Recent Viewings (I'll get slammed for some of this)

[Shadowphile]

I refuse to see the new one, out of respect for the old one.  If you are a Michael Caine fan, I recommend 'The Wrong Box' as well.....

[Neville]

I've seen both versions, but i prefer the new one over the last one. Sacrilege, I know, I just find it's better paced. The only thing I missed of the original is that it has a hell of an ending, whereas the remake is more conventional.

[Shadowphile]

Sorry.  Purist.....

[BoyScoutKevin]

The original is always better than the remake. Well, that is not totally true, but it is probably true most of the time.

[Yaddo 42]

But the original "Italian Job" the film is actually ABOUT  the job, the remake is about getting revenge after a doublecross on the "Italian Job" at the beginning and uses the new Mini Coopers racing through pipes to evoke the original just a little.

I'll take the original since it's just a perfect light fun caper flick. Brit vs. The Continent humor, music that treads the line of being completely corny, Noel Coward stealing every scene he's in, a true cliffhanger ending, Benny Hill being relatively restrained. I know the film is quaint as can be but that's what I like about it.

"Smile you stupid bastards, we won, didn't we?"