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The 10 worst movie remakes of all time (Who ordered the Total Rehash?)
The Orange County Register ^ | August 2, 2012 | Barry Koltnow

Posted on 08/03/2012 12:29:50 PM PDT by EveningStar

With the opening Friday of "Total Recall," thoughts immediately turn to the subject of movie remakes...

Remakes are nothing new in Hollywood, although movie studios prefer to call them "reboots" or "re-imaginations." For some reason, the word "remake" has a negative connotation among moviegoers. Perhaps it's because it seems like a lazy and unimaginative way to make movies...

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; hollywood; moviereview; movies; remake; remakes; totalrecall
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To: EveningStar

The new remake of Arthur sucks.That movie is so bad it’s not even funny.Dudley Moore really made Arthur 1 and 2 into a great movie.


61 posted on 08/03/2012 1:48:04 PM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Probably Walter Matthau’s best... I always liked him better in drama roles than comedy spiel...


62 posted on 08/03/2012 1:50:54 PM PDT by djf (The barbarian hordes will ALWAYS outnumber the clean-shaven. And they vote.)
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To: EveningStar
NONE of 'em are any good.

The original of ANYthing is all you should get.

63 posted on 08/03/2012 1:53:05 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: EveningStar
The 1995 mini-series remake of Pride and Prejudice is possibly my favorite movie of all time.
64 posted on 08/03/2012 1:56:12 PM PDT by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Ok, well if you like it, I highly recommend you check out some of that director Wes Anderson’s other films, they are all excellent, but Rushmore, the Royal Tenenbaums, and the Life Aquatic are my favorites.


65 posted on 08/03/2012 2:01:14 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Family Guy
I am unsure if another movie adaptation of a famous novel is really a movie “remake”. Unless they took the screenplay and remade it.

If it was written to be a movie - it was a movie - then a decade or more later they decide to re-make the movie - THAT is a remake.

A different adaptation of a beloved novel - not so much.

As to those citing SEQUELS - well what can be said about being unclear on the concept?

66 posted on 08/03/2012 2:11:32 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: EveningStar
The Thing (1951, 1982)

The remake was a bit of a yawner.

67 posted on 08/03/2012 2:14:46 PM PDT by stevem
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To: Dixie Yooper

Every Billy Jack movie was a classic.


68 posted on 08/03/2012 2:15:30 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: EveningStar

And, for a truly bad movie: “Highlander 2: The Quickening”


69 posted on 08/03/2012 2:18:42 PM PDT by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: EveningStar

Speed 2


70 posted on 08/03/2012 2:20:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: mass55th

I loved the remake of Fright Night.

Other than that, I can agree with your list, for the movies I’ve seen.


71 posted on 08/03/2012 2:21:25 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: EveningStar

“The Producers”, I will only watch the original.


72 posted on 08/03/2012 2:23:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: EveningStar

I can’t believe that nobody has mentioned the re-make of “Planet of the Apes”


73 posted on 08/03/2012 2:25:50 PM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: EveningStar

House on Haunted Hill remake Vincent Price can never be copied!

Amityville Horror first one with Mr. Barbra Striesnand was decent the second one was worse


74 posted on 08/03/2012 2:26:01 PM PDT by lone star annie
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To: pepsionice
Every Billy Jack movie was a classic.

I preferred Paul Simon's "Billy Paul" (not based on the "Me and Mrs. Jones singer)

"If only the world could get along as this ice cream cone.. Billy Paul wouldn't have to kill so many people."

75 posted on 08/03/2012 2:27:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: EveningStar

Actually, The Planet of the Apes remake wasn’t too horribly bad if you forgot it was a remake.

Poseidon stank on ice.

The all black version of Death at a Funeral was just a shame.

Around the World in 80 Days. Eck.

Halloween. Why bother.

Rollerball. No. Just no.


76 posted on 08/03/2012 2:28:26 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

If they ever did remake “Roman Holiday” they would turn it from a love story to a “happy ending” with her running away to be a reporter or something.


77 posted on 08/03/2012 2:28:56 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Fate plays chess and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Don’t forget Denzel’s “The Manchurian Candidate” remake, that should have been on the list.


78 posted on 08/03/2012 2:30:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: allmendream
You're right. Another movie adaptation of a famous novel should probably not be considered a remake.

OK, here are a couple of remakes where the remake is better in many ways than the original, but the original still has good qualities that the remakes have lost. I like to watch both the original and the remake because I get different things from them.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

and

The Ring (Ringu)

79 posted on 08/03/2012 2:31:42 PM PDT by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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To: Family Guy

Not a remake but a spoof - and a very funny movie.

Check out “The Man Who Knew Too Little” with Bill Murray.


80 posted on 08/03/2012 2:33:41 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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