Best and Worst Remakes (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

I really enjoy the original 'Flight of the Phoenix',didn't think much of the remake myself.

Rob

 

[Scott]

There are two Versions of 'Sahara', I think the one with Humphry Bogart is the best but

There is a Western with the same plot. A stage coach replaces the tank. I can't remember the name.

I think one of them has the guy that played Colour Sergeant Bourne in Zulu as a Major in the British Army

I just saw Nigel Green as Hercules in Jason and The Argonauts.

 

[Spitfrnd]

I just saw Nigel Green as Hercules in Jason and The Argonauts.

I had forgotten that. He had many great roles, including the one as the Green Knight.

 

[Lewey Gun Vick]

Omega Man was quite good I thought!

But I really did like I am Lgend, apart from when the dog died

I know worst part of the whole film! I hate when the dog dies; Jaws, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Old Yeller, etc.

Vick

 

[maddadicus]

There are two Versions of 'Sahara', I think the one with Humphry Bogart is the best but

And there are two movies set in North Afrika during 1942 which have different names, but the exact, and I do mean exact story line!

One's called Rommel's something, but I cannot remember the other one

I think one of them has the guy that played Colour Sergeant Bourne in Zulu as a Major in the British Army

And the story line is that there is a special group of Germans serving with the British army, who go onto a French ship and blow it up so that the French think it is the Germans who are starting a war with them, anyways

There is a huge gun emplacement on a coastline in North Afrika, which they must blow up, and they successfully do it, and there is loads of tanks and flamethrowers and stuff

Just chekced google there, one version is called 'Raid On Rommel'

I just checked google again, the other film is caleld 'Tobruk'

Anyone have an idea as to why these films are the same?

Tobruk was a very good movie whereas Raid on Rommel was a cheap near exact remake using a lot of the same battle footage as Tobruk...An old Richard Burton could not save it..Michael

 

[Spitfrnd]

Time to mention some great remakes I think. Here are some suggestions:
Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty, is a stellar remake of 1943's "Here Comes Mr Jordon”
The Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen is a classic remake of the equally classic 1954's Japanese film "Seven Samurai.
The Clint Eastwood break away vehicle, A Fistful of Dollars, another western from Japan, is a great remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo,
The Man Who Knew Too Much (the only film Hitchcock made twice, nicely remade, with James Stewart
The 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the second of four so far is a very good remake of the 1956 classic and the third “Body Snatchers” (filmed at Craig Air Force Base near Selma, Alabama), was worth watching. The last, Invasion with Nicole Kidman, as noted below, was an abomination.
The 2006 Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig, may be the best remake to date notwithstanding the presence of the great Peter Sellers.
But then who can forget the 1941 Maltese Falcon, brilliantly remade with Bogart and Mary Astor as the third film version of the Dashiell Hammett novel. It totally eclipsed the first released in 1931 and the second, called Satan Met a Lady, a loose comedy adaptation released in 1936 with a young Bette Davis.

 

[arnhem44mad]

Time to mention some great remakes I think. Here are some suggestions:
Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty, is a stellar remake of 1943's "Here Comes Mr Jordon”
The Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen is a classic remake of the equally classic 1954's Japanese film "Seven Samurai.
The Clint Eastwood break away vehicle, A Fistful of Dollars, another western from Japan, is a great remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo,
The Man Who Knew Too Much (the only film Hitchcock made twice, nicely remade, with James Stewart
The 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the second of four so far is a very good remake of the 1956 classic and the third “Body Snatchers” (filmed at Craig Air Force Base near Selma, Alabama), was worth watching. The last, Invasion with Nicole Kidman, as noted below, was an abomination.
The 2006 Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig, may be the best remake to date notwithstanding the presence of the great Peter Sellers.
But then who can forget the 1941 Maltese Falcon, brilliantly remade with Bogart and Mary Astor as the third film version of the Dashiell Hammett novel. It totally eclipsed the first released in 1931 and the second, called Satan Met a Lady, a loose comedy adaptation released in 1936 with a young Bette Davis.

What about Ocean's Eleven?

 

[Spitfrnd]

What about Ocean's Eleven?

It was definitely better than the original with a better Brat pack but I really didn't care for it that much.