Are there any remakes/sequels you like BETTER then the original movie?!
Question: REMAKES:
The Mummy (1999)~I love the Boris Karloff version (1932), but "The Mummy" and its even-better sequel are among my favorites. Just this month, I've watched it 10 times more! Now, if they'd just air "The Mummy Returns".
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 TV movie)~This production brought out so much more than the touted film. I'm a Vivien Leigh fan, but Ann-Margret is a very different Blanche Dubois, so much so that Stanley's attack on her later isn't quite as out-of-the-blue as in the original.
The Maltese Falcon~John Huston version~~Do I have to explain? If you've ever seen another version, you know this is the definitive one.
The Lost World (2001 TV miniseries)~This bests the Silent version and Irwin Allen's film although both of them are enjoyable. The CGI dinosaurs, the script and the great cast make this a winner.
The Long Hot Summer (1985 TV miniseries)~The Don Johnson/Judith Ivey matchup is so much steamier than I ever expected! Sad to say, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have very little on-screen chemistry, which both have admitted. Also, the TV version was at a time when more issues could be brought out that are glossed over in the theatrical version.
SEQUELS:
Spider-Man 2~All the weaknesses in CGI Spidey have been banished! The effects, the cast, and the script all come together so beautifully. I only wish that they had included the extra footage that is shown in the TV version, which includes J. Jonah Jameson, garbed in the Spidey costume, cavorting around his office! I actually sort of like Tobey Maguire in this film, and I've thought from the first that he's a poor choice for Peter Parker/Spider-Man. (BTW: I've been a fan of this character since "Amazing Fantasy" #15, a comic I sold many years ago for a good price yet wish I hadn't.)
The Mummy Returns~This film beautifully incorporates CGI effects, not allowing them to overpower the human element. They even make Imhotep sympathetic, which most scripters wouldn't have bothered doing. Alan Silvestri's score is even better than Jerry Goldsmith's score for "The Mummy", which is an amazing accomplishment. The end theme song, "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" by Live, proved haunting enough to make me buy the soundtrack. (Since they've become so expensive, I can't afford very many.)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch~It doesn't have the mean spirit of the first. It's funnier and much more clever, with the gremlins doing what gremlins are supposed to do: wreak havoc with mechanical equipment. The first one had them gambling, watching movies and killing people, with only a few forays into mechanical mayhem. John Glover is very funny as a Trumpesque zillionaire in a high-tech building. A number of people show up from the original, including Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates. Some of the antics are a bit too-too, but it's much better than the original.
Aliens~Actually, it's neck-and-neck. I've watched both a number of times lately, and "Aliens" certainly is dazzling! The James Horner soundtrack is a knockout!
Mission: Impossible 2~I didn't care for the first one, and I wasn't impressed with the third film.
Ensign Pulver~I enjoy this film far more than "Mister Roberts" mainly because of the stars~local hero Burl Ives and Robert Walker, Jr. (as Pulver); the upcoming stars in the cast, including Jack Nicholson, Al Freeman, Jr., and Diana Sands; and a doggone funny yet touching script, including a look into what makes the captain the way he is. I think Walker's Pulver is far better than Jack Lemmon's. I know some movie fans will consider that blasphemy, but I'm a 57-year-old film buff who knows what she does and doesn't like. I love Lemmon, but I think he's way off in that film.
Grease 2~Over the years, this one has edged past the original, which I still love. When I saw this in the theater, I knew that Michelle Pfeiffer was going to be a major star. I already was a Maxwell Caulfield fan. Also, Matt Lattanzi has a number of scenes, and that adds points in the film's favor!
Alien Resurrection~It's better than "Alien 3", which is the weak link in the tetralogy but still is a very good film.
It's so much easier to list the ones I dislike!
Answers: REMAKES:
The Mummy (1999)~I love the Boris Karloff version (1932), but "The Mummy" and its even-better sequel are among my favorites. Just this month, I've watched it 10 times more! Now, if they'd just air "The Mummy Returns".
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 TV movie)~This production brought out so much more than the touted film. I'm a Vivien Leigh fan, but Ann-Margret is a very different Blanche Dubois, so much so that Stanley's attack on her later isn't quite as out-of-the-blue as in the original.
The Maltese Falcon~John Huston version~~Do I have to explain? If you've ever seen another version, you know this is the definitive one.
The Lost World (2001 TV miniseries)~This bests the Silent version and Irwin Allen's film although both of them are enjoyable. The CGI dinosaurs, the script and the great cast make this a winner.
