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Post by JangoB on Jun 27, 2020 8:49:20 GMT
I thought this would be an interesting question - what's your favorite combo of the original movie + its remake? The one where you truly love both films?
For me it's probably the two Suspiria movies - Argento's original is an artful masterpiece and one of the most incredible aesthetic experiences that cinema has to offer, while Guadagnino's remake is an incredible and very peculiar concoction that continues to lure me into its madness a good couple of years since I saw it. The remake is obviously respectful of the original but gets bonus points for being and, even more crucially, feeling really different - something all remakes should strive towards. I absolutely adore both movies (both are my choice for the Best Picture of their years) and unless I can think of anything else, they are my favorite original + remake duo.
What about you?
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Post by themoviesinner on Jun 27, 2020 9:06:41 GMT
Yojimbo (1961) and A Fistful Of Dollars (1964). As for official remakes it's Unforgiven (1992) and Unforgiven (2013).
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jun 27, 2020 9:13:59 GMT
Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the DeadThe original was great, but I loved the remake too - wouldn't say I like one more than the other though. Some people think Synder's version is comparable to Romero's. Not many think Burton's film is anywhere near the original though. There are lots more, but this is just what comes to mind right now.
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Post by jimmalone on Jun 27, 2020 10:38:19 GMT
Seven Samurai and Magnificent Seven, closely followed by Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars.
Though you could argue that the latter pair is even more impressive, cause the remake even surpasses the original. But as a pair the excellence of Seven Samurai is a decisive factor,
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 27, 2020 10:48:54 GMT
I don't know if its my "favorite" but I really like both Insomnia movies very much and both lead performances I think are amazing by Stellan Skarsgard and Al Pacino. The only ones that I can think of like them recently are maybe The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo where each film plays by the genre in its own language and both work (and also both have memorably specific lead turns). There are only a few things in the American remake I don't like and those are American specific (ie he doesn't "kill" the dog, it's already dead.......... because in American film you almost never kill a pet or a child). Nolan's Insomnia is far more emotional, and the original is far cooler and tight but the story is so fascinating a killer and cop who both want to confess but go through so much NOT to confess. As a Pacino fan there's so much going on there just on him - first it was the last time he could carry a gun and wear a black leather convincingly (At 62).......he completely nails the physicality of the role (how the lack of sleep increases on him), it's not his last great performance - he had several more after - but it's his last great movie star turn....... after this when he was this great it was as a character actor .........and you know Robin Williams matches him step for step too. If you want to see how good Christopher Nolan is watch Insomnia which he didn't write, is working with 3 Oscar winners, a budget far bigger than he ever had before, and that evokes similar thematic ground as he already had and makes it seem new and he balances every component - it FEELS like a Nolan film........I am a cliche with this but I always say the best Christopher Nolan movies - and he's never made a bad film - to me are Following/(especially) Memento/Insomnia.
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Post by cheesecake on Jun 27, 2020 18:52:06 GMT
Big fan of both versions of The Fly, Dawn of the Dead, The Parent Trap, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and I love The Good, the Bad, the Weird.
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 27, 2020 19:04:11 GMT
Fingers & Beat That My Heart Skipped Lotta horrors: Cat People ’42 + ’82 Funny Games ’97 + ’07 The Thing ’51 + ’82 etc
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 27, 2020 21:05:03 GMT
There are so many remakes that I love where I have never seen the originals (The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, etc. Then there are films that I love the remake and loathe the original (Ocean's 11), ones where I love the original but hate the remake (Planet of the Apes), and even one where I love the remake but am rather meh on the original (Solaris, but they really are two completely different movies).
Even though it's adapted from a mini-series, Traffic is one where I adore the hell out of both. Oh, and In the Loop if we want to sort of count that as well.
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 27, 2020 21:14:57 GMT
Infernal Affairs and The Departed.
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Jun 27, 2020 22:17:59 GMT
3:10 to Yuma
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 28, 2020 0:59:47 GMT
Le Cage Aux Folles and The Birdcage The Wages of Fear and Sorcerer Hairspray (1987), and Hairspray (2007)
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jun 28, 2020 3:47:45 GMT
it's not his last great performance - he had several more after - but it's his last great movie star turn....... after this when he was this great it was as a character actor What would you say is the closest thing to a great movie star turn he’s given since Insomnia? Danny Collins?
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 28, 2020 9:15:01 GMT
it's not his last great performance - he had several more after - but it's his last great movie star turn....... after this when he was this great it was as a character actor What would you say is the closest thing to a great movie star turn he’s given since Insomnia? Danny Collins? Definitely Danny Collins (2015) where I like him a lot - and it has several pacinoyes specific things I always champion within it - he pulls off a mostly comedic role, picked up a deserved GG comic nod along the way and gets to winningly interact with a fine cast. If Insomnia was his last "great" movie star turn, Danny Collins is not only his best and closest movie star performance since then....... it's actually the last "recognizable" movie star Pacino in that way at all imo: Otherwise in film work since 2002 his notable stuff is either niche material/character specific (Merchant of Venice/Humbling/Manglehorn), small role amusing - (OUATIH, Oceans 13), career saving HBO TV character parts (AiA, YDK Jack, Paterno, Phil Spector) ........and The Irishman which is like the great HBO work, but in a movie for once.
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Post by jakesully on Jun 28, 2020 15:41:56 GMT
I don't know if its my "favorite" but I really like both Insomnia movies very much and both lead performances I think are amazing by Stellan Skarsgard and Al Pacino. The only ones that I can think of like them recently are maybe The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo where each film plays by the genre in its own language and both work (and also both have memorably specific lead turns). There are only a few things in the American remake I don't like and those are American specific (ie he doesn't "kill" the dog, it's already dead.......... because in American film you almost never kill a pet or a child). Nolan's Insomnia is far more emotional, and the original is far cooler and tight but the story is so fascinating a killer and cop who both want to confess but go through so much NOT to confess. As a Pacino fan there's so much going on there just on him - first it was the last time he could carry a gun and wear a black leather convincingly (At 62).......he completely nails the physicality of the role (how the lack of sleep increases on him), it's not his last great performance - he had several more after - but it's his last great movie star turn....... after this when he was this great it was as a character actor .........and you know Robin Williams matches him step for step too. If you want to see how good Christopher Nolan is watch Insomnia which he didn't write, is working with 3 Oscar winners, a budget far bigger than he ever had before, and that evokes similar thematic ground as he already had and makes it seem new and he balances every component - it FEELS like a Nolan film........I am a cliche with this but I always say the best Christopher Nolan movies - and he's never made a bad film - to me are Following/(especially) Memento/Insomnia. Outstanding choice! And I just picked up and bought the Nolan/Pacino version the other day to watch and it didn't disappoint . I thought Pacino & Williams played well off each other.
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Post by dadsburgers on Jun 29, 2020 2:20:23 GMT
Realizing that in most cases I've seen only one or the other, not bothering to see both. Can't really think of examples where I thought both were truly great films (besides Suspiria, I guess), just times I've enjoyed both.
I'll second Funny Games. In a similar vein, Psycho.
Just watched Child's Play and enjoyed it.
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