Foolish remakes

[Space Prawn]

Anyone know of any old films which have been remade, and still the original whups more a-hole than the remake?

I'll start: The Day Of The Jackal. Then remade with a bigger budget and a worse script as The Jackal, with Bruce Willis as a silent hitman with a massive weapon (:)), Richard Gere as a former IRA dude with a poor accent, and Jack Black as weapons specialist (who gets shot. And dies slowly.)

[Blue Wolf]

At first I thought the Italian Job remake would be foolish, but then it turned out to be quite nice.

[littlefirework]

Does it have to be a substantially older film?

If so: Godzilla

If not: Point of No Return worst remake ever

[l33t k1w1]

Psycho.

But in its defense, the sound designer is teaching at SIT (http://www.sit.ac.nz) so it isn't that bad.

[Cjw]

If you consider planet of the apes a remake,then that was utter shite

[Playbus]

Get Carter.

Terrible.

The original's brilliant though, which makes it even sadder.

[Boyinabox]

The Italian Job remake wasnt bad but people should not allow a great british flick to be americanised!!!

HNGH!!!:mad:

[Panto]

Red Dragon

[donkey_pie]

Originally posted by l33t k1w1
Psycho.

But in its defense, the sound designer is teaching at SIT (http://www.sit.ac.nz) so it isn't that bad.

Moop... it seemed a silly remake though.. I mean he stayed true to the film... the camera shots.. shower scene, all of Hitchcock's little quirks. But why? Why bother? If anyone knows the answer to this I would be happy to hear it.. why remake an already amazing and timeless movie.. every scene is the same, thus I see no point. I can't say it was a bad remake, because it worked like the original.. but I have to question the logic muchly.:confused:

[squealpiggy]

I must contest your opinion of the remake of Psycho. It was terrible. There was this appalling mixture of modern and retro images, Norman Bates masturbating while watching the woman through the spyhole, and to cap it off the final scene with the fight... Anthony Perkins made a more awesome and frightening villain because of his slight frame, throwing around a much bigger man with the inhuman strength of the insane. Vince Vaughn is about 6'3, it was no wonder he was throwing the smaller man around like a rag doll. Plus they made it in colour. It was a waste of celluloid and an insult to Hitchcock's memory.