Remake that rips the heart and soul out of the original

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2003)

Suppose, one day, a group of film makers decided to make a remake of "Die Hard." Only, instead of having John McClain save the day by shooting Hans, they have him save the day by buying Hans flowers and serenading him with love songs. Afterwards, John and Hans embrace passionately and go paintballing together.
Well, then you'd have a good idea of what I thought of "10 Things," a remake of "Taming of the Shrew" where they try to make the "shrew" too sympathetic to be shrewish, and there isn't any actual "taming" involved. True, I doubt that the studios would have allowed Pat to tame Kat by starving her out until she learned to say "Thank you," but the LEAST he could have done in this movie was play hard to get.
The original story had potential. For instance, it could have been a story about how nice guys will be viewed as doormats. Instead, the filmmakers go the exact opposite route and turn this into a cliche ridden feature with no real sense of truth. Instead of trying to "tame" Katrina, Pat wins her over by trying to be all sweet and mushy. Any edge that the story might have had is lost, and the film is reduced to being yet another teen movie for 14 year old girls.
If you liked it, I wouldn't be surprised, plenty of people did. But as for me, I'd have to rate it a zero. A remake that misses the main idea of the original is a pretty poorly done remake.