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The_Return, I guess I can see where your coming from. Both of them are two very different films.
As for the endings being the same, I didn't think so at all. The original is as I stated, sort of... just ends. It has continuity, sure, and I guess it has the cliffhanger and spook factor going for it - but the remake. It showed them escape, not just them exiting the same frame as the house. It showed the family, how they re-accepted him as their father again, and not as the monster.
I don't think he was just hit over the head anf forgot everything at all. The supernatural aura around the house was causing him to act wierd, as if he wasn't in control. Knocking him out was the same as it would be to knock anyone out. They are unconcious for a while. Being unconcious, they were able to REMOVE him from the house's general area. When he awoke, he was himself. He remembered the events, and he felt ashamed. But his family still accepted him, even the children who didn't before. I found this a much better ending.
As for the scenes being more eyecandy then anything, yeah - they were. But a film is much more then essentially just the story being told. It's about visuals, it's the same as a piece of art. Things look pretty, doesn't mean they are bad. It may not add to the experience overall, or to the story, but it does add to the atmosphere. At least I think so. The babysitter being attractive, I didn't really find she was that much of a knock-out. I thought it was rather comical. It's the typical attractive-babysitter watching a smug macho boy, not WANTING a babysitter. But when he sees her, things change. I thought that as more of a homage then a negative aspect.
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