15 Reboots Worse Than the Original Movies
by
Joal Ryan, for Metacritic
– July 5, 2016
As the Melissa McCarthy-led Ghostbusters may attest, it's not easy being a reboot. Here's a look at 15 reboots, from the mere misfires to the flat-out flops (based on Metascores) that failed to match the acclaim or impact of their predecessors.
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photo by Twentieth Century Fox
How can you top an iconic twist ending, like the one from the original 1968 Apes? In Tim Burton's 2001 redo, the filmmaker's (wrong) answer was to sub the Lincoln Memorial for the Statue of Liberty.
“Mostly, the new film reminds us that swell production design is no substitute for a fresh, simple and startling idea.” —Richard Schickel, Time
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