12 Movies That Were Ruined By One Dumb Decision

1. Reimagining Everything - Man Of Steel

Reimagining existing properties is the bread and butter of Hollywood franchising. The Amazing Spider-Man mixed things up so much it was afraid to use "with great power comes great responsibility" and Maleficent made the self-proclaimed mistress of all evil into a wronged anti-hero, repurposing the animated Sleeping Beauty as propaganda.

The only ones who don't seem to be getting in on the act are Marvel, who understand that audiences want to see things that are new. Shocking really. Most of this stems from the success of The Dark Knight Trilogy, which jettisoned much of what audiences expected from Batman and made things incredibly sombre (the Joker literally blows up the love interest), but misses the fact that not only was there a precedent for this in the source (Batman: Year One is as grimy, if not as enjoyable, as Nolan's films), but it was the only way the series could continue in any legitimate way. Batman And Robin had essentially smothered the franchise with a sickening day-glow, pun-infused vibrancy that a gritty reboot was the only way forward.

No one has misunderstood this more than the studio behind those films themselves, Warner Bros. Ignoring the inevitable !*$%-up that the D.C. Cinematic Universe will be, with Man Of Steel they simply followed the Dark Knight vein of CHANGING EVERYTHING. Superman wasn't the hippest superhero around, but simply watching Richard Donner's first movie and going "let's just do the exact opposite of everything" isn't going to work. Similar, yet painfully different mythology and a sombre, fun-free tone made the whole thing a slog, with its occasional glimmers lost in the murk.

Worst of all? The one thing they kept was those bloody glasses.

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