My Cart - It’s understandable that a film can be loved so much that movie makers want to see it again, only done slightly differently. It’s an odd attraction, but we update our phones, we update our cars- why not update our films? But with all updates, there are drawbacks; even more so with films because films are more easily accessible to everyone, and it’s easier to get attached to them.
So, as the debate continues on whether re-makes should be a thing or not, we can’t deny that they will continue to be made, whether inspirationally good, or terribly awful. As we pride ourselves in some of the cheapest LED TVs for sale, we thought we would throw our couple o’ pennies into this argument by presenting what we believe to be, the worst re-makes of all time. Unfortunately, there are quite a few, so this will be the first part of a series!
Planet of the Apes (2001)
What do you get when you cross one of the greatest films of all time, with one of the greatest directors of all time? A truly awful film, that’s what. Planet of the Apes is ambitious, we’ll give it that, but it misses every mark that the original film set up and ends up falling flat. Firstly, there are too many strange references to the original (Charlton Heston as an ape, saying ‘damn them all to hell’ on his deathbed is just the tip of the iceberg), and they just end up making the re-make feel stale. The acting is strange (which is saying something for people dressed as monkeys), and the strong political message from the original is also gone. What we do have is some impressive make-up (no sarcasm) and an ending that will leave you scratching your head more than a lice infested chimp.
The Wolfman (2010)
This one is odd to begin with considering the time difference between the original and the re-make. The gap for planet of the apes was also large, but there were films made in between that kept the story fresh in the mind of the masses. The Wolfman however, not so much- yes, there have been other werewolf films, but none toting the same name. So what’s wrong with this film? Not much really. The cast is great, the sets are nice, the effects could have used a little work, but it’s really not that bad. What it suffers from is that it captures none of the atmosphere, none of the character development, and most of all, none of the tragedy that this story has attached to it. It just doesn’t make for a compelling, well-developed story like the original did and for that, it makes our list.
Psycho (1998)
For this one, even the film’s director, Gus Van Sant agrees that it isn’t a brilliant re-make. Proposed as an experimental film, Van Sant went about remaking the original film shot-for shot to see if the impact could be replicated. Turns out, it can’t. It probably doesn’t help that for the iconic role of Norman Bates, Van Sant hired Vince Vaughn. You heard right, Vince Vaughn. The rest of the cast do their best, but all that Hitchcockian magic that made the original such a classic is gone and without that, the film does itself no favours.
That’s it for part one of this series, but check back for part two and other future entries!
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