10 Movies That Prove Fanboys Should Never Get What They Want

3. They Hate Admitting When They're Wrong - The Departed

In addition to this, a lot of fanboys aren't exactly keen to admit when they're wrong. A great example of this is with Martin Scorsese's Best Picture-winning The Departed, which was a remake of the classic 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, a movie which quickly became a cult hit following its release. Fans of the original were fiercely protective of an American remake "dumbing down" the brilliant ferocity of the undercover cop thriller set-up, and even with a director of Scorsese's caliber and a superb cast, fanboys were still adamant that it would bastardise what came before. The Departed was released to near-universal acclaim and won Best Picture at the Oscars: what more do you need to say? Still, we've all got that one friend who will refuse to admit that The Departed isn't just a brilliant remake, but that it arguably outdoes the original in every area that matters (save, perhaps, for its ending). With successful remakes like The Departed and Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, it's as though the fanboys want these movies to suck on some level, to validate their smug awareness of the original, and when their ego isn't sufficiently massaged, getting them to admit the remake did a good job is like getting blood out of a stone.