{"id":6159,"date":"2016-07-11T15:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2017-01-20T16:31:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:31:51","slug":"in-honour-of-ghostbusters-here-are-10-remakes-that-are-actually-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/11\/in-honour-of-ghostbusters-here-are-10-remakes-that-are-actually-great\/","title":{"rendered":"In honour of Ghostbusters, here are 10 remakes that are actually great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ghostbusters <\/em>hits cinemas today but some people aren\u2019t happy about it.\u00a0The reasons for the hate are varied (and some are fairly dubious), but at least some of it comes from people despairing at seeing a beloved classic remade for a new audience, many of whom weren&#8217;t even born when the original was released.<\/p>\n<p>Remakes come with a lot of baggage, with many condemned before they even hit the big screen. Not all remakes are bad though. In fact, a lot of them are pretty great. Here are some of our favourites.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imm6OR605UI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Taking on a Rat Pack classic is no small feat, but if anyone was up to the challenge it was the early 00s dream team of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Danny Ocean and the gang\u2019s attempt to carry out an audacious heist at 3 Vegas Casinos is slick and hugely entertaining.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p35JDJLa9ec\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Thing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>John Carpenter turns a B-movie into one of the scariest movies ever, with a shape-shifting extraterrestrial terrorising an Antarctic research base. It\u2019s up to Kurt Russell, sporting <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2016\/06\/10\/friday-five-the-best-beards-in-movies\/\">one of cinema\u2019s most impressive beards<\/a>, to take down the alien menace.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Thing <\/em>is gruesome, tense and petrifying. The \u201d\u02dcbench test\u2019 sequence is easily one of the most nerve-racking, horrific scenes in any movie ever.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iojhqm0JTW4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Departed<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that a Martin Scorsese crime drama with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson in lead roles is a bit special. So special, in fact, that it won Best Picture at the Oscars<\/p>\n<p><em>The Departed <\/em>is actually a remake of the Hong Kong film <em>Infernal Affairs<\/em>. The action is relocated to South Boston, although the story of an undercover cop and a criminal infiltrating each other\u2019s institutions and getting some deep doo-doo is pretty much the same.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s violent, gritty and compelling, and easily one of Martin Scorsese\u2019s best movies.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reRRAEVHq8E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Let Me In<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Let The Right One In<\/em> is one of the most beloved horror movies of the past decade, so there were naturally a few groans when an American remake was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Those groans were soon silenced though because <em>Let Me In <\/em>isn\u2019t just a great remake; it\u2019s a great movie in its own right too, exploring the scary yet touching relationship between a bullied boy and an immortal vampire.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jsXIpnMRu88\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cape Fear<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you need a good remake, call Scorsese. This reimagining of the psychological thriller classic sees an ultra-creepy Robert De Niro stalk the defence lawyer he blames for his incarceration, as well as his family. It\u2019s chilling, thrilling and just the right side of melodramatic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jX1m45CwvJ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3:10 to Yuma<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Released 50 years after the original, <em>3:10 to Yuma <\/em>breathed new life into a classic tale as well as the Western genre.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the film\u2019s success is down to the Christian Bale\/Russell Crowe power partnership. Bale plays a down-on-his-luck farmer who agrees to transport a legendary outlaw (Russell Crowe) to a train bound for Yuma, facing many hardships along the way.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PkgRhzq_BQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Ring<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this American remake of a legendary Japanese horror movie, a journalist investigates a series of deaths apparently caused by a killer videotape and a lank-haired creepy girl crawling out of a TV.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know how it affected VHS sales, but we\u2019ll certainly never watch a blank videotape again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mlmkMeWNmc0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Freaky Friday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Back in the glory days of 2003, Lindsay Lohan was best known for this incredibly entertaining remake of the 70s classic, in which a mother and her daughter switch bodies. It is still the pinnacle of her acting career, although Jamie Lee Curtis steals the show.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFVGCUIXJls\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Things didn\u2019t look good for Tim Burton\u2019s <em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> at first. The original is beloved by just about everyone, while Johnny Depp\u2019s creepy take on Willy Wonka seemed more mass murderer than eccentric confectioner.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Burton\u2019s movie stands strong on its own merits. It\u2019s darker than the original but actually more faithful to Roald Dahl\u2019s original book, with more attention paid to Wonka\u2019s origins. It\u2019s great, in a different way.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYaTCPbYGdk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>King Kong<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After dominating the world with <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>, Peter Jackson turned his attention to everyone\u2019s favourite overgrown ape.<\/p>\n<p>While the story is basically the same \u201d\u201c a big ape from Skull Island falls in love with a woman and is transported to New York, where he wreaks havoc \u201d\u201c Jackson\u2019s use of CGI makes Kong a genuine hero instead of a schlocky monster. This is how modern remakes should be done.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What is your favourite remake? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget, you can buy all of the films in this post, plus many more <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/film-tv\">DVDs and Blu-Rays<\/a>, from the musicMagpie Store. 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