I actually like the remake, but yeah, in comparison, gimme the original.

But then, I'm from the Friday night, drive-in movie, Thunder Road, Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point kinda crowd.

Saturday was horror movie night. So many great ones.

Yeah, I liked the gloomy, nihilistic outlook of those movies. What broke the remake for me was that they felt the need to give it a point. The first thing I ever saw Viggo Mortensen in was a TV remake of Vanishing Point. It was also ruined by adding meaning to a story which was meant to have none.

I'm also extremely angry at the folks who released the original Gone in 60 Seconds to DVD. Part of the charm was the score, which consisted of some trashy but fun home-grown music, which can still be heard on the VHS version. The DVD release replaced it with some jazzy modern stuff. Definitely better music, but it kind of ruins the mood for those of us who remember.