From The Magnificent Seven to Breathless, these are the most underrated remakes of classic movies.
Remakes often feel unnecessary, especially when directors attempt to redo a film that was already successful in the first place. What’s the point of remaking classics like Ben-Hur, Ghostbusters, or Point Break? Was there ever the potential for a new version to live up to what came before?
‘The Manchurian Candidate’ Original Release: 1962 Many remakes are able to succeed by improving and updating the themes of the films that they are based on, and this movie does just that. The original version of The Manchurian Candidate is set within the Cold War, and examines the relationship between the United States and its communist rivals.
‘Psycho’ Original Release: 1960 Gus Van Sant’s remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic Psycho may seem counterintuitive; instead of adding additional story elements, Van Sant chooses to remake the original film in what’s almost a shot-for-shot recreation. While this may initially have seemed like an act of creative bankruptcy, it showed that Van Sant was interested in exploring why Hitchcock’s film had been so successful in the first place.
‘King Kong’ Original Release: 1933 There are countless films within the King Kong franchise, and it may be hard to differentiate them. However, 1976’s King Kong took the story of the original 1933 classic and added more depth to the human characters that are whisked away to Skull Island.
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