Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday.This week’s question: What is the worst movie remake ever made?“Beauty and the Beast” (2017)Mike McGranaghan (@AisleSeat), The Aisle Seat, RankerIt was a massive hit and got mostly good reviews from other critics, so maybe this is just a personal thing, but I’d have to choose Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” remake.
They took a beautiful, meaningful story and turned it into a big, dumb, overblown, soulless, CGI-heavy bore.
Actually, I hate all the Disney live-action remakes.
They’re just inferior versions of movies that were virtually perfect.
Disney has always been way too willing to cannibalize itself.
These films take that unappealing tendency to a new low.
The “Beauty and the Beast” remake is the worst of a bad lot.“Breathless” (1983)Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow), The
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