I just watched the new version of "The Manchurian Candidate"

[Droopy]

It wasn't bad, but I like the old version better. They sure changed the movie around a lot and ended up making it less tragic which was a disservice.

[mduffy31]

1. Yes I enjoyed it for what it was

...and wasn't Streep just as evil as Lansbury as the mother?

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I love the original!

So much so that I haven't seen the new one :)

[gmoney]

3. If you have the DVD

Listen to the director's commentary on the scene near the end where Sinatra has the "forced deck" and give the big speech to Laurence Harvey... pretty funny "oops, genius!" moment.

[smitty]

4. The original was far superior to the re-make which is still watchable

44 years later. Generally speaking re-makes are inferior to the original, why is that?

[Downtown Hound]

5. Lack of artistic inspiration

Generally remakes are done for technical reasons, such as special effects or what not. But the artistic inspiration that inspired the original, presumably with great success given that the movie was deemed worthy enough to be remade, is just not there in a remake. Unless it's one of those rare remakes that manages to go off in its own direction and stand well on its own. That's why remakes are almost always inferior.