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I’ll preface this by stating that I am generally, very much against film remakes and find it to be a wholly lazy and disrespectful practice.
There are however a few examples wherein I have been pleasantly surprised (3:10 To Yuma for instance)
But enough of the fleeting positivity - by Jove, this isn’t a thread about good remakes; Nay! I want you to list for me the absolute shittiest ones you’ve had the abject misfortune to sit through (if indeed you even did make it to the end!)
Over to you my fine peeps 😃👍🏻 |
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"Point Break.
Haven’t seen it but it was totally unnecessary "
I am highly regretful to report that I have actually seen it - and to save you the resulting pain, I can hereby confirm that your fears are highly founded; it was indeed absolute poo poo of the most fetid variety 😱😵💫😵💫 |
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"Nightmare on elm street the remake was crap "
Freddy looked like an alien in that one. I thought I was watching an Area 51 themed flick for a second (and had to turn off when I heard his voice) - Christ! 😵💫😵💫 |
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The Tim Burton Planet of the Apes was shite (tho I do enjoy the later ones with Andy Serkis)
The live action versions of Death Note and Ghost in the Shell.
The Hollywood remakes of The Ring and Oldboy.
Also REC.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Jessica Biel.
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"The Tim Burton Planet of the Apes was shite (tho I do enjoy the later ones with Andy Serkis)
The live action versions of Death Note and Ghost in the Shell.
The Hollywood remakes of The Ring and Oldboy.
Also REC.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Jessica Biel.
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Ahhh Death Note; I loved both the original anime and the live action series (apart from the ending….which I hated! - With a passion! Poor Light 😭😭😭)
Anyhoo - The American remake….well, I liked Willem Defoe’s voice of Ryuk….and that’s about the most praise I can muster 😕😵💫 |
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By *recticWoman 3 weeks ago
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"Point Break.
Haven’t seen it but it was totally unnecessary
I am highly regretful to report that I have actually seen it - and to save you the resulting pain, I can hereby confirm that your fears are highly founded; it was indeed absolute poo poo of the most fetid variety 😱😵💫😵💫"
Is total recall the same too?
I have to admit I watched the new Superman recently and loved it so much I have watched it again. The Snyder/Cavill efforts were awful imo |
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By *r X46Man 3 weeks ago
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"The Wicker Man - Original (1973) = awesome!
Remake - (2006) = horrendous, all copies should be destroyed!"
This was the movie I thought about. The remake was pure trash. However, Nicholas Cage shouting 'not the bees! Arrrrgghhh!' is one of the best scenes in cinema history |
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"Point Break.
Haven’t seen it but it was totally unnecessary
I am highly regretful to report that I have actually seen it - and to save you the resulting pain, I can hereby confirm that your fears are highly founded; it was indeed absolute poo poo of the most fetid variety 😱😵💫😵💫
Is total recall the same too?
I have to admit I watched the new Superman recently and loved it so much I have watched it again. The Snyder/Cavill efforts were awful imo "
Well, I usually love Colin Farrell in anything BUT….the Total Recall remake really made me yearn for a, Total Refund 😜
It’s not the worst remake ever to be fair but was highly needless and not a patch on the Big Arnie original 😃😃 |
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The American remake of the Thai horror classic, Shutter.
‘Shitter’ might have been a more appropriate title…
Incidentally, even though the original is only from 2004, a Thai remake of it has recently been released (although I haven’t seen it).
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The remakes of the remakes are even more crap and disrespectful.
Does it really take that many braincells to come up with new stories and new productions? I don’t get the obsession with wanting to remake everything.
The Harry Potter series trailer makes me want to throw up.
Wuthering Heights is as shite as the reviews said. |
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"Point Break.
Haven’t seen it but it was totally unnecessary
I am highly regretful to report that I have actually seen it - and to save you the resulting pain, I can hereby confirm that your fears are highly founded; it was indeed absolute poo poo of the most fetid variety 😱😵💫😵💫
Is total recall the same too?
