Remakes that are better than the original

[charliepanayi]

What are your choices?

The Thing
The Fly
The Thomas Crown Affair

[Galuf]

the italian job. i find the original sooooo boring. (also why the hell is there a tank that shoots water)
i liked the newer version. i only seen these because we had to in our english class

[Pheesh]

Tentatively, I'll say Carrie, but I haven't seen the original for so long. It's not bad, just dated.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Fun fact: Christopher Nolan's Insomnia is a 2002 remake of a 1997 Norwegian film of the same name. I haven't seen the Norwegian film though so I can't say if the remake is better or worse.

[Miriel]

Battlestar Galactica.

And I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Pride and Prejudice 2005 is better than Pride & Prejudice 1995 (but I love both!).

[Formalhaut]

Battlestar Galactica.

Came in here to say this as well! I've never actually seen the original Galactica, but I do hear bad things.

[Ayen]

True Grit. Just... the characters in that are more compelling than the original, and Hailee Steinfeld is a smurfing bawse!

[Christmas]

FFVII

[Dr. Acula]

Christmas is a better remake of Unknowns.