The Long Hot Summer (1985 TV miniseries)~The Don Johnson/Judith Ivey matchup is so much steamier than I ever expected! Sad to say, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have very little on-screen chemistry, which both have admitted. Also, the TV version was at a time when more issues could be brought out that are glossed over in the theatrical version.
SEQUELS:
Spider-Man 2~All the weaknesses in CGI Spidey have been banished! The effects, the cast, and the script all come together so beautifully. I only wish that they had included the extra footage that is shown in the TV version, which includes J. Jonah Jameson, garbed in the Spidey costume, cavorting around his office! I actually sort of like Tobey Maguire in this film, and I've thought from the first that he's a poor choice for Peter Parker/Spider-Man. (BTW: I've been a fan of this character since "Amazing Fantasy" #15, a comic I sold many years ago for a good price yet wish I hadn't.)
The Mummy Returns~This film beautifully incorporates CGI effects, not allowing them to overpower the human element. They even make Imhotep sympathetic, which most scripters wouldn't have bothered doing. Alan Silvestri's score is even better than Jerry Goldsmith's score for "The Mummy", which is an amazing accomplishment. The end theme song, "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" by Live, proved haunting enough to make me buy the soundtrack. (Since they've become so expensive, I can't afford very many.)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch~It doesn't have the mean spirit of the first. It's funnier and much more clever, with the gremlins doing what gremlins are supposed to do: wreak havoc with mechanical equipment. The first one had them gambling, watching movies and killing people, with only a few forays into mechanical mayhem. John Glover is very funny as a Trumpesque zillionaire in a high-tech building. A number of people show up from the original, including Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates. Some of the antics are a bit too-too, but it's much better than the original.
Aliens~Actually, it's neck-and-neck. I've watched both a number of times lately, and "Aliens" certainly is dazzling! The James Horner soundtrack is a knockout!
Mission: Impossible 2~I didn't care for the first one, and I wasn't impressed with the third film.
Ensign Pulver~I enjoy this film far more than "Mister Roberts" mainly because of the stars~local hero Burl Ives and Robert Walker, Jr. (as Pulver); the upcoming stars in the cast, including Jack Nicholson, Al Freeman, Jr., and Diana Sands; and a doggone funny yet touching script, including a look into what makes the captain the way he is. I think Walker's Pulver is far better than Jack Lemmon's. I know some movie fans will consider that blasphemy, but I'm a 57-year-old film buff who knows what she does and doesn't like. I love Lemmon, but I think he's way off in that film.
Grease 2~Over the years, this one has edged past the original, which I still love. When I saw this in the theater, I knew that Michelle Pfeiffer was going to be a major star. I already was a Maxwell Caulfield fan. Also, Matt Lattanzi has a number of scenes, and that adds points in the film's favor!
Alien Resurrection~It's better than "Alien 3", which is the weak link in the tetralogy but still is a very good film.
It's so much easier to list the ones I dislike!
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not many out there...I liked Terminator 2 judgement day better....i also feel the X-Men movies also became progressively better....besides that i dont know..sequels usually seem pretty crappy.
War of the worlds
Night of the living dead
Dawn of the dead
Bedazzled. The original British one from (I think) the sixties was good, but the one with Elizabeth Hurley and Brenden Fraser is GREAT!
yes king kong but every one likes the older one with the clay gorilla and strings hanging it up. come on it doesnt even have color. who would like that better than a full color king knog movie and king kong actually looks like he is real and no strings.
I can't think of any remakes that are better, but The Godfather Part 2 was better then The Godfather (not by much).
Richard Lester's Three Musketeers, and the sequel The Four Musketeers. It's better than any previous versions, and WAYYY better than the 1990's version with Charlie Sheen and Chris O'Donnell.
Also the 1990 Treasure Island with Charlton Heston, and the 1960's Mutiny on the Bounty were better than the original versions.
Toy Story 2
3:10 To Yuma
Scarface
The Fly
The Manchurian Candidate
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
I liked the new planet of the apes movie better than the first.I always like sequels better than the first cuz there is more characters.
Michael Mann's 1992 remake titled LAST_OF_THE_MOHICANS (starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe) was a re-make of a 1936 Hollywood historical saga - - it is a great re-telling of the conflict between colonists and the British who are using Native tribes as tools and deadly stand-ins (French and Indian War era).
i liked the remake of hairspray, war of the worlds, planet of the apes, kingkong, i like the new twilight zone shows better then the originals. =]
sex with some one
no please.