circumstantial tree Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) Now, I still don't like the idea of remaking something. But a few nights ago, I watched the "My Bloody Valentine" remake on SyFy that came out a couple of years ago and decided FOR A REMAKE that it wasn't half bad. For once, a slasher flick was made that didn't have a "lusty teenagers get impaled, stabbed, etc..." plot that is so overplayed. And the plot overall was played pretty well I think. Now, the original film, which came out in 1981 I still feel was better. Ironically, that plot did involve the lusty teen gets killed plot. And it was filmed in actual mines to give it a more frightening atmosphere. It was actually going to be rated X due to the gore and violence, most of which had to be taken out to make it an R rating, but still gory. Some of the character names remained in the remake. The town's name was different. This time it was Harmony, PA, which was supposed to be a mining town. The original film, it was Valentine Bluffs. The band "My Bloody Valentine" got their name from the original film, just so you know. Any remakes you like? edited to add: they repeated one particular death scene from the original that involved a spinning clothes dryer. Edited October 4, 2011 by circumstantial tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Assault On Precinct 13 - still think the original John Carpenter one's good. (Query: John Carpenter actually appeared in his own movie as one of the gang climbing through the windows - any idea which one he is?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 John Carpenter's The Thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) Agree on MBV. Saw it opening day in 3D and it's one of the few movies where 3D actually makes sense and because of it, it's a rare cause that I'm for CGI gore in current horror movies. I prefer the good ol days of makeup gods like Baker and Savini. Plus, Tom "Miller Time!" Atkins is in it. Love Night of the Creeps. Manchurian Candidate Let Me In Cape Fear The Departed The Crazies Dawn of the Dead 3:10 to Yuma Bram Stoker's Dracula Italian Job The Fly Ocean's 11 Edited October 4, 2011 by invisible airwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I thought the recent remake of True Grit was a decent effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 the 1979 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 The Fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 http://www.thefilminformant.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Footloose-2011-Poster-2.jpg NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Oct 4 2011, 04:09 PM) http://www.thefilminformant.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Footloose-2011-Poster-2.jpg NOT! is that Jennifer Aniston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Ocean's eleven is the only one I can think of right now. It's also one of my favourite movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Oct 5 2011, 08:09 AM) http://www.thefilminformant.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Footloose-2011-Poster-2.jpg NOT! Jeez, wasn't the first one shitty enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 5 2011, 05:31 AM) QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Oct 5 2011, 08:09 AM) http://www.thefilminformant.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Footloose-2011-Poster-2.jpg NOT! Jeez, wasn't the first one shitty enough? Never saw the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Oct 4 2011, 05:09 PM) http://www.thefilminformant.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Footloose-2011-Poster-2.jpg NOT! Footloose: Because attracting teens with remakes of movies your mom thought were cool always works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemy Within 77 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The Fly- David Cronenberg True Grit- The Coen's The Thing- John Carpenter The Man Who Knew Too Much- Hitchcock remake of his earlier version of the film Too lazy to think of more right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Carpenter's The Thing Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (good calls, EW77) The Richard Lester versions of The Three Musketeers (and Four, made at the same time). That is THE quintessential 3M film(s), IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 QUOTE (Enemy Within 77 @ Oct 5 2011, 02:55 PM) The Thing- John Carpenter I don't really think of that as a remake. It's a remake in the sense of Will Smith's I Am Legend is a remake of Heston's The Omega Man....i.e. not really. Anyways, the movie was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgeranacoke Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 5 2011, 06:24 AM) QUOTE (Enemy Within 77 @ Oct 5 2011, 02:55 PM) The Thing- John Carpenter I don't really think of that as a remake. It's a remake in the sense of Will Smith's I Am Legend is a remake of Heston's The Omega Man....i.e. not really. Anyways, the movie was awesome. Sure it was; http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k623/burgeranacoke/MV5BMjA2ODczNDg5M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjM4MDAwMQ_V1_SY317_CR20214317_.jpg My entry is The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The Ring - Remake of the Japanese "Ringu" Freaked the hell out of me - Most disturbing movie ever seen - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Does A Fistful of Dollars count? Also, 13 Assassins. I don't even know what the original is like, but I doubt it's better than the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemy Within 77 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 QUOTE (HowItIs @ Oct 5 2011, 01:38 AM) Carpenter's The Thing Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (good calls, EW77) The Richard Lester versions of The Three Musketeers (and Four, made at the same time). That is THE quintessential 3M film(s), IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 QUOTE (burgeranacoke @ Oct 5 2011, 11:02 PM) QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 5 2011, 06:24 AM) QUOTE (Enemy Within 77 @ Oct 5 2011, 02:55 PM) The Thing- John Carpenter I don't really think of that as a remake. It's a remake in the sense of Will Smith's I Am Legend is a remake of Heston's The Omega Man....i.e. not really. Anyways, the movie was awesome. Sure it was; http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k623/burgeranacoke/MV5BMjA2ODczNDg5M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjM4MDAwMQ_V1_SY317_CR20214317_.jpg I know about that movie but.... not that Wikipedia is the end all of knowledge, but this is what it had to say about Carpenter's The Thing: Ostensibly a remake of the classic 1951 Howard Hawks-Christian Nyby film The Thing from Another World, Carpenter's film is in fact a more faithful adaptation of the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. which inspired the 1951 film, and not a remake in the conventional sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgeranacoke Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Oct 5 2011, 09:35 AM) Does A Fistful of Dollars count? Also, 13 Assassins. I don't even know what the original is like, but I doubt it's better than the new one. Fist Full of Dollars counts in my book, as long as you include For a Few Dollars More And as long as we are going to journey down that road let's include The Magnificent Seven. Edited October 6, 2011 by burgeranacoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 QUOTE (burgeranacoke @ Oct 5 2011, 05:23 PM) And as long as we are going to journey down that road let's include The Magnificent Seven. Beat me to it! How about Shakespeare? I liked Kenneth Branaghs' Hamlet. And Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet was the best ever, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skalamander2112 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Oct 4 2011, 03:39 PM) the 1979 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 The Batman movies (90's and 00's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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