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Franchises That Have Been Successfully Rebooted

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

8.2 (89 Ratings) Rate It

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Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrannical Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors...

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Creed (2015)

8.3 (26 Ratings) Rate It

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Filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s Creed reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan...

Halloween (2018)

7.2 (120 Ratings) Rate It

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Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted...

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Batman Begins (2005)

8.0 (48 Ratings) Rate It

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A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts...

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

8.1 (307 Ratings) Rate It

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Under the watchful eye of Tony Stark and facing a villain known as the Vulture, young Peter Parker...

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Charmed in TV

Jan 16, 2019

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Charmed (The CW) Trailer HD - 2018 Reboot

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LeftSideCut (3778 KP) created a video about Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) in Movies

Jul 18, 2019 (Updated Jul 19, 2019)

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Jay & Silent Bob Reboot - Red Band Trailer

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Demi (22 KP) rated A Christmas Carol in Books

Apr 25, 2018

A classic

I still love this story after countless readings and about as many reboots. Few are unfamiliar with the story, which lends itself well to contemporary retellings. But I enjoy revisiting the original now and then. It's a very quick read, and one of my favorite ghost stories and tales of redemption. If Scrooge can change, who can't?

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Dean (6921 KP) rated Child's Play (1988) in Movies

Jan 6, 2018

Quite a lot of dark humour (0 more)

I'm Chucky, wanna play?

A different kind of Slasher icon in a possessed doll on a killing spree so he can take human form again. Very tongue in cheek with a lot of humour and sarcasm. Plenty of quotes still stand out from the film. It's probably the best of the series including the many sequels and reboots.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Planet of the Apes (2001) in Movies

Jan 13, 2021

Planet of the Apes (2001)

2001 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

7

6.2

(24 Ratings)

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Not The Bad

This Remake/Reboot of Planet of the Apes isnt that bad. The action is good, the acting is good, the sci-fi is good. Its that ending that made no sense. Im not sure why people didnt like this film, that its one of the worst remake's/reboots of all time. Its not their are others remakes/reboots that are worst than this.

The plot: Astronaut Leo Davidson whips through space and time to a world where apes and gorillas rule the humans. Captured, he is nurtured by Ari and hunted by General Thade as he leads a rebel group of humans and chimpanzees in search of his downed craft. This is his only hope of escape and, ironically, the planet's only hope of shaking off the tyranny of the gorillas, allowing peaceful humans and chimpanzees to co-exist.

I think its a good film.

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Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) rated War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) in Movies

Jul 24, 2017

Fantastic end to a great trilogy (0 more)

Apes Together Strong

This was one of my most anticipated movies of this year and it was great. It wasn't as good as Dawn, but it still delivered a satisfying conclusion to a fantastic rebooted trilogy.
The performances are great, the CGI is mind-blowingly realistic and Matt Reeves direction is brilliant.
For my money, these 3 movies are the best reboots ever made.

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Kay Bee (1 KP) rated Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) in Movies

Jan 28, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

2017 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

9

8.0

(306 Ratings)

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Fantastic cast, great action, and a fun story (0 more)

Not the Jumanji of My Younger Years

I typically don't like "reboots" because most of the time it seems to mean "remake". However, Jumanji is a true reboot. It took the basic premise of the original and completely updated the concept for today's audience. I was super excited to see it as I'm a fan of everyone in the cast and they did not disappoint. Their chemistry was amazing their characters kicked ass and were hilarious.

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Andrew Furlong (14 KP) rated Star Trek (2009) in Movies

Sep 27, 2017

Star Trek (2009)

2009 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

6

7.9

(68 Ratings)

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It is fun (2 more)

The cast gets their characters so very right, especially Karl Urban as bones

Michael Giacchino delivers a good score

I just don't like the aesthetic of the reboots. It doesn't look like Star Trek to me and the new Enterprise is honestly kind of ugly (3 more)

The plot is very contrived

Shaky cam

Not much going on thematically, mostly feels like a dumb actioner

Torn on this as a lifelong Trekkie

I can certainly understand why people enjoy this, but it just doesn't feel like Trek to me. Still it is enjoyable in its own way.

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Lilyn G - Sci-Fi & Scary (91 KP) rated Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) in Movies

Jul 3, 2018

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

2018 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

4

7.1

(186 Ratings)

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What happened?

I understand that these are 'basically' reboots of the first films, so in the first movie I really enjoyed the little homages to the original Jurassic Park. But this one felt like nothing but sad grabs at past glory.

I mean, there's only so many times a dinosaur can roar against a dramatic background before you start yawning, you know?

And as for the acting - Chris Pratt, as usual, was good. But the rest? Meh. No one stood out.

Even my mom, who is a diehard Jurassic Park fan, commented that she had no desire to see the third movie at all.

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Franchises That Have Been Successfully Rebooted

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Creed (2015)

Halloween (2018)

Batman Begins (2005)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Charmed in TV

Jan 16, 2019

Charmed (The CW) Trailer HD - 2018 Reboot

LeftSideCut (3778 KP) created a video about Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) in Movies

Jul 18, 2019 (Updated Jul 19, 2019)

Jay & Silent Bob Reboot - Red Band Trailer

Demi (22 KP) rated A Christmas Carol in Books

Apr 25, 2018

Dean (6921 KP) rated Child's Play (1988) in Movies

Jan 6, 2018

Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Planet of the Apes (2001) in Movies

Jan 13, 2021

Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) rated War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) in Movies

Jul 24, 2017

Kay Bee (1 KP) rated Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) in Movies

Jan 28, 2018

Andrew Furlong (14 KP) rated Star Trek (2009) in Movies

Sep 27, 2017

Lilyn G - Sci-Fi & Scary (91 KP) rated Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) in Movies

Jul 3, 2018