Can Hollywood Do a Good Remake - CineFix Now Roundtable

We look at movies like Ocean’s 11, The Thing, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Italian Job, and many more to see if good Hollywood remakes are possible and what that means for future movie remakes.

What movies do you think should never be remade? Do you think there are any good Hollywood remakes? Do you think there are any movies that should be remade? What are the worst parts about remaking movies?

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[robmann]

To be negative; you didn't mention remakes of silent pictures which of course were often remakes of theatrical plays. Two of my favourite remakes of all time are The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - original (1922) - and Mad Love (1935) - originally an Austrian film called The Hands of Orlac (1924). You've probably seen Flynn's Robin Hood but if you haven't seen Peter Lorre's performance in Mad Love make it the next thing you watch. Yes, do that.

[danielbeck]

You forgot one that you actually mentioned in your villains list, Cape Fear, and since we're on Robert Mitchum I'd see a night of the hunter remake

[jaydeabes]

I love that Psych got a shout-out. It's one of my favorite TV shows ever!

[eyespliced]

+Cineflix @Christina

You mentioned Jumper near the end of the round table, and while I never saw the film version (looked awful) it is based on a book with the same name by Steven Gould, which is a really fun read and deals with some pretty heavy stuff.

[OberonTheGoat]

Back to the Future IV should involve a plot where Marty's attempts to get home require the sacrifice of an expensive and critical piece of technology in a 1985 science lab, which then leads to 2015 being far less technologically advanced than it was in the 2nd film.

[RANDR]

Scarface, 3:10 to Yuma, Cape Fear, The Magnificent Seven, King Kong

[BeastOfTraal]

"The Ten Commandments" (1956) was a remake of "The Ten Commandments"(1923) both directed by Cecil B DeMille
"The Wizard of Oz"(1939) was the sixth Wizard of Oz Movie

[AotearoaChef]

I'm at 7 and a half mins waiting for them to move on from talking about Jaws and Back to the Future, he wanted to talk about good remakes. Scarface, Casino Royale, Dredd to name a few.

[Cringleberg]

Wow, no love for Dredd? I'm disappointed

[horrorvictim]

The Ring was Japanese (there was a Korean adaption of it though). Here's an interesting little tidbit. The Ring had a sequel 'Ransen' (a.k.a. Spiral) that was more sci-fi and explained how the tapes worked, but it wasn't as well recieved by audiences so they remade the sequel as Ring 2 (which is my favorite in the series tbh). Ransen is sometimes refered to as "The Forgotten Sequel" XD I didn't hate it though, but Ring 2 was waaay better.

[dlock]

One of my favorite remakes/adaptations is Harrison Ford's The Fugitive from 1993 based on the '60s TV show, which was also great.
In remaking a movie for TV, the Jack Klugman/Tony Randall series of The Odd Couple is one of the best sitcoms of all time, and the Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon film version is an oft-forgotten classic.

[getintofilm]

This is actually harder than it should be. The Little Shop of Horrors, Freaky Friday, the Coen Brother's version of True Grit, Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights or perhaps Hitchcock's own remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much?

[yadidimeanmaine]

The Wizard of Oz (1939) is the best remake, hands down. The secret to a property being good remake fodder is that it shouldn't originally be a film. The best adaptations are the ones that were originally books or plays.

[taxibullheat]

Now I want a Cinefix Now Roundtable remake/reboot/sequel with a diverse cast of anthropomorphic animals and a humanoid.

[mjr]

All remakes starring Matt Damon are awesome:
-Ocean's Eleven
-The Bourne Identity
-The Talented Mr. Ripley
-The Departed
-True Grit

[juanzambrano]

Idea for a video: "Movies that inspired Quentin Tarantino!!" Come on!!! lest do

[creaturesrcool]

The Coen brothers' True Grit is great.

[CueBall]

I can't believe that after all the hubbub, not a single one of you brought up the Ghostbusters remake.

[Noone-rldb]

Planet of the Apes had a great remake. I don't know if it counts but terminator the Sarah Connor chronicles was also a good show based on the movie

[TheMovieDoctorful]

They already did. Multiple times. The Wolfman, Carrie, King Kong, 310 to Yuma, Night of the Living Dead, The Thing, The Departed, Conan the Barbarian, Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street. I'm beyond sick of this obsessive, anti-remake bullshit. Many of them are great, some are masterpieces, and a select few are even better than the originals. Better a remake than a sequel IMO.