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Ocean's Eleven (2001)
18
11.46%
Scarface (1983)
17
10.83%
The Departed (2006)
13
8.28%
The Thing (1982)
61
38.85%
The Fly (1986)
13
8.28%
King Kong (2005)
7
4.46%
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
12
7.64%
The Ring (2002)
2
1.27%
Cape Fear (1991)
4
2.55%
Other (Say what it is)
10
6.37%
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Old 02-20-09, 09:10 PM
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Best remake ever
Which movie would you say is the best remake ever made?
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Old 02-20-09, 09:18 PM
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Of the ones you listed, I picked John Carpenter's The Thing.
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an abe55 poll with THE THING as a choice???? how odd. however, in this case it's the correct answer.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
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The Thing
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Re: Best remake ever
I like a lot of those, but I'd say the best of the bunch is The Thing.
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Re: Best remake ever
Ocean's Eleven has 20% of the votes.
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oceans eleven without a doubt
its one of my faves of all time
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The Thing (1982)
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Re: Best remake ever
I haven't seen a lot of the films you listed, but out of the one's I have seen i'm gonna go with Ocean's 11.
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The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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Re: Best remake ever
Originally Posted by RyoHazuki
Ocean's Eleven has 20% of the votes.
What's so funny? It's a great remake.
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Old 02-20-09, 10:18 PM
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Re: Best remake ever
not the best, but I thought the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake was surprisingly good.
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Re: Best remake ever
Sorry, I think The Fly is a way better remake than The Thing (which is also pretty darned good though).
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Old 02-20-09, 10:24 PM
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Re: Best remake ever
The question is: What will be the next big remake for future generations? For example, will Star Wars be re-made in 40 years? Matrix? Clockwork Orange? Amelie? Unforgiven? The Lord of the Rings? What movies may seem sacrilegious to remake now but possibly would be remade in 40-plus years?
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Old 02-20-09, 10:33 PM
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Of these choices I picked The Fly. I've seen all of the originals except The Thing, so that may have gotten another vote had I seen the original.
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Re: Best remake ever
Originally Posted by toddly6666
The question is: What will be the next big remake for future generations? For example, will Star Wars be re-made in 40 years? Matrix? Clockwork Orange? Amelie? Unforgiven? The Lord of the Rings? What movies may seem sacrilegious to remake now but possibly would be remade in 40-plus years?
At the rate we're going, most of those will be remade around 2012.

My vote is for The Thing. The Fly comes in second.
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Re: Best remake ever
The Thing

Why it doesn't have 100% of the votes is beyond me.
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The Magnificent Seven.
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The Thing
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Re: Best remake ever
I actually went for Dawn of the Dead. I love The Thing, but have never seen the original (It Came From Outerspace?).

As for a contemporary movie that would be sacrelige to remake ... I'll go just a little bit older than modern movies ... I would imagine it will be The Godfather that is going to be remade as a vehicle for Ashton Kutcher's "comeback" as a serious actor.
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Originally Posted by Abob Teff
I would imagine it will be The Godfather that is going to be remade as a vehicle for Ashton Kutcher's "comeback" as a serious actor.
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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Old 02-20-09, 11:55 PM
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Re: Best remake ever
Great thread. And tough list to choose a best. I will admit though, I didn't even know "Ocean's" was a remake. Anyway, I'd pick these. In order.

"The Thing"
"Cape Fear"
"The Fly"
"Dawn of the Dead"
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Moby Dick '56 > Moby Dick '30
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Re: Best remake ever
that was easy...dawn of the dead was amazingly awesome
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