Remake

looking back at history some have not lived up to the standards the original put in place. The 1998 version of Psycho directed by Gus Van Sant and the 2005 War of the Worlds are two examples of bad remakes. Some however are equally or more successful. King Kong is one of the most recognisable remakes of all time. Written and produced by Merian C. Cooper in 1933, King Kong was a story that was worth making two movies about. In 2005 Peter Jackson brought the thriller back to life through state of…

terrific name). But I would argue that his film is less of a remake and more of a Herzogian reimagining and restaging. Certainly, Herzog is paying homage to Murnau and in a few instances he actually quotes Murnau, but for the most part Herzog takes the story of Dracula and makes it his own. And since Herzog is Herzog, with such a strong authorial mark, that has a profound effect on the film. “I never thought of my film Nosferatu as being a remake. It stands on its own feet as an entirely new…

The Last House on the Left (1972). The Last House on the Left shows multiple similarities to Bergman?s The Virgin Spring. The book ?Play it Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes? edited by Andrew Horton and Stuart Y. McDougal features an article written by Michael Brashinsky where he even goes as far as to say that the Craven?s film is a remake of Berman?s.…

The company’s assessment of viewer data helped it realize that a remake of the famous BBC show on political intrigue could deliver the goods. Taking into account the content and the team involved, Netflix was confident about the potential viewership being substantial enough for the show to be a success.49,50 Unlike other…

Say what want needs to be said about the original. Does it live up to the hype or is it overrated and its humor was just lost to time? But, if anything bad is said about the remake there could be a swarm of angry feminist ready to disagree with such a sexist statement. Whether or not you believe the 2016 rendition of Ghostbusters was actually a good film has been placed on the back burner for the hotter issue of sexism in modern…

it’s clone dinosaurs to run amok, I can’t imagine how much of a nightmare that would’ve been for the organisers of the park. The rights to make a movie remake of the book were bought before the official release of the book. Mr. Spielberg discovered the book while working on his TV series, ‘ER’, and was more than pleased with the idea of a movie remake. Jurassic Park had a cast that even the casting director of the Expendables series would be envious of. The cast featured William Hurt, Harrison…

These two movies are based on a novel called The Getaway by Jim Thompson, which published in 1958. The first movie came out at 1972 and the second came out at 1994. The first movie earned over $36 million in USA. And the remake earned $30 million. The story line are so similar. The first version movie is that Carter “Doc” McCoy was in jail at Texas. He told his wife, Carol, to do anything in order to have a deal with Jack Beyon, who was immoral businessman. Beyon used his power and got Doc a…

In 2013, Kimberley Pierce directed a remake of Brian De Palma’s horror film classic Carrie. The arrangement stays the same, but by using a little modernization, additional character development, and new scenes here and there, Peirce essentially reinvents the same familiarity while making the film her own. Pierce jettisons the focus off of Carrie’s tumultuous relationship with her mother and puts a microscope on Carrie’s desire to fit in. While Brian De Palma’s version focuses on the sexual…

The period of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign is often regarded as the golden age of English history. This Elizabethan renaissance led to much development in literature and theater, including the emergence of playwright William Shakespeare, whose works continue to be analyzed in the twenty-first century. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tale of lust, love, and heartbreak, taking place in Verona, Italy during the Elizabethan era. Though arguably unrealistic, the play’s depiction of the…

To Re-Make a Movie If a newer film adaption of To Kill A Mockingbird were created, it would need to include many of the characters/scenes that were left out of the first film. Aunt Alexandra, Dolphus Raymond, and the Finch’s Landing are some of the main points of the novel that were left out of the first movie. Although, one may argue that these characters/scenes were left out of the first film adaption because they are unimportant, provide no lessons, and are useless towards the plot. But in…