Top 10 Dumbest Movie Remake Decisions

Nothing beats the original! For this list, we’ll be looking at the worst choices made by directors and studios that ruined some of our favorite movie franchises. Plot details will be discussed, so this is your official spoiler warning! Our countdown includes films "Clash of the Titans", "Ghost in the Shell", "The Mummy" and more! Have any of your favorite movies been ruined by a bad remake decision? Let us know in the comments below.

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[WatchMojo]

Have any of your favorite movies been ruined by a bad remake decision? Let us know in the comments below.

[ajtaylor]

1999's "The Mummy" is literally the perfect formula for making an adventure film and Universal felt the need to try and financially capitalize on that nostalgic film and remake it for their failure of a monster film universe. Stephen Sommers, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and everyone involved with that film made one of the best films ever and the magic and passing in it is present on screen in virtually every frame.

[TheWarmachine]

6:30 The Mummy with Brendan Fraser was the best remake to be honest.

[noirangel]

*Fun Fact:*
Guillermo Del Toro asked Universal if he could direct the remake for "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" for the Dark Universe because it was his childhood favorite, and the start of his love for monsters.

He wanted to put it fron the Creature's perspective and make it a romance with the creature falling in love with the female lead, but
Universal rejected his idea in favor of the standard man vs monster.

Del Toro gave up, and went on to make "The Shape of Water" (one of my favorite Del Toro films), which won him 4 Oscars for Best Picture, Original Score, Director, and Production Design. Meanwhile Universal's Dark Universe took a nosedive to hilarity.

I guess making your own fanfic version of your favorite fictional story pays off after all.

[jackrodakthemovieguy]

Brendan Fraser as Rick O Connel was like Michael Keaton as Batman,
It’s a role that sounds dumb on paper, but managed to work well.
Rather than Tom Cruise just replacing him to be in a role he’s done millions of times

[ProfessorTakatoPalm]

The Tom Cruise Mummy movie still has me mad. The Brendan Fraser Mummy is a classic. It didn’t need a remake or reboot. I regard The Mummy (1999) as a Masterpiece.

[LeonardoKlotz]

1st rule of a cinematic universe:

"You do NOT tell everyone that you're making a cinematic universe!!!"

[clffliese]

I've, always, believed, if a movie's good enough to be remade, it doesn't need to be remade.

[shadowa]

I’m surprised that they didn’t mention the live action remake of Mulan. This movie shouldn’t of been remade instead of trying to shamelessly make a cash grab with such a excellent movie.

[zaphodthenth]

I totally agree with the reason the RoboCop remake failed. Violence is a key part of it plus Murphy's re-emergence to his humanity.
The remake had none of this; It was as bad as one of the RoboCop ripoff movies from decades ago

[disneyvillainsfan]

I know you already gave Disney Live-Action Remakes their own list years ago, but there are Plenty of Other bad changes to warrent a Top 20 List, especially with more recent remakes. Like Mulan being born with Chi Powers, Pinocchio not turning into a real boy onscreen, Scar's iconic "Be Prepared" number being shortend to last 2 minutes, and how Maleficent's Raven transformed into a Dragon, instead of Maleficent herself.

[cleo]

I thought Tom Cruise's The Mummy remake/reboot was just another Mission impossible film with Ancient Egyptian stuff thrown in and a lot of running.

[BrandonKohout]

A little word of advice to the remakes: DON'T MESS WITH THE ORIGINALS!!!!

[bellasalceies]

The Mummy from 1999 is the actual remake while the 2017 version is just a reboot

[danielferrieri]

Top Ten Remakes that stayed true to the Original Source Material

[MrKuger]

Brandon Fraser was asked one time on his opinion on why Tom Cruise's The Mummy failed. To summarize, he said most people who knew The Mummy often associate the series with action-adventure with a bit of comedy. And when people heard about Tom Cruise version about being a thriller instead, people were disappointed. Too bad Tom Cruise isn't known having a sense of humor.

[dcguy]

The Mummy should have NEVER been "rebooted" after the Frasier franchise.

[disneyvillainsfan]

Phew, I'm glad you didn't bash on Willy Wonka's characterization in Tim Burton's Charlie in The Chocolate Factory again. He was intended to be as kooky and awkward in the 2005 movie as he was in the original Roald Dahl book.

[ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Making Robocop 2014 PG13 was seriously dumb. They literally got the director of Elite Squad and wants it watered down?? The hell?

[Magelog]

In defense of planet of the apes, the books from which the movies were based on originally finished with the Lincoln ape. They changed it for the liberty statue for the movie and it was such a good twist that even the author said it was better than his book twist. With the remake they stuck more closely to the source material and kept the original ending, but the first movie twist ending was so damn good that it completely failed LMAO 😭😂