Comments on: Movie remakes: The Ten Best and Worst!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:06:31 +0000

“How about ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939), originally made in 1925?”

The 1925 version was loosely based on the book and is actually just a ‘remake’ for the screen of various stage performances based on “Oz” literature around the turn of the 20th century. As the 1939 version is more true to the story(1925 version included a love triangle with the Tin Man), and was successfully released (1925 version was bankrupted before full distribution), it should be considered the original ‘movie’ adaptation.

By: steveg

steveg — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:34:38 +0000

How about ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939), originally made in 1925?

Or ‘The Maltese Falcon’ (1941), which is actually the second remake after ‘The Maltese Falcon’ (1931) and ‘Satan Met a Lady’ (1936)?

By: ClassicMovieFan

ClassicMovieFan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:25:16 +0000

I liked all of the King Kong movies. Each one was a little different. I just saw the latest remake recently again and was surprised how much more the girl was drawn to Kong. It was a little kreepy in a funny way.

By: Animated Emoticons

Animated Emoticons — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:53:41 +0000

Top of my list of movies to see are Transformers and public enemies and despite myself I would quite like to see Harry Potter, lol.. Doesn’t it just make you want to be a wizard!

By: Flu-Bird

Flu-Bird — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:39:09 +0000

The recent awful remake of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and turning it into one of those stupid enviromental message films WE NEED TO SET KLAATU and GORT loose in hollywood

By: Mary Green

Mary Green — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:54:45 +0000

June 12,

I have avoided the remake of The In-Laws..Why anyone bothered to remake a perfect movie I don’t know. Thanks for these comparisions it has saved me a lot of time..The reason they are “remakingn” them is that they are devoid of there own ideas of plot so they have to try to borrow from ones that were successful.

By: Pjay

Pjay — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:35:49 +0000

Cape Fear was an idiotic remake for two reasons:

- There’s no way that a person would be able to hold onto a sulfur flare as it melted down onto his hand, no matter how “tough” or psychotic he is. And anyway, such flares don’t melt down like candles in the first place.

- The family traps DeNiro on the boat to die as it sinks by slapping a pair of handcuffs to bind his ankle to a railing.
No normal handcuffs will fit around a grown man’s ankle. It simply can’t happen. (Gee, maybe, do you think that’s why they actually make “LEG CUFFS”?)

When the moviemakers have to misrepresent what’s real, in scenarios where we’re not talking about science fiction or fantasy (where anyone could make a claim to representing what’s “real” no matter how fanciful) they blow it. Since we know that handcuffs won’t fit around a man’s ankle, why not use a different plot device to trap him on the boat? Why not have the handcuffs put on his… duh… HAND?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:42:08 +0000

As far as the best goes, you left out one of the better remakes ever, Cape Fear, DeNiro was chilling as the protagonist, and the best part of the original they reused in this version the haunting soundtrack. Also Casino Royale was great to finally see as a true action packed gritty Bond flick unlike its comedic predecessor. As for the worst you left out of your number one the most recent remake of this, Invasion with Nicole Kidman, again a pointless remake. Godzilla was pretty bad, the babies looked like raptors from another movie, and it was just down right pointless. Physco though takes the case for worst remake ever. Please do not try to remake classic movies. PLEASE!!!!!!! Save the celluloid!!!!

By: selma

selma — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:01:55 +0000

I have to go with the original on most of the ones. I voted for.
Psycho/house of wax,Invasion of the body snatchers,Oceans 11-Sinatra

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:20:49 +0000

The original the haunting and the original house on haunted hill were much better than the horrible remakes…

By: maggie c.

maggie c. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:14:47 +0000

It’s INfernal Affairs, FYI. Or Moo Gaun Dou, if you’re feeling frisky. I’m not feeling a Richard Gere flick right now, thank you kindly.

And boo hiss on the William Monahan, screenwriter of The Departed, for not “thanking” the source when he accepted his Oscar.

Have a great night, good call on Bodysnatchers!

By: Jonathan Tully

Jonathan Tully — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:05:24 +0000

As good as The Departed was, Infernal Affairs was 100 percent Hong Kong brilliance. If you haven’t seen it yet, and you have seen The Departed, do not pass go — see Infernal Affairs RIGHT NOW.

By: Science Rick

Science Rick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:07:27 +0000

It’s not really a remake, but the “Lost in Space” movie was very dissapointing to say the least.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:33:50 +0000

The Day The Earth Stood Still. The remake was not too bad, but not as great as the original.

By: Al DeGaetano

Al DeGaetano — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:56:09 +0000

Godzilla.

The Matthew Broderick version was awful. They could have called it “The Dinosaur that Ate New York.” Terrible screenplay, no soul; nothing redeeming about it. Seek out the original Japanese release on DVD sans Raymond Burr. Even the one with Burr is much better.