Remakes/reboots that should not be made or booted

charlie_says

This isn't a particularly well thought out deep and meaningful question on film making on my part, just a bit of a rant really so go with me

The whole remake/reboot shebang is starting to nip at my chops big time at the moment. It has felt to me for a while that many a film lovers film no matter what genre can be thrown into the horrible Hollywood grinder and reappear as a disgusting mutated shell of its previous self all as long as the money boys get their return of 2.5x and up, art be damned.

What films would you hate to see remade, and who would you hate to see do it?

Drinking a bottle of wine earlier helped me to get here btw

That_Guy

I really wish they weren't making an American version of Headhunters. It's perfectly fine on its own.

The same applies to 'The Raid'. I can't believe they're making an English speaking version of a film that has fúck all dialogue in it anyway.

On the flip side, I thought the Dredd/Spiderman reboots/remakes were quite good.

It's not exactly a remake or a reboot but I also quite like the direction that recent Bond films are heading.

DazMarz

In a lot of cases, the American remakes/reboots of foreign language films are infinitely inferior specimens compared to the originals (see: Rec [remade as Quarantine], and the plethora of recent Japanese/Korean horror films getting remade in the US).

I was also a bit leery of the prospect of the Spiderman reboot. It wasn't all that long since the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire Spiderman-films, so it seemed a bit pointless (that said, I was pleasantly surprised by the newer one).

paulmorro

DazMarz wrote: »

I was also a bit leery of the prospect of the Spiderman reboot. It wasn't all that long since the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire Spiderman-films, so it seemed a bit pointless (that said, I was pleasantly surprised by the newer one).

Rights reverting ruled that reboot so I was also surprised I liked!

Culty films should be avoided. Imagine a remake of D Darko, complete with a moody One Direction song for the last montage...

WatchWolf

http://havetheyremadebacktothefutureyet.com/

the purple tin

It'll be a sad day when they start fannying about with 'one flew over the cuckoos nest'.

don ramo

DazMarz wrote: »

I was also a bit leery of the prospect of the Spiderman reboot. It wasn't all that long since the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire Spiderman-films, so it seemed a bit pointless (that said, I was pleasantly surprised by the newer one).

comic books adaptations will always be easier to reboot due the multiple variations of the stories that have been told for decades, like raimis spider-man was based off one variation, and webbs then is based on The amazing spider-man variation of the comics, like the newer batmans were based on the dark knight series of comics,

i always wonder would some films that get remade be better to just take some of the ideas from the original, then change a few other things around and then release it, with no links to the original film, and just let people draw similarities,

i would say a good few films fail because people just arent willing to drop E15 to see a film they already seen 20 years ago, unless its given a massive overhaul,

ziedth

I hear they are remaking The Raid and it makes me very sad. I can just see Jason Statham in it and all now.

don ramo

ziedth wrote: »

I hear they are remaking The Raid and it makes me very sad. I can just see Jason Statham in it and all now.

they already remade it, Dredd was more or less the same story, and it tanked at the box office (it was a good film though), i know it was pot luck that the raid and dredd had such similar stories but they can hardly justify spending another $50million+ making another version of the same story again,

also just looked it up there The Raid only cost $1.1million to make:eek::eek::eek:

Achtung Maybe

Getting a remake right is a notoriously difficult task it seems given the lacklustre remakes we get subjected to. In recent years the remake of Psycho (with Vince Vaughan) a contender for worst ever, whilst I did enjoy the remake of The Italian Job which had a great cast - Ed Norton, Donald Sutherland etc..

DazMarz

Some remakes are not too bad, but very few surpass or come close to the original. I cannot think of any that surpassed the original off the top of my head; but I can think of a few that are far worse.

-Remake of Get Carter
-Remake of Rec
-Remake of Ringu (although that wasn't TOO bad)

Actually, one remake that I liked and comes damn close to being as good as the original was The Departed (remake of Infernal Affairs).

aaronjumper

I would hate to see a reboot or remake of Back to the Future.
Just leave well enough alone.

Overheal

"You're telling me, you made a Time Machine... out of a _______?!"

Exactly. What ****ing car would you use? YOU CANT REMAKE THIS ****. GO AWAY.

Skatedude

Overheal wrote: »

"You're telling me, you made a Time Machine... out of a _______?!"

Exactly. What ****ing car would you use? YOU CANT REMAKE THIS ****. GO AWAY.

Robin reliant? Might have problems getting to 88 mph though

DazMarz

Time Machine made of a Bugatti Veyron. Never mind 88mph, that thing could probably hit 288mph...

Apart from that, it would be a crap remake.

don ramo

aaronjumper wrote: »

I would hate to see a reboot or remake of Back to the Future.
Just leave well enough alone.

i only seen it in cinema a year or two ago when it got a digital re-release, i see no reason whatsoever to remake it, i thought it still held up well even compared to some modern films,

aaronjumper

don ramo wrote: »

i only seen it in cinema a year or two ago when it got a digital re-release, i see no reason whatsoever to remake it, i thought it still held up well even compared to some modern films,

I agree. While I have enjoyed some of the reboots (Batman and Dredd) I worry that maybe movie makers are so obsessed with looking back over past glories instead of trying to make new ones.

The amount of reboots is ridiculous. Batman is getting rebooted, Fantastic Four, they are considering redoing the Twilight series (shudder). We are drowning in remakes and reboots.

Mickeroo

aaronjumper wrote: »

The amount of reboots is ridiculous. Batman is getting rebooted, Fantastic Four, they are considering redoing the Twilight series (shudder). We are drowning in remakes and reboots.

No. NO.

indough

on a positive note, i've seen the evil dead sequel/remake get a couple of decent reviews

irish son

I enjoyed the True Grit remake a lot.

I'd hate something like Stand By Me to be remade.

Zeek12

I thought the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair was a rare example of the remake bettering the original.
The first one looks really dated now and slightly corny in parts. I did'nt think the role suited McQueen either. Brosnan was a more natural fit.

thegreengoblin

DazMarz wrote: »

Some remakes are not too bad, but very few surpass or come close to the original. I cannot think of any that surpassed the original off the top of my head; but I can think of a few that are far worse.

-Remake of Get Carter
-Remake of Rec
-Remake of Ringu (although that wasn't TOO bad)

Actually, one remake that I liked and comes damn close to being as good as the original was The Departed (remake of Infernal Affairs).

I agree, The Departed is one of the few exceptions to the rule. Having said that, if anyone here has not seen either film I would have no hesitation in recommending they watch Infernal Affairs. It's in my top ten films of all time.

bnt

Well, as long as they don't reboot National Lampoon's Vacation and its sequels - Who could beat Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo in those roles?

Wait ... what? Ed Helms and Christina Applegate? Oh ...

Mike Litoris

I thought the recent reboot of The Omen was far better than the cheesey original.