When I found out about the remake of John Wayne's True Grit I about hit the roof. I had never been that mad about a remake. I guess I am so furious that Hollywood had the nerve to remake that great classic movie is John Wayne was FABULOUS and 110% perfect as Marshall Rooster Cogburn. I have seen the movie so much I know it by heart. I have probably seen it 50 times or more. I read the book twice in high school (it was not a school assignment either). I have loved John Wayne since I was a teenager.

My brother-in-law is just as big fan of John Wayne's, if not a bigger fan. He has his "men den" room decorated with all of his John Wayne memorabilia. He even has a charcoal drawing of John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn.

My mom asked me on the 4th of July if I have seen the remake. She knows I am a John Wayne fan. I said don't even get me started on that remake. That's when I explained how angry it makes me. Her neighbor was out on the deck with us she was looking at me like I was crazy. She probably thought I am nuts for getting so upset about a remake. So that is when I asked my brother-in-law if he has seen it (I figured he would feel the same as me) and he had not seen it. He said he doubts that he will either.

So I was just wondering are there any remakes that make you mad just thinking about it. So mad you wont' even watch it.

Another remake that is pissing me off almost as bad is the fact that Hollywood is releasing sometime next year the remake of the classic horror flick Child's Play. If Brad Dourif does not provide the voice of Chucky I will not watch it.

I think Hollywood only does remakes when they can't come up with a new idea and just want to make money. I have noticed over the past couple of years Hollywood is coming out with more and more remakes. less

I think some remakes are good. For instance, Scorsese - The Departed, Brian de Palma - Scarface, John Carpenter - The Thing, Zack Snyder - Dawn of the Dead.

Did you know that The Three Musketeers has been remade more than 20 times?! A few of those have been popular. Then there's Shakespeare. So many renditions. From Kenneth Branagh directing and starring in Hamlet to Kurosawa's vision of King Lear in Ran. So many people have adapted the same play over and over for the big screen.

Also, it's not just Hollywood. Japan already made a remake of Sideways a few years ago.

While I'm not too eager to see the new remakes like Let Me In and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it doesn't annoy me that they are made. less

The remake of Dawn of the Dead was better than the original, I thought.

It really makes me feel old more than anything. Example: "Footloose"

If they're remaking Kevin Bacon movies, I'd suggest a revision of "American Graffiti". It's a decently dated movie that I'd like to see someone take another look at 40 years on. Yes, 40 years! less

I have to agree that I will not go to see the remake of True Grit. I am also a big John Wayne fan, especially with that movie. There are a lot of movies that have been remade, some good, some not so good. The Thing is in its third remake, by the way. The original was done in the 50's. The Day the Earth Stood Still was a remake. War of the Worlds was a remake, and I really feel that the original was much better; so much so that I own a copy of the original, but not the remake.
I agree that Hollywood is making more and more remakes, and I feel it is because all of the talent that made the originals is either gone, or dying off, and there is no one to replace them. They can't get good movie scripts any more, and they don't have any writers that can create them, so they have to do remakes so the new generation of actors have some half way good movies to act in. Otherwide, Hollywood has to stick to cartoon movies to make any money. less

I really enjoyed the new True Grit, but not his version of Rooster. I couldn't understand him half the time. I prefer John Wayne, but still enjoyed the new one very, very much.

Willy Wonka. DO NOT MESS with Gene Wilder. The new one was just awful. I felt like I was watching a creepy Michael Jackson the entire time, and while, yes, the book was darker than the original movie, Tim Burton just went on a bender. less

I was extremely frustrated by the remake of Willy Wonka / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Gene Wilder had absolutely nailed the aloof, eccentric, almost-omnipotent perfection of Wonka. Johnny Depp made him shrill and silly. I hated it. I actually stood up in my seat in the theater when he bonked his face on the door of the glass elevator, my friend had to pull me down to keep me from leaving the theater. less