Film remakes



I hate remakes as a rule but

1982 The Thing
1983 Scarface
1986 The Fly
2006 Casino Royale
1986 Little Shop of Horrors
1941 Maltese Falcon
2013 Dredd
2010 True Grit
1980 Airplane
1995 Heat
1956 Man Who Knew Too Much
2002 Quiet American
1984 1984
I wouldn't say the 2010 version of True Grit surpasses the original imo.
 
Watched the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore on BBC2 yesterday. The original is a classic and didn’t expect to enjoy the new one but it was good especially Eddie Izard’s performance.
 
What was Airplane a remake of??

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They bought the rights to do a remake and just took the piss.

There are whole lines lifted from the first film, like "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking" and "Our survival hinges on one thing: finding someone on board who not only can fly this plane, but didn't have the fish for dinner"
 
Has there ever been one that surpassed the original?

Cape Fear always came close for me, but just re-watched original and De Niro version doesn't come close.

Telly Savalas with hair, Gregory Peck immense and Psychotic Robert Mitchum with his trousers up to his tits (maybe and influence for Lee Barry Cattermole aka the pub watch cantona)
I prefer the remake as the remake blurs the lines as neither man is a good man whereas its clear cut good and bad in the original
 

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