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Hollywood is no stranger to taking non-Hollywood films and remaking them for an American audience. Sure, very few remakes ever hold up to the quality of the original film, but there are some pretty good ones out there that are still remembered fondly even years after their release. Of course, with this trend of Americanizing films, some horror movies are inevitably going to get caught in the net.
The 2006 film though, is not only far from scary, but it's downright funny at times when it's not supposed to be. This is the movie that spawned the"Not the bees!" meme that can be found plastered all over the internet. The plot is pretty much the same, but the visuals and the script itself are full of Nicolas Cage-y craziness. The 2006 movie is widely considered one of those "so-bad-it's-good" movies now.
Well for one, the original movie is probably one of the most evil films ever made, because it is literally about evil itself, and features an intentionally disheartening ending to drive its point home. But the remake actually has a happy ending, which absolutely destroys the entire point of the original. This, and some other bumps were what caused it to fail so bad. To its credit, 1993's The Vanishing is far from the worst movie ever made. Heck, it's not even that bad.
Even though it was a box office success, many who bought tickets to the remake were left with a bad taste in their mouth. The remake had nothing remarkable to say, and was far from interesting, scary, or different in any way. The entire thing felt like a quick cash grab meant to capitalize on the success of the Thai film. In short, it just felt uninspired and like very little care was thrown into the thing. That probably wasn't the case, but it sure feels like it.
Then came the remake five years after Kurosawa release his version of the film, and it was a steaming hot mess. The fact that the American version managed to produce two whole sequels is mind-blowing, because it didn't deserve either of them. It should have been quietly lost in cyberspace somewhere, but its suckage continued with its sequels, disappointing audiences three times over.
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