there is a need for remakes though. With the advancement of special effects they can really make the audience feel like they are watching something real.

Like King Kong for example in the recent remake that thing looked real, in the original you could tell it was a lump of clay. Technology made it possible for the dream to become reality.

But with a remake like the recent Poseidon Adventure the special effects did not help at all.

I loved the Peter Jackson Kong, but I'd still argue that the original is the best.

I don't think that technological improvements necessitate remaking everything (or at least those films that might benefit from it). Some movies are better for their bad graphics, and seeing the originals in all their glory given the limitations of the time is half of the joy of seeing some of those older films.

Wow, seriously...>? Romero's Dawn is a complete classic.

Don't get me wrong, I brought up Snyder's Dawn as a worthy remake, but I don't know about it being better.

Romero's is great, but the first five minutes of the remake (Little zombie girl) is some of the scariest s**t I've ever seen.

Zombies are not supposed to run... it's in the union contract.

I can't bring myself to call that movie anything but awesome, but I'd be hard pressed to call it better than Romero's movie. From the exploding head to the shopping mall fantasy to the crazy finale, that is one great movie.

But I love Snyder's maybe almost equally.

Tim Burton has tremendous abilities, but he needs to stop murdering my childhood. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was his worst offense. I probably wouldn't have found it so wretched were it not for the comparison you have to draw between it and the original Willy Wonka. And then there's Planet of the Apes. Why, Tim, why? There are works of filmic genius that needn't ever be remade because they were done so well the first time that no one can possibly do better. Tim, if you're reading this, KEEP YOUR FILTHY PAWS OF CASABLANCA AND CITIZEN KANE!!! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!

I recently lived in Santa Monica and one day, after watching Tim's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I made my way over to Subway for a sandwich. Upon entering, I looked over to realize there was only myself and one other customer -- the Umpa Lumpa guy from Tim's movie! I wanted to ask him to bust into song but I thought that might be rude. I let that little guy walk right out of my life...