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 Sony Pictures
It's not that Andrew Garfield was a bad web-slinger; he wasn't. It's that the 2002 Tobey Maguire Spider-Man felt fresh and important because it was. This 2012 reboot didn't feel like either.
“Don't come to The Amazing-Spider-Man looking for originality.” —Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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