@Mrebo, I've just read the synopsis of "The Adjustment Bureau", and I can't see for the love of God how it's supposed to be anything close to a "remake of the Matrix without being one".

I'll watch it some time soon (it's kinda hard to find a legal link on the internet and all), but seriously, how? Some similar elements like agents hunting people through office floors, I think, but the plot is completely different.

Inception differs enormously from existenZ, and neither is the Matrix a remake of Dark City (which has both the hero becoming God at the end, and the romantic couple prevailing against controlling forces).

So anyway, speaking of poor remakes, how about Vanilla Sky?
Although I see no reason to say it was poor because it was a remake (done a few years after the original, and Cruz in the same role at that) - Tom Cruise's acting took me out of it a bit, and it generally didn't feel as intense or nightmarish as the original.

The suicide flashback was all too sweet and happy, the shrink wasn't weeping over being a zombie, the main character doesn't seem so shocked at people freezing, doesn't shoot the guards, looks uglier, and it generally felt kinda fake.
Of course, it may have been "unnecessary" to begin with (other than to bring a rather interesting story to a wider American audience), but I think it felt flat because of the execution and minor decisions.