5 Movie Remakes That Are Much Better Than The Originals
These remakes turned out to be so good that everyone forgot they were remakes at all.
It is generally accepted that remakes are always inferior to the original movies and have no artistic value.
Most viewers are convinced that new versions of classics are made solely for the sake of money, but this is not always the case.
The first movie in the long-running spy franchise, directed by Brian De Palma, is based on the now-forgotten 1960s TV series of the same name.
Paramount Studios tried for many years to get a feature-length version into production, but the project was eventually abandoned.
It was Tom Cruise who convinced the producers to bring it to life.
Scent of a Woman
Directed by Martin Brest, Scent of a Woman is a remake of the lesser-known 1974 Italian movie by Dino Risi. The latter was based on the novel Darkness and Honey by Giovanni Arpino.
Although the American writers retained the main plot, there are many differences between the two movies.
For example, in the original, the young main character is a soldier sent to accompany an officer, and in the remake, he is far from military service.
Scarface
The drama Scarface is considered one of the greatest gangster movies in history, comparable only to Francis Ford Coppola's the Godfather trilogy.
With all this success, viewers have managed to forget that Brian DePalma's creation is a remake of the old 1932 movie, made by Howard Hawks.
The Thing
John Carpenter's iconic movie is rightly considered a classic, even though it had a long way to go to reach its audience. Formally, the movie is based on the story Who goes there? by science fiction writer John W. Campbell.
However, there was also the first, classic adaptation called The Thing from Another World, filmed in 1951 by Christian Nyby.
The plot was very different from the book. The action took place at the North Pole, and instead of an alien, an anthropomorphic man-eating plant appeared in the story.
Some Like It Hot
One of Billy Wilder's best movies still looks great and easily outshines many modern comedies. At the same time, the plot is entirely taken from Richard Pottier's little-known 1935 French movie Fanfare of Love.
The latter was also remade by German director Kurt Hoffman in 1951, but without much success.
As a result, both Fanfare of Love and the German remake fell into oblivion, while Some Like It Hot gained legendary status.