Official Noes Remake Review Thread!

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<!--quoteo(post=362680:date=May 16 2010, 10:02 AM:name=DAKAZA)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE (DAKAZA @ May 16 2010, 10:02 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=362680\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecOf course not? Sorry man, you're wrong. All the remake bashing is really irritating me. The fact of the matter is, some of the greatest horror movies of all time were remakes. Does The Thing (1982) ring a bell? How about The Fly (1986)? Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Blob (1988) and NOTLD (1990) also come to mind. These are just a few.Will some of the newer remakes be considered classics in the future? Of course. I believe The Ring (2002), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Last House on the Left (2009) are a few recent remakes that will be considered classics in the future. Oh, I forgot to mention NOES 2010 (not kidding)<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndI love how whenever it's obvious I'm talking about modern remakes, people just feel the need to bring up the Thing or the Fly as if they were made five years ago. I call it the Rob Zombie defense since he used it ad nauseum to defend his awful remake. Those old films couldn't be any farther than the Halloween remake or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake or this last Nightmare remake. Do you know why? Because they actually were creative movies that took a radically different approach from the original films in good taste. Most of the remakes made today don't have that kind of creativity. That's why the Thing, The Fly, and Body Snatchers are considered good enough to be some of the best horror films. If you compare the Thing to its original counter-part, the question of which is better is unquestionable. The only people I've come across who said Howard Hawks' movie is much better saw it first and usually grew up with it or they called the remake a gross-out movie. The film was actually ahead of its time in terms of effects... nobody got how complex the work actually was. Not to mention, it simply just went back to the source material and adapted it more faithfully. And nobody really considers the NOTLD remake a classic. It's a decent exercise, but besides a few horror fans, who really considers this a mainstay horror classic? It sounds like you're confusing the praise for the original with that one. The Blob's also just a fun movie... a classic? I can maybe go with that, but it's stretching it as it's not even really that good. It's hokey, but in a good way. I think you're being incredibly short sighted by saying most of those films will be classics. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake? Really? Just because a few gore hounds love the hell out of it doesn't mean it's going to be considered a classic all around. There's a reason why the original Nightmare on Elm Street is an American classic. And it goes beyond the kill scenes and effects. It's a very original idea and executed very well for a low budget feature. If you really think the remake will somehow be considered in the same breath, you really don't understand how it works. Just because you consider it a classic, doesn't mean it eventually will be. Look, I love the Way of the Gun and the Mothman Prophecies, but I'm not going to hold my breath that one day they will be considered classic films. It's just not going to happen. I will go on loving them and that's all that will happen.The only film you mentioned that probably will be considered a classic is the Ring. It was pretty good, probably the first and only of the Japanese remakes that succeeded. I think they ruined it by showing the girl's face at the end, but overall, it was done with some creative flair and had a good cast. It's reputation is hurt however by the God awful sequel... it was pure crap. But the Ring remake did set off the remake trend, so it is a bit different than the Hills Have Eyes remake which is just a part of that trend. So yeah, one film out of the five you mentioned. Let's not forget, part of becoming a classic in the vein I'm talking about, is to get recognized outside of horror fans. Because horror fans can say almost anything is a classic. I've heard people say something as cheesy as Prom Night is a classic, but who really believes that?