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 Warner Bros.
Zack Snyder's 2013 retelling of the Superman legend did better at the box office than Superman Returns. But its lumbering ways failed to capture critics the way that Richard Donner's deft original did.
“It has heft, it looks amazing, and it's businesslike to a fault.” —Tim Robey, The Telegraph
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