25 worst remakes of all time
25 worst remakes of all time
#125 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:08am
Found this list on AOL... comments?
1- Psycho
2- rollerball
3-the fog
4-the wicker man
5-swept away
6-when a stranger calls
7-get carter
8-the out of towners
9-island of dr. moreau
10-godzilla
11-101 dalmations
12-the hitcher
13-all the king's men
14-the ring 2
15-stepford wives
16-house of wax
17-down to earth
18-city of angels
19-pink panther
20-planet of the apes
21-poseidon
22-the truth about charlie
23-ladykillers
24-alfie
25-meet joe black
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#2re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:14amAnything that came out after 2000.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#2re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:16amtoo funny...I agree!!!!
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#3re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:35amMy love for Jude Law makes me believe that ALFIE was an amazing movie. I can't help it.
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#4re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:47amJude Law needs to come back to Broadway and get naked.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#5re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:47amHe needs to come to my bedroom and get naked.
"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere
Borstalboy
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#6re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 9:15amThey forgot the ultimate remake fiasco: THE VANISHING with the heroic, happy ending. All the more incomprehensible because it was done by the original director.
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#7re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 10:52am
What about that awful remake of "Born Yesterday" ?
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#9re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 11:00amCome to think of it, when was the last time a remake was "really good?"
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#10re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 11:03amb12...Father of the Bride was good.
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Borstalboy
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#11re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 11:10amI was astounded by how much I liked the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999) was better than the original. Neil Jordan's THE GOOD THIEF was a great remake of BOB LE FLAMBEUR.
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#12re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 1:52pmI didn't even see it, but I feel pretty safe in guessing that "Willard" was on the short list for this designation.
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#13re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 2:04pm
I'm one of the ten or so people who actually enjoyed the Psycho remake. I understand why it irks so many people, but I thought it was fine, for what it was.
1994's Love Affair should be on the list.
#14re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 2:13pm
I want to personally slap who ever thought it would be a good idea to remake footloose with zac efron
no! bad producer! don't do that! (hits with rolled newspaper)
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#15re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 2:54pmhmmm, I've onmly watched three of them, and all 3 sucked
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#16re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:26pm
Ah they missed The Omen! No one can out do Gregory Peck! The remake made me realize what a great film the first one was!
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Updated On: 12/13/07 at 03:26 PM
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#17re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:34pmI don't think "The Out of Towners" should be that high on the list. Sure it wasn't Jack Lemon and Sandy Dennis, but it wasn't horrible.
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#18re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:37pmHonestly, neither was THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE, which at least tried to be a good movie.
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#19re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:41pmThe only two I've seen on the list is "The Ring 2" and "Meet Joe Black." No arguments with the former, but I didn't think "Meet Joe Black" was that terrible. It wasn't good, by any means, but at least it was unintentionally funny in Brad Pitt's death scene.
#20re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:55pmBorstal - I'm totally with you re: The Vanishing, which no one seems to know much about. I loved the original movie, and the American remake was a travesty.
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#21re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/13/07 at 5:27pmAlthough they're not necessarily remakes I would add The Honeymoners and The Dukes of Hazzard.
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#22re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/14/07 at 4:31amPoseidon should be much higher on the list. Not only was there a horrible big screen remake, but an even more horrible TV remake.
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#23re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/14/07 at 6:36amI actually liked MEET JOE BLACK and kind of liked ALFIE, if only because it had two of my favorite actresses: Jane Krakowski (who was pretty fabulous in her two short scenes) and Marissa Tomei. I have never seen the original but I enjoyed it for what it was. Now, THE PLANET OF THE APES re-make definitely deserves to be on that list, what an AWFUL movie.
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#24re: 25 worst remakes of all time
Posted: 12/14/07 at 11:54amI liked the 101 Dalmatian movies
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