1. Superman Returns
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind Superman Returns, but in setting itself up as a direct sequel to the original film, it's a bit of a cheeky one given how closely much of its excessively-long run-time follows the narrative schematic of the first film. Here's just a few of the ways Returns rips off Richard Donner's original; we have Lex Luthor's goofy real estate scheme, near-verbatim dialogue between Luthor and Kitty being lifted from Luthor and Teschmacher's chat in the original, Supes saving an airplane with Lois on board, re-using John Williams' theme, similar title graphics, Marlon Brando being re-used as Jor-El, Kitty/Teschmacher's car accident being used to distract Superman, Supes almost drowning, and countless others also. Sure, it might be adorned by the storyline of Superman being away for a number of years and returning as an absentee father, but the feeling is that Singer threw this in there just so it didn't seem like the entire film was a copy, and that's probably why it's the strangest and weakest part of the film. Sure, it looks nice and it's well-acted, but really, there's very little imagination here at all. Which shameless reboot made you the angriest? Or want to argue about what's a reboot and what's a remake? Let us know in the comments below.