I have to admit I watched the new Superman recently and loved it so much I have watched it again. The Snyder/Cavill efforts were awful imo
Well, I usually love Colin Farrell in anything BUT….the Total Recall remake really made me yearn for a, Total Refund 😜
It’s not the worst remake ever to be fair but was highly needless and not a patch on the Big Arnie original 😃😃"
Fucking Hell- Total Recall remake??????????? 🤯🤯🤯
It is one of my favourite films! (The original) where can one watch the shit remake??? Aaagh my curiosity has been piqued but I can imagine how crap it is going to be! |
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"The remakes of the remakes are even more crap and disrespectful.
Does it really take that many braincells to come up with new stories and new productions? I don’t get the obsession with wanting to remake everything.
The Harry Potter series trailer makes me want to throw up.
Wuthering Heights is as shite as the reviews said. "
Absolutely - I thought that we were getting a NEW Harry Potter adventure (something original, outside of the main story)
Alas! It’s merely a remake!
I assume the makers are hoping (whilst rubbing their hands greedily) that they can stretch each book into a separate season 🤔🙁🙁 |
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"The Tim Burton Planet of the Apes was shite (tho I do enjoy the later ones with Andy Serkis)
The live action versions of Death Note and Ghost in the Shell.
The Hollywood remakes of The Ring and Oldboy.
Also REC.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Jessica Biel.
Ahhh Death Note; I loved both the original anime and the live action series (apart from the ending….which I hated! - With a passion! Poor Light 😭😭😭)
Anyhoo - The American remake….well, I liked Willem Defoe’s voice of Ryuk….and that’s about the most praise I can muster 😕😵💫"
Yeah it is bloody awful, with Dafoe the only redeeming feature 🤣 |
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"Point Break.
Haven’t seen it but it was totally unnecessary
I am highly regretful to report that I have actually seen it - and to save you the resulting pain, I can hereby confirm that your fears are highly founded; it was indeed absolute poo poo of the most fetid variety 😱😵💫😵💫
Is total recall the same too?
I have to admit I watched the new Superman recently and loved it so much I have watched it again. The Snyder/Cavill efforts were awful imo
Well, I usually love Colin Farrell in anything BUT….the Total Recall remake really made me yearn for a, Total Refund 😜
It’s not the worst remake ever to be fair but was highly needless and not a patch on the Big Arnie original 😃😃
Fucking Hell- Total Recall remake??????????? 🤯🤯🤯
It is one of my favourite films! (The original) where can one watch the shit remake??? Aaagh my curiosity has been piqued but I can imagine how crap it is going to be! "
I’ve had a foray, just for you, to see if it is free anywhere 😜
It seems not at present - and certainly isn’t worth renting at any rate.
Think of it as a lucky escape 😜👍🏻👍🏻 |
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Almost any Hollywood remake of a foreign film is terrible.
Also the Rachel Zegler Snow White remake.
Mulan was also a disaster! The original was excellent , but the remake was pure feminist, man hating, b-mivie trash.
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"Almost any Hollywood remake of a foreign film is terrible.
Also the Rachel Zegler Snow White remake.
Mulan was also a disaster! The original was excellent , but the remake was pure feminist, man hating, b-mivie trash.
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Ah ha! That reminds me: The Dumbo ‘reimagining’ (a trendy term that Hollywood typically employs in a cynical bid to circumnavigate the fact that the said film is actually, in reality, just another soulless remake)
Anyway - Dumbo remake - crapola! (he did look cute though) 👍🏻 |
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"Is there a good remake? (Perhaps another thread) But loved the original’Arthur’
Dudley Moore
Remake was 💩"
Arthur starring Russell Brand….HOLY SHITE!!! I had completely forgot about that 😂😂
It was frankly excruciating to watch.
Neither funny nor charming in any conceivable manner and Brand was marginally worse than discovering that one is suffering from leprosy….of the penis(!!)
Gawd! I must have deleted it from my memory banks due to the sheer trauma of watching it 😵💫😵💫 |
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Ah ha! That reminds me: The Dumbo ‘reimagining’ (a trendy term that Hollywood typically employs in a cynical bid to circumnavigate the fact that the said film is actually, in reality, just another soulless remake)
Anyway - Dumbo remake - crapola! (he did look cute though) 👍🏻"
I think most live action remakes are generally terrible. As you say, they lack the soul and emotional connection of the originals.
