Worst movie that was remade, and the remake was surprisingly good?

[Orrex]

Okay, to be honest, I can't exactly think of one off the top of my head. I'm not particularly fond of the Sellers/Niven Casino Royale, but I wouldn't exactly call Daniel Craig's film a remake.


Anyone?

[Archae]

1. The 10 Commandments

The original (silent) included lots of morality lessons set in "modern" (1920's) times.

The second one is a great way to practice MST'ing while laughing at the hammy acting. :D

[Orrex]

2. Surely you're not dissing President Charleton Heston?

Sacrilege!

[Archae]

3. Not just Heston...

Everyone hammed it up in that movie.

[Dr Morbius]

4. Has to be Little Shop of Horrors.

The remake was fun.

[Orrex]

5. Good suggestion

I don't really like the Moranis remake, but the original film is a real stinker.

[Archae]

9. Even Jack Nicholson as the dental patient?

He was terrific!

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. I would exclude remakes of classic novels

There are many early, silent and talkies for movies like Ben-Hur, Last of the Mohicans, etc. I really do not consider them remakes and it is not really fair to compare them to the limited production values of the earlier films.

[pokerfan]

7. Cape Fear makes a good case

It's at least the equal the original, I think.

Maybe 'The Fly.' I don't know. I'm so hopelessly in love with Geena Davis my opinion can't be trusted.

[Ardent15]

8. the Batman series

Thank God Nolan made a serious series about Batman.