Remakes That Don’t Suck

The well of original ideas seems to have dried up in Hollywood. For every original film there is a comic book / videogame / novel / stage play adaptation coming around to take the box office by storm. The most guilty culprit of killing original ideas is the remake; slap a fresh coat of paint on an old(er) film and turn it loose on the ADD generation, with flashy cuts and updated special effects, and watch it rake in the big bucks opening weekend.

The Fly

1986

Ocean’s 11

2001

The Blob

1988

The Italian Job

2003

The Hills Have Eyes

2006

The Magnificent Seven

1960

Payback

1999

King Kong

2005

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

The Thing

1982

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