Which classic movies should NOT be remade?

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“It’s a Wonderful Life”
“Arsenic and Old Lace”
“The Great Escape” (I would not want to see a CGI motorcycle escape. Never!!!)
 
The Lion in Winter.
There was a remake of this, but it was a disaster. I have to mention it though as it is my favorite movie of all time. I love English History for some reason.
 
“A Place in The Sun”. Managed to make me sympathize with the main character yet not approve of what he does, and I’m still wondering if at the end if he got what he deserved, or not. But I doubt a modern remake of this would be able to achieve that.

“To Kill a Mockingbird”, not just because of Peck’s performance, but because I’m pretty sure any modern remake would incorporate the version of Atticus encountered in the “sequel”, even though apparently “Go Set a Watchman” was actually written beforehand. So the much greyer Atticus of that book is NOT meant to be same version of Atticus we see in Mockingbird.
 
A Man For All Seasons…don’t even think about it.

Going My Way
The Bells Of St. Mary’s…perfect for Bing Crosby can’t duplicate his performances.

Not that the secular world or protestants for that matter want any positive Catholic movies anyway remakes or otherwise lol.
 
esieffe said:
The Lion in Winter.
There was a remake of this, but it was a disaster. I have to mention it though as it is my favorite movie of all time. I love English History for some reason.
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This was one of my favorite movies from my childhood. Better than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which btw was a disaster when Depp remade it!
 
“The Music Man.” They remade it starring Matthew Broderick, but it can’t hold a candle to the Robert Preston version.
 
johnnyc176 said:
A Man For All Seasons…don’t even think about it.

Going My Way
The Bells Of St. Mary’s…perfect for Bing Crosby can’t duplicate his performances.

Not that the secular world or protestants for that matter want any positive movies anyway remakes or otherwise lol.
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Your last paragraph.

Wow, that wasn’t nice.
 
*The Great Dictator

2001: A Space Odyssey

Schindler’s List

The Grapes of Wrath
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Psycho! The remake was a disaster. Other Hitchcock movies have been remade too, when will they learn they shouldn’t touch classics.
 
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Psycho! The remake was a disaster. Other Hitchcock movies have been remade too, when will they learn they shouldn’t touch classics.
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You are right. A complete disaster and I love Vince Vaughn. But Anthony Perkins is classic. The dialogue and filmography was better in the original.

Instead of remakes, I don’t mind spinoffs.
The show “Bates Motel” on A&E was exceptional. Ten times better than the remake and very very close to the original in quality.
I was hooked!
Really really good acting.
 
How about ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’? Can’t imagine how that could be improved upon.
 
Any of them but in particular:

The Wizard of Oz, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Singin’ in the Rain, which have already been mentioned.

Annnd…

The Princess Bride.

“Hello. We are fans of Inigo Montoya. You killed our movie. Prepare to Die!”
 
Terra_Rosarum said:
“The Music Man.” They remade it starring Matthew Broderick, but it can’t hold a candle to the Robert Preston version.
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I agree … somewhat. LOVED the original. Had to watch the new version as a substitute teacher for a music class.

AFTER getting over my initial disappointment that the classic HAD been remade … and acknowledging that I liked Preston and Shirley Jones and Paul Ford better … I began to enjoy the new versions subtle “improvements” in some areas … and began to appreciate the SAME story done a new and entertaining way. The original - an A. New version A-.

If you loved the original … you MAY at least LIKE the new one very much. 😃
 
The Man Who Would Be King. Connery, Caine and Christopher Plummer were SO good.

I would watch a new version of Jesus’ turning down a crown repeatedly, then becoming the Lamb of God. Even if they called it “The Man Who Wouldn’t Be King (of THIS world).”

Jim Caviezel could reprise his role … while he’s still young looking enough.

“The Passion” could be remade (as it has been before) just not word for word.

Once I finally saw the 1961 version of “King of Kings” I realized what a masterpiece it was.
EVEN though it was SORT of a remake of a film by the same name on the same topic (original was a silent film however).
 
Caged (1950)

a stark, black and white dramatic expose of the problems of the Women’s Penal System as it existed.

The sensational NAME of the movie probably makes audiences think of it as a sexy exploitation film. NOT so.

One of the best displays of female acting talents in the history of film

imdb.com/title/tt0042296/fullcredits/

Eleanor Parker - stars as 19 year old Marie Allen, in jail as an accessory to a gas station robbery (in which tried keep her young husband from being beaten to death. Unsuccessfully).

In the top five female performances of all time IMO.

Also starring a pantheon of the top female character actresses including: Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Betty Garde, Jan Sterling, Hope Emerson (in perhaps the best female villainous role ever … without gratuitous bloodshed establishing the villainy), and the inimitable Jane Darwell.

youtube.com/watch?v=SO0GxT29mfg&index=1&list=PL0LNeEVVNboxTNJUeIX2sbgvkZQg3_5Zs

It’s not that something similar MIGHT not be done today as an avenue of showcasing outstanding female actors of all ages in a serious (non-cheesecaky) prison movie – it’s just that THIS was done so well.

Caged is airing on Turner Classic Movies as I type this.
 
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