Remakes aren’t always bad.
Hollywood is known for its penchant for remakes, but not all of them are successful. And yet there are films that don’t simply repeat the original, but create something new and unique. One of the striking examples is Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’, which became a cult classic and won an Oscar, although it is itself a remake of a Hong Kong thriller.
In this article, we’ve rounded up 9 other truly successful Hollywood remakes that not only managed to keep the spirit of the original, but also added their own unique atmosphere.
It turns out that “rebooting” a classic can be a surprisingly good idea. This works especially well in the case of science fiction and fantasy, that is, stories that once lacked realistic and large-scale special effects.
A striking example of such a story is of course ‘Godzilla’. The first lizard monster movie was made in 1954 by Ishiro Honda and it is still a cult film, although of course the special effects look funny today.
Since then, the story of “Godzilla” has been continued and “rebooted” – and it seems that this conveyor belt will not stop, and critics and viewers are not against it at all. But one of the best remakes is “Godzilla”, released in 2014, in which the creators paid attention not only to impressive special effects, but also to a good script and actors.
Source: Popcorn News
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