Old movie re-makes

[fluff]

Originally posted by Zhora
I really liked the original Willy Wonka. I suppose the technology is there to make some interesting changes, but I just can't picture anyone else but Gene Wilder in that role. I would certainly watch it if they remade it though.

I think it would be great to see a remake as long as it retained some of the "innocence" of the original.
Too high tech would spoil it for me.

[sher]

actually, i heard (granted, take this with a grain of salt as it's just hearsay) that they ARE remaking Willy Wonka and that Nic Cage is going to play willy wonka.

[holly71]

Nicholas Cage as Willy Wonka?

That's just wrong. Please say you're joking.

[joeguy]

why remake willy wonka? the first one followed the book so well. having read it in the sixth grade. I liked it as a movie too.

[sher]

i loved the books... charlie and the chocolate factory and charlie and the great glass elevator. read them when i was very young as well...

and as i heard the nic cage as wonka rumor a long time ago (a year at least) and nothing has come to fruition, it was probably JUST a rumor.

by the by... i loved ocean's 11, the remake. they are about to start filming "ocean's 12." i HATED the remake of Psycho. the first was so freakin' scary... couldn't get any better than that and i just didn't believe vince vaughn as norman bates... didn't fit to me.

[Samurai Ranger]

Some of the choices for remakes just baffle me. "Gone in Sixty Seconds"? Who came up with the bright idea of remaking that movie? Although I doubt there are many out there who feel that a remake violated the sacred memory of such a cherished classic ! Anyway, regarding remakes of my beloved Seven Samurai, I enjoy The Magnificent Seven and A Bug's Life (although I confess to not having seen Battle Beyond the Stars).
Willie Wonka sounds promising, as long as they don't make it too impersonal and mechanical with CGIs and such.

[ClaraBella]

The Bishops Wife remake: Julia: Julia Roberts The Angel: George Clooney Henry: ?

I still can't cast the part of Henry. ! grrrrrrrr!

[Modesty]

I'm probably very conservative (today's understatement! ), but I don't see the need for re-makes at all. I really don't know of a single remake where the original hasn't been better than the re-make. Nikita, The Seven Samurais, and Vanilla Sky for example...

[Bill]

I think the time has come for a remake of the greatest movie of all time...

I refer of course to Caddyshack.

[Paulie]

Originally posted by Zhora
I don't think anyone can really justify the remake of Psycho. I think Hitchcock got it right the first time.

Now I didn't see the remake of Psycho, but I thought the most ridiculous part of the remake was the apparent insistence on each shot of the remake matching each shot of the original. At that point, it's not even a remake, but a rehash. That's just plain stupid. I like Vince Vaughn and everything, but - holy $#!!+ - what a waste.