Me too, but unlike a lot of people comparing the two movies, I only saw the original a couple of weeks before seeing the remake in the theater.
I kind of doubt that, the Norton Hulk movie has higher ratings on both IMDB and Rottentomatoes.
And you are the first person in history to break their sarcasm gland and be unable to see dubious smileys :D. I know the Norton one is better by most standards. The first movie was held up as an example of “wow, Ang Lee can make a shitty movie.”
I think I like Norton the best, character-wise. The Avengers was an ensemble piece, and the Hulk as Banner got not a whole lot of screen time, so I’m not sure what to say about Ruffalo, but didn’t move me as much.
Last year’s *Dredd * doesn’t count as a remake, but it’s an infinitely better movie treatment of the comic than Stallone’s Judge Dredd, in many ways I think as a reaction to it.
The Plank (1979) vs. The Plank (1967).
Nitpick: the original Battlestar Galactica was NOT a Star Trek clone. It would have to have improved CONSIDERABLY to be a Star Trek clone.
This is probably blasphemy, but I like the 1980s version of “Cat People” with Nastassia Kinksi better than the Jacques Tournier original. The combination of blatant sexuality, the New Orleans setting, the Giorgio Moroder score (his best, for my money) and the creepiness of the production all gave it a creepiness all its own.
For the record, I also like the Tournier original. But it’s far too subtle for its own good.
Beat me to it. Even if you think Jeff Bridges doesn’t quite match John Wayne, everyone else in the movie is ten times better. Hailee Steinfeld acts fifty rings around Kim Darby. Josh Brolin is genuinely frightening. Barry Pepper is fantastic.
And once again, an example of the remake being truer to the source material.
Agreed. Can you believe Kim Darby got good reviews? I think Ebert had a crush on her. I never especially cared for Barry Pepper in anything else, but he took Duvall’s role and didn’t look bad at all in comparison, which in my opinion, counts as a fantastic performance. Matt Damon was miles better than Glenn Campbell, even if they had him bite his tongue partway through the movie and had him & Bridges do a rendition of Dueling Mumbles.
Wayne being Wayne still works for that role though. Perhaps if the Coens could have used him, they could have dialed him back just a bit and have him be a little less broad - a cross between that role and The Shootist. I would have liked to have seen that.
Your opinion and all, but I vehemently dispute this. The original Cook/Moore film wass a masterpiece of low budget, well-written filmmmaking
Agreed. The original Dawn of the Dead is just tiring in the 21st century (especially the “Shopping is evil!” message) and the remake gives us probably the only good treatment of fast zombies ever.
I will go for an obscure one, The 70s TV movie Captain’s Courageous with Karl Malden was much better than the classic film with Spencer Tracy.
The Pink Panther with Steve Martin is light years better than the version with Peter Sellers.
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Also agreed. Wayne said that Kim Darby was the worst actress he’d ever worked with.
I thought the TV movie of Inherit the Wind with Jason Robards was better then the classic film with Spencer Tracy.
That makes three of us. There is something about the 70s version that I find offputting. it annoys me. Tim Burton’s version entertained me. I loved it.
How about the Heston version of Ben Hur over the original silent version. As sword and sandal epics from the 50’s go, it doesn’t get any better than this.
My problem is that I tend to want remakes that fix the problems with the originals without messing with the stuff that works. The Burton Chocolate Factory film fixed what they screwed up in the original - Charlie’s transgression with the fizzy soda - and gave us back the squirrels (which weren’t possible to provide in the first version) but also gave us Depp’s gibbering Michael Jackson-esque Wonka and those horrible Elfman songs.
Likewise, the musical version of the Producers fixes the terrible ending of the original but doesn’t have Gene Wilder in it - and Leo Bloom is Gene Wilder; Matthew Broderick is a pale imitation. Actually, just having Gene Wilder as Burton’s Wonka would have been an improvement.
What I’m trying to say is: I miss Gene Wilder.
Evil Dead II was better than Evil Dead.
The Jury is still out if the next one will be even better than EDII.
I seriously doubt it though, due to the lack of Bruce Campbell.
Not a remake.
The jury already ruled, Army of Darkness is way better than ED2.
While the lack of Bruce Campbell is sad, the remake looks fucking stellar and I actually can’t wait. I never thought I’d say that a year ago.