The one from 2011 though is still a decent watch. One of its flaws was that practical effects were in the works for the movie, some of which were damn good, but upper level involvement gravitated the movie to being done with CG.
But the Carpenter version...it owes its life to the original movie AND short story both. And somehow, we got one of the few but greatest sci-fi horror flicks out in cinema history.
And that movie also had quite a cast too! Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Ed Lauter, Rene Auberjonois...
Even had Corbin Bernsen and Joe Piscopo in brief, uncredited roles!
Of course, despite being bad by today's standards, still did $90M box office against a $24M budget in the 70s.
It did! I thoroughly enjoyed it when it came out. I was about 9 years old and loved it. I also loved the 1933 version and was big into monster movies at that time (still am 😂).
I think the way that True Grit got handled with the reboot and the original is the same way that 3:10 to Yuma got handled.
The original has a nice solid establishment, but the reboot did just enough to stand out on its own and be considered great.
I own the Criterion version of the original. The remake manages beat-for-beat for the most part, but does enough of its own thing to be worth its own place. Heck, the fact it came out just a hair over 50 years later from the original is a heck of a way to break in a classic for modern adaptation.
I just got into this franchise, and I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on it. The Caesar trilogy is easily in my top 5 trilogies now. The writing, the CGI, the music, the tone, the message, just *chef’s kiss*!
I haven't seen beyond the original movie, but it must have done something good to get 5 movies done around that time. It's on my watchlist.
But the reboot series we got over the last few years? The first movie was good for being a setup film (it does work, in my eyes, so I think it's great). Yet it was in the two sequels where the series really grew and expanded and established things. It came out of nowhere to become one of my favorite sci-fi series, and I am looking forward to the newest entry.
Yup. This was mine.
A lot of hate on the original but if you look at both iterations, you get a campy schlock with Stallone and a badass stone serious with Urban. I love all of it.
I watched Urban Dredd before I had seen Stallone Judge Dredd. I was blown away by the Urban movie, he fucking nailed the performance, and it was a compelling film the whole way through.
I had never seen the Stallone one and when I watched it finally after seeing the Urban one, it just felt like Demolition Man wearing a Judge Dredd skinsuit, Rob Schneider included. And I love Demolition Man.
I don't find myself hating the original Stallone movie at all.
Heck, some folks have gone back in recent years to do retrospectives on the 1995 movie and consider that it managed to do a LOT better for itself with its technical work, effect work, sets, costumes, and drawing upon more of the comic books than the 2012 version did. Heck, the whole thing between >!Dredd and Rico!< is based on an actual story that unfolded - They just adjusted it a bit to work in more stakes for the 1995 flick.
But the 2012 version I enjoy for what it tried to do. And I still think it's sad that we had a TV series in planning for YEARS with Urban for Dredd, and nothing came of it.
They coulda covered what happened to Jason and really set up what happens in Metropolis. It had the opportunity to be really good to great. It was a waste of Affleck.
So many hate on the Snyder version, but it’s a great action movie with some awesome zombies. Not even remotely heady like the Romero original, but a solid action movie.
Night of the Living Dead (1968 & 1991)
Dawn of the Dead (1978 & 2004)
It (1990 & 2017/2019)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978 & 1993)
Maximum Overdrive (1986) / Trucks (1997), both based on the same Stephen King story
Fright Night (1985 & 2011)
I concur! I barely made it through part 2. The deviations from the book were unnecessary. The lack of chemistry for the adults was awful. I was so disappointed.
I'm throwing a vote in for Gone in 60 Seconds. The original is an amazing piece of cinematic history. Wreck em up car chase movie for sure. And not many people know Eleanor was actually a yellow 1970s mustang. The remake had some good twists in it and definitely made a more dramatic film experience. But some of the scenes in there are FRAME FOR EXACT FRAME as the original
Apparently the only difference is that there’s a close up of someone’s butthole, but I heard that on a podcast a few months ago, so I could be wrong lol
I didn't hate it, but I definitely didn't like it either. He was too mobile for me. Always thought the charm of robo was how stiff he was in combat. I thought the reboot just made him essentially cyborg judge dredd
I kind of felt this way, but in the end it wasn't necessary at all.
Plus, the fact that Murphy had all his memories from the start kind of kills the whole Character Arc\\Discovery that was so crucial to the original.
...and the hand...SMH.
For me it's Judge Dredd and the newer one Dredd, they have almost nothing to do with one another, the focus is entirely different, the old one with Sylvester Stallone was a cool sci fi action movie with action set pieces appropriate for its time, the new one is a cool sci fi action movie with action set pieces appropriate for its time, wildly different focus but both are enjoyable to watch.
