Have you ever seen a re-make of a movie that was better tha the original?

the Sahara with Humphrey Bogart was a completely different movie than the Sahara that was based off the Clive Cussler's book. The book was good, the movie sucked. and I really don't know that I've ever seen ANY version of War of the Worlds that even meet the book (unless you are talking about Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds.) tho the rock opera was a good version

I'm not a fan of remakes in general, but there are some I like better than the original. This is more personal preference, because I'm not a Humphrey Bogart fan, but I liked the remake of Sabrina better than the original one. Also some remakes are pretty old themselves. A few years back, I saw a movie called Kind Lady. It was made in 1951 and was very good. Just this month, I found out that was a remake of an earlier 1930's movie. I saw that one, and thought the remake was much better.

I would say the Zoltan Korda's version of "Sahara" from the 40s and starring Humphrey Bogart is easily the superior of the two versions, although if I remember rightly Belushi's version was made for TV rather than the big screen. In a side note, it's sort of amusing that so many people think of the Matthew McConaughey movie when you mention "Sahara" and not the Bogart or Belushi movies. As for the question, for me there are very few remakes which are better than the original and the one which springs to mind is "Ocean's 11" with George Clooney is superior to the original which features Sinatra and his Rat Pack buddies.

Currently to date I have not seen a re-make that was/is better than the original. Given most classics it seems that there is more heart and energy and something special that was put into that original movie that just doesn't seem to be there with the newer versions. In my opinion a good example of this is a movie called "Yours, Mine and Ours" with Lucille Ball and Henry Ford. The movie is based on the true lives of the North Family, they were a navy family that had 18 children. The story line showed how the two characters met and fell in love. In the remake, well, they didn't stick to what the actual story was originally about, they changed it a great deal and if you actually know what the first was about, it is truly heart breaking that they could change it as much as they did. The fact that in the newer version, one the main character was shown to be in the Coast Guard, he actually knew the other lead from his high school years (I believe) and many of the kids were actually adopted, it was strange that they makers decided to completely change what the true story was and not actually base it off of the real lives of those the movie was originally made about. Another remake, although the storyline was cute and worked and actually made the idea very popular is the movie "Cheaper by the Dozen". In the original, the father of the family actually ends up dying. Sad yes, but they did wait until the end of the movie. They did have 12 children and the movie was based around people that found it totally wrong that they did. In the newer version, it was actually shown to be fun in many aspects and did not show to much of the mean side of people who don't care for the concept of bigger families.

well i like the sahara remake. there are a lot of remaked movies that are good but most of them are just same themed but generally a different movie. i like both the remake and the original of karate kid.

The best remake i've seen so far is Batman. Christian Bale had a nice idea of what Batman should look and speak like. The director also did a nice job. They made this movie more "realistic" than the previews ones.

hello burrito88, I like Brady Bunch Movie (remake in 1995) and A Very Brady Sequel. LOL! Honestly, I like Brady Bunch and its remake is a funny treat for me. I got to watch it again on HBO a couple of weeks ago and I still like it. There are few horror film remakes that I love such as The Eye, The Ring and The Grudge ~ I like the american version of these films.

I don't believe that remake is better than original movies.. and yet i have not seen any remake movie in my life.. which is really good than their original..I think only original is better than any remake.. movies..

I think I have seen it but I can't remember the title. But we have so bunch of remakes in our television series that is not necessarily better than the original. Sometimes it sounds like a trash. I am already pissed off about it but depends on the program.

Yea I have seen it . There was film which was called GHAJINI in TAMIL language . The film was super duper hit . Seeing its success . The producer decided to launch it in HINDI . The film was also called as ghajini in hindi . That film in HINDI gained huge money and was regarded as the best film ever !

I personally think the original ones are always better than the remake ones

many would argue this but i think texas chainsaw massacre (2008) was better partly because of the costume and make-up..

Hello burrito88 I enjoyed the remake of the movie, Funny Games, more than the original. It may be because the original was in German, with subtitles, and the remake was in English, therefore, I was able to enjoy it more. Except for the language spoken, the location (the remake was set in the USA, and the actors these two movies were exactly the same, with the same scenes and the same dialogue. In fact, they were writte and directed by the exact same person. He just made the remake so that he would have a wider audience. Peace I love the word!!