The 25 Worst Movie Remakes of All Time

[CGowen]

I've seen a lot of the originals but I was lucky enough to avoid nearly all of the remakes,
only watched "City of Angels" and a bit of "Meet Joe Black"

1. 'Psycho' (1998)
2. Rollerball (2002)
3. 'The Fog' (2005)
4. 'The Wicker Man' (2006)
5. 'Swept Away' (2002)
6. 'When a Stranger Calls' (2006)
7. 'Get Carter' (2000)
8. 'The Out-of-Towners' (1999)
9. 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' (1996)
10. 'Godzilla' (1998)
11. '101 Dalmatians'
12. 'The Hitcher' (2006)
13. 'All the King's Men' (2006)
14. 'The Ring Two' (2005)
15. 'The Stepford Wives' (2004)
16. 'House of Wax' (2006)
17. 'Down to Earth' (2001)
18. 'City of Angels' (1998)
19. 'The Pink Panther' (2006)
20. 'Planet of the Apes' (2001)
21. 'Poseidon' (2006)
22. 'The Truth About Charlie' (2002)
23. 'The Ladykillers' (2004)
24. 'Alfie' (2004)
25. 'Meet Joe Black' (1998)

http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/worst-movie-remakes?ncid=aoltop00020000000075

[MrCoffee]

1. city of angels wasn't a *terrible* remake

[redqueen]

11. I was just about to say... I liked that one.

But then, I also liked Godzilla.

:blush:

[CGowen]

15. The only thing I watched was the music video by P Diddy, Puff Daddy whatever his name was back then

[redqueen]

16. I don't know what song you mean...

The song I liked on it (of course) was Peter Gabriel's I Grieve.


Oh wait... you mean Godzilla.

Yeah, I just have sort of a thing for Broderick and Reno... and special effects... and things blowing up... that kinda stuff. :P

[CGowen]

17. yep , didn't realize it was 6 minutes long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMq8pir1MIA

[MrScorpio]

13. The Hollywood version pales in comparison to the original, Wings of Desire

I've seen them both, and City is a crappy sapfest

[MrCoffee]

14. Wings of Desire is great, sure, but City of Angels wasn't abysmal

it was an ok movie.

[6000eliot]

42. I think both movies stink on ice,

but to each his or her own.

[Va Lefty]

2. Where are/is "The Inlaws"? (2003)

Pee-UUU!!!!!

[CGowen]

5. The original looks interesting, I might give it a try

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079336/

[Va Lefty]

8. Arkin and Falk were great

I think you'll like it
:hi:

[bigwillq]

3. I really liked two of the movies on that list.

The Fog and City of Angels.

[NightWatcher]

4. night of the living dead (color)

George Romero's version is by far the best

[CGowen]

21. I watched a part of it on google.video, I'm not sure if it's my style of movie

I only got to the part where they fled to to house
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2956447426428748010

[MrScorpio]

6. They all pretty much suck

But Planet of the Apes is waaaaay too low on that list

[bicentennial_baby]

9. That's the only movie I've walked out on....

BAD

[bigwillq]

18. Why are you on?

Did I not read that thread clearly enough? :shrug: :P :) ;)

[MrCoffee]

7. The Departed should be on that list

compared to Internal Affairs, the Departed sucked ass

[Greyskye]

10. I haven't seen a single one of those

Do I get a prize? :shrug:

[CGowen]

22. Not even one original? n/t

[Greyskye]

37. Most of the originals

I've seen. Just none of the remakes. Sounds like I can count myself fortunate! :evilgrin:

[Quantess]

12. I've only seen 2 of them.

The Fog - what a stinker! Man, that sucked!
The Laydykillers - I liked it fine. Pretty good, IMO. Never saw the original, though.

[Pale Blue Dot]

19. DON'T get me started on the remake of "101 Dalmatians".

John Hughes is a woman-fearing, conservative asshole who felt the name to insert his own special beliefs about the place of women in society in a movie about dogs. He's a sick, talentless hack.

I also saw "The Ladykillers". It was very disappointing for a Coen Brothers movie.