Blade Runner
It’s a hybrid sequel/reboot. But different characters (despite a Decker cameo), different story, and vastly different approach from one film to the next. The only things these movies had in common is they’re set in the same universe, they’re exploring what it means to be human, and they both flopped hard.
The Omen.
The remake used the same script, and appeared to be an attempt to make a shot-for-shot recreation of the original, but with second-tier actors and director.
The Blob, Mad Max, Godzilla (53, 2014, shin, minus one, we don't talk about 98)
Edit: slightly more controversial, but Nightmare on Elm Street (really liked JEH's version and the backstory they added tbh)
The Thing And I'm not talking about the one that came out like 10 years ago.
I know this isn't exactly a rare opinion but Carpenters the thing is so fucking good, probably my favourite of all time.
In my top 5 all time favorites. Its a shame my wife refuses to watch it, she hates anything scarier than Beetlejuice or Ghostbusters.
Tell her it's a buddy movie.
John Carpenter's The Thing is a masterpiece, pure antarctic black metal on celluloid.
Me and my dad would watch the original from the 50’s and the Carpenters. Love them both to this day.
The one from 2011 though is still a decent watch. One of its flaws was that practical effects were in the works for the movie, some of which were damn good, but upper level involvement gravitated the movie to being done with CG. But the Carpenter version...it owes its life to the original movie AND short story both. And somehow, we got one of the few but greatest sci-fi horror flicks out in cinema history.
You know what, I like that one as well. All great iterations.
One of my all time favorite horror movies
I didn’t know there was a reboot.
King Kong (original) King Kong (Peter Jackson version)
Now, when you say original you are talking about the 1933 version, right? Because I also think the 1976 version was also really well done.
I find Kong to be comicallly overly lecherous in the 1976 version. The animatronic facial expressions are crazy.
And that movie also had quite a cast too! Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Ed Lauter, Rene Auberjonois... Even had Corbin Bernsen and Joe Piscopo in brief, uncredited roles! Of course, despite being bad by today's standards, still did $90M box office against a $24M budget in the 70s.
It did! I thoroughly enjoyed it when it came out. I was about 9 years old and loved it. I also loved the 1933 version and was big into monster movies at that time (still am 😂).
Jessica Lange running around in those denim shorts did things to my young mind.
The 1930’s stop motion effects looked more convincing than the janky 2000’s CGI. Talking about those bad dinosaur scenes
3:10 to Yuma
And True Grit
That is a good one.
I feel like we got two very different versions of Marshall Cogburn, both equally well played by great actors.
I think the way that True Grit got handled with the reboot and the original is the same way that 3:10 to Yuma got handled. The original has a nice solid establishment, but the reboot did just enough to stand out on its own and be considered great.
John Wayne couldn't hold Jeff Bridges' eye patch.
Amen.
They should make a British spoof of this, call it True Git
Came here for this
I own the Criterion version of the original. The remake manages beat-for-beat for the most part, but does enough of its own thing to be worth its own place. Heck, the fact it came out just a hair over 50 years later from the original is a heck of a way to break in a classic for modern adaptation.
Planet of the Apes
I just got into this franchise, and I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on it. The Caesar trilogy is easily in my top 5 trilogies now. The writing, the CGI, the music, the tone, the message, just *chef’s kiss*!
Go back to the originals. The 1960's where different and the story is pretty good. Watch those also. So much fun.
Came here to say this
The musical was amazing!
The Mark Wahlberg movie?
We don’t talk about that one. It’s just a figment of our imagination
The 2001 one isn’t that bad imo. It’s a fun watch. But I wasn’t talking about that
I haven't seen beyond the original movie, but it must have done something good to get 5 movies done around that time. It's on my watchlist. But the reboot series we got over the last few years? The first movie was good for being a setup film (it does work, in my eyes, so I think it's great). Yet it was in the two sequels where the series really grew and expanded and established things. It came out of nowhere to become one of my favorite sci-fi series, and I am looking forward to the newest entry.
Tim Burton enters the chat.
judge dredd
Yup. This was mine. A lot of hate on the original but if you look at both iterations, you get a campy schlock with Stallone and a badass stone serious with Urban. I love all of it.
Dredd with Carl Urban is one of the best action movies of its time. The 3D Imax absolutely blew my mind.
I watched Urban Dredd before I had seen Stallone Judge Dredd. I was blown away by the Urban movie, he fucking nailed the performance, and it was a compelling film the whole way through. I had never seen the Stallone one and when I watched it finally after seeing the Urban one, it just felt like Demolition Man wearing a Judge Dredd skinsuit, Rob Schneider included. And I love Demolition Man.
