Movies in which you like both the original AND the remake

[CatWoman]

equally?

My picks are Invasion of the Body Snatchers



And "The Thing"

[Rick Myers]

1. The Thing is the only one I can think of...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. The Postman Always Rings Twice

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. Cape Fear

Robert Mitchum and Deniro are both equally creepy.

[swag]

10. Nice choice.

And I like that Scorsese kept the Bernard Herrmann score for the remake.

[Zuni]

13. good call on that

I agree. I think I liked the De Niro version better

[wryter2000]

4. The Thing?

The remake was a hopelessly gory, stupid movie. I had to turn it off. Dreadful, awful, worse than a waste of time.

I loved the remake of The Stepford Wives as a parody. If you wanted a straight remake you'd have to be disappointed, but it you take it for laughs, it was great!

[winga222]

5. "Pride and Prejudice"

OK, one is actually a mini-series (the fabulous 1994 BBC production with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth). The original I'm refering to is the Greer Garson/Lawrence Olivier version from the 30s. Really condensed and completely wrong costuming but still frothy and fun.

[hickman1937]

6. The Wizard of Oz.

The 1910 silent was a hoot, and the 1939 version is of course a classic. I'm trying to find a copy of the 1925 silent with Oliver Hardy.

[CatWoman]

8. try Ebay.

:D

[hickman1937]

18. Good idea.

Thanks;) I'm also thinking about disconnecting my cable, and joining Netflix. I'll miss TCM though.

[flamingyouth]

16. I love those silent Oz films

Totally trippy. :D

[soleft]

7. I have big hopes for King Kong

And let's forget the Dino DeLaurentise version.

[CatWoman]

21. as long as they don't copy that disastrous "Godzilla" remake

formula x(

[soleft]

22. Godzilla remake worst movie EVER

If I was SJP I would have filed for divorce - who know Ferris Bueller would grow up and suck so bad in movie!

[gollygee]

9. I liked the new Manchurian Candidate

though I LOVE the orignial, I thought the new one was pretty good too.

[CatWoman]

11. agree 100 percent there

both were very, very good!! :thumbsup:

[tjdee]

14. Ah.... Liev Schreiber...

Manchurian Candidate was my pick too.

I thought all three main characters did a great job in both, and I liked the changes they made to the ending as well.

Why doesn't Liev Schreiber get more recognition? I think he's just fantastic.

[Cocoa]

12. Seven Samurai

and Magnificent Seven. :toast:

[lpbk2713]

15. A Star is Born

I liked all three.

[Miami Liberal]

17. Ocean's 11

although the newer version had better eye candy. :evilgrin:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. I don't know if this one would counts - "Alien" and "It, The Terror From

Beyond Space". Technically, Alien was not a remake but it was heavily inspired by the earlier science fiction classic. Both films were great.

[CatWoman]

20. I need to look into that

thanks.