Yesterday vs Today

Blaine

Blaine

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This one's in the Callaghan mode.

Here are a few movies to watch, first the original and then the remake. It's an interesting look at how movie making has changed, and not always for the better.

Dial M For Murder (1954) vs. A Perfect Murder (1998)
The Big Clock (1948) vs. No Way Out (1987)
Out of the Past (1947) vs. Against All Odds (1984)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) vs. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

In each case the original was better than the remake EXCEPT for The Big Clock/No Way Out. And this is coming from someone who CAN'T STAND Kevin Costner :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

Feel free to post other examples. I tried to point out movies that weren't necessarily known to be remakes (by the general public). The Postman Always Rings Twice is the exception.
 
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The Island, while an "original" movie, borrowed liberally from several other movies, some of which included: THX 1138, Logan's Run, Gattaca, The Matrix and The Clonus Horror.
 
Actually, John, you could have included King Kong (1976) and I agree, the original was still the best.


And of course theres:

Alfie (1966) vs. Alfie (2004)
The Italian Job (1969) vs. The Italian Job (2003)
Get Carter (1971) vs. Get Carter (2000)
The original of each of the previous three movies starred Michael Caine.

Ocean's Eleven (1960) vs. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
A remake of a classic Rat Pack movie.

And here's a remake of another classic that starred Lee Marvin in one of his tough guy roles:
Point Blank (1967) vs. Payback (1999)
 
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John_Hudson said:
I like Scorsese's better
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i agree, except for one line. a cop is about to draw his weapon on Robert Mitchum, to which he says, "Man, if you pull that thing you better call the riot squad!"
 
Steve Martin has basically made a career outta making remakes. A few weren't bad reincarnations at all:
-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (remake of Bedtime Story)
and
-Little Shop of Horrors was better than the original
but
Most have paled in comparison:
-The Out-of-Towners
-Cheaper By The Dozen
-The Pink Panther

A few remakes that were better than their parent film:
-The Thing over The Thing from Another World (even though James Arness' Thing was scary as hell)
-The Fly
-The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitch outdid himself with the Jimmy Stewart version)
-The Birdcage over La Cage aux folles
-Always over A Guy Named Joe
-The Magnificent Seven over The Seven Samurai (debatable)

However, most fall short of the picture that sired them:
-The Flight of the Phoenix
-Scarface
-Sabrina
-The End of the Affair
-Henry V
-The Ladykillers
-House On Haunted Hill
-The Manchurian Candidate
-Meet Joe Black over Death Takes A Holiday
...and so on and so forth

And some had no business EVER being remade:
-Mr. Deeds (Capra's classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is sacred stuff)
-Miracle on 34th Street
-Mighty Joe Young
-The Time Machine
-and of course Psycho :eek:WTF?!
 
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STAGECOACH 1939 OH YEAH! Chad , LA CAGE AUX OURS? I think it was au la folles i liked the french version but the american version was good
 
Criss Cross vs. Underneath

This is a real toss up. They are such radically different movies, and I think I like them equally. Though for bad guys, there are few matches for the amazing Dan Duryea.

And for liking the new Cape Fear over the old????? How can you compare Mitchum's cold and truely scary performance with De Niro's over-the-top scene-chewing? Dang!
 
Bad News Bears vs. Bad News Bears

I actually liked the remake and the way it stayed true to form with Buttermakers politically incorrect nature. I thought for sure they would've made a gentler version for today's "more sensitive" audiences. That being said, it didn't come close to outshining the original version. Walter Mathau(sp?) was awesome. What ever happened to the actor who played Kelly Leak? He kind of faded away after the seventies.
 
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Charade vs. The Truth About Charlie

Notorious vs. Mission: Impossible 2

Nothing beats an old, great Cary Grant flick. And Cary Grant never made a bad movie.
 
Cool discussion.

In most cases I prefer the originals. Remakes often just seem like a pathetic attempt to make money.

Although I definitely prefer Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" over Ralph Bakshi's.

Chris
 
Peckinpah's The Getaway (1972) with Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw makes the 1994 The Getaway (with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger) look like child's play. No contest, Peckinpah wins hands down!
 
David Jimerson said:
Notorious vs. Mission: Impossible 2
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Well, Notorious is one of the best movies ever made.

"We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity." :)

I've never seen MI:2. ARE YOU F(*&%^ SERIOUS????? Or is that a joke?
 
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