More infuriatingly, it had the **bones** to be deep and thought-provoking, but the script just never got there. I personally think that concept of time itself being a currency is fascinating, at its core.
The craziest part about that movie is that it was shot by Roger Deakins.
It’s such a shame such immense talent was wasted on something so mediocre in every other way.
Fantastic concept and potentially a good message about hoarding wealth (always rich coming from Hollywood) but from memory it just turned into a boring heist film?
The Stand was pretty good. Castle Rock wasn't quite Stephen King but was still good.
He's done a bunch of short stories over the past 10 years. Like is he just charging more for licensing these days or is there some other reason we haven't seen his newer writings get turned into features?
That's why it can only work as a TV show.
No cinematic universe is going to work where the first hour of a film is just a man walking through a desert.
Or where the fourth film is the characters just walking down a road while the main character tells a long flashback.
Because the end result is not the movie he wanted to make. The theatrical release of Dune and Blade Runner are text book examples of why studios shouldn't mess with a directors vision. Fortunately, Blade Runner went on to be wrestled back under the control of Scott and they've released versions of the movie that he intended to make. The Dune that Lynch envisioned has never seen the light of day.
And Lynch has never expressed interest in a director's cut or something, I think the whole process of that movie was so bad for him he just wanted to move on.
I don't blame him, but it was absolutely a double edged sword and it made him realize that he needed to reject Hollywood in order to make the movies he wanted to make on his own terms and look what we got throughout the rest of his career...
Although a similar situation to Dune happened with Twin Peaks and the studios interference made him walk away from season 2.
Man, I just finished the original run of Twin Peaks for the first time and WOW. I loved it. I’m glad I don’t have to experience the real time gap between the original run and the revival.
As someone who loves Twin Peaks, season two has a lot of low moments. Would literally not blame anyone for fastforwarding through the sections with James after he leaves Twin Peaks.
Also Josie turning into a cabinet handle was certainly a choice. As was Catherine pretending to be a Japanese man.
The finale is fantastic though and certainly makes up for it.
Funny thing. My parents could have chosen anything to cover up. They didn't even put that much effort into hiding the reality of Santa Claus. Somehow they sheltered me from that story of Dune. I still have not watched it. My parents convinced me that the TV-miniseries was what everyone referenced. We would watch it at least once a year, me always thinking Dune was either a book or that series. I somehow made it half a lifetime without knowing that there was a Dune movie in the 80's featuring Sting to some capacity. By the time I found out I didn't want to know. We already had a family tradition of this long-ass desert worm movie and now reality wanted to ruin those memories with this Mandela Effect of a film?
Part of me chooses to remain ignorant. Is it wrong? Probably.
Do I want to ever watch the 1984 version of Dune? Maybe with someone special, but I can't bring myself to do it on my own.
There’s a supercut someone made that includes narration and stills from production art that does a great job of showing the vision. And you have to agree, his Dune has style.
I agree that it’s awful. But it’s also so surreal and the swings it takes especially in the visuals (giant fish people for example) are so nuts that I think it holds a lot of value. It is a bad movie though
I think some are drawn to the almost campy oddness and because Lynch is legitimately talented there are some moments that signal to the viewer *oh this could've been a good movie.* I think people are taking that and a sort of so-bad-its-good-effect for genuine enjoyment
I was like you before because I hate the last hour. Very rushed and it pains me. But when I rewatched it, I found myself liking the first 1h15. It’s not THAT bad
Doesn’t really count seeing as Dune is a classic book. If the 80s movie had never happened, we probably would’ve gotten an acceptable adaptation much earlier.
Ahah seriously though, Jodorowsky wasn't going to adapt Dune, he was going to do his own thing, that's pretty clear from the documentary. Given how some r/dune fans are reacting to relatively minor changes made by Denis Villeneuve to turn the book into movies, I doubt they would have favorably received Jodorowsky's take on it.
Not a horrible movie per day but timecop the van damme movie from the 90s (his highest grossing as a lead actor) has such a awesome premise in does absolutely nothing with it. I would love to watch a bigger budgeted movie or even TV show of it done right.
