5 Most Pointless Remakes

5 Most Pointless Remakes By Christy Lemire August 19, 2011 Photo by Columbia Pictures/Jasin Boland "The Karate Kid" La (AP) This is just one of individuals days is which five options aren't nearly enough. We are speaking about unnecessary remakes, which virtually means ... these.Uncommon may be the remake that really enhances about the original this year's "The Auto technician" with Jason Statham springs in your thoughts. However the original versions of "Assault on Precinct 13" or "The Longest Yard" or "The Taking of Pelham 123," for instance, were all right on the own, and in their own individual time.With this particular week getting new versions of "Conan the Barbarian" and "Fright Evening," we are going to pay attention to movies that never should happen to be touched. Stop me if you feel you've heard that one before:"Psycho" (1998): Virtually nobody is going near Alfred Hitchcock, ever. But when you are daring enough to test, you need to avoid carrying out a shot-by-shot remake of the items is most likely the masters best-known film. Still, you need to admire Gus Van Sant's chutzpah. He shot it colored that's different and added a couple of slight tweaks. Vince Vaughn plays the legendary Anthony Perkins role of Norman Bates and Anne Heche fills set for Jesse Leigh as Marion Crane. But apart from that, it is the same figures, same dialogue, same camera angles, the same Bernard Hermann score from 1960. This is an intriguing exercise but, ultimately, a noble failure."Town of Angels" (1998): Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" (1987) is really a modern classic, also it featured among the finest performances by the late Peter Falk. Melancholy, thoughtful and aesthetically arresting, it adopted unseen angels who viewed over Berlin, watching individuals actions, hearing their ideas, silently shaping their lives. "Town of Angels," in comparison, was too apparent it typed everything out, its feelings were too tidy. Kaira Silberling switched this subtle story right into a simple romantic comedy starring Nicolas Cage (being an angel) and Meg Ryan (like a heart surgeon), two stars who make simply no sense together."The LadiesInch (2008): George Cukor's 1939 cat fight, in line with the abide by Clare Boothe Luce, was intended like a satire of society mavens as well as their frivolous lives. In pointing the very first time and writing the script, "Murphy Brown" creator Diane British made it a celebration. Sure, it had an exciting-female cast of solid stars (Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Cloris Leachman), as did the original, though possibly less than the stellar collection that incorporated Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell. Cukor's tone and timing were missing British applied all of the lighthearted instincts of her sitcom background apparently no experience from the source material."The Invasion" (2007): There've been many versions from the sci-fi classic "Invasion from the Body Snatchers," but that one had the least bite. Nicole Kidman, Difficulties and Jeffrey Wright visited waste like a couple of from the last people who handled to stay uninfected whenever a gloopy substance from space required within the population, turning people into emotionless drone versions of themselves. The entire point of the story happens to be for everyone like a reflection of their occasions, be it creating a statement about McCarthyism (1956) or Vietnam and Watergate (1978). This time around, there have been passing TV news references towards the war in Iraq and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, however the film's political ideology felt thrown-in and half-baked. For the worst situation, it had not been the smallest bit frightening or suspenseful."The Karate Kid" (2010): This really is of course an individual, nostalgic choice. However for anybody who was raised within the 1980s, "The Karate Kid" inspires an in-depth fondness. Harold Zwart's version maintained the fundamental structure as well as some key particulars, such as the sweep-the-leg moment within the finale. It moved the setting from La to Beijing, that's no large deal. The primary problem was the casting of Jaden Cruz, who had been many years more youthful than Rob Macchio was and appears even more youthful. And thus neither the fighting nor the romance having a girl who's from his league two key aspects of "The Karate Kid" made sense.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 5 Most Pointless Remakes By Christy Lemire August 19, 2011 "The Karate Kid" PHOTO CREDIT Columbia Pictures/Jasin Boland La (AP) This is just one of individuals days is which five options aren't nearly enough. We are speaking about unnecessary remakes, which virtually means ... these.Uncommon may be the remake that really enhances about the original the 2010 "The Auto technician" with Jason Statham springs in your thoughts. However the original versions of "Assault on Precinct 13" or "The Longest Yard" or "The Taking of Pelham 123," for instance, were all right by themselves, and in their own individual time.With this particular week getting new versions of "Conan the Barbarian" and "Fright Evening," we are going to pay attention to movies that never must have been touched. Stop me if you feel you've heard that one before:"Psycho" (1998): Virtually nobody is going near Alfred Hitchcock, ever. But when you are daring enough to test, you need to avoid carrying out a shot-by-shot remake of the items is most likely the masters best-known film. Still, you need to admire Gus Van Sant's chutzpah. He shot it colored that's different and added a couple of slight tweaks. Vince Vaughn plays the legendary Anthony Perkins role of Norman Bates and Anne Heche fills set for Jesse Leigh as Marion Crane. But apart from that, it is the same figures, same dialogue, same camera angles, the same Bernard Hermann score from 1960. This is an intriguing exercise but, ultimately, a noble failure."Town of Angels" (1998): Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" (1987) is really a modern classic, also it featured among the finest performances through the late Peter Falk. Melancholy, thoughtful and aesthetically arresting, it adopted unseen angels who viewed over Berlin, watching individuals actions, hearing their ideas, silently shaping their lives. "Town of Angels," in comparison, was too apparent it typed everything out, its feelings were too tidy. Kaira Silberling switched this subtle story right into a simple romantic comedy starring Nicolas Cage (being an angel) and Meg Ryan (like a heart surgeon), two stars who make simply no sense together."The LadiesInch (2008): George Cukor's 1939 cat fight, in line with the abide by Clare Boothe Luce, was intended like a satire of society mavens as well as their frivolous lives. In pointing the very first time and writing the script, "Murphy Brown" creator Diane British managed to get a celebration. Sure, it had an exciting-female cast of solid stars (Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Cloris Leachman), as did the initial, though possibly less than the stellar collection that incorporated Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell. Cukor's tone and timing were missing British applied all of the lighthearted instincts of her sitcom background apparently no experience from the source material."The Invasion" (2007): There've been many versions from the sci-fi classic "Invasion from the Body Snatchers," but that one had minimal bite. Nicole Kidman, Difficulties and Jeffrey Wright visited waste like a couple of from the last people who handled to stay uninfected whenever a gloopy substance from space required within the population, turning people into emotionless drone versions of themselves. The entire point of the story happens to be to function as a reflection of their occasions, be it creating a statement about McCarthyism (1956) or Vietnam and Watergate (1978). This time around, there have been passing TV news references towards the war in Iraq and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, however the film's political ideology felt thrown-in and half-baked. For the worst situation, it had not been the smallest bit frightening or suspenseful."The Karate Kid" (2010): This really is of course an individual, nostalgic choice. However for anybody who was raised within the 1980s, "The Karate Kid" inspires an in-depth fondness. Harold Zwart's version maintained the fundamental structure as well as some key particulars, such as the sweep-the-leg moment within the finale. It moved the setting from La to Beijing, that's no large deal. The primary problem was the casting of Jaden Cruz, who had been many years more youthful than Rob Macchio was and appears even more youthful. And thus neither the fighting nor the romance having a girl who's from his league two key aspects of "The Karate Kid" made sense.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.