A question

[ericcoleman]

There was a link on IMDB about movies that are not being remade. Which made me think, what is the worst possible remake you can think of?

A Night At The Opera ... as a vehicle for the Jonas Brothers

Comments

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

'Tis enough to cause me to run screaming.

[erik]

2001: A Space Odyssey. A film by Adam McKay.

[erik]

(or, y'know, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac)

[ericcoleman]

That's a horrible idea, it needs to never happen ... ever ... oh ...

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Now a remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with a gay couple instead of an interracial couple would have had potential.

[ericcoleman]

With Will Ferrell as Dr. David Bowman

[lizziecrowe.livejournal.com]

Now you're just trying to make me CRY... *head in hands*

[ericcoleman]

what were we talking about this morning?

[erik]

Of course. And Seth Rogan as the voice of HAL.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

The Dark Knight with Adam West.

[lizziecrowe.livejournal.com]

Or there's always "The Mask" With Keanu Reeves. Wait, he doesn't NEED a mask to have zero expression. Right then.....

[guppiecat]

Best Worst Possible: Chuck Jones's Aliens.

Worst Worst Possible: Bill and Ted in Trois Couleurs: Bleu

[billroper]

Casablanca with Will Farrell and Roseanne Barr.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

"We'll always have Lanford."

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

<snark flavor="obligatory">
The Day The Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Re -- oh, wait a moment...
War of the Worlds starring Tom Cr -- oh, wait a moment...
</snark>

OK, now that I've gotten that out of my system... ;-)

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" starring the guys from Goodburger
"Thelma and Louise" starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
"The Princess Bride" starring:
* Shia LaBeouf as Westley
* Lindsay Lohan as Buttercup
* Eric Balfour as Inigo
* Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Fezzik
* and Christopher Walken as the grandfather

[barondave.livejournal.com]

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie with the cast of Friends.

Dirty Harry set in Kazakhstan and starring Sascha Baron Cohen.

Cool Hand Luke except set in a Vancouver rehab clinic and starring Lindsay Lohan and Yasmine Bleeth as the grizzled chain gain leader.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

"Beaches" - actually the original should not have been made.

[blindgeoff.livejournal.com]

Tim Burton's The Man Who Would Be King, starring Jack Black and Johnny Depp

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Das Boot as either a Judd Apatow film or an Adam Sandler vehicle.