Reboot/Remake poll!
Added 2024-02-15 18:57:34 +0000 UTCIt's time for another poll!! This one is for a movie that is a remake or reboot. I asked YouTube members for suggestions and threw in a couple of my own. There is a nice variety of genres for this one 😁
As usual, you can vote for as many options as you want, and the voting will end on Feb 23rd at 11am EST/4pmUTC.
I also didn't know all of these were remakes, so that was a pleasant surprise.
- Vero 😴🔪😱🪁✅🚗D🟥
Comments
Having seen both, I like the 1999 Pierce Brosnan version better. Plus Faye Dunaway is in both, though in different roles.
JAKH
2024-02-17 12:23:08 +0000 UTCI'm surprised The Thomas Crown Affair didn't make the list. The 1999 film with Pierce Brosnan is a remake of the 1968 Steve McQueen film. It's a wonderful film.
John
2024-02-17 03:24:40 +0000 UTC@Razor Bikini I wasn't saying to replace the poll, just to add these to her future considerations list. As to quality: 1) For some the original is better, others the remake is better, and still others both are good, but I left off ones where I think the remake is bad, not just not as good as the original. For example I would recommend the original "La Femme Nikita" (1990) but never the atrocious remake "Point of No Return" or the TV show. Similarly I like the original 1959 "12 Angry Men" but not any of the remakes. 2) Some are deeply embedded in pop culture or art or are often copied whether we individually like them or not, so it is good to know enough to be able to recognize them (like the many copies of "Rashomon", "Seven Samurai"/"Magnificent Seven", or "12 Angry Men" in TV episodes; or the many remakes of "Hell In The Pacific" or "Fort Apache") 3) Which are good or just mediocre is a matter of personal opinion, which is why she asks the group mind rather than just relying on one person's opinion.
JAKH
2024-02-16 14:46:49 +0000 UTCHaha yeah you’d need either a 3D TV which I’m not sure they even make anymore, or a VR headset.
Razor Bikini
2024-02-16 00:41:07 +0000 UTCI definitely don't have the means to do that. I don't even know how one watches 3d movies at home to be honest
Verowak
2024-02-16 00:39:48 +0000 UTCOne other thing to note about Dredd is that it’s the rare movie that is better in 3D, in my opinion. Tho I assume you don’t have the means to watch it in that format lol
Razor Bikini
2024-02-16 00:32:57 +0000 UTCAfter making this poll I learned that Robin Williams is in Insomnia, AND it's a Christopher Nolan film!!
Verowak
2024-02-16 00:30:06 +0000 UTCDredd was winning early on, Murder on the Orient Express recently overtook it! I do like a murder mystery, but I think Dredd is sci fi, so it's a really interesting choice. One of those on the list were my personal choice for remake (hint: it's a western 🤩)
Verowak
2024-02-16 00:29:30 +0000 UTCThat Star Wars one sounds pretty neat 😏There are some on that list that are already booked for watching this year 😀
Verowak
2024-02-16 00:27:29 +0000 UTCI think you'd enjoy Insomnia especially coming right off the heels of "Good Will Hunting." Robin Williams is also in Insomnia, in a radically different role. It shows how genuinely talented an actor he was.
WastedPo
2024-02-16 00:22:26 +0000 UTCSome of these are a bit of a stretch, and some of them are just plain bad and Vero would be better off going with the original. Also surprised you didn’t mention The Departed, Scorsese’s remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.
Razor Bikini
2024-02-16 00:08:57 +0000 UTCSurprised that Murder on the Orient Express was winning, tho I just tied it up by voting for Dredd. Personally I’m hoping True Grit or The Fly pull ahead, but I wouldn’t be mad about any of these winning.
Razor Bikini
2024-02-16 00:07:03 +0000 UTC@James Hadden good recommendation, V mentioned that she likes Donald Sutherland
JAKH
2024-02-15 23:23:43 +0000 UTC“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978) remake of the 1956 black and white movie of the same name
James Hadden
2024-02-15 21:47:43 +0000 UTCMore good remakes for future consideration: "True Lies" (1994) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton. Directed by James Cameron. Remake of the French "The Jackpot" (1991) "The Mechanic" (2011 remake) Jason Statham, Donald Sutherland, Ben Foster. From "The Mechanic" (1973 original) Charles Bronson "The Ladykillers" (2004 remake) Tom Hanks, Ryan Hurst "3:10 to Yuma" (2007 remake) Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster. From a book by Elmore Leonard. "Man On Fire" (2004 remake) Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" (2009 remake) Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini "The Equalizer" (2014 remake of 1980's TV show) Denzel Washington, David Harbour, Chloe Grace Moretz "Mask of Zorro" (1998 version) Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Katherine Zeta-Jones "Operation Mincemeat" (2021) remake of "The Man Who Never Was" (1956). WW2 True story "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999 remake) Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo "The Getaway" (1994 remake) Alec Baldwin, Kim Bassinger "Shaft" (2018) Samuel L. Jackson. Sequel/soft reboot of "Shaft" (2000) Samuel L. Jackson, itself a remake/reboot of "Shaft" (1971), "Shaft" (1973 TV Series), and "Shaft in Africa" (1973) "The Three Musketeers" (1973 version) and part 2 (not a sequel) "The Four Musketeers" (1974) "The Three Musketeers" (1993 version) "Cleopatra" (1963 version) remake of 1934 version, itself a remake of the 1917 version "Star Wars" (1977) 😉 remake of Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" (1958) "El Dorado" (1967) remake of "Rio Bravo" (1959) "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Carey Elwes. Remake/spoof of "Nosfaratu" (1922) "The Jackal" (1997) Bruce Willis. So-so remake of the much better "Day of the Jackal" (1973) "Survivor" (2015) Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan. Remake of "Three Days of the Condor" (1975) Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow "The Lost Battalion" (2001 remake) WW1 True story "Robin and Marian" (1976) Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn "Robin Hood" (1991 version) Uma Thurman "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) western remake of Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" (1954) "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964) Clint Eastwood. Spaghetti western remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" (1951) "For A Few Dollars More" (1965) Clint Eastwood. Spaghetti western remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Sanjuro" (1952) "The Outrage" (1964) US remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Rashamon" (1950) "Throne of Blood" (1957) Akira Kurosawa's samurai version of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Japanese "Much Ado about Nothing" (1993 version) "A Perfect Murder" (1998) Michael Douglas, Gweneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen. Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M For Murder" (1954) "Hellboy" (2019 soft reboot) from "Hellboy" (2004) and "Hellboy 2 The Golden Army" (2008). Based on a comic "The Punisher: War Zone" (2008 soft reboot) Ray Stevenson (RIP), Julie Benz "Enemy Mine" (1985) sci-fi remake of "Hell in the Pacific" (1968) "Cyrano De Dergerac" (1990 version) Gerard Depardieu. French w/ subtitles. "3 Men and a Baby" (1987) remake of the French "3 Hommes et une Couffin" (1985), itself a remake of "Three Godfathers" (1948) "Fort Apache The Bronx" (1981) remake of "Assault on Precinct 13" (1976 version) itself a remake of "Fort Apache" (1948). Hollywood knows a good story when they steal it. 😉
JAKH
2024-02-15 20:48:28 +0000 UTCCome on people True Grit. Why? 1. Only movie John Wayne got an Oscar for! 2. The remake which is closer to the book that I am sure Vero will get to reading. 3. True Grit is voting for 2 movies at once. With that, I will end my unhinged Ted talk.
Daniel Looney
2024-02-15 20:04:55 +0000 UTC
