# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 333
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6642 "2025-02-19T16:34:13Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart 5. True Grit, Hathaway and the Coens 6. The Haunting, Wise and de Bont ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6643 "2025-02-19T16:51:34Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart 5. True Grit, Hathaway and the Coens 6. The Haunting, Wise and de Bont 7. Scarface, Hawks and De Palma In the context of each being very much a product of its own time, I’d rate them equally. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6644 "2025-02-20T07:36:25Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart 5. True Grit, Hathaway and the Coens 6. The Haunting, Wise and de Bont 7. Scarface, Hawks and De Palma 8. The Thomas Crown Affair, McQueen and Brosnan ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6645 "2025-02-20T07:38:55Z")
**Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart 5. True Grit, Hathaway and the Coens 6. The Haunting, Wise and de Bont 7. Scarface, Hawks and De Palma 8. The Thomas Crown Affair, McQueen and Brosnan 9. The Fly, Hedison and Goldblum ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6646 "2025-02-20T16:31:45Z")
I started this one and shouldn’t end it, but I’d like to see a "movies and their sequels that were not as good. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6647 "2025-02-20T16:37:58Z")
I think we can accommodate that. **Movies and Their Remakes Tied for Quality** 1. Henry V, Olivier and Branagh 2. Dune, Lynch and Villeneuve 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Siegel and Kaufman 4. A Christmas Carol, Scott and Stewart 5. True Grit, Hathaway and the Coens 6. The Haunting, Wise and de Bont 7. Scarface, Hawks and De Palma 8. The Thomas Crown Affair, McQueen and Brosnan 9. The Fly, Hedison and Goldblume 10. The Ladykillers, Mackendrick and the Coen Brothers **Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6648 "2025-02-20T17:01:34Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6649 "2025-02-20T18:29:04Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6650 "2025-02-20T22:58:13Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation The series bounced back in the next installment, however. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6651 "2025-02-20T23:15:16Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact Really, it’s not even fair to compare the two, but, well, here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6652 "2025-02-21T00:09:07Z")
This is a great category but I just realized I meant to say movies and their _ **remakes** _ that were not so good. **Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact 6. Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6653 "2025-02-21T00:27:01Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact 6. Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II 7. Iron Man and Iron Man II ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6654 "2025-02-21T04:22:06Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact 6. Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II 7. Iron Man and Iron Man II 8. The Sting and The Sting II ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6655 "2025-02-21T04:58:37Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact 6. Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II 7. Iron Man and Iron Man II 8. The Sting and The Sting II 9. Jaws and Jaws II ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6656 "2025-02-21T05:20:14Z")
**Movies and their sequels that were not as good** 1. The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic 2. Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 3. The Godfather I and II killed, and then Godfather III bombed 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation and European Vacation 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact 6. Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II 7. Iron Man and Iron Man II 8. The Sting and The Sting II 9. Jaws and Jaws II 10. Raiders of the Lost Ark/Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom I shouldn’t do this, but here goes **Movies with a remake that wasn’t as good** 1. Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6657 "2025-02-21T05:29:01Z")
**Movies with a remake that wasn’t as good** 1. Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell) 2. Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb) The third Spider-Man proves to be much better than his two predecessors. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6658 "2025-02-21T09:49:42Z")
**Movies with a remake that wasn’t as good** 1. Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell) 2. Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb) 3. Flight of the Phoenix (1965) / Flight of the Phoenix (2004) By 2008 Mall●Wart was selling DVD side-by-side two-packs of the remake packaged along with the original, so that you could watch J. Stewart, E. Borgnine, P. Finch, R. Attenborough, and G. Kennedy in the 1965 version and see for yourself just how badly the 2004 remake sucked. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6659 "2025-02-21T14:14:45Z")
**Movies with a remake that wasn’t as good** 1. Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell) 2. Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb) 3. Flight of the Phoenix (1965) / Flight of the Phoenix (2004) 4. Psycho (Hitchcock); Psycho (Van Sant) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6660 "2025-02-21T14:58:55Z")
**Movies with a remake that wasn’t as good** 1. Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell) 2. Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb) 3. Flight of the Phoenix (1965) / Flight of the Phoenix (2004) 4. Psycho (Hitchcock); Psycho (Van Sant) 5. The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man (2006) I haven’t seen the remake, but the consensus is clear that it was an unfortunate mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6661 "2025-02-21T15:52:51Z")
**Movies with a remake that wasn’t as good** 1. Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell) 2. Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb) 3. Flight of the Phoenix (1965) / Flight of the Phoenix (2004) 4. Psycho (Hitchcock); Psycho (Van Sant) 5. The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man (2006) 6. Rollerball (1975); Rollerball (2002) The remake lost the social commentary from the first and had an important piece of the plot hinge on the chinstrap of the helmet, something the main character never had buckled anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=334)