Worst movie that was remade, and the remake was surprisingly good?

Orrex

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Tue Mar-30-10 06:01 PM
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Worst movie that was remade, and the remake was surprisingly good?

Okay, to be honest, I can't exactly think of one off the top of my head. I'm not particularly fond of the Sellers/Niven Casino Royale, but I wouldn't exactly call Daniel Craig's film a remake.

Anyone?

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Archae

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Tue Mar-30-10 06:11 PM
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1. The 10 Commandments

Edited on Tue Mar-30-10 06:12 PM by Archae

The original (silent) included lots of morality lessons set in "modern" (1920's) times.

The second one is a great way to practice MST'ing while laughing at the hammy acting. :D

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Orrex

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Tue Mar-30-10 06:15 PM
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2. Surely you're not dissing President Charleton Heston?

Sacrilege!

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Archae

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Tue Mar-30-10 06:22 PM
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3. Not just Heston...

Everyone hammed it up in that movie.

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Dr Morbius

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Tue Mar-30-10 10:19 PM
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4. Has to be Little Shop of Horrors.

The remake was fun.

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Orrex

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Tue Mar-30-10 10:47 PM
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5. Good suggestion

I don't really like the Moranis remake, but the original film is a real stinker.

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Archae

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Wed Mar-31-10 04:39 PM
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9. Even Jack Nicholson as the dental patient?

He was terrific!

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ThoughtCriminal

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Tue Mar-30-10 11:41 PM
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6. I would exclude remakes of classic novels

There are many early, silent and talkies for movies like Ben-Hur, Last of the Mohicans, etc. I really do not consider them remakes and it is not really fair to compare them to the limited production values of the earlier films.

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pokerfan

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Wed Mar-31-10 12:13 AM
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7. Cape Fear makes a good case

It's at least the equal the original, I think.

Maybe 'The Fly.' I don't know. I'm so hopelessly in love with Geena Davis my opinion can't be trusted.

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Ardent15

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Wed Mar-31-10 12:14 AM
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8. the Batman series

Thank God Nolan made a serious series about Batman.

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