worst remake

[sfsorrow]

hi,

ive just watched the remake of charlie and the chocolate factory,and it is without doubt the worst remake i've ever seen,what is the worst remake you guys have seen?

[tinkywinky]

Night of the Hunter with Richard Chamberlain.

The first is peerless, arguably the best English Language film ever made. The second rubbish.

[Mattk]

italian job - nuff said !

[Drusilla]

King Kong. Not the latest one, but the 1980's version.

[jno]

Get Carter maybe?

[don1]

Jno get carter has to be right up there.

[andy-hughes]

The Stepford Wives - an 'ironic' comedy? Nope, it was neither, it slipped between the two forms and vanished!

[Likeapony]

The Phantom Menace. Oh come on...it's a remake of every toy advert ever shown!!!

But seriously...Taxi. A classic piece of French Farce which appears to have been eaten by Queen Latifah

[sp1814]

Drusilla

I recently saw 'King Kong Lives' on telly, and it makes the Jessica Lange version look like Citizen Kane.

It stars Linda Hamilton (from the first two Terminator films) and is so bad that I actually started shouting obscenities at the tv.

For me, the worst remake has to be Gus Van Sants' Psycho. Not because it's actually bad...but because it's just pointless - apart from the fact that you get to see Viggo Mortensen with his kit off...and that happens in the first five minutes, so the rest of the film is a bit surplus to requirements.

[littleoldme]

The trailers for the remake of The Producers don't exactly fill me with confidence. I'd go so far as to say that most remakes are pointless - they're the film world equivalent of the cover version, except they last for 90 minutes or more.

[gary baldy]

I cant believe no one has mentioned 'Psycho'!
Also what about the tv versions of Rear Window and The Shining?
Did you know Get Carter was remade almost straight away as a blaxpoitation film. It was almost line for line (but with lots of jive talking!). if you hadn't seen the original its not too bad, As for the Stallone remake......!?!?!?!

[gary baldy]

Oh - someone did mention Psycho! Sorry sp1814 - i did mean Psycho2 anyway!

[blueeyedlass]

likeapony i totally agree about taxi the remake was utter tosh and about charlie and the chocolate factory i posted this when it was first released i think its scandalous what they done to a classic film like that .

[maggie01]

It has to be Alfie. I only watched the first few minutes of it and knew no-one could play the part like Michael Kain

By the way my husband thought Charlie and the Chocolate Factories new version was better than the old one. I disagree.

[sp1814]

Gary Baldy

Fortunately, I haven't seen Psycho II, but you've confirmed something a mate of mine (who recently saw it on video) that as a film, it could be spread on roses to make them grow.

I'm going to hold my hand up and confess...I totally loved the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I liked the original, but have this irrational hatred of Gene Wilder and he spoiled it for me.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Oh, and as for The Producers - the remake isn't bad, and has it's moments, but watching it reminded me of listening to a superb song covered by someone very competent...it's good, but all you do is sit there thinking, "Yeah well okay...but it's just not right"

[Loosehead]

Rollerball, absolutely dire. I agree with the others as well, Italian job, Get carter. Leave the originals alone please!

[dodamaksoud]

I was really disappointed as well, pure and utter cozwallop!!!

[ludwig]

Sorry to be pedantic but the recent film is not a remake of the first one, it's a film of the book 'Charlie and the chocolate factory'.
Roald Dahl hated the first film and disowned it which is why they had to call it 'Willy wonka and the factory', instead of the name of the book. Of course we'll never know what he thought of the recent version.

[don1]

Gary Baldy I meant the Stallone version, I didn't know obout the second one

[*ALFIE*]

Worst remake - HG Wells Time Machine with Guy Pearce ? Best think about it was Samantha Mumba! I also heard Tom Cruise's War of the World is silly too.