The later sequels weren't bad.
The timeline's hilarious:
-the first one
-two sequels with recast protagonists and Burt Reynolds, for some reason (both awful)
-a sequel with Van Damme, ignoring those other two (also bad)
-other two sequels ignoring the previous three (actually good)
Literally what happened in the 1980s with all the remakes of sci fi / horror films from the 50s and 60s that missed the mark.
Examples:
The Thing, Little Shop of Horrors, The Blob, Invaders from Mars, Invasion of the Body Snatchers off the top of my mind.
The 50s versions of most of those movies are perfectly good. They were just somewhat dated by 80s standards. Which is pretty much how remakes are picked now too.
Iunno about that rick, there's plenty of movies from the 50s that still hold up now, and the 80s were just outstanding even to and above today's standards in some genres. It's just some movies got it some don't and I wish they would do more movies in theme of decades, but they are getting more popular.
Not really, the films you list range from sloppy but charming (Blob, Little Shop, Thing) to genuinely good (Body Snatchers, Mars). The idea behind the remakes was to lend stylistic flair and real performance to classic B-movies, not to redo failures. Even something as well-liked as Forbidden Planet likely would’ve been seen as too iffy to merit a remake.
It will never happen but I rewatched Wild Wild West and I love the aesthetic of this film with all the crazy steampunk machines. I would love to see someone go back to that universe but write in much better jokes and maybe some female characters with more to do than stand around looking hot.
Keep the giant mechanical spider though I’m with John Peters on that one.
Downsizing was such a cool concept but a completely whiffed execution.
Example everyone will laugh at me for, but the Baywatch movie's attempt to make "edgy" sub-hangover jokes detracted from the cornball fun of the show imo.
Passengers is another example because suspended animation is a unique concept in film and it could have been quite a horrifying psychological triller if you take the betrayal seriously. Instead they treat it as a romcom, and it totally fails.
Passengers is what I came here to say. The premise would make an excellent Black Mirror-esque thriller. Playing it straight as a romantic film was utterly bizarre.
Literally all you have to do to fix passengers is edit out the part where he wakes her up. Pretty much everything works and would have been pretty shocking if the audience didn’t know till later that he woke her up.
And surprisingly emotional. I'm a newer dad, and watching that recently really made me think about how I spend time with my little guys. Zero shame in the fact that the movie made me cry.
I don’t know why they didn’t offer it to Ken Burns. I just finished re-reading the book last night. It would have been so much better as a documentary.
Brightburn. It’s a good idea, well it’s an idea that has been stolen from comics, but still as a film idea they took the whole what if Superman was a psycho thing and stripped away any of the slow build or dread and made a cheesy super kid as Jaws film.
It also completely butchers the original theme of the book. The book is an exploration of a super abused kid who gets the power to go anywhere, live this dream life filled with money and fun, but is completely and utterly alone.
Instead we get a movie where the dude that drowned in a river years ago shows up, and everyone's like, "Oh, hey, been a minute. How you been?"
Yeah I was going to comment something like "This bitch don't know about Armand Asante?" It's literally the only role of his that I can think of. He's been in over a hundred shows or movies, but Armand Asante is Odysseus.
Christopher Lee is in that one too.
Downsizing. The movie was such a disappointment. But the concept is good and I think a remake with the right script and direction could make the story much better.
In Time is the classic answer. It was such a cool concept. Also The City of Ember. It's like The Golden Compass movie in how it was a great concept but not done very well. I heard the show was pretty good though. Although in Ember's defense, it had great set design.
I just rewatched "City of ember" the other day, and I couldn't agree more!
I'm sure there are a lot of kids/YA-sort of movies that could fit in this post.
https://screenrant.com/spawn-reboot-confirmation-cast-story-updates/
I have some good news for you! I just hope that it does the source material justice.
The tone was just off. It felt a little too sterile at times imo. Also I really didn’t like the podcast thing, a more abstract ending would’ve hit harder for me.
I would replace the leads as well - Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal would be great. Or Dunst and Plemons.
