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Classic Movies that should never ever be remade?

Posted on 09/19/2019 6:58:06 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

In light of the heavy backlash from fans and celebrities over rumors of a possible remake of ‘The Princess Bride, What other movies stands on its on as a classic (those near perfect movies) that should not be bastardized in being redone?

1. Godfather 2. Back to the Future 3. Die Hard 4. Shawshank Redemption 5. Original Star Wars, especially Empire Strikes Back 6. Rocky

What else?


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: classicmovies; destroychildhood; godfather; greatmovie; hollyweird; movies; remakes; starwars
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To: Alberta's Child

Death Wish


61 posted on 09/19/2019 7:29:44 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Magnum44
"Lets hope its better than Pearl Harbor..."

I probably would have included a comment to that effect in my original post had I not worked so desperately hard to forget that movie had ever been made.

62 posted on 09/19/2019 7:29:56 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Magnum44

Now I could go for a new version of Team America.


63 posted on 09/19/2019 7:31:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bigtigermike

Dude, Where’s My Car?


64 posted on 09/19/2019 7:31:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Phlap

I don’t care for the Princess Bride but many do. I was just using the recent upheaval over a possible remake of it to get discussion going about movies and remakes


65 posted on 09/19/2019 7:32:02 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

ANY Mel Brooks movie. Can you imagine a re-make of Blazing Saddles today?


66 posted on 09/19/2019 7:37:05 AM PDT by willgolfforfood
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To: frogjerk

There are a number of movies on that list which will be impossible to duplicate, let alone improve on.

Most it won’t matter, and some can be improved.


67 posted on 09/19/2019 7:37:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Ben Hur. Oh wait, they remade that one and really screwed it up.


68 posted on 09/19/2019 7:38:59 AM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: wjcsux
Ben Hur. Oh wait, they remade that one and really screwed it up.

It was more like, "Ben Gay".

69 posted on 09/19/2019 7:39:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bigtigermike
O, Brother, Where Art Thou?

I wouldn't mind seeing Clooney replaced, but everyone else was wonderful -- Charles Durning is irreplaceable, and so is the MUSIC!!

70 posted on 09/19/2019 7:39:48 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Bigtigermike

Blues Brothers


71 posted on 09/19/2019 7:44:04 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Bigtigermike

All “classic” movies should NOT be remade. It’s like trying to recreate Woodstock after 50 years - can’t be done.


72 posted on 09/19/2019 7:45:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Peter W. Kessler
NONE of them should be remade.

AGREE

73 posted on 09/19/2019 7:46:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Bigtigermike

They shouldn’t “remake” any movies...The movie companies need to use their brains and come out with NEW movies instead of lazily remaking old ones...


74 posted on 09/19/2019 7:49:41 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Bigtigermike

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Wayne’s World
The Godfather I, II and III
Groundhog Day
Princess Bride
Clueless
Bridge on the River Kwai
A Room with a View
To Kill a Mockingbird
My Cousin Vinny
Goodfellas
Forrest Gump


75 posted on 09/19/2019 7:49:56 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Bigtigermike

None. If somebody has a good idea go for it. The whole whine that remakes ruin the original is just hyperbolic BS. The original is still out there. And every once in a while the remake finds something.


76 posted on 09/19/2019 7:54:12 AM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: rjsimmon

Seven Samurai has been remade a bunch of times. And most of them are good.


77 posted on 09/19/2019 7:54:53 AM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: Bigtigermike

‘The Princess Bride”

Let me guess, they will be replacing Wesley with a Black

There’s also no way today that they would have a princess needing to be rescued by a man, so the reason for the assault on the castle will have to be changed, likely Wesley or one of the other men will get captured when their screwball plan goes awry and it will take girl-power to get him/them back.

So this time it will be the princess who will lead the assault on the castle and of course even though she only weighs about 89 pounds, she will have no problem taking on and defeating multiple 250+lbs male guards in full knight body armor.


78 posted on 09/19/2019 7:56:09 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: discostu

Hoosiers and To Kill a Mockingbird.


79 posted on 09/19/2019 7:59:25 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: Bigtigermike

Wizard of Oz
Annie
Cinderella
12 Angry Men
Karate Kid
Manchurian Candidate

oh wait...

i suppose i could ask the mods to delete this post....


80 posted on 09/19/2019 8:00:05 AM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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