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What is the worst remake of all time?

After watching the 2009 version of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'', I'm sure it ranks among the worst remakes ever. What would be your pick for the worst movie remake of all time? Is it bad because the original movie was bad, or was it a great movie that just shouldn't have been remade? What is it that you dislike about the newer version so much?

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arob2385 | 2 years, 1 month ago
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For me, it's a three-way tie, in no particular order:

1. "The Heartbreak Kid" with Ben Stiller. Definitely not funny, and minus the cheap laughs you usually get with a Stiller movie, one of the boring things I've ever had to sit through.

2. The Rob Zombie version of "Halloween." Completely butchered what was once a great 80's slasher flick by trying to dig too much into it. The whole thing that made Micheal Meyers scary in the first place was the fact that there was no reasoning, logic, or emotion, and Zombie obliterated that by adding those things in.

3. "War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruise. Cruise and aliens invading the earth...anyone else sense an unnecessary reference to Scientology? Let alone bad acting, bad special effects...

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lon | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

Haven't seen "Heartbreak Kid," and though I found ''War of the Worlds'' sort of irritating in spots (with the whole "Tom Cruise is a bad dad" plotline in particular feeling forced), I don't think it's all-time worst material.

I totally agree, though, on the Rob Zombie ''Halloween'' remake. Totally worthless, and a tarnishing of a horror classic.

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dangershoes | 2 years, 1 month ago
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Well, what remake isn't bad? Well, to pick one of the worst would be Clash of The Titans. Or One Missed Call, or Planet of The Apes... Wait!! That's the one, Planet of The Apes! I'm going with that one. ;)

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lon | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

There are definitely some worthwhile remakes out there, though granted, not many. But I agree that the Tim Burton version of ''Planet of the Apes'' is a total trainwreck. It's like they made the whole movie as an excuse to reuse the title and do some Stan Winston ape makeup. No other reason for its existence. And that ending! Atrocious!

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mf180 | 2 years, 1 month ago
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Planet of the Apes (2001). Tim Burton didn't just remake a classic movie, he removed everything that made the original a compelling story in favor of a simplistic good vs. evil narrative. The original is a wonderful, thought-provoking, even philosophical movie that remains relevant to this day -- you can't say the same for many 1968 movies. The remake is shallow, action/adventure, popcorn nonsense you should hope to never see, or at least forget quickly.

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wwjeterd | 2 years ago
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On a completely unrelated topic, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 is now playing. Produced by Michael "I ruin all your fondest memories" Bay!

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kkroz | 2 years, 1 month ago
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I recently saw the bad lieutenant by Werner Herzog and it was a really bad idea try to remake the master piece by Abel Ferrara, chosing Nichola cage as main character, a very bad idea and also bad film.I like Herzog a lot but in this case, in my opinion he did a bad work.

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stimey | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

Why is nobody mentioning the Michael Bay remake of Friday the 13th? I mean c'mon! Wtf was with Jason busting out in a full sprint? I can't wait to see how he butchers Nightmare on Elm St. Two classics ruined by one horrible director.

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matilda3663 | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

"War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruise. Cruise is not an Actor and never was!...bad acting, bad special effects..."..anyone else sense an unnecessary reference to Scientology? "<== very good!!

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nanikore | 2 years, 1 month ago
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I'd have to go for "Rollerball (2002)" as the worst, which in some way was some kind of unintentional parody of the original from 1975.

I'd put the Cruise version of "War Of The Worlds" in there just because it missed the scale of the novel, but I consider the audio work by Jeff Wayne to be the definitive version of that story outside of text.

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