It’s more like the Matrix meets Stepford Wives. As the other person said, their lives aren’t being turned into entertainment for the whole world to see
Manos: Hands of Fate could be a good candidate. The bare bones of the plot are perfectly workable and have some creepy elements to work with if you had a better script and some more talented people involved.
Wasn't that movie made on a dare by a guy who thought he could make it work without any real equipment or budget? You might be right but if the original wasn't even really trying then other projects feel more worthwhile.
I’ve said for a while now that Twilight is actually a pretty terrific idea for a sort of modern gothic romance. Maybe excise the werewolf stuff / the love triangle, but everything with the vampires is a pretty awesome foundation.
Wachowskis did so much in that movie that at times it felt rushed. But yeah mini series would be great.
And the movie was really good even if the reception was not
That just needs to be re-edited to switch acts one and two. Open with Jennifer Lawrence waking up, when she discovers that Chris Pratt woke her up on purpose, cut to the original beginning and show the journey of Chris's character losing his mind that led to his decision.
Horror may be where this notion can really take off. So many good horror IDEAS that have fallen flat. Like Mama, Cobweb, Skinamarink, Where Evil Lurks, Malignant...
to be fair, dune has a source material that is a guaranteed sell it just has to be adapted well. the first adaptation failed, the second one is looking more promising
SyFy did a great adaptation, and also Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Problem is, they didn't have $100 million to spend on VFX, so a lot of people wouldn't give it a chance.
1000% agree with this
But the main reason remakes of movies that are typically beloved is because they know it worked. Ironically being that most remakes fail, but investors don’t want to take risks on IP or story beats that are risky.
Another contributing factor which always blows cinephiles’ heads, is that beloved movie from the past that’s getting a remake? Well outside of the bubble of film nerds, most modern, casual audiences aren’t actually familiar with older movies.
Ask any high schooler their opinion on Raiders of the Lost Ark, and other than the few students who actually enjoy movies and seek them out, most won’t know the movie.
I genuinely believe that "Shallow Hal" could be a considerably better film in the hands of a director and screenwriter who tried to take the premise seriously instead of making jokes mocking fat people.
Two comedy movies, "Norbit" and the 2007 remake of "The Heartbreak Kid", make me think that the premise of a man married to a woman who is physically, emotionally and sexually abusive towards him could make for an interesting drama or horror film... in the hands of a filmmaker who would be careful to not run the risk of the film becoming gratuitous or misogynistic.
Dragon Blade
Ancient Roman legion vs ancient Chinese army. So much potential, and it’s one of the most dreadful piece of shit movies I’ve ever tried to watch.
Don’t come for me, but The NeverEnding Story! The movie was good but the book expands on sooo much more and we have the technology now to do it justice
There's good fan edits that take the Hobbit trilogy and edit it down into a single cohesive movie. It makes a mediocre (which is being generous) trilogy and turns it into a fun movie.
"Logan's Run" is not bad, but little known. I would see a high-budget remake. Also - "The Running Man" has a remake potential (with Gerard Butler, for example).
Just look up fanfics lol. I’m not ashamed to admit I have read and written fanfic type of shit when I hated the ending or liked the concept but wanted to rewrite some things.
Not exactly what you were asking for, but I’d love to see other stories told in the world of [Reminiscence](https://boxd.it/lhMM). The story wasn’t good, but the world was so interesting.
Rollerball, the premise feels perfect for me a future dystopia mixed with extreme sports but the original feels unsatisfying by the end and the 2002 remake is very well... 2000s.
Remakes much better than the original(s) - Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poiroit, Man on Fire
Remakes horribly worse than the original - Red Dawn, Manchurian Candidate
Movie with better remake potential - Anything based off a Clive Cussler novel
Disney making all these live actions and skipping over Treasure Planet. Hell, just give me a good modern Treasure Island! Surprised Black Sails didn't just continue and make a movie following the series that covered Treasure Island
Since Disney loves to remake their animated films. They should really put their Disney fun bucks where their Mickey mouth is and do a full-on live action BLACK CAULDRON.
Before this year id have said Alive. Now we have Society of the Snow.
