South Pathetic
Because of its few flaws, there have been a number of people who have suggested that it might be a good idea to do a remake of the 1958 film "South Pacific". Well, I disagree. No one, I mean no one ever, can better Mitzi Gaynor as Nurse Forbush.
However, someone did make a pathetic attempt at a remake; a TV movie from 2001 which I must regretfully say I've had the displeasure of seeing.
War surely is hell if this tele-trash is any kind of representation. Holy Bloody Mary! I'd rather swab the entire deck of an aircraft carrier with a toothbrush than to subject myself to another viewing of this flotsam.
Rating: 1/10
While we're on the subject of tele-garbage, I should mention a few other movie musical remakes done for television. Here they are rated along with their original theatre counterparts.
Gypsy (1962) Rating: 8/10
TV Gypsy (1993) Rating 4/10
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) Rating: 7/10
TV Bye Bye Birdie (1995) Rating: 3/10
The Music Man (1962) Rating: 10/10
TV Music Man (2003) Rating: 1/10
Annie (1982) Rating: 6/10
TV Annie (1999) Rating: 3/10