'Race to Witch Mountain' and remade/reimagined cinema in general

[Marc Anthony]

I haven't seen the film, but I already detest it; the preview is in HIGH rotation and it just looks like truly horrible cinema. They took an innocent Disney adventure flick—a piece of Americana, even—and remade it as schlock, replete with a stereotypical slimey alien and explosions. What is the fascination with explosions? For that matter, what is the point of remaking everything, especially when you intentionally change the whole story? If you want to freaking change the plot, why brand it to an existing name? A new idea would've at least stood a chance into evolving into acceptable entertainment, had they not tried to mold it into something it isn't. Meh.