Movies that should never be remade

i thought it was how they spoke back in them days-language evolves-the one criticism of true grit was all tose shiny new loking knives they had.
UffDa said:
The Day The Earth Stood Still. It is one of my favorite SI-FI movies. The remake sure butchered it. They turned Gort into tree hugger.:barf:



The new True Grit was OK, but I couldn't understand a word Rooster said.
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Shocked me that someone already said it but the first one that came to mind for me was "The Sound of Music"

Dirty Harry series stops with Eastwood, hopefully they never feel it necessary to remake any of them.

Back to the Future Series

Bonnie and Clyde

A Clockwork Orange

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Die Hard, shouldn't be remade or extended after the last one. Wish they would have stopped at the three.

Smokey and the Bandit

To Kill a Mockingbird

Where the Red Fern Grows, done already and I can't watch it.

Animal House

It's a Wonderful World

The Outsiders

Any of Eastwood's Westerns

Platoon

and many many many more.
 
I want to see prequel to The Thing and Alien (more so Alien). That aside, for the most part I do agree. On one hand without remakes we wouldn't have Carpenter's version of The Thing. But then we also wouldn't have the crap remakes of Halloween, The Longest Yard, and even the upcoming Fright Night. I'd say they are more miss than hit.
 
Rupestris said:
Red Dawn was shot last year and shelved in the fall. filming and post production is done. From what I understand its all financial now. I've actually been a little anxious to see this re-do.

http://www.reddawn2011.com/
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I really hope that they can explain how North Korean soldiers will be able to reach the USA when they don't even have enough gas reserves to drive all their tanks into South Korea. Always kinda bothered me how Russian paratroopers dropped into Colorado in the original one.

Still plan on seeing it.
 
CWL said:
I really hope that they can explain how North Korean soldiers will be able to reach the USA when they don't even have enough gas reserves to drive all their tanks into South Korea. Always kinda bothered me how Russian paratroopers dropped into Colorado in the original one.

Still plan on seeing it.
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The British made it here in 1775 and 1812 without fuel. :p
 
Because they were bad the first time:

Howard the Duck, Ishtar, Devine secrets of the yaya sisterhood, spice world (ex-wife made me watch 5 miniutes each of the last two)

Because they were good the first time:

Lord of the rings series, Rocky 1, The longest day, Twelve o'clock high, to kill a Mockingbird.
 
The re-making of any old classic movie should be a flogging offense.

If it's a Bogart or one of the Duke's, it should a hanging offense.

That's my final answer.

Carl.
 
Goonies should never be remade,

There is no way they could top it.
 
The Shining.........Jack Nickolson was born to play the part. Still the scariest movie I have ever seen.:eek:
 
Dune.
The spice must flow.
Sci-fi channel butchered it.
(Yes I consider the version with Sting SUPERIOR):D
 
I do agree that some movies should never, ever be remade but with modern technology some movies are more appealing to the new generation. And I have seen, in many cases of remakes, that watching the new version makes the person want to see the old version and they seem to like it better turning a new generation of movie lovers onto the old classics.
 
I remember reading that there was talks of a remake of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", with John Travolta and Tom Cruise as the leads (don't know who was going to be whom). Thankfully I haven't heard anything since.

There have been plenty of good remakes, even of classics. Some often better than the original. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is, in fact, a remake (the original starred the Skipper from Gilligan's Island). "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is a remake. "Cape Fear", "3:10 to Yuma", and "Scarface" are all remakes.

Then there's the adaptation remakes, like "The Magnificent Seven" ("Seven Samurai"), "Fist Full of Dollars" ("Yojimbo"), and "The Departed" ("Infernal Affairs"). It's hard to choose a favorite, as both the originals and the American adaptations are fantastic.

Usually I don't like it when a classic movie gets remade, but the exceptions can be sci-fi/fantasy movies. A good sci-fi story will hold its significance, but the nature of unpredictable technology has made many "classics" completely dated.. "Alien", for example is a classic, but the computers are laughable. It's hard for the new generations of film viewers to appreciate these classics when the "technology" undermines the movie. Ditto "2001", "Logan's Run", "Blade Runner", and such. Some obviously should remain untouched, but every 25 years or so, a good sci-fi story can be due for a remake. Look at all the different movie versions of "I am Legend".

That's why I'm so torn about the remake of "Total Recall". The original with Ahnold is a classic. Most people think it's just some 1980's uber-cheese, but those people don't get the movie at all. Sure it's got some classic cheese in it, which brilliantly belies the typically ambiguous Phillip K Dick story. This remake (starring Colin Farrel as Quaid/Hauser) obviously won't have the cheese, so what's left is the story. If they can keep the story the way it's supposed to be, it could be good. But the prior credits of the director and the screenwriters on the remake don't leave me with much confidence. I have a feeling they'll dumb down the story and make it Hollywood, as audiences these days are easily confused and don't like it when they have to think to much. If only they could have gotten Christopher Nolan to direct it. I'll be the first to praise them if they do it justice, but I'll also be the first to gripe if they screw it up.
 
Anyone who tries to remake 'Enter the Dragon', 'JAWS', or 'Smokey and the Bandit', should be drug out into the street and shot.
 
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