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The new version is awful....


As someone who loved the first movie as a child, admittedly it would have been hard to beat. However the 07 version has to be one of the lamest remakes I've ever seen. The attempt to make it into some form of catchy musical failed on so many levels. The songs were forgettable, the Corny Collins set was poor and the script changes were all disastrous. John Revolta has been in some howlers, but his muffled lines completely ruined the comical nature of the character he was supposed to be portraying. His delivery was dire. Michelle was also totally below par too. Turnblad was the best of a bad bunch.

To say it was disappointing would be the understatement of the year

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Could not agree more.

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THANK GOD. I haven't even seen the new one but I was so shocked by stupid people's reactions to this original one on IMDB - IGNORANT KIDS, they just don't get it.

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