ok, I heard the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was been remade. This I feel will be one of the worst of all but it inspired me write a post about other terrible remakes.

Here's my little list.

Psycho - Anne Heche.. I mean why was this remade?
Charlies Angels - Adapted from series, Terrible!
Avengers - same again, probably just as bad if not worse.

As for the best, I think it's The Thing. Really enjoying. I actually thought it was better than the original. I also liked Heat.

Get Carter with Stallone,
and i will personally strangle anyone i know and love who goes to see the remake of the italian job.

The Vanishing - brilliant Dutch spooker had appalling Hollywood ending added. Same director ruining his own film !

Open Your Eyes - remade into Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, but with Penelope Cruz playing the same part. Almost identical to the original, but not as good so why bother?

I agree Get Carter with Stallone is rubbish,

others
Planet of the Apes - A classic ruined
Godzilla


Hope nobody does Willy Wonka!

Originally posted by "mikey"

I agree Get Carter with Stallone is rubbish,

others
Planet of the Apes - A classic ruined
Godzilla


Hope nobody does Willy Wonka!

Yes, Planet of the Apes was a peice of rubbish.

now that was a crock of crap...

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Thunderball - remade as Never Say Never Again

Thomas Crown Affair

Some of you may be surprised to know that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a part 2!!! 8)

Cannon and Ball in "The Boys in Blue". How dire was that?!

Ok now this has not been finished yet as far as I know but it is being made.

The Italian Job

The origional was a classic and remakinging it is just wrong.

Originally posted by "Hero"

Ok now this has not been finished yet as far as I know but it is being made.

The Italian Job

The origional was a classic and remakinging it is just wrong.
It has been discussed before, and although I feel that the original will never be beaten, the remake DOES look good IMHO. :wink:

Oceans 11.

And I disagree about Thomas Crown - remake was far superior.

Originally posted by "waxy chuff"

Oceans 11.

And I disagree about Thomas Crown - remake was far superior.
I'm sorry, but the remake of Oceans 11 is superior to the original. For a start Ol' Blue Eye's used to turn up drunk to the set and this IS reflected in the original movie!

The remake of Parent Trap was pretty good.

But the all time worst for me is Get Carter with Stallone (its even got Michael Caine in a minor role - how tacky is that)

Yup, but the feeling of "cool" in the original was provided by the soundtrack and the stars. In the remake, it was provided by glossy editing and special effects.

Originally posted by waxy chuff
Yup, but the feeling of "cool" in the original was provided by the soundtrack and the stars. In the remake, it was provided by glossy editing and special effects.

Yes, the all star cast for Oceans Elevan was as high profile as I have seen for a long time.

solaris remake was just utter cr*p.

Refering to Mikey's post earlier about a remake of Willy Wonka.

There is a new version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the pipeline, but it's another interpratation, rather than a remake. Should be quite interesting.

To be directed by Tim Burton, with Johhny Depp as Wonka, it is going to be more faithful to the original text - which Roald Dahl wrote as a much more dark tale than the Gene Wilder movie ever portrayed.

Apparently, Burton knew Depp was the right man for the job after his appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean...

Its definately a film i'm looking forward to.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
solaris remake was just utter cr*p.

Tarkovsky's 1972 version (they're both based on a book by Stanislaw Lem) was too long, too contrived, and the visualisation was cack, even by the standards of the early seventies.

Sodenberg breathed life into the story, which is more than can be said for the pretentious art-house **** that was the Russian attempt.