I always wanted to start a movie club called "The originals" that watches original movies every time a remake is made, and if the remake looks any good, go see it too.
Which remakes specifically are you talking about? Remakes of old movies made largely because they think enough time has passed to make money off it again? or remakes of foreign movies made because too many people can't handle subtitles?
I'm not averse to them I suppose, but it would help if someone could point out some good ones (the Departed was a foreign remake, right? haven't seen either yet)
Here are some remakes I can remember
DeathRace - take the most enjoyable B-movie of all time and release a stale Jason Strathom action flick that doesn't have one iota of the zany humour or outrageous premise. A failure and insult to the original.
Horror Movies - If based on old films, like the original but with the tension replaced by jump scares. If foreign, like the original but with the creepyness replaced by jump scares.
I am Legend - why did they attatch the name of a classing book and enjoyable film to a completely different "Will Smith fights phsycho Zombies" movie? No idea. I also have no idea why they didn't bother to write an ending before filming it. You know somethings wrong when they film two totally different endings and they're both awful.
Batman Begins/ The Incredible Hulk/James Bond = are these remakes or "series reboots"? I guess this kind of film doesn't count.
War of the Worlds - Haven't seen the remake yet, the original was great.
Alice and wonderland - more of a quasi sequel than a remake. It was also pure crap... How on earth do you make something as magical as Alice in to a boring and uneventful "girl must kill a dragon with a sword" movie.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - It was like the original, except the fun sets were replaced with CGI, the umpa Lumpa songs slid right out your other ear, Depp gave what I thought was his performance with the least deapth and... just... come on! The first one was a masterpiece that still holds up!
Yeah... I'm not a big remake fan.
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