Classic movies you'd like to see have a remake.

The original Star Wars trilogy.

Strangers ön a train.

You forget the best scene



I could see Michael Fassbender taking Hopkins' place. I really can't name any other roles.

Didn't HBO already do one?

I'm not sure if there is.

I'm open to the idea that an entertaining non-waste-of-time remake can exist, but usually it applies some kind of fundamental twist to the original material.

For example, I'd be down for a non-shakespearean version of Macbeth set among contemporary corporate saboteurs/conspirators or something.

Shakes' Romeo and Juliet was a remake of Ovid's Pyramis and Thisbe. But why did he change the names? Thisbe is an awesome name!

In the same criteria, if they could guarantee it wouldn't suck, then I'd suggest The Great Escape.

Seeing that masterpiece done with a modern all-star cast would be fun, if they did it well. My only concern is the film is extremely long (3 hours) and remakes have a tendency to be far shorter than the originals, likely done because more screenings gets more money at the box-office.

That's why a Great Escape remake might do better as a miniseries, since that would allow them to go well beyond three hours if they wanted to. The film's three act structure can easily be broken down into an episodic format and the benefits of a longer running time would allow for the characters to be better fleshed out, let us see more shenanigans as they construct the tunnels and let us see more of each character during the escape.

Mark Strong would be a great fit for Bartlett (Attenborough), I could definitely picture Tom Hiddleston playing Ashley-Pitt (McCallum) and maybe Chris Pine for Hilts (McQueen)? Beyond that, not sure how I'd go about recasting the film.

That's a good movie, though they'd probably have to keep it in the same time period since the taboo that drives the story is rather common today.

The Philadelphia Story

After watching that movie, to this very day I can NEVER feel comfortable swimming in a lake, unless I'm wearing scuba goggles. And when I accidentally swim into submerged aquatic plants, ooooohhhhhhhhhh - it scares the crp out of me. I shudder when I even think about that situation in the water. One time I was water-skiing and my brother slowed down the boat to drop me into a patch of seaweed. "Cry havoc!!! And I unleashed the dogs of war." (Julius Caesar, Act 3; scene 1) Well... let's just say that as a result of my, um, 'actions' against my unholy domestic terrorist, he never pulls a prank on me anymore. Delicious revenge is best served cold.... very cold.

Another one I'd love is Barry Lyndon, Kubrick's best movie imo.