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Worst remake ever in your opinion?

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For me it was easy: King Kong from 1976. The only redemption for that movie was the sexy Jessica Lange as "Dwan" (what's with that name?) The appearance of the WTC in this movie is a bit of nostalgia however, which might motivate one to watch at least the scenes with Lange's and New York's Twin Towers.

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Re: Worst remake ever in your opinion? - Rich S. 16:59:34 02/03/04 (0)
I agree, it made me sad seeing the towers. I had forgotten how many times they were shown in the last 1/3 of the movie. I used to play all the time in the plaza as a kid.
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"The Vanishing." Jeff Bridges never did settle in on - tinear 15:49:44 02/02/04 (0)
just one fake accent, seemed to change it every ten minutes, or so.
Very strange that this was such a stinker since the director of the original was responsible. A perfect example of Hollywood toxicity?
I wish they'd re-make Zardoz - Bolt_Snypr 10:08:38 02/02/04 (0)
so i had a reason to complane.
Re: Worst remake ever in your opinion? - Dmitry 23:33:01 02/01/04 (0)
It's a tough one.
Most remakes are either a way to cash in on the cult status of the originals[like King Kong or Psycho] or a cheap way of making films that proven to be successful overseas but are unknown here[script needs to be reworked a little bit, the original is already there as a production guide; voila.] Whoever came up with the idea was a financial genius.
Those horrible remakes of Pierre Richard films are a "good" example.
Re: Remakes? - patrickU 08:07:56 02/01/04 (1)
Take your pic....
Go to search and type " remakes "----------
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- Re: Agree - Dave-A 19:45:53 02/05/04 (0)
  I cannot remember one that I liked....could be wrong, but don't think so.
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Don't know about the "worst", but... - Victor Khomenko 07:09:03 02/01/04 (6)
...both the Scent of a Woman and Return of Martin Guerre score extremely high on that scale.
But I suspect I might change my mind after I finally have a chance to see the Solaris - I take it even AuPh puked all over it, and we awaited it like lost Polar expedition awaits its resquers... that Great White Hope fizzled apparently.
- If you have insomnia, Polaris is better than vodka for putting you out.................nt - dennzio 07:24:57 02/01/04 (5)
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    - Oops, make that Solaris....hee hee. (nt - dennzio 08:14:42 02/01/04 (3)
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      - No, you were correct---it was a deep diver. -n - albee33 08:38:20 02/01/04 (2)
        
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        Not if you can find your monocle (nt) - Victor Khomenko 10:17:09 02/01/04 (1)
        
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        It broke during American Pie 2 . . . -n - albee33 18:09:32 02/01/04 (0)
        
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Re: I was - rico 06:02:10 02/01/04 (1)
going to pick "King Kong" before I saw your text. So I'll pick "Sabrina".
And I hope that Peter Jackson's "Kong" will at least have an early 1930's setting.
- Agreed, a big monkey has a better chance . . . - albee33 08:45:17 02/01/04 (0)
  of raising hell on the public in the 30's than now. Cheez, with all the helicopters and shoulder-fired weapons it wouldn't get passed the dock.

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