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[quote=Anonymous]Why does Hollywood need to remake anything?  There is a reason classic movies are classic movies. You would not rewrite Moby Dick or Crime and Punishment, would you?

I have a friend at MGM who told me I would love the new Pink Panther movie with Steve Martin.  It sucked.  As good as Martin is, he cannot outshine Peter Sellers.

It is the rare movie remake that is better than the original.  I vote for the Coen brothers "True Grit" in this category.  So is "The Departed," which is a remake of the Chinese film "Internal Affairs."

I am not so sure of "Logan's Run."  The point of the original novel was the ascendance of the youth counterculture in the 1960s and the "don't trust anyone over 30" ethos.  Unlike the movie, you were terminated at age 21.  Sanctuary was a space station orbiting the earth.

"I am Legend" was a remake of the "Omega Man" which was in turn a remake of the "Last Man on Earth' based on Richard Matheson's novella "I am Legend."  Both the latter two sucked, but the Will Smith version really sucked.

"Boyz in the Hood" is classic and should remain as it is.  Why does it need a remake.  Ditto for any John Hughes films.  FYI, my 14 y.o. DD just watched the Breakfast Club with me and liked it as is.

"Red Dawn" is not a classic movie. Sorry.  It was fun, fantasy escapism but not a candidate for the National Film Registry.

The old "Cape Fear" is just as scary, if not more so, than the new version, even if it is directed by Martin Scorsese.  My vote for scariest movie that will never be remade:  "The Night of the Hunter" with Robert Mitchum.  "Let me tell you the story of love and hate!"  Spike Lee referenced this verbatim in "Do the Right Thing!" - another great flick!  
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