10 Films Hollywood Should Have Remade Instead Of Ben Hur

Let’s be honest, people – the original isn’t that great. No movie that wipes out the dinosaurs in the first few minutes before cutting to a title card that reads, “65 Million Years Later” is aiming for profundity, but Armageddon is so loud, shallow and full of razzle-dazzle that the director could only be Michael Bay.

Setting the standard for the rest of his career, Bay allows his token female character (Liv Tyler) to stay at home and cry a lot while the men go into space and save the world, so wouldn’t it be great to reboot the film with an all-female cast? Let’s give the Bruce Willis role to Michelle Rodriguez, and fill out the supporting roles with Ronda Rousey, Zoe Bell, Rebecca Ferguson and Blake Lively. In a movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

It couldn’t be any worse than original. Bay’s film seemed to have been built around the comic shenanigans of Bruce’s motley crew, then as soon as they went into orbit, and faced one predictable crisis after another, all the fun drained away. Give the characters more to do, keep the running time down to 2 hours, and you’ve got a kick ass movie.

Which other flawed movies do you think deserve to be on this list? Share your suggestions below in the comments thread.