Dirty Dancing And Others

[MrsLadyBug]

There are certain films that should never be " remakes"
I just saw a small bit (believe me that was enough) of a remake of ' Dirty Dancing'.
It was awful. It was like a cheap copy.
Some films should be left alone.
'Annie' is another one that springs to mind.
Anybody out there with other ideas.

[Prudie]

Yes - The Railway Children, why on earth would you re-make that when the original was pretty much perfection.

[MrsLadyBug]

Some films are just such classics and could never be improved.
Haven't seen the new Railway Children.
Don't think I want to .

[jno]

the remake of True Grit was popular; I liked the old one but I haven't seen the newer one.

[MargoTester]

West Side Story. This is being remade by Steven Spielberg apparently but in my humble opinion the original will never be beaten.

[Ken4155]

jno; "The remake of True Grit was popular....." It may well be that remakes of some of cinema's older films - such as True Grit - are popular because today's audience haven't seen the original films. I've only watched 3 remakes - The Taking Of Pelham 123, Wicker Man and The Thomas Crown Affair- and all, compared to the originals, were absolute tosh. Don't think i would watch another remake.

[Jordyboy9]

I agree with ken4155,the original wicker man ,the Thomas crown affair classic,and films like Casablanca,For Whom The Bell Tolls,THE Story of DR Wasell,should be left alone.

[hereIam]

Yes, remakes very rarely pass muster, but if anyone loves theatre, go and see Dirty Dancing there, it is absolutely brilliant and even better than the film imo !

[marval]

I thought the remake of The Italian Job was a poor imitation.

[naomi24]

I think the same with music. If it can't be improved upon, best left alone.

[MrsLadyBug]

HereIam;
I did actually see the stage musical version of D D a few years back,and yes it was good. But wouldn't class that in the category of re-make as it is a completely different type of production.

[vulcan42]

In some cases they shouldn't even make the film. I saw West Side Story on the stage which was absolutely brilliant, the film they made was a huge disappointment. I assume a lot was changed for political correctness but it sounded ridiculous to hear a New York street gang member saying words that a five year old would use.

[Arksided]

Highlander, although rumours about they're trying to do a re-boot.
Back to the future and Aliens should be left alone.

The worst re-boot I've ever seen was Mad Max.

But some good ones Total recall, Robocop... I enjoyed

[Rockrose]

3:10 to Yuma the original with Glen Ford remade with Russell Crowe horrendously bad!!

[Arksided]

I liked The Italian Job, but don't consider it as a remake more of a nod to the original.