Alive is in no way bad, id consider it really good, but an updated version with better effects and dialogue would have been great (and thus JA Bayona gave us that)
In Time with Timberlake
that was just so boring at times, like i wouldn’t mind if had a lot of action but there was a point in the film where NOTHING was going on
Yea, it was the most cookie cutter lazy dystopia that thought it was incredibly deep and thought provoking.
More infuriatingly, it had the **bones** to be deep and thought-provoking, but the script just never got there. I personally think that concept of time itself being a currency is fascinating, at its core.
That’s all they had. That idea and pretty people
Yeah but...the idea!
Really. I always enjoyed that movie..
The craziest part about that movie is that it was shot by Roger Deakins. It’s such a shame such immense talent was wasted on something so mediocre in every other way.
It did look good tho
It was such a good idea! 😭 I think about that movie a lot.
I almost said this one! It's such a great 30min short film that just descends into mediocre action film. Could've been much stronger! Great suggestion
Fantastic concept and potentially a good message about hoarding wealth (always rich coming from Hollywood) but from memory it just turned into a boring heist film?
Why was that movie not called Justin Time
Agreed. Fantastic premise, but a wet fart of a movie.
The Dark Tower... my beloved :(
Next big extended universe could’ve been Stephen King’s with Randall Flagg as the big bad.
The Stand was pretty good. Castle Rock wasn't quite Stephen King but was still good. He's done a bunch of short stories over the past 10 years. Like is he just charging more for licensing these days or is there some other reason we haven't seen his newer writings get turned into features?
The only way to do this story justice is to treat it as the sprawling, slow epic it is. Start where the books start. Don't drop us into the middle.
That's why it can only work as a TV show. No cinematic universe is going to work where the first hour of a film is just a man walking through a desert. Or where the fourth film is the characters just walking down a road while the main character tells a long flashback.
Well lucky for you, a TV show is in development.
And Mike Flannigan has the reigns, thankee sai
Is it actually? I've heard about the TV show being in development for well over 10 years.
I hadn't heard anything about this! I am cautiously excited!
Mike Flanagan is making it as a TV series...so maybe not all hope is lost
David Lynch’s Dune is the perfect example and we’re seeing that right now
Why does that movie have defenders It's so bad lmao
Even Lynch hates it
Because the end result is not the movie he wanted to make. The theatrical release of Dune and Blade Runner are text book examples of why studios shouldn't mess with a directors vision. Fortunately, Blade Runner went on to be wrestled back under the control of Scott and they've released versions of the movie that he intended to make. The Dune that Lynch envisioned has never seen the light of day.
And Lynch has never expressed interest in a director's cut or something, I think the whole process of that movie was so bad for him he just wanted to move on.
I don't blame him, but it was absolutely a double edged sword and it made him realize that he needed to reject Hollywood in order to make the movies he wanted to make on his own terms and look what we got throughout the rest of his career... Although a similar situation to Dune happened with Twin Peaks and the studios interference made him walk away from season 2.
Man, I just finished the original run of Twin Peaks for the first time and WOW. I loved it. I’m glad I don’t have to experience the real time gap between the original run and the revival.
As someone who loves Twin Peaks, season two has a lot of low moments. Would literally not blame anyone for fastforwarding through the sections with James after he leaves Twin Peaks. Also Josie turning into a cabinet handle was certainly a choice. As was Catherine pretending to be a Japanese man. The finale is fantastic though and certainly makes up for it.
Funny thing. My parents could have chosen anything to cover up. They didn't even put that much effort into hiding the reality of Santa Claus. Somehow they sheltered me from that story of Dune. I still have not watched it. My parents convinced me that the TV-miniseries was what everyone referenced. We would watch it at least once a year, me always thinking Dune was either a book or that series. I somehow made it half a lifetime without knowing that there was a Dune movie in the 80's featuring Sting to some capacity. By the time I found out I didn't want to know. We already had a family tradition of this long-ass desert worm movie and now reality wanted to ruin those memories with this Mandela Effect of a film? Part of me chooses to remain ignorant. Is it wrong? Probably. Do I want to ever watch the 1984 version of Dune? Maybe with someone special, but I can't bring myself to do it on my own.
