Worst Remakes

Just got done watching Rob Zombies horrible Halloween remake,and wondered what people thought were the worst remakes over the last few years..

I gotta pick The Wickerman,absolutely hilarious.

Heres a great compilation of the funniest parts,that should give you a chuckle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo

kowloon

Practically every remake that has, for no reason other than sales, relocated the plot to America is $hit.

Xavi6

Charlie's Angels (I know it was a tv series) was the first one that came to my mind. And then they went and made a second one :mad:

monkeyfudge

There was a really bad remake of Rear Window that I saw once... it had Christopher Reeve in it. I guess they got him as he already had his own wheelchair and it meant they saved money in the prop department.

niallon

Can't help but defend, the workprint of Zombie's Halloween is superb. Anywho...

Worst remakes: The Wicker Man, The Fog, Planet Of The Apes, The Hitcher, The Evil Dead (whenever it comes out, it's gonna be crap, let's face it!)

mike65

Rollerball - political thriller becomes MTV sh-i-te,
Poseiden Adventure - why bother?
The Ladykillers - could never be matched.
The Manchurian Candidate - peerless thriller mucked up, what next - Dr Strangelove?
King Kong 1976 (whoops!)
The Wiz (wizard of oz remake) - ultimate bad idea.

Mike.

TerrorFirmer

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - so utterly pointless.

Halloween - haven't seen the workprint, but the 18 rated 'unrated directors cut' is pathetic, close to zero blood split on the screen! I was disgusted!

Dark Water - an OK film but added absolutely nothing to the original.

Those are the only ones that stand out significantly at this moment....

monkeyfudge

mike65 wrote: »

The Ladykillers - could never be matched.

Yep. The film worked brilliantly as she was such a meek old dear... making her character into a big black mama with attitude is about the wrongest thing in the history of remakes.

mike65

Rear Window a good spot, ditto TV remake of Talking of Pelham 123.

Mike.

Eirebear

Ive never watched the remake of The Wicker Man, due to the fact that i adore the original. But that Youtube clip had me in stitches....i may now go and watch it!

Worst remakes? Most of the asian to american horrors of recent times, with The Eye and The Grudge being two of the standouts in that.

The multiple made for TV remakes of 12 Angry Men, one with James Gandolfini in it really gets my goat.

Im pretty sure Quarantine will be **** too.

Does Stephen Kings version of The Shining count, seeing as he only made it because he didnt like Kubriks version?

mike65

Wicker Man imdb page

I am so angry that I cannot write a proper comment about this movie.

After watching that highlights reel I may have to watch it on FTV in 2009.

Just remembered another one - Get Carter.

Mike.

Otis Driftwood

Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Ring 1+2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills Have Eyes
The Grudge
The Eye
Black Christmas

MoominPapa

The Vanishing Point remake with Vigo Mortensen as Kowalski pops into my mind every now and again usually accompanied with the thought "What were they thinking? I mean - come on"
What next? Remake Two Lane Blacktop with James Blunt as The Driver and, mmmh, the drummer from Coldplay as the Mechanic?

Mortensen was also in another remake this time of Dial M for Murder called A Perfect Murder with Gwyneth Paltrow and Micheal Douglas which was recently on telly - it was sh1te

monkeyfudge

nedtheshed wrote: »

Dawn of the Dead

I'd consider Dawn of the Dead to be an exceptionally good remake.

Nunu

Eirebear wrote: »

Ive never watched the remake of The Wicker Man, due to the fact that i adore the original. But that Youtube clip had me in stitches....i may now go and watch it!

Do! It's hilarious. I saw it in the cinema one lazy afternoon with a couple of mates and I can honestly say I have never laughed so much at a movie ever. It was so unexpectedly bad that we were sweating with the laughter. It's become a cult classic for me and my mates now...Cage is such a legend at this stage for his complete disregard of making any worthwhile movies at all. The National Treasures, Next and Ghost Rider are others that we just can't get enough of despite their obvious crapness....I eagerly await his remake of Bangkok Dangerous, which will surely enter the top 5 worst remakes also. Empire magazine have already said the movies poster is the worst ever
http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/05/09/bangkok_dangerous_movie/BANGKOK-DANGEROUS-Movie.jpg

This is my favourite tribute video to the Wickerman:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-LYbB8RY1o

Creature

Lol that Wicker Man video is brilliant. That film looks terrible. Here's a video that's done as if it was made a comedy film. It looks much more suited to that genre!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mW8mBzmHo

tricky D

Italian Job

Robbo

I'm a massive fan of the original Wicker Man and I stayed well away from the remake because of the press it got. Now I feel compelled to watche the thing.

How'd it get burnt!

stereoroid

tricky D wrote: »

Italian Job

Funnily enough, I didn't really mind the Italian Job remake: I liked that it used real LA locations such as the subway system. The stunts were impressive too, such as the tricky helicopter flying. I have also seen the Stepford Wives remake, which was as mad as a box of frogs, but in that case I have not seen the original for reference.

On the other hand, everyone seems to have forgotten the 1998 remake of Psycho. I can understand why. :eek:

Others I haven't seen, and don't want to: Planet of the Apes (2001), Get Carter (2001), Rollerball (2002), Alfie (2004), Pink Panther (2006).

Worse may yet be on the way, with upcoming remakes of

• Barbarella,
• Footloose,
• Weird Science,
• Fame,
• Dune and Seven Samurai.

