Worst Remake Of All Time?

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Culture Vulture

Are you referring to the Wicker Tree or the Wicker Man remake, Jack?

The Wicker Tree, I'm afraid . . .

[Culture Vulture]

I'd love to know more... how you saw it, and what you liked/disliked etc...

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Culture Vulture

I'd love to know more... how you saw it, and what you liked/disliked etc...

Here's what I posted the other day:

The Wicker Tree
Oh dear. To be honest, the film lived up to expectations as an awkward mess; I was just hoping it would recapture some of the oddball atmosphere of the first film. There were moments of attempted eccentricity (and more sexed-up folk songs), but to me it all felt horribly forced. While The Wicker Man didn’t exactly have an Oscar quality ensemble, at least you had the brilliance of Woodward to propel you through the story. Here, performances were awful across the board, not helped by a terrible screenplay (including a cringe making Simpsons reference) – Shaffer rolling in his grave! The story was all over the place, and especially unconvincing in its portrait of a rural cult community - one of the highlights of the original (I’m going to stop calling it that, this is no sequel). That leads to the ending, which is pretty shameless in its attempt to recapture the spirit of The Wicker Man , falling far far short of it obviously. More enjoyable was the wonderfully awkward pre-film appearance by Robin Hardy. Acting like he was hosting a 1970s beauty pageant, he introduced each cast member in turn till Alan Jones had to cut him off. Priceless

Feel free to ask if you have any specific questions (or PM me if it's spoilerific!)

[Rotten]

[B]Toolbox Murders remake was awful, I loved the original, and had such high hopes for Tobe Hoopers remake........it's got nothing to do with the original.

TexAs Chainsaw Massacre remake.........terrible

Dawn of the dead remake........pointless

Nightmare on Elm Street remake.........waste of time.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Rotten

[B]Toolbox Murders remake was awful, I loved the original, and had such high hopes for Tobe Hoopers remake........it's got nothing to do with the original.

TexAs Chainsaw Massacre remake.........terrible

Dawn of the dead remake........pointless

Nightmare on Elm Street remake.........waste of time.

Ha, I liked all of them, different strokes I suppose




Violence is Italian Art

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Culture Vulture

What do you think the worst remake of all time is? Right now I'd have to go with Rob Zombie's 'Halloween' remake.

Thoughts?

The wicker man.
The fog.
Nightmare on elm street.

These are the very worst. Didn't mind halloween, but its not a patch on the carpenter origional.

A lot of people loved the ring remake but I hated that one too.

[Culture Vulture]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Here's what I posted the other day:

The Wicker Tree
Oh dear. To be honest, the film lived up to expectations as an awkward mess; I was just hoping it would recapture some of the oddball atmosphere of the first film. There were moments of attempted eccentricity (and more sexed-up folk songs), but to me it all felt horribly forced. While The Wicker Man didn’t exactly have an Oscar quality ensemble, at least you had the brilliance of Woodward to propel you through the story. Here, performances were awful across the board, not helped by a terrible screenplay (including a cringe making Simpsons reference) – Shaffer rolling in his grave! The story was all over the place, and especially unconvincing in its portrait of a rural cult community - one of the highlights of the original (I’m going to stop calling it that, this is no sequel). That leads to the ending, which is pretty shameless in its attempt to recapture the spirit of The Wicker Man , falling far far short of it obviously. More enjoyable was the wonderfully awkward pre-film appearance by Robin Hardy. Acting like he was hosting a 1970s beauty pageant, he introduced each cast member in turn till Alan Jones had to cut him off. Priceless

Feel free to ask if you have any specific questions (or PM me if it's spoilerific!)

I'm very disappointed... oh well. How did you get to see it btw? Because it's not actually out yet, right?

[Culture Vulture]

Originally Posted by Rik

Ha, I liked all of them, different strokes I suppose

I quite liked the TXCM remake. Completely different from the original, a bit more Sawney Bean than Ed Gein, but I thought it made an enjoyable standalone film. It was almost TXCM crossed with The Hills Have Eyes. The sequel to the TXCM remake was, however, very, very poor.

[Gojirosan]

So many to choose from...but Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead travesty springs to the fore when I consider the proposition.

[Demoncrat]

The Ring
The Fog
TCM
DOTD
Halloween


am i the only one here who wasnt that annoyed by the Friday the 13th redo btw?