What movie classics would you like to see have a Reboot film?

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- What movie classic would you like to see have a Reboot ?

the Exorcist ?
Forrest Gump ?
Jaws ?
A Clockwork Orange ?
Star Wars ?
Gladiator?
The Ten Commandments ?
Rocky ?
The Godfather ?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ?
The Miracle Worker ?
Once Upon a Time in the West ?
The Fly ?
To Kill A Mockingbird ?
The Howling ?
Cool Hand Luke ?
The Man Who shot Liberty ?
Brubaker ?
Kingdom of the Spiders ?
Enter the Dragon ?
Game of Death ?

 

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[VaqueroTD]

Why reboot Gladiator and Forrest Gump? They just came out. (Feeling old....)

In my opinion.... Only 3 types of films need reboots.

-Any film that benefits from today's CGI. Dune is a recent great example. Still was a well-written and designed movie, but so much better with today's effects vs the 1984 Lynch version.
-Formulaic movies (usually comedy or romcoms) that are great in any era because of a classic theme, but need modern vibes. Heaven Can Wait is a good example. Feel like that's been remade 4-5x, I enjoy all of them from the Warren Beatty to the Chris Rock version.
-Horror flix. They're so cheap, they can't help but get a boost from more modern takes. I think all of the classic horror movies from Universal's classic monster movies to 70's and 80's slasher grindhouse and slasher flix have been remade.

I think whomever at Disney decided to turn all their animated classics into real life films and make a billion for each one no matter how good or bad is a marketing genius.

 

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- What movie classic would you like to see have a Reboot ?

the Exorcist ?
Forrest Gump ?
Jaws ?
A Clockwork Orange ?
Star Wars ?
Gladiator?
The Ten Commandments ?
Rocky ?
The Godfather ?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ?
The Miracle Worker ?
Once Upon a Time in the West ?
The Fly ?
To Kill A Mockingbird ?
The Howling ?
Cool Hand Luke ?
The Man Who shot Liberty ?
Brubaker ?
Kingdom of the Spiders ?
Enter the Dragon ?
Game of Death ?

If I had to pick one from that list, it’s The Godfather hands down. That seems most ‘ripe’ for retelling.

Bit I think you can get much more mileage out if it than just three movies. I think a long term episodic series is the way to go.

I think a streaming network could create a powerhouse series to help establish themselves and increase subscribers.

If I’m guessing, Paramount should have the rights? It would be a big add to their Paramount + network.

 

[terra]

Frankly if something is a true classic no one should try and reboot it. Now I am open to argument on the CGI thing but then again how well did that work on the Ben Hur remake?

CGI still looks fake all too often; the recent Midway remake's CGI aerial combat scenes were pathetic.

 

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[VaqueroTD]

Frankly if something is a true classic no one should try and reboot it. Now I am open to argument on the CGI thing but then again how well did that work on the Ben Hur remake?

CGI still looks fake all too often; the recent Midway remake's CGI aerial combat scenes were pathetic.

I never think of movies like Ben Hur, The 10 Commandments, or Cleopatra as needing a CGI remake. I know it could obviously look much more realistic, CGI isn’t just for space ships and dinosaurs. But I feel like the whole point of those types of old movies was having those grand sets and 10,000 extras. Sometimes you just have to appreciate the classics for the classics. The same reason why I wouldn’t watch some of the black and white 1940s and 1950s movies remade, and the same reason why I would puke if I watched a Godfather remake. Sometimes there’s just no way to improve on the original, and need to let it be.

 

[John813]

Speaking out loud/without research but is there a cast strong enough to reboot the Godfather at this time?
Brando, Pacino, De Niro, Duvall, Cazale and others were excellent.
I just feel the original still holds up very well to this point where a reboot isn't needed quite yet. Not like CGI is needed for a mafia based movie. And the time frame when the Godfather was made the mafia still was around/had power. It's still around, but nowhere near the presence of the 40s-70's when the Godfather 1 &2 took place. As we keep on moving on, IMO the last notable mafia member was the Deflon Don and he's been dead for 2 decades now.

I feel western movies can be made without rebooting old ones as the stories aren't stuck on one or two plot lines and the Good the Bad and the Ugly has aged like fine wine so rebooting it would just lead to people over analyzing it comparing it to the original one. Although, I would admit seeing Scott Eastwood play his dad old role would be something.

Gladiator and Forest Gump don't need reboots at this time IMO.

To Kill a Mocking Bird would be an interesting reboot, but wonder if they would stray from the book too much.

 

[Stash]

Speaking out loud/without research but is there a cast strong enough to reboot the Godfather at this time?
Brando, Pacino, De Niro, Duvall, Cazale and others were excellent.
I just feel the original still holds up very well to this point where a reboot isn't needed quite yet. Not like CGI is needed for a mafia based movie. And the time frame when the Godfather was made the mafia still was around/had power. It's still around, but nowhere near the presence of the 40s-70's when the Godfather 1 &2 took place. As we keep on moving on, IMO the last notable mafia member was the Deflon Don and he's been dead for 2 decades now.

I feel western movies can be made without rebooting old ones as the stories aren't stuck on one or two plot lines and the Good the Bad and the Ugly has aged like fine wine so rebooting it would just lead to people over analyzing it comparing it to the original one. Although, I would admit seeing Scott Eastwood play his dad old role would be something.

Gladiator and Forest Gump don't need reboots at this time IMO.

To Kill a Mocking Bird would be an interesting reboot, but wonder if they would stray from the book too much.

I think you should research The Godfather and it’s cast. Brando was considered washed up before he landed that role, and neither De Niro nor Pacino we’re well known prior to their roles there. Those films made THEM, not the other way around. Not taking away from their performances in them, but the material and direction were both great as well. A ‘perfect storm’ of quality.

