Movies worthy of a GOOD remake

[Ronsant]

On the theme of films, what is a movie that had great potential but was poorly executed?

I finally got around to seeing the much talked about and recommended Soylent Green. I knew the premise going in so there were no big surprises. I felt the execution and acting were sub-par. It's worthy of a well-done remake.

What's on your list of movies with great story potential but poorly done.

I liked Soylent Green, but I’m a Charton Heston fan. Some call it overacting, but I call it on screen charisma.
Edward G Robinson was also a classic great actor, and was in Soylent Green. Ben Hur, the Ten Commandments, the Omega Man, Planet of the Apes. Some of these have been remade, but IMHO, the originals were better.

 

[methusaleh]

I nominate:

Bridge Over the River Kwai

The Great Escape

 

[PandaBear]

Alita. Fix the goggly eyes please.

 

[Jetronic]

They'd add more dialog and ruin it. Having the same actor play different antagonists might be an improvement, though. Hey, had to keep costs under control back then.

more dialog, and when there's action's going the camera shakes so hard you can't see a thing, shadows at best.

 

[Pablo]

Zardoz

 

[Snagglefoot]

By they way, the time setting for Soylent Green was 2022.

 

[PimTac]

By they way, the time setting for Soylent Green was 2022.

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And it’s available as well.

https://soylent.com/products/soylent-green-squared

 

[redbone3]

The Silencers, a Matt Helm movie murdered by Dean Martin. Turnabout by Thorne Smith.

 

[dlundblad]

I would like to see a remake of 20,000 leagues under the sea.

 

[Speedy3861]

In my opinion all remakes fail. Some might come close or could be decent movies in their own right but they are never like the original.

Jeff Bridges did a decent job on True Grit but it definitely was not like the original. Even the script was not the same. Nobody could say “Fill Your Hands” like John Wayne did and Glen Campbell added some light humor to the film. Kim Darby was excellent.

This!
Some movies are so well done and memorable that any attempt to do a remake becomes ultimately forgettable, The original Magnicifant Seven, had it all, cast, score, character development and a plot from Seven Samurai (I guess that makes it a remake) The 2016 remake was largely forgettable. Bullitt is another where a remake would be futile, without McQueen it just wouldn't fly. Sometimes it's a cast that's so iconic that creates magic, sometimes the score. Most remakes seldom improve an original masterpiece if they got it right the first time. Much of Hitchcock's work as well as John Ford would fall into this category. One film in particular has grown on me with subsequent viewings, One Upon A Time In The West. A better score than Morricone, I don't think so, add Bronson, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale and Jack Elam. Sergio Leone got it right the first time. JMHO. Film, like most art is subjective.

 

[Kira]

Nah, nobody would reprise Clark Gable's character.

 

[Dave Hess]

Smoky and the Bandit.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

The Wrath of Khan? There is nobody that could do this scene like Shatner.

I like Shatner. People may not realize but he can pull off comedy also. He had a great comedy Tv sitcom some years back that was killed by CBS quickly. I figure he was too offending to some and caused them retreats to some of their "safe places" called "Sh*t My Dad Says." It is funny.

I need to watch that movie, The Wrath of Khan and the original ST episode that the movie is said to follow up on.
Now that I have streaming on one Tv in the house I can do it. I am watching one I never heard of that is quite good so far (a little dark for some I would bet) called Blackthorn. Blackthorn is a fictional account of where Butch Cassidy ended up 20 years after he and the Sundance Kid were supposedly killed in the wild shoot in South America. Depicted in the end of the classic Newman/ Redford Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid film.

 

[spasm3]

None, unless it was a poor movie to begin with. Great movies really in my opinion cant be redone successfully. I don't go see remakes of good movies.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

None, unless it was a poor movie to begin with. Great movies really in my opinion cant be redone successfully. I don't go see remakes of good movies.

I have tried a few and have not enjoyed any remakes yet. Actually do not watch many at all after seeing some so very
badly done. Recent= Magnificent Seven - Only one of the greatest westerns of all time. Remake had several good actors but the
"new-remake script" sucked.

 

[CleanSump]

Of the many remakes I've seen, even going back to silent films, the only one that comes to mind as equal or better than the original was Bill Murray's The Razor's Edge. I thought it was much better and captured the characters and story better than the original Tyrone Powers version, which seemed flat/like reading Hemingway.

 

[CleanSump]

The Silencers, a Matt Helm movie murdered by Dean Martin. Turnabout by Thorne Smith.

Yeah. Matt Helm was a cold in the books, not a clown. He killed his own girlfriend without remorse in the books.

 

[53' Stude]

Planes, trains, and automobiles

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Das Boot?..eh..maybe not.

 

[CleanSump]

Charlton Heston and Vincent Price both said almost exactly the same thing about the less than best films they made in the late '60s through '70s. When people pointed out they were working "B" and "C" movies, they both said, (paraphrase) "Yes, but I am working in film and feeding my family while you are unemployed or waiting tables."