Remake-a-palooza!

[Jester]

I was watching the Labor Day airing of the Star Wars trilogy on Spike and saw a trailer for a movie that looked very familiar. It was about a put upon young boy who is befriended by a young-ish vampire girl who is aided in her appetite for human blood by her male guardian. It was called Let Me In, an American re-make of the Swedish film Let the Right One In. The original is only 2 years old.
Gah first it was Death at a Funeral, who's British original was only a couple years old as well, and now this.
Are we so dumb that we can't watch a "foreign" film it has to be remade for an American audience?

EDIT: Hmmm....well played remake. Casting Elias Koteas in a role....well played.

[gobo]

Are we so dumb that we can't watch a "foreign" film it has to be remade for an American audience?
That's just Hollywood and their misplaced 'we coulda done it so much better than them unAmericans' mentality.

[Brodie]

an American re-make of the Swedish film Let the Right Ones In. The original is only 2 years old.


I think you mean Let The Right One In.

You wanna see a weird remake situation, look into Funny Games.

[Luzmagica]

Well, IMO its not so bad, you can see the original movie and a new version....:)
Sometimes the remake are much better in special effects or making...
A good example is the "REC" movie (IMO) , its a remake (almost exactly) scene by scene of original movie, and the Hollywood version had a better making, no doubt about it ( its awesome compare the both fire-fighters fire-houses), .... just they change some important at the script :they change an evil possesion by a lethal virus(I think they prefer a real "fear" for the movie in USA audience, the religious one its a bit "superstitious" or seen like something too much "uncultured/ uneducated"), so its going to be difficult they can make the second part... Also comment in the Hollywood version, The army outside is not afraid to shoot the people inside that try to scape from building, more realistic IMO...(in original version its "Not right politically")...
I had seen the two versions and enjoy both a lot!! I recommen to see both version original and remake the same afternoon!....LOL!!!

[Slap-Happy]

Is it really a remake if it's based on a book? America is always remaking foreign films. Example: The Departed.

[plastroncafe]

Let's not forget "The Grudge" and "The Ring".
Both of those were remakes of Japanese horror movies...I think.

[ooglafina]

Let's not forget "The Grudge" and "The Ring".
Both of those were remakes of Japanese horror movies...I think.

You know what's interesting about the ring? The Ring 2 was directed by the guy who directed "Ringu 2" in Japan. So he literally remade his own movie.

[Slap-Happy]

He's not the only one. I've read about other filmmakers remaking their own films.

Current examples:
David Cronenberg - The Fly (he wants to remake his 80s version)
Tim Burton - Frankenweenie (I know it was a short film at first, but still)

[Brodie]

The movie I previously mentioned, Funny Games, is a remake made by the same writer/director. Being done only a few years after the initial release of the original. Its shot-for-shot.

[Spitfire]

Let us not forget they're remaking "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" for American audiences.

That's just what they do. They're obviously out of ideas at this point. Remaking movies that are 20 years old for newer generations or films that have a cultural gap that most Americans are too thick to get past isn't criminal.

I'm sure someone who enjoys these remakes will undoubtedly come in here raging and say "You don't have to watch them, the originals still exist." Can't say I disagree with them. Though I hardly see why they don't save themselves 100 million and just re-release the classic movie.

[Hannah]

Tim Burton - Frankenweenie (I know it was a short film at first, but still)
I haven't heard anything about Frankenweenie. Did this already happen? Or is it just something he'd like to do?

EDIT: Nevermind, I looked it up. Interesting!

[Leo656]

I used to think people were just snobbish, saying things like "the Japanese version was better," etc. Then a few years back I saw The Ring in theatres and was underwhelmed, so on a whim I picked up a cheap copy of the Japanese original.

Good God, Hollywood sucks. They ruined that movie. Why did they add that stupid subplot with the horses? Did it even make any sense, or did the director just like horses? I hate movies with subtitles (mostly b/c my girlfriend reads slow so I have to pause the movie literally every few seconds), but Ringu was so much better than The Ring.

Plus there's that part where the male lead just hauls off and bitchslaps the chick when they were down in the well. Unintentionally hilarious. :lol:

[wilddiverse]

Let the Right One In is fantastic as is.

And the Spanish "Timecrimes" (Los cronocrímenes) is a great low-budget time travel flick... I sensed a remake while watching it, checked IMDB afterward and yes, it's slated for remake for 2012 (possibly Cronenberg). WHY. I guess I'm just a snob who doesn't scoff at the idea of having to read subtitles. :tgrumble:

Granted, remaking The Karate Kid and Short Circuit is even more braindead.

I applaud the theatrical re-release of Back To The Future. If it ain't broke... well, continue to profit from it, I suppose.

[Leo656]

Back to the Future is just one of those movies (well, three, but I tend to watch - and count - them all as one long movie) that no matter what, even if they had a bazillion dollars, they couldn't do it better. I normally judge remakes on a case-by-case basis, but I'm pretty sure that if anyone did attempt a remake of Back to the Future, it would in fact be terrible.

Anyone else ever just randomly yell "MUC-FRY!" at people to see if they get it? (In case you don't, it's Marty's boss from part 2) :lol:

[Slap-Happy]

I was just thinking about this. There's no way they could do it. If they did it now, Marty'd be going to the 80s. It's a lot more different if someone goes from the 80s to 50s. If they did remake it, it would have to be set in the 80s, then, there's no point of even remaking it.

BTW, anyone heard there could be a BTTF remake with Justin Beiber? Horrifying.

[wilddiverse]

Who the hell is Justin Beiber?