Adolphe Menjou. They remade it a few years later and called it "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell playing Hildy. Then in the 70s they remade the original with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Then they tried it again in the 80s and called it Switching Channels only they had it set at a TV network instead of a newspaper. They had Burt Reynolds and Kathleen Turner playing the leads. The movie flopped but since it had been remade a couple of times already you could see how they would want to do it again. I'm not sure you could call the original or the two remakes classics but they are all beloved.

[redsmetz]

May I take an entirely different approach? One movie I would absolutely love to have them remake is Bang The Drum Slowly. When they made this movie, instead of making it a period piece for the 1950's when it was made, they made it contemporary to the 1970's (I think) and it is so dated now and really misses much of the beauty of the book. There are some decent performances (Victor Gardenia was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), but it just comes off horribly all these years later. I loved the book and would love to see someone make it again and make it well.

[WrongVerb]

May I take an entirely different approach? One movie I would absolutely love to have them remake is Bang The Drum Slowly. When they made this movie, instead of making it a period piece for the 1950's when it was made, they made it contemporary to the 1970's (I think) and it is so dated now and really misses much of the beauty of the book. There are some decent performances (Victor Gardenia was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), but it just comes off horribly all these years later. I loved the book and would love to see someone make it again and make it well.

I mentioned in the Prince thread that I'd love to see Purple Rain remade. I think it's a great story and of course the soundtrack is an all time classic, but poor dialogue and mostly bad acting (save for the guy who played Prince's dad) ruined it. I'd love to see it remade with professional actors and a good screenwriter. (Imagine Miley Cyrus as Appolonia!)

[TRF]

(Imagine Miley Cyrus as Appolonia!)

I just threw up a little in my mouth, so thanks for that.