Best film reboot

[MisterCreosote]

There's plenty to choose from.

Personally, I can't wait for War for the Planet of the Apes, and that franchise is hands-down the best of some really good reboots (like Star Trek), and I say that as someone who didn't like the Heston-McDowall films all that much, and hated the Mark Wahlberg reboot.

I've said it before, but Andy Serkis should've gotten at least one nomination for Best Actor for his work as Caesar.

 

[QYFW]

Wait, that was a human?

 

[KJIM]

First one that sprung to mind: True Grit.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Wait, that was a human?

Wait I was wrong: He was a human all along. You finally made a monkey out of me!


(Apologies. Couldn't resist making a reference and the Charleston Heston damn you to hell line didn't seem to fit so I went Simpsons)

 

[CD Boogie]

Ocean's 11.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Cronenberg's "The Fly" reboot was pretty great.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I can't believe I forgot about the Nolan Batman films.

Still not sure they're better than the new "Apes," though. I guess the new one will determine that.

 

[TyWebb]

I can't believe I forgot about the Nolan Batman films.

Still not sure they're better than the new "Apes," though. I guess the new one will determine that.

Clarification question: Was just Batman Begins a reboot or were all three considered reboots? Or is the whole trilogy considered one reboot? To me, there is one reboot (Batman Begins) and two sequels to that reboot. If that makes any sense. Probably doesn't.

Same question about the Apes movies.

 

[CD Boogie]

Casino Royale was a superior reboot.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Clarification question: Was just Batman Begins a reboot or were all three considered reboots? Or is the whole trilogy considered one reboot? To me, there is one reboot (Batman Begins) and two sequels to that reboot. If that makes any sense. Probably doesn't.

Same question about the Apes movies.

I used "reboot" in the "restart" sense. As in "Nolan rebooted the Batman franchise," thus Batman Begins rebooted the source material, but The Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises are part of the rebooted franchise.

Same with the Apes movies.

Individual movies like True Grit or The Fly are remade, not rebooted.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I think I've only seen the James Franco one, but aren't these Planet of the Apes movies more like prequels?

 

[MisterCreosote]

I think I've only seen the James Franco one, but aren't these Planet of the Apes movies more like prequels?

The Franco one was essentially a remake of one of the earlier McDowall ones, which was a prequel, but it's a reimagining of the whole story arc.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

The Franco one was essentially a remake of one of the earlier McDowall ones, which was a prequel, but it's a reimagining of the whole story arc.

Ah, I had to do some Wikipediaing. I didn't even realize there was a prequel in the original series.

 

[User 1019]

Days of Thunder was a pretty good Top Gun reboot.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

I can't believe I forgot about the Nolan Batman films.

Still not sure they're better than the new "Apes," though. I guess the new one will determine that.

The new "Apes" is fantastic. The Heston version freaked me out as a kid.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Ah, I had to do some Wikipediaing. I didn't even realize there was a prequel in the original series.

Franco was great in the first film. Kinda disappointed when I found out he wasn't returning in the sequels, but his character served its purpose.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Semi-derail. This isn't a film reboot, and it's basically one of a series of one-offs, but this is a mind twister.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/elmer-fudd-hunting-batman-through-the-streets-of-gotham-1796371668

 

[TyWebb]

I am cautiously optimistic about this latest Spider-man reboot. But I've been burned before.

 

[swingline]

Not a franchise reboot, but I loved John Carpenter's version of The Thing much more than the original or the 2011 version.

Of course, I'm a sucker for '80s style special effects like those in The Thing and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I just can't get into the CGI effects in too many of today's movies.

 

[Batman]

I am cautiously optimistic about this latest Spider-man reboot. But I've been burned before.

The Spider-Man franchise has become like a city bus route. Don't like it? Just wait and there'll be another one along shortly.