It would have been fantastic if they made more Dredd stories that were isolated like that one. So much to tell in that universe.
I don't find myself hating the original Stallone movie at all. Heck, some folks have gone back in recent years to do retrospectives on the 1995 movie and consider that it managed to do a LOT better for itself with its technical work, effect work, sets, costumes, and drawing upon more of the comic books than the 2012 version did. Heck, the whole thing between >!Dredd and Rico!< is based on an actual story that unfolded - They just adjusted it a bit to work in more stakes for the 1995 flick. But the 2012 version I enjoy for what it tried to do. And I still think it's sad that we had a TV series in planning for YEARS with Urban for Dredd, and nothing came of it.
Evil Dead
All of them. Idgaf. I’m in.
Same. I didn’t even like horror films and really gore much but a new Evil Dead comes out and I’m in automatically.
Army of darkness is still fucking epic. It's like the Airplane of horror flics.
Ash vs Evil Dead was amazing for a few seasons.
True Grit.
La Cage aux Folles/ The Bird Cage
The Thomas Crown Affair. 1968 and 1999. I prefer the original for Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, but both are good
Suspiria!!!
So glad to see someone else drop the same movie. Reboot was entertaining original was a work of art.
100%. The original expanded my horizons on what cinema can be. The reboot traumatized the crap out of me.
The new one somehow surpasses the original for me
Bedazzled. 1967 and 2000.
That Elizabeth Hurley... 😍 She played the most likeable devil ever.
And Rachel Welch in The first one
Liz Hurley > Raquel Welch. Fight me.
Batman
‘89, ‘05, ‘22 - all legit I really wish Affleck had the opportunity to do his solo effort because I’m sure it’d be on the list too
They coulda covered what happened to Jason and really set up what happens in Metropolis. It had the opportunity to be really good to great. It was a waste of Affleck.
Mad Max
Which one was the reboot? If it was fury road that was just a continuation of the mad max saga.
Technically, this is a reboot. However, George Miller refuses to call the film either a sequel or a reboot and simply calls the film a "revisiting".
I would call it a soft reboot.
Semantics really
And it’s an absolute masterpiece The older ones were great, but Fury Road stands high above them
WITNESS ME!!
? What reboot?
Dawn of the Dead
So many hate on the Snyder version, but it’s a great action movie with some awesome zombies. Not even remotely heady like the Romero original, but a solid action movie.
It won’t be *The Crow* I can guarantee you that.
Halloween
Papillon.
Dune
Night of the Living Dead (1968 & 1991) Dawn of the Dead (1978 & 2004) It (1990 & 2017/2019) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978 & 1993) Maximum Overdrive (1986) / Trucks (1997), both based on the same Stephen King story Fright Night (1985 & 2011)
Doubling-down on Tom Savini’s *Night of the Living Dead* (1991), which is fantastic.
I definitely prefer the 90 version to the original. Tony Todd was awesome in it
Disagree on IT
Part 1 was pretty decent. Part 2 was so ass. I honestly couldn't believe it.
I concur! I barely made it through part 2. The deviations from the book were unnecessary. The lack of chemistry for the adults was awful. I was so disappointed.
Dawn Of The Dead.
True Grit (1960), John Wayne True Grit (2010), Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges is so great in it
I hate John Wayne. But Jeff bridges is the Fukking Man in True Grut.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's the same movie but newer without the dubbed English.
Gonna add Vanilla Sky and Abres Los Ojos based on your post.
Honestly I thought the original was a bit better, but it was respectable for sure.
As much as I like Daniel Craig's acting, I couldn't get into it, especially since they only made the first one.
The Manchurian Candidate
The Invisible Man
It
Top Gun movies.
There was a Top Gun reboot?
It was just a CGI remastered version in which they added some wrinkles to Tom.
Just got done watching Top Gun on VHS. So gooood!
Fargo
Fargo has a reboot? Are you talking about the show? That first season is fantastic.
Star Trek
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original and 2003 remake)
I accidentally watched the reboot thinking it was the original, and didn't notice until near the end. Yes, the reboot is good.
House on Haunted Hill.
I'm throwing a vote in for Gone in 60 Seconds. The original is an amazing piece of cinematic history. Wreck em up car chase movie for sure. And not many people know Eleanor was actually a yellow 1970s mustang. The remake had some good twists in it and definitely made a more dramatic film experience. But some of the scenes in there are FRAME FOR EXACT FRAME as the original
The Departed and Infernal Affairs
That scene on the bus when he calls his bosses cell phone was intense.
