Bad film remakes

Re-makes are seldom as good as the original. People seem to think nothing is worth watching unless there is sex, gore and nudity.
Give me a good story, good script and actors who fit their parts. My imagination can add the rest!!

I recently watched Brief Encounter as part of a recent Coward/Lean film course with Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard being deliciously buttoned up and English.
Apparently there was a remake with Sophia Loren and Richard Burton ?
Spoiler alert - they didn’t remain buttoned up ???