There have been many classic movies remade years later, some are good and some are not. It depends on how you interpret the story. In the early movies, sex and violence are almost never shown, they are implied. In newer versions they retain nothing. This could be what is attracting the new audiences. They have seen the classic and want to see the actual murder or the love scene between two characters.

In the newer versions of the movies, they have been able to take the special effects to a whole new level. Sometimes this is not always good. In the 1960s Batman series, the kitschness of the show was the best part. Batman always had everything he needed to escape or capture the bad guy. For example, he would say “it’s great that I put this bottle of shark repellent in my bat belt this morning.” No one has ever been better prepared for anything since the old Batman shows. In the remakes they took it to a whole new level by making everything very slick and futuristic. They took out the innocence, the heart and soul of why we loved her so much as children.

Another example of a remake gone wrong is Godzilla. The reason everyone loved the old Godzilla movies is because you could tell he was a man in a monster suit crushing a cardboard Tokyo. Half the fun of watching these movies was seeing how fake a lot of things were and trying to find the wires that were swinging the monsters. In the recent version, they made Godzilla the bad guy. This turned the character into something else. Even in a new version, a character’s basic personality should not be changed. In the old movies, he was the protector even if he destroyed everything he was trying to protect.

But there are great remakes of mediocre classic movies. For example, the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which starred Gene Wilder, this movie was based on a book and for anyone who loved the book, the original classic movie was a disappointment. But in the updated version, starring Johnny Depp, they stayed very close to what the author of the story was trying to convey. Making the new release an instant classic.

Then there’s the comedic remake of the classics. Often a writer will take the best parts of a particular genre and combine them into a comedic parody, these movies have formed a genre all their own. Mel Brooks is a master with this type of remake. For example, Blazing Saddles pokes fun at old westerns and makes a statement about racism. Another classic remake was Young Frankenstein, based on the old Frankenstein movies.