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With the recent publicity of a swarm of remakes to foreign movies, various movie lovers have started to question whether or not today's flick makers have any inventive bones in their bodies. Yet, not all offshore film remakes have been done poorly or out of need of ideas.
A few were done for the right reasons and brought amazing stories that might otherwise have escaped American film fans to local theaters as well as store's shelves. Here are a few remakes of films from around the world that America succeeded in bringing honor to, not butchering, the foreign movies from which they were adapted.
Let Me In (2010) / Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish author John Ajvide Lindgvist's 2004 fictional vampire tale that countless critics as well as fans alike have claimed as the most sensible vampire love story was adapted into an equally profitable Swedish movie in 2008. The American version, "Let Me In" has received rave reviews for staying real to the original story. Not much adjusted other than location and names...and the usage of our precious CGI.
Quarantine (2008)/ REC (2007) - Speaking of sticking to stories, this remake of the Spanish nightmare movie was done almost completely shot for shot. American film makers often take foreign movies and change as much as possible, but change was unrequired with this film; which features no composition and is shown through the eyes of the actor/cameraman's camera. You'll feel like a part of the eerie action as you follow television reporter Angela and others who've been quarantined in an apartment building after a break out of a virulent disease.
Scent of a Woman (1992)/ Profumo di donna (1974)- This remake of an Italian motion picture about a prep school student who takes on the job of assistant to a blind and retired Army officer earned multiple awards as well as nominations, among other things an Academy Award for Best Actor for Al Pacino.
Unfaithful (2002)/ La Femme infid?le (1968)- A French sixties rousing drama about betrayal in the form of adultery and the chaos that results, was brought to America's silverscreens accompanied by seasoned actors, a splendid composition as well as no lack of sex appeal.
Brothers (2009)/ Brodre (2004)- This Danish war drama received the American remake and much of its success was due to outstanding cast performances that brought the drama and feelings of the tale of two very dissimilar brothers and the trials they face to life.
