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Remakes and Sequels - Good and Bad from Superant

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

1702

7.4

7.7

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

steven aka superant's rating:

826

6.4

6.7

Anna and the King (1999)

The remake did not work out very well, even though it had great actors in Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. So the 1946 version is better.

steven aka superant's rating:

2032

6.8

7.3

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

1978 version IMDB rating 8

steven aka superant's rating:

371

5.6

5.7

Death at a Funeral (2010)

2007 versionIMDB rating 7.3

steven aka superant's rating:

7.7

6.6

Destry (1954)

Both Destry and the 1939 Destry Rides Again were entertaining. I give the vote by an edge to the older version with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.

steven aka superant's rating:

714

5.6

5.9

Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

The Dinner Game 1998

steven aka superant's rating:

2534

4.9

5.4

Dr. Dolittle (1998)

The 1967 version has Rex Harrison and singing, so it is better.

steven aka superant's rating:

1571

5.9

6.5

Father of the Bride (1991)

1950 version IMDB rating 7.2

steven aka superant's rating:

451

5.8

6.1

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

The 1965 version is compelling and edge of the seat. The 2004 version does not work very well.

steven aka superant's rating:

2435

4.8

5.4

Godzilla (1998)

In the 1956 version with Raymond Burr, A 400-foot dinosaur, wakes from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast because of nukes. So that makes it the better version.

steven aka superant's rating:

6805

6.7

7.7

Home Alone

The original is better than the sequel.

steven aka superant's rating:

2110

6.7

7.2

Insomnia (2002)

steven aka superant's rating:

729

7.5

7.7

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

steven aka superant's rating:

1012

6.2

6.4

Joan of Arc (1999)

Both version are good. The 1948 version has more emotional tone while The Messenger has great action.

steven aka superant's rating:

4594

6.5

7.2

King Kong (2005)

Since the new version is almost unwatchabkle, I prefer the 1933 version.

1165

6.7

7.1

Little Shop of Horrors

steven aka superant's rating:

832

7.6

7.4

Nosferatu the Vampyre

steven aka superant's rating:

5391

7.2

7.7

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

steven aka superant's rating:

3104

5.5

5.7

Planet of the Apes (2001)

steven aka superant's rating:

208

5.9

6.1

Point of No Return (1993)

This movie with Bridget Fonda is not as good of a remake of La Femme Nikita.

1990 and 1993

La Femme Nikita - short trailer at: Youtube

Point of no Return - trailer at: Youtube

steven aka superant's rating:

1128

5.5

5.7

Poseidon (2006)

1002

4.8

4.6

Psycho (1998)

The 1960 version is much better.

steven aka superant's rating:

317

3.7

3.1

Rollerball (2002)

The 1975 version was not that great, but it was still better than the 2002 version

Rollerball (1975)

steven aka superant's rating:

160

3.5

3.6

Swept Away (2002)

The 1975 version is much better than the Madonna version.

Swept Away (1975)

708

4.2

4.5

Taxi (2004)

steven aka superant's rating:

149

4.8

4.6

That Darn Cat

The cat in the 1965 version did not look so drugged out

That Darn Cat (1965)

steven aka superant's rating:

6.9

The Champ (1979)

1417

5.1

5.5

The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)

As good as the original was in 1951, I liked the 2009 version also.

steven aka superant's rating:

5235

8.5

The Departed (2006)

465

4.8

4.6

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

Neither version was very good. Read the book instead.

steven aka superant's rating:

2651

6.7

The Italian Job (2003)

steven aka superant's rating:

2016

5.9

6.5

The Parent Trap (1998)

Despite the professional performance of Lindsay Lohan, the 1961 version is more entertaining.

steven aka superant's rating:

1685

5.3

The Stepford Wives (2004)

The 1975 version was better.

steven aka superant's rating:

683

6.2

6.8

The Thomas Crown Affair

steven aka superant's rating:

344

The Women (2008)

1910

6.5

6.8

TRON: Legacy (2010)

I was more impressed with the new remake of the 1982 film, than I expected.

steven aka superant's rating:

2002

7.5

7.6

True Grit (2010)

I personally prefer the 1969 version with John Wayne and Robert Duvall.

steven aka superant's rating:

2245

6.5

7.2

True Lies (1994)

steven aka superant's rating:

824

6.3

6.7

Unfaithful

497

5.3

5.6

Village of the Damned (1995)

The 1960 version works better to scare me and affect me.

steven aka superant's rating:

4613

6.5

War of the Worlds

The 1953 version is more fun.

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Here are a list of remakes and sequels that might be good or might be bad. Some repeat older Hollywood versions, some copy foreign films, mostly from France. What is it about Hollywood that thinks they can make a French film better? Remakes from other countries