[SirLinksalot]

Up 'til now, every review I've seen of this film has been extremely negative. This article must be from the bearded-Spock universe.

Actually there are more positive ratings than negative ratings for this movie.

Go to this site :

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pinkpanther05.htm

64% of those who reviewed the film gave it a rating of A or B and above. 23% gave it an F.

I suspect it is because most of those who saw the film compared it to Peter Seller's matchless portrayal of Clouseau ( this is very much the same as every portrayl of the King in any Broadway remake of the Kign and I. Every one who plays the King gets to be compared with Yul Bryner ).

However as I said, every generation has to portray a character in its own fresh new way. Sean Connery can't be James Bond forever. Hence, we've gotta give men like Roger Moore and then Pierce Brosnan after him a chance ( and they did justice to the role of Bond ). In this sense, I believe Steve Martin really has made Clouseau his own for this current generation.

[Xenalyte]

every generation has to portray a character in its own fresh new way.

There's no "has to" about it. This generation could perhaps try something original, instead of tired and tiring remakes.

[VRWCmember]

Up 'til now, every review I've seen of this film has been extremely negative. This article must be from the bearded-Spock universe.

Actually there are more positive ratings than negative ratings for this movie.

I think you're confusing ratings with reviews. Reviewers hated this movie. Normal people going to the movies liked it in general.