Remaking a classic movie always poses a risk. Common refrains include questions about the audacity of a redux and comparisons to the first film–chatter both the best and worst movie remakes always attract.
Conventional wisdom says to leave the original alone, and while some remakes fall flat, many others either match or eclipse the earlier outing. Many better remakes bring something new to the earlier stories, while the worst typically miss or omit the qualities that made the original picture special. All in all, it’s easy to differentiate between the best and worst movie remakes.
1. Best: A Star is Born (2018)
A Star is Born, the third remake of the original 1937 film, joins the others released in 1954 and 1976. It tells the story of the doomed romance between an up-and-coming singer, portrayed by Lady Gaga, and an established musician battling personal demons, played by Bradley Cooper. With eight Academy Award nominations, it more than lives up to its predecessors.
2. Best: The Fly (1986)
3. Best: Cape Fear (1991)
4. Best: The Birdcage
5. Best: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
6. Best: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
7. Best: Insomnia (2002)
8. Best: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
9. Best: The Mummy (1999)
10. Best: Casino Royale (2006)
11. Best: Heat (1995)
Heat distinguishes itself from other Hollywood recreations in that the same person, in this case, Michael Mann, directed both the original film and the remake. A do-over of the 1989 made-for-television movie L.A. Takedown depicts a detective’s hunt for a murderous criminal gang.
12. Best: Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
13. Best: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
14. Best: The Longest Yard (2005)
15. Best: Scarface (1983)
1. Worst: When A Stranger Calls (2006)
2. Worst: Swept Away (2002)
3. Worst: The Pink Panther (2006)
4. Worst: Psycho (1998)
5. Worst: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
6. Worst: The Grudge (2020)
7. Worst: Jacob’s Ladder (2019)
8. Worst: Red Dawn (2012)
While North Korea (laughably) becomes the hostile invader in the 2012 movie, unlike the original, it fails to invoke a sense that such an onslaught could occur on American soil.
9. Worst: One Missed Call (2008)
10. Worst: The Wicker Man (2006)
11. Worst: Godzilla (1998)
12. Worst: Flatliners (2017)
13. Worst: Mr. Deeds (2002)
Hollywood directors should take note: If you have any notions of remaking a Frank Capra-directed film, please don’t do it. The bland remake of the movie Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) never goes beyond another pedestrian Adam Sandler comedy, but more lowkey. It also lacks the charm and warmth Gary Cooper brought to his portrayal of Mr. Deeds.
14. Worst: The Haunting (1999)
15. Worst: Rollerball (2002)
Source link
#Worst #Movie #Remakes #Wealth #Geeks