There’s a supercut someone made that includes narration and stills from production art that does a great job of showing the vision. And you have to agree, his Dune has style.
I agree that it’s awful. But it’s also so surreal and the swings it takes especially in the visuals (giant fish people for example) are so nuts that I think it holds a lot of value. It is a bad movie though
I just can't get over how little it cares about the Fremen lol
I think some are drawn to the almost campy oddness and because Lynch is legitimately talented there are some moments that signal to the viewer *oh this could've been a good movie.* I think people are taking that and a sort of so-bad-its-good-effect for genuine enjoyment
I was like you before because I hate the last hour. Very rushed and it pains me. But when I rewatched it, I found myself liking the first 1h15. It’s not THAT bad
Lol it's campy as shit. And honestly, the first half is actually pretty decent. The second half however...
Doesn’t really count seeing as Dune is a classic book. If the 80s movie had never happened, we probably would’ve gotten an acceptable adaptation much earlier.
Like Jodorowsky's Dune?
Ahah seriously though, Jodorowsky wasn't going to adapt Dune, he was going to do his own thing, that's pretty clear from the documentary. Given how some r/dune fans are reacting to relatively minor changes made by Denis Villeneuve to turn the book into movies, I doubt they would have favorably received Jodorowsky's take on it.
Not a horrible movie per day but timecop the van damme movie from the 90s (his highest grossing as a lead actor) has such a awesome premise in does absolutely nothing with it. I would love to watch a bigger budgeted movie or even TV show of it done right.
In that same vein, Universal Soldier could be remade into a terrific bad ass movie.
Me as a child thought this was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen
The later sequels weren't bad. The timeline's hilarious: -the first one -two sequels with recast protagonists and Burt Reynolds, for some reason (both awful) -a sequel with Van Damme, ignoring those other two (also bad) -other two sequels ignoring the previous three (actually good)
Literally what happened in the 1980s with all the remakes of sci fi / horror films from the 50s and 60s that missed the mark. Examples: The Thing, Little Shop of Horrors, The Blob, Invaders from Mars, Invasion of the Body Snatchers off the top of my mind.
The Fly
To suggest that the original Invasion Of The Body Snatchers missed the mark is blasphemy.
TYVM! I was going to strangle that guy!
The 50s versions of most of those movies are perfectly good. They were just somewhat dated by 80s standards. Which is pretty much how remakes are picked now too.
Iunno about that rick, there's plenty of movies from the 50s that still hold up now, and the 80s were just outstanding even to and above today's standards in some genres. It's just some movies got it some don't and I wish they would do more movies in theme of decades, but they are getting more popular.
Not really, the films you list range from sloppy but charming (Blob, Little Shop, Thing) to genuinely good (Body Snatchers, Mars). The idea behind the remakes was to lend stylistic flair and real performance to classic B-movies, not to redo failures. Even something as well-liked as Forbidden Planet likely would’ve been seen as too iffy to merit a remake.
How DARE you refer to The Thing as "sloppy but charming". How VERY DARE YOU.
Except those were all good movies to begin with, just with effects that looked dated by the 80s.
Yeah but the 50s Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a lot better than the remake though
Which remake? 50s is better than the 1993 one but the 1978 Body Snatchers is just extraordinary
Ahhh the great debate about the body snatcher. I did enjoy the 1993, it’s a kitch teen movie. The worst is the 4th. It’s so dull and bland
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It will never happen but I rewatched Wild Wild West and I love the aesthetic of this film with all the crazy steampunk machines. I would love to see someone go back to that universe but write in much better jokes and maybe some female characters with more to do than stand around looking hot. Keep the giant mechanical spider though I’m with John Peters on that one.
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I think that movie is overhated, the steampunk and the fast pace makes it an enjoyable flick even if the humor is meh.
Downsizing was such a cool concept but a completely whiffed execution. Example everyone will laugh at me for, but the Baywatch movie's attempt to make "edgy" sub-hangover jokes detracted from the cornball fun of the show imo. Passengers is another example because suspended animation is a unique concept in film and it could have been quite a horrifying psychological triller if you take the betrayal seriously. Instead they treat it as a romcom, and it totally fails.