[CGowen]

20. I kinda liked his movies in the 80's "Ferris..","Breakfast Club" etc n/t

[Pale Blue Dot]

24. He made a couple of good movies,

but then he became a conservative asshole who copied his own successful ideas over and over AND had this weird, pathelogical hatred of working women that shows up (irrelevantly) over and over again in his movies of the '90s. The last movie he wrote, Maid in Manhattan, is about a super-nice Republican Congressman who falls in love with a poor woman (Jennifer Lopez) and finally is able to make sure she never has to work again.

I know I'm over the top, but I hate the man. I'll glad his career has tanked.

[jakefrep]

23. The only one I've seen is "The Pink Panther"

Which I thought was OK for 2 hours of mindless entertainment.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

25. Steve Martin should never be forgiven for the Pink Panther remake

Yeah, I KNOW he was one of the Festrunk Brothers, and I KNOW he was in The Jerk, and I KNOW on and on and on and on.

None of that has anything to do with the fact that he whizzed on Peter Sellers' legacy and should never be forgiven for it.

NEVER.

[last_texas_dem]

26. Man, I've seen more of these than I should have!

I agree that "The Fog" and "The Stepford Wives" sucked; two very bad movies. "Alfie", "The Hitcher", and "Poseidon" were nothing great, either, but not completely horrible IMHO. "The Ring Two" was definitely a step down from "The Ring", but I actually preferred the American remake to the Japanese original regarding the first part; I've never seen the original of the second part.

I would actually disagree on "When a Stranger Calls"; I thought it worked pretty well as a traditional horror movie. I've never seen the originals of the ones on this list that I've seen the remakes of, though, so maybe that would make a difference in my assessments.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

27. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Denzel Washington aside, this was a remake that should never have been done.

[VOX]

28. "The Haunting" (1999) should be high up on that list...

The original 1963 black-and-white film is a minor classic of horror/suspense.

But the remake is crap, from first frame to last.

[Radio_Lady]

29. 'The Four Feathers' was a terrible remake.

[CGowen]

33. What is the best version? I heard about a 1939 or 1915 version, but I haven't seen any version n/t

[Radio_Lady]

35. The Four Feathers (1939)

http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0031334/

[FloridaJudy]

30. "The Producers"

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Gene Wilder was a freaking comic genius. You mess with his movies at your peril.

[Kutjara]

31. "The Italian Job" needs to be on the list as well.

What were they thinking?

[CGowen]

34. They thought it worked

Rob Zombie's new take on 'Halloween' is just one of many recent remakes of classic movies. Sometimes it works ('The Italian Job'), sometimes it seems like a good idea but proves a debacle (Tim Burton's 'Planet of the Apes'), and sometimes it's just an awful idea from jump ('Psycho'). We count down 25 remakes we wish hadn't been made.

http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/worst-movie-remakes?ncid=aoltop00020000000075

[Kutjara]

36. Yikes! I can only say I disagree.

Very strongly. They turned a quirky, funny, and very English movie into just another "heist" flick. It was like "Gone in 60 Seconds" with Minis.

[jakefrep]

50. I agree with you

The original was much better. The stunt driving was quite advanced for the time.

[bookworm65t]

32. King Kong- the 70s version

It is unbelievable that talents like Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin and Jessica Lange got roped into this turkey. The worst of the worst!

[Auggie]

44. Seconded -- just terrible.

[TZ]

38. Are there any GOOD remakes?

There are probably a few,but I can't think of any offhand. I wince when I hear about a movie being remade....

[CGowen]

39. You have to consult this copycat

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7316720

[Frank Cannon]

47. Dances With Wolves

was, IMHO, far superior to the TV series F Troop, on which its plot is based.

[Babel_17]

40. Rollerball

That was an insult. And a remake was/is doable seeing how as how the original has, in many ways, held up so well.

[CGowen]

43. I wonder why they made it, when even the actors say it sucked

"Rollerball sucked!" - discussing one of his movies on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

http://www.media-imdb.com/name/nm0005112/bio

[Frank Cannon]

48. That was particularly egregious

The original was scary, prescient and kicked ass.

It's a pretty arrogant and stupid actor who thinks he can follow in the footsteps of James Caan.

[WinkyDink]

41. Any re-make with Steve Martin or Lindsay Lohan.

[Perry Logan]

45. "Frankenstein" started a whole franchise of terrible remakes.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

46. Miracle on 34th Street 1994

Totally pointless remake

[jakefrep]

49. "The Jackal" should be on the list...

...I thought it was a poor imitation of "The Day of The Jackal".