The great filmmaker Tim Burton rarely messes up. He’s made some fantastic films so we will allow him one slip up. Unfortunately, it had to be the classic film Planet of The Apes that he royally destroyed in the year 2001.
Apparently no amount of makeup, effects, and just generally modern movie techniques added anything. Sometimes nothing can compare to the simplicity of an original piece. We won’t even get into the awful “twist” that ended the movie.
The Fog (2005)
We at least had a pretty face to look at. Remember that hunky teen Superman from "Smallville?"Tom Welling, yes. We suppose that he was the greatest thing about this remake of the 1980 cult classic from iconic director John Carpenter.
Director Rupert Wainwright tried to recreate the spookiness using special effects. While it did add some eeriness, the film would have been better off untouched.
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The soap opera comedy series "Desperate Housewives" does a better job of portraying modern-day suburban shenanigans than the actual remake of "The Stepford Wives."
The remake did, however, manage to get a killer cast on board (Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Nicole Kidman.) Even with that, the kitschy remake is over the top. You would be doing yourself a favor skipping it.
Fame (2009)
Overly polished and dumbed down, the remake of "Fame" took a gritty and raw film about art school students in the 80s and trashed it. The energy completely vanished in this film.
As critic Roger Egbert said it perfectly. "The new 'Fame' is a sad reflection of the new Hollywood, where the material is sanitized and dumbed down for a hypothetical teen market that is way too sophisticated for it."
Poseidon (2006)
The 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure" was a classic American disaster film that dazzled viewers in the 70s. The highly imaginative film brought was brought back to "life" in a noisy and overbearing 2006 remake.
The storyline of angry family members plastered against unimpressive CGI effects was not worth it. Not to mention the casting of Fergie. Why?