Are There Remakes You Like More Than Their Originals?

[Trekker4747]

Planet of the Apes, I like the twist at the end, the Lincoln Memorial was an ape as were all the cops etc.
Walberg's expression was priceless.
The make up and costumes were excellent, far better than the Original.
and it was kinda cool to see Charlton Heston cameo as and Ape, and the original Nova too.
with the "cold war over I don't think the 1968 ending would work today.




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I've never seen the original PotA and I still know how incredibly wrong you are on every concievable level.

 

[Roshi]

I've never seen the original PotA.

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[Trekker4747]

I've never seen the original PotA.

Ok. Turn in your geek card and delete your account now. We've no use for you anymore.

Hey, it's on my "to-do" list, OK.

 

[Starbreaker]

Planet of the Apes, I like the twist at the end, the Lincoln Memorial was an ape as were all the cops etc.
Walberg's expression was priceless.
The make up and costumes were excellent, far better than the Original.
and it was kinda cool to see Charlton Heston cameo as and Ape, and the original Nova too.
with the "cold war over I don't think the 1968 ending would work today.

Awaits the wrath of others

The make up for the original film is phenomenal for its time.

 

[archeryguy1701]

I'm going to go with the War of the Worlds.

 

[Kegek]

The make up and costumes were excellent, far better than the Original.
and it was kinda cool to see Charlton Heston cameo as and Ape, and the original Nova too.

Agreed with you on all quoted counts.

Despite this, I consider the original the better film. A better script with strong drama, bitter satire, adventure, and generally stronger performances - particularly when one compares Heston to Wahlberg.

 

[Trekker4747]

I'm going to go with the War of the Worlds.

Someone else who needs their geek card revoked.

 

[archeryguy1701]

^You can take away my card but you can never take away what I am!!!

 

[blablover5]

Harrison Ford's Sabrina blows Humphrey Bogart's out of the water.

The original is just so creepy as Bogart is so clearly much older than Hepburn. Like watching a rich guy go after a trophy wife.

And as I was tired of people having to remark how I have the same name as that movie I wasn't really enamored with the Ford version when it came out either.

 

[sidious618]

Battlestar Galactica, of course. That show is very special to me.

 

[Aragorn]

I loved the Sabrina remake and I think Greg Kinnear is a great actor, but as the GQ younger brother stud playboy, he really didn't fit the bill. Supposedly Tom Cruise was the first choice. But at least it's nowhere as bad as when Cruise turned down Backdraft and they had to "settle" for Billy Baldwin.

On a side note, there really needs to be a movie where Harrison Ford and Dennis Quaid play brothers, since they look more alike than Dennis and Randy Quaid.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Weird one but:

the Producers

LOVED Will Ferrell in the movie and Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick did a great job. And whoever played Hitler was absolutely wonderful! I saw clips of the original, especially the Springtime for Hitler and it doesn't hold a candle to the new one.

 

[Barbados Slim]

The Getaway remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger is better than the original.

The Clooney/Soderbergh Solaris is far better than the twice-as-long original Russian film.

I think The Ring is a better horror movie than Ringu, though Ringu had a clearer plot.

Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead was far better than the original.

I haven't seen the original but I heard Nolan's version of Insomnia is better than the original.

And of course, Peter Jackson's King Kong blows away the Jeff Bridges one and the original 1933 one.

I may be unique in this, but I love the remake of The Four Feathers with Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson.

 

[Kegek]

Since people are now listing remakes of films they haven't seen the originals of, I'm going with Der Golem, one of the earlier remakes around. The original, made by Paul Wegener a few years earlier, no longer exists.

The Clooney/Soderbergh Solaris is far better than the twice-as-long original Russian film.
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And of course, Peter Jackson's King Kong blows away [...] the original 1933 one.

Ladies and gentlemen, now this is blasphemy. To the hangmen!

 

[Holoaddict]

The Fly - I love the remake. The original is good, but the remake is better. all due apologies to Vincent Price.

The Blob - I really enjoyed this movie. I did not see the original until years later. Still I did read one of those old monster storybook adaptations that had pictures from the original. I also liked the twist concerning the blob's origin.

The Thing - I have seen both movies, but still prefer the remake.

Little Shop of Horrors - I own the soundtrack. I have even seen the play performed. The remake wins again.

House on Haunted Hill - I saw the remake first and still prefer it. Some parts of that movie are actually creepy.

Village of the Damned - Also saw this remake first. The other is good, but the remake has: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, and Mark Hamil. So it edges out the original.

 

[Joy]

On a side note, there really needs to be a movie where Harrison Ford and Dennis Quaid play brothers, since they look more alike than Dennis and Randy Quaid.

Yes, yes, and YES! I've been going on and on about that to my mother recently, after finally having seen Flight of the Phoenix and also seen Randy in the Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (or however it's phrased).

Randy and Dennis look nothing alike, and I swear that they had to have been looking for a Harrison Ford-type when casting for Dennis' role in Flight of the Pheonix. They would be SO believable as brothers!

As for the topic of this thread, it's not often that I've seen both versions of a particular movie. Either I've only seen the original or only seen the remake. So, I can't make an honest decision on this topic.

If one can include new adaptations in this topic, then I'd have to go with Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory over Wilder's Wonka. CatCF was not a true "remake" as it didn't aim to remake the musical, but rather was intended as a newer, closer adaptation of the book. I won't get into the details because I've talked myself out with trying to defend Burton's version, but I will say that I thought it was much better than the Wilder movie.

Joy

 

[A beaker full of death]

Peter Jackson's King Kong blows away ...the original 1933 one.

Madness.

 

[EliyahuQeoni]

At the risk of being chased out of here by a mob weilding picthforks and torches, I'm going to say that I liked Speilberg's War Of The Worlds more than the original... This movie was only peripherally about an alien invasion... it was more about a man stepping up to beinga better father.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed that movie. While it did differ from the source material quite a bit I felt it did capture the general feel of the book.

Having said that, I don't see this as a "remake." Rather its just another adaptation of the book.

 

[Michael]

To the hangmen!

Time to dust off my hood then.

 

[Kimi3013]

The only one I can really say is Battlestar. It's not like I don't like the remakes, it a case of never having seen the originals in the first place. Nor will I ever bother, most of them are films and I have very little intrest in them.