Thread: Funny Games (2007)

Why the remake.

Methinks the director is a very cruel man.......yes, very fell. "Back in the day when things were cool...." - Erykah Badu

Funny Games (2008, Michael Haneke) Well, that was...familiar. Michael Haneke's shot-for-shot remake of his own German-language film from just over a decade ago that depicts the invasion and subsequent torture of a happy upscale family by two upscale, well-dressed sadists, and if you've seen one, you've seen the other, as the film is literally shot-for-shot and almost frame-for-frame the same as the other. The film's...

I love Michael Haneke's films (he is among the best directors working today... just see Cache and The White Ribbon alone for evidence of that)... I thought the original Funny Games was great, but the remake was just redundant... since it is basically the same film, its only value is that it gives you the option of watching the film with or without subtitles.

What do you think?