But to answer Fathom, i think the remake of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ was better then the original. |
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"The Crow remake...absolute abomination 😤"
Amen to that sir! 👍🏻
I love Bill Skarsgard but what a boring, long winded and wholly needless remake it was.
Quite aside from the sheer disrespect in remaking the Brandon Lee original (not least of all after he tragically died during the filming of), and even if the film had been a Crow sequel (Ala City Of Angels, Salvation and Wicked Prayer) and with a different protagonist other than Eric Draven, it STILL would have been shit.
Also - was it just me or did Skarsgard bear an uncanny resemblance to singer Yungblud?
Either way, it was utter crap 😵💫😵💫
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"The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. It just wasn't needed, was it?
A terrible film! - And why call it The Karate Kid when he was actually learning Kung Fu? I mean, WTF?! 😵💫😵💫"
I completely forgot about that! 😂 |
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"Roadhouse !! "
Oh yes!
Now, I will admit that I DID like Jake Gyllenhaal’s sardonic portrayal in that BUT….
a) It was a completely needless remake
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b) That absolute arseclown Connor MacGregor absolutely killed any chance of it being even half way decent.
Literally every scene he appeared in made me cringe! 🤮 |
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"I am not sure if this counts as a remake. There was a film version of the tv program The Sweeney which I thought was crap. The film version starred Ray Winston but he is no
John Thaw."
Shut it, yoooo slaaaag! |
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Hated remakes of Italian Job, Get Carter, Gone in 60 seconds, Thomas Crown Affair.
Then there's the Indepedance Day, Predator and Aliens remakes for tv on horror channel, dreadful.
I was expecting David Beckham doing a Spaghetti Western remake when he did that advert. They probably thought hardly any dialogue would work for his squeaky voice then though again,nah.
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A completely pointless remake: Cabin Fever.
The original director, Eli Roth decided for reasons best known only to himself (presumably creative redundancy coupled with financial greed) to remake his own 2002 film - virtually shot for shot no less(!!!)
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By *egnMaxCouple 3 weeks ago
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"The Tim Burton Planet of the Apes was shite (tho I do enjoy the later ones with Andy Serkis)
The live action versions of Death Note and Ghost in the Shell.
The Hollywood remakes of The Ring and Oldboy.
Also REC.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Jessica Biel.
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REC was such a gooood original. Should never have messed with it. |
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Freddy looked like an alien in that one. I thought I was watching an Area 51 themed flick for a second (and had to turn off when I heard his voice) - Christ! 😵💫😵💫"
You got further than I did! I turned off after 20 minutes, as the whole thing just seemed empty and mechanical, just to ram-raid the name of the original.
It became a question of "just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should". Not only the film in general, but things like explicitly saying the Kruger was a kiddle-fiddler rather than just tastefully saying he was a child murderer and letting the audience fill in the blanks. Just because you CAN give Kruger the appearance of real burns victim might not be the best choice. The original wisely picked stylised over real.
And let's not get into the whole CGI thing, either!
I know this has been a bit of a rant, but I really can't stand most remakes, and ANOES typifies what's wrong with most. |
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Whilst I respect highly Ryan Gosling, the remake of “blade runner “ compared the the original where Harrison Ford as the main protagonist is no way as good in my opinion
And on a tangent..” home alone 3 “ was a betrayal of the use of cellulose
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Freddy looked like an alien in that one. I thought I was watching an Area 51 themed flick for a second (and had to turn off when I heard his voice) - Christ! 😵💫😵💫
You got further than I did! I turned off after 20 minutes, as the whole thing just seemed empty and mechanical, just to ram-raid the name of the original.
It became a question of "just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should". Not only the film in general, but things like explicitly saying the Kruger was a kiddle-fiddler rather than just tastefully saying he was a child murderer and letting the audience fill in the blanks. Just because you CAN give Kruger the appearance of real burns victim might not be the best choice. The original wisely picked stylised over real.
And let's not get into the whole CGI thing, either!
I know this has been a bit of a rant, but I really can't stand most remakes, and ANOES typifies what's wrong with most."
Absolutely agree! 👍🏻 The vast majority of remakes carry the stench of the hands of avaricious studio execs who clearly care little and seemingly understand even less so of the original source material that they plunder.
Take the production company, Platinum Dunes as a prime example, who have churned out a slew of remakes, all of shoddy to outright shitty quality; Overt cash grabs with zero artistic integrity.
