# 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:** 334
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6662 "2025-02-21T16:35:31Z")
**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) 7. The Ladykillers (1955 and 2004) Sorry **Knoodler** , but I don’t think it belonged on the recent “Tied” list _at all_. 🙂 ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6663 "2025-02-21T16:40:01Z")
I think it falls under the criteria set by the OP. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6664 "2025-02-21T16:46:05Z")
**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) 7. The Ladykillers (1955 and 2004) 8. The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Jackal (1997) Less is more, mmkay? ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6665 "2025-02-21T19:51:59Z")
**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) 7. The Ladykillers (1955 and 2004) 8. The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Jackal (1997) 9. The Vanishing (1988); The Vanishing (1993) I’ve seen neither, but have read that the American remake of the Dutch original very much suffers by comparison (including having a tacked-on happy ending). ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6666 "2025-02-22T15:45:47Z")
**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) 7. The Ladykillers (1955 and 2004) 8. The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Jackal (1997) 9. The Vanishing (1988); The Vanishing (1993) 10. Red Dawn, Point Break, Fame, RoboCop, The Crow, The Hitcher, Planet of the Apes, Total Recall, etc. Stop making bad remakes! **Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. ---
**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 22, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6667 "2025-02-22T18:09:19Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6668 "2025-02-23T14:46:29Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6669 "2025-02-24T14:09:43Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6670 "2025-02-25T03:32:26Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. 5. Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami. ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6671 "2025-02-25T13:47:51Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. 5. Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami. 6. The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated paranoia. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6672 "2025-02-25T14:19:24Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. 5. Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami. 6. The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated 7. Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6673 "2025-02-25T20:00:14Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. 5. Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami. 6. The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated 7. Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common. 8. 13 Ghosts - the 2001 remake of the original 1960 movie has the nephew’s wife dying prior to his family acquiring his uncle’s estate. The dead wife appears as one of the 12 captive ghosts, who are imprisoned and unable to roam freely, as the ghosts in the original could. Also the house maid is replaced by a outsider ghost hunter, who seeks the treasure along with the lawyer/executor. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6674 "2025-02-26T06:26:25Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. 5. Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami. 6. The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated 7. Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common. 8. 13 Ghosts - the 2001 remake of the original 1960 movie has the nephew’s wife dying prior to his family acquiring his uncle’s estate. The dead wife appears as one of the 12 captive ghosts, who are imprisoned and unable to roam freely, as the ghosts in the original could. Also the house maid is replaced by a outsider ghost hunter, who seeks the treasure along with the lawyer/executor. 9. The Ladykillers - the 1955 original was set in industrial England and involved an armored car heist. The Coens 2004 film placed it in rural Mississippi and centered around a riverboat casino robbery. ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6675 "2025-02-27T21:29:44Z")
**Remakes where the story was changed dramatically** 1. Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned _The Vanishing_, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s. 2. Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada 3. Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother. 4. Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs. 5. Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami. 6. The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated 7. Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common. 8. 13 Ghosts - the 2001 remake of the original 1960 movie has the nephew’s wife dying prior to his family acquiring his uncle’s estate. The dead wife appears as one of the 12 captive ghosts, who are imprisoned and unable to roam freely, as the ghosts in the original could. Also the house maid is replaced by a outsider ghost hunter, who seeks the treasure along with the lawyer/executor. 9. The Ladykillers - the 1955 original was set in industrial England and involved an armored car heist. The Coens 2004 film placed it in rural Mississippi and centered around a riverboat casino robbery. 10. A Guy Named Joe and Always - A Guy Named Joe takes place in WWII while Always involves aerial firefighters. Next: **Matthew Lillard Movies** 1. SLC Punk ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6676 "2025-02-27T21:30:35Z")
**Matthew Lillard Movies** 1. SLC Punk 2. Hackers ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6677 "2025-02-27T21:31:29Z")
**Matthew Lillard Movies** 1. SLC Punk 2. Hackers 3. Scooby Doo ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6678 "2025-02-27T22:59:23Z")
**Matthew Lillard Movies** 1. SLC Punk 2. Hackers 3. Scooby Doo 4. Love’s Labour’s Lost ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6679 "2025-02-28T00:33:36Z")
**Matthew Lillard Movies** 1. SLC Punk 2. Hackers 3. Scooby Doo 4. Love’s Labour’s Lost 5. 13 Ghosts ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6680 "2025-02-28T00:37:51Z")
**Matthew Lillard Movies** 1. SLC Punk 2. Hackers 3. Scooby Doo 4. Love’s Labour’s Lost 5. 13 Ghosts 6. Scream (1996) ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/6681 "2025-02-28T02:06:02Z")
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