... seen the original but I though this one was pretty good. I gave it a lower rating more ...
583553
I haven't seen the original but I though this one was pretty good. I gave it a lower rating more for the playback than the movie itself.
3626592
It was good.  But the remake with Yul Brenner and Charleston Heston was much better.  This original one is a little far fetched for me..of course that was all they had to work with back in the days of black and white.
905058
Kept me entertained, but honestly I like the older version a lot better. I also think that this movie would have been a bit hard to follow had I not seen the other version first.
4562791
I got this movie because I was a fan of the first one and this one is good but not as good as first one the picture and sound quality are both good and it has a couple special features I would recommend it to anyone who liked the first one
1817200
I saw the later version with Christian Bale and enjoyed it immensely.  I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy the original, I did, though, but for different characterizations and nuances.
1620243
It was a good movie. It could have been a little more intense,but the graphics were better then the original movie.
2741710
Not a bad movie, the one before was better.
4154864
So, so movie, it was good as good as the first original version with Arnold. But that movie stinks when you watch it now years later. This one was a little more then the first but still not that great of a story line, the story line of the original was better, but the effects and acting in this remake was better. At least that's my two cents.
1922820
This movie falls a little short of the first one but it was still good.  I guess if you want to see where the players went after the first movie you better see this one.
4599833
The movie was funny.  However I saw Hangover 2 first and surprisingly I found the sequel to be funnyer then the original.  It was entertaining and helped me relate to the characters in the second movie.
3507787
Preferred the original version to this one. That's usually the case with re-makes, so wasn't too surprised. It was o.k.
2901817
Knowing it could not compare to the original, I watched it on the recommendation of another.  The colors were vibrant and it was entertaining but not to the point of ever wanting to watch it again.  The "good" flying monkey sidekick was annoying and the addition of the little china doll girl was sappy.  Guess those are some of the reasons it didn't last long in theaters.
I wouldn't say don't watch it, but  don't expect to be wowed...
778327
My hopes were not high for this movie as often times sequels fall short of the originals.  I have to say it was a pleasant surprise.  Throwing in some comedic elements and having a more humanistic side of a terminator was good.  The twists and turns were pretty well orchestrated.  It was an enjoyable and entertaining movie.
3947345
While I liked the original more I still love this one as well.
91426
it alright,  not near as good as the original
2306410
The first time I watched it, I thought it was pretty pathetic. The main character was not realistic and pay no attention to the consequences of her actions. However, I watched it again with an open mind and saw the references it made to other disney movies and it made the story line more enjoyable somehow. It is nice to have around for children.
3678031
I didn't have really high hopes for this movie.  The trailer didn't impress me.  I was wondering why they felt like they had to remake the classics, but after watching the original...I started understanding.  There are many things that have changed since the 1980s as far as how we view things.  Though I realize that back then we didn't have the concepts we do today, sometimes watching the movies from the time period I grew up in can be awkward because of the weird sexual innuendo we didn't realize was inappropriate then and the quiet prejudice.

When I actually watched this movie, I was impressed more.  There are some things the original does much better--for instance, the "they're here" scene and the end scene where the house gets swallowed up and the bodies come out of the ground.  The poltergeist of the new version are more subtle--they are more into blinking lights, though they do have better stacking abilities.  The pace was good.  I liked that they showed the "in-between".  I thought the actors were decent.  I didn't think I would like the guy that plays the Tangina role...but he was charismatic.

This movie didn't seem like it was trying to compete with the original.  It had some of the elements of the original, but it seemed to do its own interpretation and its own thing.  I like that.  It allows you to enjoy the merits of both old and new Poltergeist.