Hollywood is clearly out of ideas if
these films are being remade welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst mainstream Hollywood remakes
number 10 The Day the Earth Stood Still
kicking off our list is the adaptation
that failed miserably to understand that
the original was a product of its time
this was due to the era’s ever-present
undercurrent of threat annihilation and
paranoia sure the remakes somehow made
loads of money but it was a tedious ly
boring picture that won’t be watched
again any time soon number 9 Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory this Tim Burton
remake was another dreadful waste of
celluloid like the original the film was
similarly centered on a boy who wins a
golden ticket
however the remake was tainted as it
lacked the heart of the original and
featured unlikable Oompa Loompas
don’t even mention Johnny Depp’s
repugnant Michael Jackson impersonation
well let’s keep on truckin number eight
Dinner for Schmucks this film was a
screwball comedy that starts Steve
Carell and Paul Rudd it was a vague
remake of the French film the genetic
comb otherwise known as dinner for
cretins in it a financial executive was
forced to find himself an idiot to take
to a mean-spirited dinner like many of
the films on this list
it took likable actors and great source
material and turned everything into a
mess number seven the invasion this was
the third reboot of 1956 –is the
invasion of the Body Snatchers as the
tale of an alien epidemic it should have
been exciting but the film proved to be
soulless after becoming infected the
film’s characters were forced to
struggle to stay awake
this of course paralleled the experience
of bored audiences everywhere
number six Planet of the Apes this
project was Tim Burton’s first failed
attempt to remake an untouchable classic
he placed an uncharismatic mark wahlberg
in the iconic role of the shipwrecked
astronaut that was originally occupied
by Charlton Heston the result was a film
that tried to mimic the originals
profound social commentary while also
adding action
unfortunately the movies ending fell
flat was Burton just aiming to out twist
and night shyamalan number 5
Godzilla this film was the product of
Dean Devlin and roland emmerich you
would think that they of all people
wouldn’t drop the ball after all
Godzilla was a monster movie legend
despite his towering might this
production was no match for a corny
script total lack of plot and Matthew
Broderick’s questionable acting
performance we did you find this guy
he’s from France number 4 the Wickerman
Nicolas Cage starred as a haunted and
determined policeman who travels to a
remote island to solve the mysterious
disappearance of a child Cage took very
few cues from the 1973 cult horror
classic and he just confused audiences
by randomly punching women stealing
bicycles screaming and wearing a bear
costume oh not the bees
number three rollerball in this sci-fi
action film the main event was an ultra
violent sport that emerged in 2005 while
the original was grim and ludicrous it
stood on much better footing than this
brain-dead retread like many other
would-be blockbusters it put all of its
resources into action and noise and went
nowhere in the process
simply put LL Cool J was the best
element of this picture and that’s never
a good thing when the surface came to
town did they let the elephant’s take a
cab to the hotel
you’re the elephant number two the Pink
Panther this money grab was wrapped in
the promise of nostalgia and honest
laughs what Hollywood didn’t realize was
that Peter Sellers single-handedly made
the iconic series work with his use of
subtle comedy while Steve Martin was
full-on lowbrow shockingly
this remake managed to spawn an even
more atrocious sequel number one psycho
taking the most dishonorable spot on our
top 10 countdown is the shot-by-shot
Massacre of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic
thriller the film introduced color which
was something Hitchcock himself did not
need it also added atrocious
performances by Anne Heche and Vince
Vaughn that proved this update was
completely unnecessary she just goes a
little mad sometimes
we all go though mad sometimes
these films are being remade welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst mainstream Hollywood remakes
number 10 The Day the Earth Stood Still
kicking off our list is the adaptation
that failed miserably to understand that
the original was a product of its time
this was due to the era’s ever-present
undercurrent of threat annihilation and
paranoia sure the remakes somehow made
loads of money but it was a tedious ly
boring picture that won’t be watched
again any time soon number 9 Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory this Tim Burton
remake was another dreadful waste of
celluloid like the original the film was
similarly centered on a boy who wins a
golden ticket
however the remake was tainted as it
lacked the heart of the original and
featured unlikable Oompa Loompas
don’t even mention Johnny Depp’s
repugnant Michael Jackson impersonation
well let’s keep on truckin number eight
Dinner for Schmucks this film was a
screwball comedy that starts Steve
Carell and Paul Rudd it was a vague
remake of the French film the genetic
comb otherwise known as dinner for
cretins in it a financial executive was
forced to find himself an idiot to take
to a mean-spirited dinner like many of
the films on this list
it took likable actors and great source
material and turned everything into a
mess number seven the invasion this was
the third reboot of 1956 –is the
invasion of the Body Snatchers as the
tale of an alien epidemic it should have
been exciting but the film proved to be
soulless after becoming infected the
film’s characters were forced to
struggle to stay awake
this of course paralleled the experience
of bored audiences everywhere
number six Planet of the Apes this
project was Tim Burton’s first failed
attempt to remake an untouchable classic
he placed an uncharismatic mark wahlberg
in the iconic role of the shipwrecked
astronaut that was originally occupied
by Charlton Heston the result was a film
that tried to mimic the originals
profound social commentary while also
adding action
unfortunately the movies ending fell
flat was Burton just aiming to out twist
and night shyamalan number 5
Godzilla this film was the product of
Dean Devlin and roland emmerich you
would think that they of all people
wouldn’t drop the ball after all
Godzilla was a monster movie legend
despite his towering might this
production was no match for a corny
script total lack of plot and Matthew
Broderick’s questionable acting
performance we did you find this guy
he’s from France number 4 the Wickerman
Nicolas Cage starred as a haunted and
determined policeman who travels to a
remote island to solve the mysterious
disappearance of a child Cage took very
few cues from the 1973 cult horror
classic and he just confused audiences
by randomly punching women stealing
bicycles screaming and wearing a bear
costume oh not the bees
number three rollerball in this sci-fi
action film the main event was an ultra
violent sport that emerged in 2005 while
the original was grim and ludicrous it
stood on much better footing than this
brain-dead retread like many other
would-be blockbusters it put all of its
resources into action and noise and went
nowhere in the process
simply put LL Cool J was the best
element of this picture and that’s never
a good thing when the surface came to
town did they let the elephant’s take a
cab to the hotel
you’re the elephant number two the Pink
Panther this money grab was wrapped in
the promise of nostalgia and honest
laughs what Hollywood didn’t realize was
that Peter Sellers single-handedly made
the iconic series work with his use of
subtle comedy while Steve Martin was
full-on lowbrow shockingly
this remake managed to spawn an even
more atrocious sequel number one psycho
taking the most dishonorable spot on our
top 10 countdown is the shot-by-shot
Massacre of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic
thriller the film introduced color which
was something Hitchcock himself did not
need it also added atrocious
performances by Anne Heche and Vince
Vaughn that proved this update was
completely unnecessary she just goes a
little mad sometimes
we all go though mad sometimes
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