Posted August 11, 200618 yr Most remakes of older films are usually really bad, or average at best,Occasionally they are on a par with the original, but can you think of a film remake that was actually far superior to the original.
August 11, 200618 yr "The Hills Have Eyes" recent remake is one that did actually impress me. It had the griminess and real horror of the original. The cannibals' attack on the motor-home was genuinely quite horrific. There was a real air of terror in that one... It managed to retain the atmosphere of Craven's original film... My only problem with it was some of the prosthetics did look a tad ridiculous...
August 12, 200618 yr Nope. I really hate remakes. even when its an alright cast and director? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Wicker-man-poster.jpg How do you think this is gonna do? seeing that it has Nicolas Cage in the main role and its directed by Neil LaBute who did this http://www.axelmusic.com/resources/covers/0/065935149439.jpg or Brett Ratner's Boys from Brazil , where the novel might be used as the source material rather than the film, or the film might be quite obscure? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Brett_Ratner.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Boys_from_brazil.jpg
August 12, 200618 yr Most remakes of older films are usually really bad, or average at best,Occasionally they are on a par with the original, but can you think of a film remake that was actually far superior to the original. Insomnia 1997 version feat. Stellan Skarsgård from Good Will Hunting http://www.axelmusic.com/resources/covers/back/037429138229.jpg Big star re-make feat. Robin Williams from Good Will Hunting http://www.axelmusic.com/resources/covers/0/085392282821.jpghttp://www.axelmusic.com/resources/covers/back/085392282821.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Good-will-hunting.jpg
August 21, 200618 yr I don't care who is in the cast or directing it. I just hate remakes. Especially if the original was good.
August 21, 200618 yr Ocean 11 was much better than the orginal Nah, it wasn't really, didn't really have that 'legendary', zeitgeist-capturing factor that the "Rat Pack" original had. Was pretty darn good though, not saying it was a bad thing to do it. Steve Soderbergh is someone who usually delivers, in anyone else's hands it would've been utterly crud... "Solaris" was a solid remake as well, very enjoyable, but lacked the sheer complexities of Tarkovsky's original....
August 22, 200618 yr Nah, it wasn't really, didn't really have that 'legendary', zeitgeist-capturing factor that the "Rat Pack" original had. Was pretty darn good though, not saying it was a bad thing to do it. Steve Soderbergh is someone who usually delivers, in anyone else's hands it would've been utterly crud... imdb wrote: Director Steven Soderbergh insists Ocean's Thirteen will be the last installment of the lucrative franchise led by an all-star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. The director confirmed the news during a question and answer session with reporters at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland on Saturday night. Soderbergh told the crowd they decided to make another installment because "George wanted to go out strong" and that Ocean's Twelve was too complicated, according to film website Dark Horizons. The filmmakers wanted the series to return to its comedic roots this time around and they've also added Al Pacino as a villain. Soderbergh adds, "This guy's a monster!" The announcement comes just days after the film's producer, Jerry Weintraub, told the Hollywood trade papers, "I want them (the cast) all back for Ocean's Fourteen." so hopefully you might get a double pack with ocean's 11 and 13 in with that muck-a-bout 12 film thrown in as an extra. Oceans Twelve might have been alright when it was a different film, maybe someone should go back to the original film and make that, instead of shoehorning into the world of danny ocean like they did.
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