Movie remakes that are better than the original

[pectacon]

There seem to be very few new ideas in Hollywood anymore since almost everything is a remake these days and they're almost always inferior. Can you think of any where the remake is actually better?

The only one that comes to mind for me is True Grit. I actually liked the Jeff Bridges version from a few years ago a lot better.

[killers2]

I think the new mad max movie is about as good as the original but the original was pretty hard to beat.  The new Halloween movie I really like but that one also isn't quite the original.

[aflyingmonkey]

Not exactly a movie remake, but I think the tv series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was far superior than the movie version.

[cathy37]

For me I think that the remake of Footloose is better than the original.  The original was good but the remake is better because I like Julianne Hough.

[bretay]

some are better than original but i like most originals better...like halloween..rob zombie make michael meyers more spooky...so i guess it depends on the actors they use

[gwilson31]

Sometimes the remakes are not all that much like the originals.  So it's like a whole new movie and you can't really compare it to the original.

[teresa3200]

I really don’t like watching remakes. I can’t think of any that are as good as the original.

[nmbrown863]

I am sure there are some but off the top of my head I can't think of any.

[arobinson1331]

I'm pretty young so a lot of the movies I watch are remakes and I don't even realize. Like Ocean's 8 is apparently a remake. The biggest one is karate kid with jaden smith. from when I was younger. I think I've seen the original of that one though.

[aflyingmonkey]

I thought the remake of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp was better than the original one with Gene Wilder.  The remake was closer to the book version & I liked the Tim Burton spin on it. 

[stevensm4]

Dredd (2012) was better than Judge Dredd.

[mamatygress]

NOT Ghostbusters.  That's a definite.

[nickylanena]

I thought the remake of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp was better than the original one with Gene Wilder.  The remake was closer to the book version & I liked the Tim Burton spin on it. 

I thought they were both pretty good, but I also liked Tim Burton's touch.

[dinkydawes]

The Maltese Falcon is actually a remake.

And I usually like Gene Wilder, but I loathed *bleep* Wonka for some reason, I hated it.  Not sure why W'illy needs to be bleeped out.

[singletonb]

I am not a fan of most movies so the remix may be my first viewing.  Anyhow, I usually don't go to see remix.  I watch some tv shows that are remixes.