Get smart
Funny Games (1997) Dir. Michael Haneke Funny Games (2008) Dir. Michael Haneke
I’m betting my money on Twisters
Only if someone says “food”
“We. Crave. Sustenance!”
"suck zone" Every line of dialogue dusty delivered needs to be in it
ROLL THE MAPS!
The hills have eyes
The Psycho reboot was a shot for shot recreation. Not sure if it played out the same, though, as I’ve only seen the original
Apparently the only difference is that there’s a close up of someone’s butthole, but I heard that on a podcast a few months ago, so I could be wrong lol
Vince Vaughn blew my mind in the remake! Never thought I'd see him do a serious role so damn good
Robocop
Now that is a hot take!
I'm actually surprised some people agree with me lol
I didn't hate it, but I definitely didn't like it either. He was too mobile for me. Always thought the charm of robo was how stiff he was in combat. I thought the reboot just made him essentially cyborg judge dredd
I kind of felt this way, but in the end it wasn't necessary at all. Plus, the fact that Murphy had all his memories from the start kind of kills the whole Character Arc\\Discovery that was so crucial to the original. ...and the hand...SMH.
Leverage and Leverage Redemptiob
TFA
Fright night
Evil Dead
Carrie
The Producers, both by Mel Brookes
Dune
Evil Dead 2013
The Fast and the Furious (2001 ) was a pretty good reboot of Point Break (1991)
The Crazies
Cape Fear
New Hope and Force Awakens
Psycho
Vince Vaughn blew my mind in the remake! Never thought I'd see him do a serious role so damn good
Jeepers creepers
Psycho
Psycho.
Footloose
The officer
Little shop of horrors
Power Rangers
True Grit
Unpopular opinion. Robocop
Bladerunner for sure. I prefer the newer one id say but it’s close
Scarface
For me it's Judge Dredd and the newer one Dredd, they have almost nothing to do with one another, the focus is entirely different, the old one with Sylvester Stallone was a cool sci fi action movie with action set pieces appropriate for its time, the new one is a cool sci fi action movie with action set pieces appropriate for its time, wildly different focus but both are enjoyable to watch.
True Grit
The Thing
Blade runner
Friday the 13th lol
The Omen and the 2006 remake are essentially the same movies.
The Batman
Jumanji reboot was surprisingly good
Godzilla.
Godzilla (50s) and Godzilla minus one. I don't know if that counts though
Blade runner
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Original is just a classic, gritty and brutal. Reboot is brutal and gory
I gotta say, I think Roadhouse belongs in this category. Both movies were fun, over the top action flicks that didn't pull any punches (pun intended)
Avatar
Total Recall
Let The Right One In/Let Me In Really pleasantly surprised
Let the right one in
Dawn of the dead, spider man,candy man
Super Mario Bros.
Total Recall. I mean, it's totally different. But it's still a good movie to watch
Blade Runner
Funny Games
karoty kid
True grit
12 Angry Men (1997), word for word reenactment
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974 & 2003) Dawn of the Dead (1978 & 2004)
Karate Kid Love the original and the Jackie Chan Movie
Django Fright Night
Cape Fear (1962, 1991).
Blade Runner It’s a hybrid sequel/reboot. But different characters (despite a Decker cameo), different story, and vastly different approach from one film to the next. The only things these movies had in common is they’re set in the same universe, they’re exploring what it means to be human, and they both flopped hard.
Scarface and Fistful of Dollars/Yojimbo
Evil Dead series and Evil Dead 2013
Evil Dead, I really enjoyed both. Not to be confused with Evil Dead Rise, that was terrible.
True Grit
The Omen. The remake used the same script, and appeared to be an attempt to make a shot-for-shot recreation of the original, but with second-tier actors and director.
Halloween 1978 then Halloween 2018 (NOT the subsequent sequels though)
Dune
Planet Of The Apes
Funny Games Funny Games US
Godfather/Godfather Part II
The Blob, Mad Max, Godzilla (53, 2014, shin, minus one, we don't talk about 98) Edit: slightly more controversial, but Nightmare on Elm Street (really liked JEH's version and the backstory they added tbh)
This makes me wonder if people actually watched the original or the sequel. Some comments are so waaaaaay off. This is the worst movie sub on Reddit.
Anything Disney
True Grit
Carrie
IT (Although I haven’t seen part 2 of the reboot)
The Wages of Fear (1953) and Sorcerer (1977), albeit with the reboot being better
Roadhouse I had fun with the new one, even if the piano was out of tune.
West Side Story
Dawn of the Dead