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"Take the production company, Platinum Dunes as a prime example, who have churned out a slew of remakes, all of shoddy to outright shitty quality"
I've been a film reviewer for about 30 years, and from the moment they announced the first one (their remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - urgh...) I knew that they were going to plunder the genre for all it was worth.
To pick their projects, Platinum Dunes had a very crude algorithm. A list of classic horror film titles was given to "kids" representing the youngest generation of moviegoers with disposable income, asking which they had heard of and which of them they had seen.
Those with the highest disparity between being aware of them and actually watching them were chosen, as the titles themselves served as free marketing/publicity on the back of the originals' reputation. The other side was that the ignorant wouldn't be bothered about remakes shitting on their legacies. |
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"Take the production company, Platinum Dunes as a prime example, who have churned out a slew of remakes, all of shoddy to outright shitty quality
I've been a film reviewer for about 30 years, and from the moment they announced the first one (their remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - urgh...) I knew that they were going to plunder the genre for all it was worth.
To pick their projects, Platinum Dunes had a very crude algorithm. A list of classic horror film titles was given to "kids" representing the youngest generation of moviegoers with disposable income, asking which they had heard of and which of them they had seen.
Those with the highest disparity between being aware of them and actually watching them were chosen, as the titles themselves served as free marketing/publicity on the back of the originals' reputation. The other side was that the ignorant wouldn't be bothered about remakes shitting on their legacies."
The name Michael Bay attached as a co-founder of the company speaks volumes for me (I’m not a big fan of his to put it mildly, bar for his earliest films) 😵💫😵💫
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"A Star is Born.
As much as I like Lady Gaga there was no topping Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson's version.
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Well, before Streisand screwed around with it for the Netflix version, making the ending about focus more on her than shock revelation, anyway. |
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"As someone's already quoted the follow on from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 2005 Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate factory was absolutely dire. "
It is however closer to the book than the Gene Wilder version. |
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The remake of Arthur (as stated above) was dreadful. The original is warm, funny and refreshing, with bags of chemistry between the main cast. It didn't skimp on the swearing (with Gielgud providing legendary quips) and even the violence, treating the audience as adults.
The remake was a PG-13 (Cert 12) piece of slop, with flavour-of the-month Russell Brand. It got caught up with the lavish man-child element, as demonstrated by getting the Val Kilmer Batmobile and batsuit out of mothballs and putting Brand in both. And gender-swapping Hobson was just balls.
The drinking element was more moralistic, with AA meetings becoming a choice rather than the shock of Hobson's death (and the one person who actually loved him) causing him to grow up reevaluate his life.
And don't get me started on the condescending way that they used the theme to the original film!
The remake came out at an obnoxious time in the industry, where during the publicity trail for a remake, those on the new film would openly take swipes at the original, putting forward just how the new one has "fixed the broken film". For "Arthur", Helen Mirren put the boot into the original, claiming that Liza Minnelli's character was "an enabler" for Arthur's drinking.
The original cost $7m, pulled in just shy of $100m, making it one of the most successful films of 1981. The remake cost $40m, and only just made back its budget, to say nothing of the huge amount which was spent on advertising.
I have Arthur on blu-ray, and it always brightens up a shitty day. |
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Not the worst ever, but patently inferior compared to the original: The 1941 Spencer Tracy version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
The original with Fredric March was pretty violent, with sexual a**ault, r*pe, and a rather nasty tone throughout. It even had nudity!
The Spencer Tracy one was like the Disney version by comparison, all cynical Oscar-bait, confirmed by Tracy winning the Best Actor award for his efforts.
The original cleans the floor with it, and the in-camera transformation still has people wonder how the hell they did that nearly 100 years later! |
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By *iver78Man 3 weeks ago
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"Roadhouse !!
Oh yes!
Now, I will admit that I DID like Jake Gyllenhaal’s sardonic portrayal in that BUT….
a) It was a completely needless remake
and
b) That absolute arseclown Connor MacGregor absolutely killed any chance of it being even half way decent.
Literally every scene he appeared in made me cringe! 🤮"
Yep McGregor was definitely the spoiler in it and yep , deffo never needed remaking |
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