12 Great Directors Who Helmed Terrible Movie Remakes

Most people have fallen out of love with Tim Burton nowadays; he's gone from that of exciting and original auteur to Hollywood hack, maker of films that seem less personal with each passing year. Before Planet of the Apes came out, however, Burton still had a relatively solid reputation as a director of integrity - films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and even Sleepy Hollow helped to cement him as a guy with personal vision.

That all changed with his ill-judged remake of Planet of the Apes, which essentially ushered in the beginning of the end for Burton as far as movie-lovers were concerned. What should have been remarkable and interesting emerged as tone confused and awkward; Mark Wahlberg stumbles through a remake that doesn't even seem to understand itself on a fundamental level (the "twist" at the end makes zero sense).

As if that wasn't enough, the script is horrible and Burton can't seem to make his mind up about whether he's delivering a B-movie homage, a parody or something to be taken seriously. Some great make-up effects aside, it's painful to sit through.

So Planet of the Apes came to define the point at which the scales tipped irreversibly in the wrong direction for Burton, leading to a career hinged on studio-driven monstrosities like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland, the latter of which has to be one of the worst blockbusters ever made.

Your career, Tim! You blew it up!