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  • kbaxter60

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    Stole this from and IMDb review:
    "The 1954 sci-fi/vampire novel "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson has now been filmed three times: as "The Last Man On Earth" in 1964 originally scripted by Matheson himself (which I have never seen), as "The Omega Man" in 1971 without the vampire elements (which I have viewed three times), and now with the original title and expensive sets and special effects. This time the seemingly sole survivor of the worldwide pandemic Robert Neville is played by Will Smith who is an actor with real charisma and charm and considerable box office appeal who has beefed himself up for the role."
     

    Axxe55

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    The TV Reboot thread got me thinking. I voted Rockford Files, but immediately thought "Naw, they'd screw it up".
    But could they make it even better?

    Which made me think of movies where the remake was actually better. It is rare, but I will go first.

    True Grit
    Some movies are great as remakes, some, not so much. Jeff Bridges is a damn good actor, and I like many movies he has made, but True grit ain't one of them IMO.

    I'm a huge John Wayne fan going back many decades, and I'm sorry, there just isn't an actor of the status of John Wayne.

    I'm a huge Steve McQueen fan. Pierce Brosnan did a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair that McQueen did the late 1960's. It was a good movie, but Pierce Brosnan ain't Steve McQueen.
     

    mroper

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    The TV Reboot thread got me thinking. I voted Rockford Files, but immediately thought "Naw, they'd screw it up".
    But could they make it even better?

    Which made me think of movies where the remake was actually better. It is rare, but I will go first.

    True Grit
    Blasphemy !

    same actors but the Snyder remake of the Justice League
     

    gdr_11

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    There were a number of remakes of the Magnificent Seven but the last one hit the mark and comes in a close second to the original, mostly because of style and dialogue. I would rate it higher but it is a bit too polished to be set in that era in Mexico. Denzel is no Yul Brenner and there was no one on the last version to compare to Bronson and Coburn.
     

    Axxe55

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    There were a number of remakes of the Magnificent Seven but the last one hit the mark and comes in a close second to the original, mostly because of style and dialogue. I would rate it higher but it is a bit too polished to be set in that era in Mexico. Denzel is no Yul Brenner and there was no one on the last version to compare to Bronson and Coburn.
    Or Steve McQueen.
     
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