Jan 7 2013 06:40 PM ET

The best and worst movie remakes: You voted, we say ...

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DAY-EARTH-STOOD-STILL

Image Credit: Doane Gregory

WORST: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Original: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Your rank: #7 (5.94% of vote)
We say: Aliens visit Earth and force mankind to confront their destructive behavior. In the 1951 movie, apocalyptic fears were nuclear based. In the remake, which starred Keanu Reeves as the avenging alien, it’s environmental annihilation. Though earnest in its deference to the original, the remake’s pace drags and its telegraphed climax disappoints.

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