Anyway Alex is hosting along with others a blogfest asking what are the best and worst movie remakes ever made, I've done 10 of each (you have to set a limit) that I believe are good candidates but everyone will not agree......maybe and there's one or two that may even be controversial!
I give you my lists........and don't forget Tamsin is giving away free stuff (that must be worth 10 extra Tamsin as I mentioned it twice!).
Hosted by:
Alex J. Cavanaugh http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/
Stephen Tremp http://authorstephentremp.blogspot.com/
Father Dragon Al http://fatherdragon.blogspot.com/
Livia Peterson http://leaveittolivia.blogspot.com/
The Best Remakes in no particular order...............
A clever reworking of the original...........
There was nothing wrong with the original Infernal Affairs but this was an epic collaboration of great performances.......
A remake of Yojimbo by Kurosawa which is in it's own right a masterpiece but this was a relaunch of the western genre and the epic rise of Mr.Eastwood........
Very enjoyable remake of the slightly dated original, great performance from Colin Farrell.........
Good update of the Charles Bronson original with maybe a different ending.........
No question here, far better than the original..........
Not that there's anything wrong with the original L.A Takedown but this is slicker than goose faeces....
Speaking of slicker than Ray's hairdo...........
This is a good reinvention of the slightly dated original.............
Enough said, blots the stain that was Stallone's abomination...........
.....many others out there obviously!
Now the worst remakes...........
James Caan would be horrified, this is shocking.........
Now before we start the ranting I prefer the original, there's nothing really wrong with the new one but the old one had a better story and the slow zombies still get my vote...........
Very foggy fecking remake, the original scared the faeces right out of me...........
The originals ending still annoys the faeces out of me but Stallone should apologise for this....just after he apologises for Judge Dredd
The original is dated but not compared to this................
The original Nikita is leaps ahead of this wooden remake, it also goes under the title The Assassin..........
There is only one Willy Wonka and that's Gene...........
Fecking merde...............
Alec Guinness would be upset, along with Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers etc.........
Shocking descent of a once great actor..............
....and don't forget Tamsin's give away (that's 15 extra Tamsin!)