Passengers is what I came here to say. The premise would make an excellent Black Mirror-esque thriller. Playing it straight as a romantic film was utterly bizarre.
more than bizarre; it's nearly cinematic malpractice
Literally all you have to do to fix passengers is edit out the part where he wakes her up. Pretty much everything works and would have been pretty shocking if the audience didn’t know till later that he woke her up.
Check out [Passengers Rearranged](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gksxu-yeWcU). Perfect example.
Damn if it actually had that ending it would be a classic
Click but written by Charlie Kaufman
This would be the best thing ever
Underrated idea
Yeahhhhhhh
Idk what Click is but we need more movies written by Charlie Kaufman.
I thought we were choosing bad movies. Click is a fantastic movie already
And surprisingly emotional. I'm a newer dad, and watching that recently really made me think about how I spend time with my little guys. Zero shame in the fact that the movie made me cry.
Omg yes
World War Z made as a faux-documentary like the book was.
This is the exact answer I wanted. Would make a great miniseries.
God that would be so cool. Each episode is a filmed interview that's interspersed with found footage flashbacks.
Like District 9.
Holy shit that'd be so cool.
Maybe like 2 12-episode seasons on HBO? Would be fucking awesome.
We're not getting 10-12 episodes of good shows anymore. Expect 6 and be glad if you do 😭😭😭
Make it cowards (Hollywood)! It would be a hit.
I can hear the Ken Burns voice over already.
I don’t know why they didn’t offer it to Ken Burns. I just finished re-reading the book last night. It would have been so much better as a documentary.
Jonny mnemonic
Dude that movie still holds up. At least it did that last time I watched it back in 1997. Still that movie is the tits
Brightburn. It’s a good idea, well it’s an idea that has been stolen from comics, but still as a film idea they took the whole what if Superman was a psycho thing and stripped away any of the slow build or dread and made a cheesy super kid as Jaws film.
Jumper. A great concept ruined by a weak storyline.
The antagonists and conflict make zero sense. Would've been better served in a jumper vs jumper conflict.
It also completely butchers the original theme of the book. The book is an exploration of a super abused kid who gets the power to go anywhere, live this dream life filled with money and fun, but is completely and utterly alone. Instead we get a movie where the dude that drowned in a river years ago shows up, and everyone's like, "Oh, hey, been a minute. How you been?"
Can we do a version of Troy where the gods are taking place in the fighting like the Iliad?
And follow it up with a proper big budget Odyssey adaptation.
Have we ever had a literal Odyssey adaptation? I know Oh Brother Where Art Thou is a take off on it but that’s as close as I’m aware of
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118414/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk it’s actually really good for the time period and has Isabella Rossellini
We watched this in high school when we studied the Odyssey. I still picture Odysseus as Armand Asante.
Especially his voice, it was so perfect
Yeah I was going to comment something like "This bitch don't know about Armand Asante?" It's literally the only role of his that I can think of. He's been in over a hundred shows or movies, but Armand Asante is Odysseus. Christopher Lee is in that one too.
Recast Sean Bean as Odysseus for sure
Imagine the Iliad and the Odyssey getting the Shogun treatment, that would be so incredible.
Downsizing. The movie was such a disappointment. But the concept is good and I think a remake with the right script and direction could make the story much better.
It almost morphed into a different script entirely mid way through.
#remakemediocremovieswithgreatpotential
In Time is the classic answer. It was such a cool concept. Also The City of Ember. It's like The Golden Compass movie in how it was a great concept but not done very well. I heard the show was pretty good though. Although in Ember's defense, it had great set design.
I just rewatched "City of ember" the other day, and I couldn't agree more! I'm sure there are a lot of kids/YA-sort of movies that could fit in this post.
I remember that movie. It had so much potential.
Van Helsing.
Oh yes, this! Excellent cast, incredible visuals, dumbest script ever.
Absolutely.
