I've NOT watched the original so this is purely of this iteration of M.P. It is the first and hopefully ONLY movie that I watch or will EVER watch that HARDSELLs n.o.n.s.e.n.s.e. Big-name stars not lighting up the child in me at all. Songs that are so FORGETTABLE, and generally left me feeling I had wasted my 290 Php and a little under 2 hours of my valuable remainder of a weekend! Sell this product to more gullible brain-dead youngsters, maybe it'll work!