The Most Pointless Remakes Of All Time

[Misawa]

99.9% percent of remakes are cash-ins on classics and the same percentage are complete tarnishes on the name of the original films, that are rushed faster than the makers run to the bank. I give Peter Jackson his due for doing the seemingly impossible and creating a remake that was completely an homage to his favourite film, and was actually decent.

Which remakes do you feel are the worst of all time and why?

One of, if not the most blatant cash-in, is 1998's Psycho. Not only was it completely horrible but it was equally pointless - it is shot-for-shot identical to Hitchcock's.

[Jxames]

Charlie and the chocolate factory.The new version was too childish and the songs were awful and childish too.

[Slowpoke]

Charlie and the chocolate factory.The new version was too childish and the songs were awful and childish too.

Because it's first and foremost a film for children, what did you expect? :S

[Joshuae]

Because it's first and foremost a film for children, what did you expect? :S

Yes, but it ruined a classic.

[Coldplay]

Im agreeing, it MURDERED the classic.

[Neil]

Charlie and the chocolate factory.The new version was too childish and the songs were awful and childish too.

I thought the new version is quite good, Willy Wonka is meant to be a very strange person and I think they did it perfectly, the chocolate factory looked better in the new version aswell

I think the most pointless and probably the worst remake ever is Get Carter

[risque]

Grease.

[Misawa]

There isn't a remake of Grease.

[risque]

I'm pretty sure there was another Grease that came out, though. Maybe I'm thinking of something else, nevermind.

[Misawa]

There is a Grease 2, but it isn't a remake.

[risque]

Oh right. Well that was pointless altogether because it was nowhere near as good as the original, that's what I meant.

[Misawa]

The sequel was indeed terrible. I dislike the first too, as I am not a fan of musicals.

[MyMarm1te]

Vanishing Point

The remake is a pointless race-n-chase. The original is a classic road movie / tragedy.

[Hiro]

The Italian Job.

Reason: Just because..
/thread.

[Viruz]

lmao Thomas Crown affair remake with Pierce Brosnan was the better one than the one with Steve Mcqueen

[Coldplay]

Agreed with the above, the Sean Connery one was so good! =D

(I like Sean Connery)

Casino Royale was a good remake! Got you there with the Bond theme eh?

[Viruz]

Agreed with the above, the Sean Connery one was so good! =D

(I like Sean Connery)

Casino Royale was a good remake! Got you there with the Bond theme eh?

eh????:S

[Coldplay]

I was agreeing that the Thomas Crown Affair was better the second time, then I said that I thought that Casino Royale was a good remake.. (I was thinking of Bond.. Bit of a tangent)

[Virgin Mary]

They're remaking Grease with Zac Efron i think...

[Monopoly]

They're remaking Grease with Zac Efron i think...


I pray you're kidding. :S

[Everlong]

They're remaking Grease with Zac Efron i think...

Thats got to be a rumour... that would suck.

[Coldplay]

Ew, That would absolutely SLAUGTER the classical.

Zac Efron is a bad actor imho.

[Misawa]

He is God-awful. He's more wooden than a wooden spoon.

[Neversoft]

The Italian Job has to be the worst remake. Along with The Invasion, The Wicker Man and Psycho.

[Joshuae]

Godzilla remake! XD.

The new wickerman sucked.

[Misawa]

The Italian Job has to be the worst remake. Along with The Invasion, The Wicker Man and Psycho.

Absolutely, The Invasion was horrific to watch - watching remakes for me conjures a visual screen the whole way through contrasting in motion the old and the new, and that was just terrible. I still stand by words that Psycho is the worst and most pointless remake of all time, though, I mean, Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates? Please.

It would also be interesting for people to note the best remakes they have seen. Off the top of my head, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003, gets my vote as a decent remake, and much more of an homage than a blatant cash-in. When a writer and director vow to make an homage to a classic film, you can actually see the effort, rather than when it goes completely out the window with money solely on the mind, i.e. Prom Night, to annotate the present. I'm sure people will disagree with me about TCM, but I thorougly enjoyed it, and The Beginning was not so bad either, that being a sequel, certainly the second best following The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The 2003 version is by no means close to the original, but still definitely worthwhile.

[contagious]

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (if that was a remake? I swore there was an original sequel but I'm not sure) and The Wicker Man.

[Misawa]

Wes Craven's original The Hills Have Eyes was fantastic, but his sequel was horrible. He has been hit-and-miss his entire career. The remake of The Hills Have Eyes was surprisingly decent in my mind, but the sequel, which was more of a re-imagination of Craven's second film, was equally as visually vile as the first sequel.

[Joshuae]

Some American remakes were crap:


The Eye, The Grudge, The Ring. Destroyed classic films!

[Virgin Mary]

Some American remakes were crap:


The Eye, The Grudge, The Ring. Destroyed classic films!
I wouldn't call them pointless cos it's obvious why they were "remade". But I agree, compared to the original foreign films they're bad. I didn't like the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre because it lacked the cheapness of the original which added to the atmosphere. I didn't like the remake of Halloween either, it lacked subtlety.

Absolutely, The Invasion was horrific to watch - watching remakes for me conjures a visual screen the whole way through contrasting in motion the old and the new, and that was just terrible.
Conversely, I thought the first remake of Invasian of the Body Snatchers was better than the original. Maybe because it was made when horror movies were good.

[le harry]

Planet of the Apes, The Haunting.

[Viruz]

I was agreeing that the Thomas Crown Affair was better the second time, then I said that I thought that Casino Royale was a good remake.. (I was thinking of Bond.. Bit of a tangent)
haha k confused me lol

[Joshuae]

Planet of the Apes, The Haunting.

I enjoyed the re-make of Planet of the apes, Have yet to see the new Haunting =P