Has Hollywood ever remade a sh!tty movie into a good one?

[the ambush]

Cape Fear
The Fly
IT
The Thing

I would say Evil Dead (2013) was not too bad of a remake.

 

[Plissken]

This isn't about liking remakes better than the original, it's about thinking the original was shit and the remake was actually good.

 

[Mark Cutting]

I didn't really like the original Mad Max, but the remake was fantastic.

"Just don't got the style...do ya, chickenshit"

You're insane. Mad Max > you

 

[Mark Cutting]

Trolliest post that ever trolled.

Well...he did say "The Shinning"

 

[mb23100]

This isn't about liking remakes better than the original, it's about thinking the original was shit and the remake was actually good.

Exactly. I was just wondering if a director has ever seen a horrible movie and thought "I could do this and make it great"

 

[moreorless87]

The Star Wars Remastered Movies are better than the Unalteder verisons.

 

[mb23100]

Are you saying the remakes of Planet of the Apes are better than the original?

No it was just the only b movie they remade that I could think of love the originals but another post seemed to like the new ones

 

[moreorless87]

The originals great as well of course but the Herzog/Cage version of Bad Lieutenant was if anything even better.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

That would only count if there was no Tim Burton Batman movies. 1989 Batman doesn't qualify as a shitty movie.

I didn't say it was, but BEGINS is a far superior initial offering.

If anything, Burton's RETURNS is the one that comes close to measuring up to the Nolan films.

 

[Plissken]

I would say most people would think Blood Feast to be a crappy movie (it has its' charm though), but Blood Diner is genuinely funny.
The Toolbox Murders was another one that many would consider crappy with the remake being considerably better.
I haven't seen the I Spit on Your Grave, Mother's Day, or Plan 9 remakes, but I doubt they are any worse then their predecessors.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

I didn't say it was, but BEGINS is a far superior initial offering.

If that is the case then what does that have to do with the thread specifically asking what shitty movie was remade into a good one? You just posted that you like one really good movie over another good movie?

 

[Zer]

I would say most people would think Blood Feast to be a crappy movie (it has its' charm though), but Blood Diner is genuinely funny.

Cot damn, a Blood Diner shoutout

Love that flick too

 

[TheFakeMacoy]

It's not an official remake, but Alien is much like a remake of IT! The Terror From Beyond Space. If you look at it that way, Alien is much better than the original.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

If that is the case then what does that have to do with the thread specifically asking what shitty movie was remade into a good one? You just posted that you like one really good movie over another good movie?

Re-read my post. I said the Nolan films were an improvement over previous adaptations. There were less-than-stellar Batman movies before the Burton films.

 

[TrueBias]

>>>>>>>


as far as that scene goes, imo

Couldn't understand what the fuck bridges was saying most of the time.

 

[dawnignited]

The Thing

I dunno if I'd go so far as to say The Thing From Another World was a shitty movie. Carpenter's The Thing is definitely a step up though, can't deny that.

 

[TheSlothMan]

The Star Wars Remastered Movies are better than the Unalteder verisons.

Troll post?

If not please explain how adding this



or this



changes the movies for the better

 

[moreorless87]

Carrying on the great films with great (semi)remakes sun thread I would say Perfect Blue and Black Swan.

 

[the ambush]

I Spit on Your Grave remake was better than the original.
The Hills Have Eyes remake was better than original.
The American version of The Grudge & The Ring was better than Japanese version.

Night of the Living Dead & Dawn of the Dead remakes were more fun than the originals.
Bram Stoker's Dracula was better than anything that came before it.

The remakes of 2000 Maniacs & The Wizard of Gore were way better than the originals.

Was there a reason you liked the Hills Have Eyes remake better than the original? I wanted to know if you caught something I didn’t.

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

Yeah but now Tyrese can’t feed his kids.