drew wrote:John Carpenter's THE THING over The original....
drew wrote:John Carpenter's THE THING over The original....
john stabb wrote:The original Cape Fear (with a creepy Robert Mitchum) was a completely different film than the remake (with a much creepier DeNiro). Scorcese added his infidelity idea, more gruesome murders, shades of child-molesting, and a river disaster. Both are quite good so I can't say I hated the remake. The Thing remake wasn't a low-budget horror & far gorier than the original. 2 different films. I dig them both. But the remake of Body Snatchers was good, not terrible. It will never stand up to the original for me.
I'll say this: the remake/retelling of True Grit is far superior to the original for me. I think the Cohen Bros. really came up with a far more believable idea with real (not cliched) uneducated language by the characters. Grittier and more violent, that's for sure.
Chris Shary wrote:Totally agree with Stabby on the True Grit call. The original is corny and painful.
john stabb wrote:YNE, I agree that Cape Fear remake is one of Scorsese's weaker ideas but I liked it all the same. I didn't love it. And we don't have enough time or space here to get into that Psycho remake. Gus Van Sant deserves to be castrated for attempting to do Hitchcock, much less one of the best Hitchcocks
I haven't put myself through Assault on Precinct 17 remake but the Straw Dogs remake wasn't terrible. Far more violent (but overdone compared to Peckinpah if that can be done) but it didn't knock me out like the original did. The acting of Dustin Hoffman being the nerd pushed too far till exploding was far better than the guy in the remake. The rape scene in both was still disturbing but the original Irish thugs were creepier.
And (we've discussed this before but) they should NEVER attempt to remake JAWS or DEATHWISH And they shouldn't touch Angel Heart either.
Burn Hollywood Burn.
Gary wrote:Generally no,not into it.
I saw the remakes of Cape Fear and The Thing before I even knew there was an original. Enjoyed both.
Probably not cool to admit,but I enjoyed the remake of War Of The Worlds.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:drew wrote:John Carpenter's THE THING over The original....
Its a tie. The original 'Thing' had a very eerie charm to it. And yes the remake was quite good indeed.
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