remakes or movies you never want to see made

[marvelman2006]

I never want to see jaws remade or a movie based on monoply.

[Blackman]

I never want to see a live action DB/DBZ movie

[Crockett]

The remakes I wouldn't want them to makes is on top off my head, Casablanca, Sunset Blvd, Bergman's films and I'd say the same thing for Kurosawa's films but there's a few remakes of his films that's made already.

[Laderlappen]

Wouldnt it make more sense if you made a thread asking people what remakes they WANT to see made?

[marvelman2006]

Originally Posted by Laderlappen

Wouldnt it make more sense if you made a thread asking people what remakes they WANT to see made?

Already been done I think.

[chapin]

any kevin smith or michael mann film remake

[Monsieur Xavier]

Hi,

Any French comedy remake by Hollywood.

[Thebumwhowalks]

Originally Posted by Crockett

The remakes I wouldn't want them to makes is on top off my head, Casablanca[...]

I'm pretty sure they already remade 'Casablanca', a made for tv movie though.

This is quite a difficult one, I tend to agree with 'Jaws', but part of me would always be interested in seeing what they did with a remake, i don't think they could do better than Jaws though. They would show the shark, and part of what makes that movie great, is that through smart editing and s/track use, they created an underwater threat in our imaginations that no fake shark could have equalled. A case of 'necessity being the mother of invention' working out well.
I do think that there are certain films that would be pretty much a waste of time re-making, the LOTR trilogy, Star Wars(maybe), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fight Club, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Taxi Driver, ...as they are pretty much as close to cinema perfection in succeeding in what they set out to do.
and there are certain individual's work that would lose their essential flavour if covered by someone else attempting to replicate that artist's work, like Tarantino's movies, or some of David Lynch's work.
so those are a waste of time too.

[Vengeance of Bane]

Originally Posted by chapin

any kevin smith or michael mann film remake

Even Cop Out?

[marvelman2006]

Originally Posted by Thebumwhowalks

I'm pretty sure they already remade 'Casablanca', a made for tv movie though.

This is quite a difficult one, I tend to agree with 'Jaws', but part of me would always be interested in seeing what they did with a remake, i don't think they could do better than Jaws though. They would show the shark, and part of what makes that movie great, is that through smart editing and s/track use, they created an underwater threat in our imaginations that no fake shark could have equalled. A case of 'necessity being the mother of invention' working out well.
I do think that there are certain films that would be pretty much a waste of time re-making, the LOTR trilogy, Star Wars(maybe), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fight Club, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Taxi Driver, ...as they are pretty much as close to cinema perfection in succeeding in what they set out to do.
and there are certain individual's work that would lose their essential flavour if covered by someone else attempting to replicate that artist's work, like Tarantino's movies, or some of David Lynch's work.
so those are a waste of time too.

Whenever I wonder about them remaking jaws I use deep blue sea as an example of how they would do it with the effects. They would most certainly cgi the shark and make the characters bland and shallow. Theres no way a remake of the could capture the majic of the original.

Back to the future is another on that creeps into my mind of never being remade. The star wars prequels wouldnt be hard to outdo but as long as george is alive they will never bee touched unless he rerererererereleases them with "never before seen footage" and cleaned up effects. Tarantino's films luckily can never bee remade because noone else has that style that quintin has.

[marvelman2006]

Originally Posted by femidk1

Even Cop Out?

god that movie was terrible, I couldnt make it past the first 30 minutes.

[Erzengel]

Originally Posted by Crockett

The remakes I wouldn't want them to makes is on top off my head, Casablanca, Sunset Blvd, Bergman's films and I'd say the same thing for Kurosawa's films but there's a few remakes of his films that's made already.

I love Seven Samurai but I also enjoyed Samurai Seven (Anime version) and Magnificent 7 was pretty good too.

Movies that shouldn't ever be remade:

Jaws, Shawshank, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Godfather, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz

[Crockett]

Originally Posted by Erzengel

I love Seven Samurai but I also enjoyed Samurai Seven (Anime version) and Magnificent 7 was pretty good too.

Well I haven't seen The Magnificent Seven so that explains it, but I heard it's good so that's fine.

I mean in general there's a lot movies that does have remakes so it all boils down to the execution, I mean if it's good then it's fine, if it's bad well too bad. Nobody is forcing me to watch the remake and I'll still have the original movie to enjoy.

[S.A.A.D.]

Videodrome
Dead Ringers

[S.A.A.D.]

Shutter Island
Commando
Edward Scissorhands

[S.A.A.D.]

Law Abiding Citizen
Trick 'r Treat (200?)
American Psycho

[Ultra Lantern]

Back to the Future should never be remade.

[Rowsdower!]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

I don't need to see someone with a hard-on for Tom Bombadil and The Scouring of the Shire try and "do it right" in another 20 years.

[Ultra Lantern]

Every 20 years we get another King Kong movie.Who cares about a big giant ape.

[Rowsdower!]

Originally Posted by Ultra Lantern

Every 20 years we get another King Kong movie.Who cares about a big giant ape.

Gotta agree with you on that one. I love Peter Jackson, but why he felt a need to give us another Kong is beyond me. I know it was his favorite movie when he was a kid. Doesn't mean we needed another one.

[Majik1387]

Will Smith's Annie remake with his daughter in the lead.

[Ultra Lantern]

Originally Posted by Majik1387

Will Smith's Annie remake with his daughter in the lead.

That's so wrong.

[chapin]

Originally Posted by femidk1

Even Cop Out?

Cop Out was alright. its not the cure of cancer but it sure in not the worst movie ever made.

[Alchemyst]

I really hope that live action Voltron never sees the light of day, the same goes for Akira. I find it downright sickening to see anime be made into live action films and they cast the film with actors that bear little to no resemblance to the characters and water down the storyline, thus resulting in a big slap to the face towards any fan of the particular series.

[Ultra Lantern]

Originally Posted by Alchemyst

I really hope that live action Voltron never sees the light of day, the same goes for Akira. I find it downright sickening to see anime be made into live action films and they cast the film with actors that bear little to no resemblance to the characters and water down the storyline, thus resulting in a big slap to the face towards any fan of the particular series.

Star Blazers is another movie that doesn't need to be live action.