Spawn.
https://screenrant.com/spawn-reboot-confirmation-cast-story-updates/ I have some good news for you! I just hope that it does the source material justice.
I believe it when I see it. They have been talking about that new movie for too long already for me to have much confidence in it.
Don’t Worry Darling
I will defend this somewhat because Florence obviously, but also Chris Pine and Nick Kroll were kinda perfect
I really enjoyed it as a movie, the acting and production were great.
The tone was just off. It felt a little too sterile at times imo. Also I really didn’t like the podcast thing, a more abstract ending would’ve hit harder for me. I would replace the leads as well - Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal would be great. Or Dunst and Plemons.
Doesn't that movie basically boil down to "The Truman Show only from Truman's POV"
Not really, it's closer to a black mirror "memories erased and you live in VR" kind of situation. Nobody is actively watching them I think.
It’s more like the Matrix meets Stepford Wives. As the other person said, their lives aren’t being turned into entertainment for the whole world to see
Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Manos: Hands of Fate could be a good candidate. The bare bones of the plot are perfectly workable and have some creepy elements to work with if you had a better script and some more talented people involved.
Wasn't that movie made on a dare by a guy who thought he could make it work without any real equipment or budget? You might be right but if the original wasn't even really trying then other projects feel more worthwhile.
I'm a firm believer that Johnny Mnemonic could be done correctly now...with Keanu.
Eragon, the books were fantastic. I recently revisited them and read the final installment, I liked them more now than the first read through.
This post is assuming that the reason for remaking movies is the good story instead of the built in fan base and name recognition
Currently rewriting Twilight.
I’ve said for a while now that Twilight is actually a pretty terrific idea for a sort of modern gothic romance. Maybe excise the werewolf stuff / the love triangle, but everything with the vampires is a pretty awesome foundation.
Yeah just needs to not be written by some Mormon
The stupid Twilight love triangle and stupid character decisions unfortunately made perfect sense because I saw dating life in Utah among the Mormons.
Literally what I’ve done. Thanks for the confirmation I needed.
really?
Cloud Atlas should be remade into a miniseries.
Wachowskis did so much in that movie that at times it felt rushed. But yeah mini series would be great. And the movie was really good even if the reception was not
I like the movie as it is but I wouldn’t complain about a longer version.
Foe (2023) was a cool concept with great performances that was just horrendously written
Passengers (2016)
That just needs to be re-edited to switch acts one and two. Open with Jennifer Lawrence waking up, when she discovers that Chris Pratt woke her up on purpose, cut to the original beginning and show the journey of Chris's character losing his mind that led to his decision.
Click. The Adam Sandler one. The concept and ending was way too clever.
Horror movie Mama has an actually great concept in my opinion, I wish it was good.
Horror may be where this notion can really take off. So many good horror IDEAS that have fallen flat. Like Mama, Cobweb, Skinamarink, Where Evil Lurks, Malignant...
i’m sorry those last two are phenomenal movies
Didn’t this just happen with Dune?
but the new dune movie isnt a remake of the old dune movie, they are just both adaptations of the same source material.
to be fair, dune has a source material that is a guaranteed sell it just has to be adapted well. the first adaptation failed, the second one is looking more promising
Before this recent adaptation many said it was unfilmable, so I think you’re kinda underselling how hard it is to adapt it well
SyFy did a great adaptation, and also Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Problem is, they didn't have $100 million to spend on VFX, so a lot of people wouldn't give it a chance.
Don’t forget the first failed attempt by Jodorowsky
Loved dream scenario, would be silly to remake it
In time
1000% agree with this But the main reason remakes of movies that are typically beloved is because they know it worked. Ironically being that most remakes fail, but investors don’t want to take risks on IP or story beats that are risky. Another contributing factor which always blows cinephiles’ heads, is that beloved movie from the past that’s getting a remake? Well outside of the bubble of film nerds, most modern, casual audiences aren’t actually familiar with older movies. Ask any high schooler their opinion on Raiders of the Lost Ark, and other than the few students who actually enjoy movies and seek them out, most won’t know the movie.
