OK, so what's the plan?

Here's the deal: I want to watch six movies and their remakes. The idea is to make some kind of sense of the Hollywood remake concept. Is it evil or something else?

I'll be blogging my observations as I go. A total of 12 movies, not so tough, right? What was tough was picking them. At first I thought I would just pick six of the best known movie remakes. However, that didn't seem like it would do me much good. I have seen at least one of the movies (either the original or the remake) in most of the popular remakes. So, I didn't see how I could be enlightened by movies I'm already familiar with.

I thought I had the answer by making my list out of half foreign films and half domestic films. Again, there were too many cases where I was familiar with one or both of the movies. So, after much consideration and regretful subtractions, I have come up with my list of films to watch. I think I've come up with my best possible list. I put above all else, the rule that says I can't have seen either film. What results is a pretty odd list of films, not the best movies ever made but none of them are total stinkers either.

Oh, and just for fun I'm going to watch horror movies for the last week of October.

The list is as follows, but the order could change. I'll be posting the movie I'll be watching before I watch it, and some brief info as well.

1. Infernal Affairs (2002) - The Departed (2006)

2. Rear Window (1954) - Disturbia (2007)

3. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) - Mr. Deeds (2002)

4. Sabrina (1954) - Sabrina (1995)

5. The In-Laws (1979) - The In-Laws (2003)

6. The Amityville Horror (1979) - The Amityville Horror (2005)

Rear Window (1954) - Disturbia (2007)