But the films merely scratched the surface of the written material they was based on, and there was more to work with and elaborate upon than we ever saw.

 

[RJ_MacReady]

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Probably the Conan the Barbarian series.

 

[John813]

I think you should research The Godfather and it’s cast. Brando was considered washed up before he landed that role, and neither De Niro nor Pacino we’re well known prior to their roles there. Those films made THEM, not the other way around. Not taking away from their performances in them, but the material and direction were both great as well. A ‘perfect storm’ of quality.

But the films merely scratched the surface of the written material they was based on, and there was more to work with and elaborate upon than we ever saw.

I know it was a starting point for De Niro and Pacino but what I was talking about was how well they did in their roles, unknown or not at the time and how the film/acting is perceived now. To match how well those actors did, you would have to have a very good casting now to live up to the original. Not saying it has to be 5 A-listers+, but there's a high bar for the main actors to meet due to the original cast performance.
Now that the bar for the Godfather was made with the acting/directing it'll be a tougher movie to make without criticism of casting or directional changes from the original.

Never said it was a stud cast going into the films but those actors did great in their roles which makes the movie still great to this day.

I disagree about the film making them. It was never expected to be such a hit. Coppola had duds before the Godfather and he originally turned down the role as director. Pacino killed it as Michael. Brando, put on a great performance which revised his career. Sure, Coppola deserves a lot of credit too.

 

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None. I want original content.

 

[Stash]

I know it was a starting point for De Niro and Pacino but what I was talking about was how well they did in their roles, unknown or not at the time and how the film/acting is perceived now. To match how well those actors did, you would have to have a very good casting now to live up to the original. Not saying it has to be 5 A-listers+, but there's a high bar for the main actors to meet due to the original cast performance.
Now that the bar for the Godfather was made with the acting/directing it'll be a tougher movie to make without criticism of casting or directional changes from the original.

No doubt you would need to have a quality cast. A high bar, but not impossible. Every great actor is an unknown until they aren’t.

Never said it was a stud cast going into the films but those actors did great in their roles which makes the movie still great to this day.

No argument there.

I disagree about the film making them. It was never expected to be such a hit. Coppola had duds before the Godfather and he originally turned down the role as director. Pacino killed it as Michael. Brando, put on a great performance which revised his career. Sure, Coppola deserves a lot of credit too.

What I should have said were that the performances in that film and the recognition it brought helped them to make their names. My main point was that none were the names that they would become afterwards. And even Brando’s star was greatly faded at that point.

 

[DallasEast]

Need a clear definition of the term 'reboot'. Does that mean a re-imagining of an original film?

If so, there are movie classics that have been rebooted already. Exodus: Gods And Kings is an example of a reboot of The Ten Commandments, for which Ridley Scott should have been shot for making. And I generally enjoy Scott's movies.

If I had to settle on a single film from the OP list, it would be To Kill A Mockingbird. There are many social inequities to use as alternate plot devices for the reboot.

The one movie from the list I would only agree someone like Christopher Nolan should be allowed to direct is The Exorcist. Every single sequel has never come remotely close to the original, so I am extremely doubtful many filmmakers could re-imagine that particular classic in a meaningful way.

 

[John813]

No doubt you would need to have a quality cast. A high bar, but not impossible. Every great actor is an unknown until they aren’t.



No argument there.



What I should have said were that the performances in that film and the recognition it brought helped them to make their names. My main point was that none were the names that they would become afterwards. And even Brando’s star was greatly faded at that point.

I think we are in agreement now.

 

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[VaqueroTD]

Blazing Saddles.


J/k


Probably the Conan the Barbarian series.

Don't know if you saw it, but they did try and remake Conan a few years back.

Low budget version starring Jason Mamoa, the guy who plays Aquaman and Khal Drago on Game of Thrones.

Pretty good choice for the casting, but movie wasn't that great and I'm a HUGE Conan fan -- read all of Robert Howard's stories -- so I'm looking to justify anything.

I would love to see another Conan franchise. There was always talk Arney was coming back to do King Conan, but I think he's past his get well date to be wearing loin cloths.

 

[Runwildboys]

Need a clear definition of the term 'reboot'. Does that mean a re-imagining of an original film?

If so, there are movie classics that have been rebooted already. Exodus: Gods And Kings is an example of a reboot of The Ten Commandments, for which Ridley Scott should have been shot for making. And I generally enjoy Scott's movies.

If I had to settle on a single film from the OP list, it would be To Kill A Mockingbird. There are many social inequities to use as alternate plot devices for the reboot.

The one movie from the list I would only agree someone like Christopher Nolan should be allowed to direct is The Exorcist. Every single sequel has never come remotely close to the original, so I am extremely doubtful many filmmakers could re-imagine that particular classic in a meaningful way.

If by "reboot" he just means updated, there are some that could benefit from modern technology. For instance, when I read Ender's Game, back when it first came out, I was thinking, "There's no way they could ever make a movie out of this!" Fortunately they didn't try until recently, when they had the technical ability to do a pretty good job. There are movies they made before they had that ability.

However, my pick would be The Crossroads, because I just can't stand Ralph Macchio, and I;m not overly fond of Jami Gertz. Robert Judd was amazing as the devil and Joe Seneca was pretty good as Willie Brown. Other than those two, I would've recast the whole thing.

 

[Stash]

I just thought of one:

While I’ll always love the original, I’d love to see what could be done with the IP and premise and an actual budget and effects.

 

[Runwildboys]

I just thought of one:

While I’ll always love the original, I’d love to see what could be done with the IP and premise and an actual budget and effects.

Good choice!...Dwayne Johnson?