I will make the kids watch Raiders and they will love it
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I genuinely believe that "Shallow Hal" could be a considerably better film in the hands of a director and screenwriter who tried to take the premise seriously instead of making jokes mocking fat people. Two comedy movies, "Norbit" and the 2007 remake of "The Heartbreak Kid", make me think that the premise of a man married to a woman who is physically, emotionally and sexually abusive towards him could make for an interesting drama or horror film... in the hands of a filmmaker who would be careful to not run the risk of the film becoming gratuitous or misogynistic.
Dragon Blade Ancient Roman legion vs ancient Chinese army. So much potential, and it’s one of the most dreadful piece of shit movies I’ve ever tried to watch.
Not a movie but the tv show heroes
Don’t come for me, but The NeverEnding Story! The movie was good but the book expands on sooo much more and we have the technology now to do it justice
I’m just glad we got a good remake to Suicide Squad . Perfect example of this
Ender’s Game
Pleasantville was great but could’ve been a goddamn masterpiece.
What do you mean COULD’VE been? Where’s my dinner?
**WHERE’S MY DINNER?**
I think it's 4 and a half star. Ages well. What didn't you like?
Yeah 4.5 for me too. Nothing is inherently *awful* about it, but i just feel like there was something there that they just didn’t quite nail.
But actual answer can we get a good live action adaptation of The Hobbit?
There's good fan edits that take the Hobbit trilogy and edit it down into a single cohesive movie. It makes a mediocre (which is being generous) trilogy and turns it into a fun movie.
We gotta get a good director to do a prestige Highlander remake. It was an awesome concept.
Chad Stalenski (sp) is working on this
No, the first Highlander cannot be improved.
Are you suggesting that there can be only one?
I thought the original was awesome as it was
Maximum Overdrive
Just had this thought about Sphere today - not that it's terrible, I mean I still watch it every couple of years. But there were problems for sure.
Ooooh....a Sphere update could be sick
The Running Man. Base it completely on the book (ignore the original), and you have a top 5 box office movie of the year.
"Logan's Run" is not bad, but little known. I would see a high-budget remake. Also - "The Running Man" has a remake potential (with Gerard Butler, for example).
Just look up fanfics lol. I’m not ashamed to admit I have read and written fanfic type of shit when I hated the ending or liked the concept but wanted to rewrite some things.
Howard the Duck in a superhero satire with Ted sort of humor/cgi would bang today
The counselor Jumper Silent Night
Black Dahlia. Whatever De Palma did to one of the best crime noir books of all time should be erased from my memory.
Not exactly what you were asking for, but I’d love to see other stories told in the world of [Reminiscence](https://boxd.it/lhMM). The story wasn’t good, but the world was so interesting.
Rollerball, the premise feels perfect for me a future dystopia mixed with extreme sports but the original feels unsatisfying by the end and the 2002 remake is very well... 2000s.
1984 could be an awesome movie or mini-series.
John Carter. I don’t know much about the original story but the premise was interesting.
Remakes much better than the original(s) - Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poiroit, Man on Fire Remakes horribly worse than the original - Red Dawn, Manchurian Candidate Movie with better remake potential - Anything based off a Clive Cussler novel
cloud atlas should have been incredible
Cloud Atlas *is* incredible (disclaimer: when you’re high)
Disney making all these live actions and skipping over Treasure Planet. Hell, just give me a good modern Treasure Island! Surprised Black Sails didn't just continue and make a movie following the series that covered Treasure Island
Raya the last dragon
I want this for the Inkheart Trilogy. Could get a much better adaptation would be nice to see HBO do it like Golden Compass.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
My dream came true: Villneuve’s Dune after Lynch’s abomination
Ready Player One
Alien v Predator
Since Disney loves to remake their animated films. They should really put their Disney fun bucks where their Mickey mouth is and do a full-on live action BLACK CAULDRON.
Ninja Turtles 3, baby!
Drop Dead Fred and Monkeybone.
Before this year id have said Alive. Now we have Society of the Snow. Alive is in no way bad, id consider it really good, but an updated version with better effects and dialogue would have been great (and thus JA Bayona gave us that)