(What, The Magnificent Seven wasn't enough for you?) :mad:

Otis Driftwood

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I'd consider Dawn of the Dead to be an exceptionally good remake.

You are not the only one but to me it is an absolute travesty of a movie.
There is not 1 redeeming feature to it IMHO and is just another prime example of the rape and pillage of movies that I love.I went to see it in the cinema when it came out and hated it.I sat down to watch it again on TV a couple of months ago and lasted about an hour.Its so ****e it would make Santa himself vomit with rage.
This of course is only my humble opinion.

humanji

I'm surprised the remake of Psycho wasn't mentioned earlier. But I actually prefered the remake. I just felt the acting was better and the characters were a hell of a lot more believeable (also, I've always hated Anthony Perkins). Plus they got to put in the intro that Hitchcock wanted, but he didn't have the technology to make it.

I don't really understand the logic behind the remake of Dune. The novel was epic and fitting it all in is fairly impossible for a movie. They even made a mini-series of it and still had to cut bits out. I know I'm still going to see it in the cinema, because I'm stupid like that. But dammit, I shouldn't have to!!!

Green Hornet

The Italian Job.

Specifically because it was "The LA Job".

GhostInTheRuins

Those clips of The Wicker Man are some of the funniest things I've seen in a while. I'm going to have to watch the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOpsbAUEe90

Galvasean

Although not technically a remake, but a sequel to one, Ocean's 12.
There are so many its hard to chose ones that have not been mentioned.

How about the Invasion starring Nicole Kidmann or Ang Lee's Hulk.
I know it has fans but the Starsky and Hutch remake annoyed the crap out of me. Also, Dukes of Hazard.

SirLemonhead

Black Christmas...changed for the worse. far far worse. (i love the original)

Auvers

bmbm wrote: »

I gotta pick The Wickerman,absolutely hilarious.

Heres a great compilation of the funniest parts,that should give you a chuckle

thanks for that, best laugh I have had in ages. Have to source myself a copy when I get home.

my eyes my eyes

bubonicus

The Departed.

Pepe LeFrits

Batman Begins

Nolanger

Kill Bill.

rednik

When a stranger calls, Barney is f*cking scarier. The original although not a great film was well made and tense the new version is just the opposite. In general remakes are totally pointless.

kowloon

Green Hornet wrote: »

The Italian Job.

Specifically because it was "The LA Job".

+1 That's the kind of $hite I'm talking about!

stereoroid

mike65 wrote: »

Rollerball - political thriller becomes MTV sh-i-te

I've never seen the original or the remake - but the original is on TV tonight (Thurs): Channel 6, 10:30pm.

PatB71

"Taxi" they took a perfectly good French movie and just remade it so badly its unreal:mad:

mike65

stereoroid wrote: »

I've never seen the original or the remake - but the original is on TV tonight (Thurs): Channel 6, 10:30pm.

Saw that, the 1975 version is not masterpiece and "the kids" will prefer the faster-paced remake I'd say. The best thing about the original was that it inspired Death Game 1999 in the comic Action (ah my youth!) which was adapted as Spinball (later Inferno) for 2000 AD.

Mike.

Maximilian

Nikita was re-made as the Assassin. Why God?

GoldenArmz

I thought Cruel Intentions was a great remake of Dangerous Liaisons. Different take on a good story!

toiletduck

Alfie with Jude Law deserves a mention.

I hear a remake of DamBusters is being made :mad:

stereoroid

toiletduck wrote: »

I hear a remake of DamBusters is being made :mad:

Yep - produced (but not directed) by Peter Jackson, with FX by his Weta outfit. According to this interview, it's going to include a lot more detail that was classified at the time of the original. I'm OK with this - after all, there were New Zealand pilots involved on the actual mission, and I think Jackson gets the historical significance more than any American might.

edit: I see also that Sir David Frost is an executive producer, and the script is being written by... Stephen Fry!

What about Cape Fear? - has anyone here seen the 1962 original (Gregory Peck & Robert Mitchum), and can compare it to the 1991 remake (Nick Nolte & Robert De Niro)?

event

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Batman Begins

whats that a remake of?

GoldenArmz

event wrote: »

whats that a remake of?

Presume he was saying it's a poor remake of the 1989 Batman. To which I'd have to give a....

+1

mike65

Dambusters will, I presume feature African-American Dog!

Mike.

Creature

Gonna have to say Psycho myself. I strongly dislike Vince Vaughn and to me he came across as more annoying than scary. Also for a shot for shot remake it lacked all the suspense and emotion of the original.

Also an (dis)honourable mention to The Ring. It was just very dull and seemed completely pointless to me.

aidan_walsh

GoldenArmz wrote: »

Presume he was saying it's a poor remake of the 1989 Batman. To which I'd have to give a....

+1

To which I would have to say that you're both wrong on both counts.

GoldenArmz

aidan_walsh wrote: »

To which I would have to say that you're both wrong on both counts.

Well I can agree that it wasn't a remake, but as for which is better, that's a matter of opinion!

ThOnda

Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was terrible. Absolutely horrible.
Gone in 60 seconds - a joke.

kowloon

mike65 wrote: »

Dambusters will, I presume feature African-American Dog!

Mike.

Apparently they've renamed it. I will be forever sceptical of a war film that tries to be pc.

toiletduck

British African-Caribbean dog?

Gone in 60 seconds was a remake? Oh I have one that hasn't been mentioned yet, Assault on Precinct 13. My god that was atrocious.

Galvasean

Has The Fog been mentioned yet?
Stupid movie.