Having seen it Mrs BiM doesn't consider it a remake, more a film that takes the same concept but which stands in its own right. Harder hitting, with a more sadistic villain than the original, some added twists and the melding of certain characters to allow the addition of new ones making it different.
Tonight was The Magnificent Seven (again); aka the Mrs BiM review
Watching it a second time, I picked up more humour than the first time and a few lines or concepts plagiarised from other films (Blazing Saddles & Gone In Sixty Seconds for two), and made a point of listening more closely to the music.
I'll make two points on my Lord's comments above if I may. Firstly the iconic "fingers"; it's not so much that they didn't do it, but the way their storyline went, they couldn't do it. Won't say any more than that so as not to give too much away for those who haven't been. And so to the soundtrack. I'm sorry my Lord, I can understand your displeasure that it isn't a straight copy or close to, but I believe you do the late James Horner a great disservice to describe his soundtrack as a "generic, forgettable bit of stuff". In order to be its own film it needs its own music, and for Mrs BiM & I it sets a great mood. If Santa's listening I'll have the Blu-Ray please………..
The film is well done and worth a look, just don't expect it to follow the book that closely; some might view that as a positive as you don't know exactly what's coming.
