12-03-2013, 07:59 AM
(12-02-2013, 12:22 PM)Donovan Wrote: Depends on your definition of remake. I had a hard time thinking of any as well before I started considering a wider spectrum. Some would argue genre films do well as remakes especially as technology catches up to the director's vision. So while I risk blasphemy here I would argue the Chris Pine Star Trek is far superior to the first Motion Picture and is even better than the original series in some ways. Original Planet of the Apes: way better than Wahlberg of the Apes but not as good as Rise of the Apes. Carpenter's The Thing is a thousand times better than the original. And while it would be tough to slight Kurosawa in any way, the westerns made from his samurai movies were every bit as good. Just don't know if you could call them remakes, exactly.
Like I said: the ones that seem to do well are remakes that go a whole different way so as not to remind anyone how iconic the original was. I hear good things about Oldboy. Here's hoping it holds up...
They are remaking Oldboy? In Hollywood? Hmmmm I wonder if they leave in the bit where the main character eats a live octopus for real or the plotline when he realises he's been fucking his own daughter without realising?
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