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Dawn of the Dead remake, while not as awesome as the original, has some terrific things going for it.
1. Agreed. Bought the DVD used for $5, and have watched it a bunch. It's a good "I want my zombie fix" movie.
2. I'd rather they (Hollywood) remake whatever the hell they'd like than have Broadway deciding that tacking ": The Musical" onto the end of something is good enough.
Seriously. Back. To. The. Future. It's happening. Because nothing says cool, fairly high-concept sci fi like a bunch of ####ing song n' dance numbers.
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Oh and as far as good remakes go, consider that the movie that we think of as The Wizard of Oz was the second remake of that (the third version in total).
Virtually all Shakespeare movies at this point are technically remakes. I would not want to skip Brannagh's Henry V just because Olivier did it first.
Little Shop of Horrors is a musical remake. Does it count? The original is a cult curiosity, but the remake is pretty good.
Dawn of the Dead remake, while not as awesome as the original, has some terrific things going for it.
3:10 to Yuma was a great remake. The original is pretty darned good (and has a better ending) but the remake has a much better overall story, action, and acting.
Do we want a world without the Magnificent Seven? Or Fistful of Dollars?
Anybody out there like '67 Casino Royale more than the Daniel Craig version?
And then there's The Departed, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Knew Too Much and others.
One could argue that a lot of these aren't remakes so much as new adaptations of the source material, but in that case, there are hardly any remakes at all since most movies have source material.
After blinding myself to your poison, I see that your list has defeated me. There are some really good remakes on there. While for most of them I prefer the original, the remakes you have listed are very good movies that have their own value. I had forgotten to account for American remakes of foreign films. I guess it's worth it to create the glut of poor remakes if that means will get a handful of gems.
Good points on all of this. And now I have nothing to add of any use, but I figured that "Good points on all of this" is not only a very long post, but only serves to make me look kinda stupid.
Hey, you're right! Again!
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Perhaps if I fill up the post like this people will assume I had something really intelligent to say, and, while I may not have countered your points perfectly, replied with something not only thoughtful, but though provoking. It's a darn shame that Lurker isn't in this thread. This post has him written all over it.
Fail.
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