# The Most Appalling Remake

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-appalling-remake/105460 "2002-04-25T00:04:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-appalling-remake/105460/41 "2002-04-27T04:05:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by msmith537 \*  
> \*\*I haven’t hear good things about Oceans 11 either \*\*

IMO Oceans 11 is one of the better remakes.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-appalling-remake/105460/42 "2002-04-27T04:16:39Z")

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Here’s one to shudder in advance for: A remake of Daniel Webster and The Devil…staring Jennifer Love Hewitt as the Devil!

I kid you not [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0263265](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0263265) no release dates as of yet, though.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-appalling-remake/105460/43 "2002-04-27T12:45:14Z")

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I don’t think anybody’s mentioned _Bedazzled_. The original is still entertaining because of the comic chemistry between Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, and it embodies a particular kind of satire that you don’t see much anymore. A key mistake in the remake was casting Brendon Fraser; he’s a good actor, but too darn handsome. Dudley Moore was entirely believable as a short-order cook who has no luck with girls.

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-appalling-remake/105460/44 "2002-04-27T13:57:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by HoldenCaulfield \*  
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> IMO Oceans 11 is one of the better remakes. \*\*

It certainly helps when the original film is a piece of crap. Even an Andie McDowell/Adam Sandler pairing couldn’t be much worse than watching Sinatra and his buddies be (_not_ act like) a bunch of drunken imbeciles.

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