BellaOnline Forums TV and Movies Classic Films What do you think about classic films being remade

I want to see a classic film remade about as much as I would want to have a classic book rewritten.

But I agree that not all films were classics and there is room for improvement.

Very interestingly, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo spawned *two* films. I only saw the Swedish version, which was excellent - actually, better than the book, I thought. However the English one also got excellent reviews. This is unusual! I wonder which one will be considered the classic in years to come.

Usually remakes are not nearly as good as the original ie The Thomas Crown Affair. How can you do any better than Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway?!? That being said I would love to see a remake of Logan’s Run. The book was good, but I think the movie could be improved.

The only remake I like is Imitation of Life. I have seen very few remakes of any genre that I really liked.

I would rather see an old original than a new remake with all the special effects and nonsense that detracts from the story itself.