I had a negative reaction to the original film. The review that convinced me to watch it said the producer/director had a lot of experience skiing and so this film portrayed skiing realistically. So watching the film I was looking forward to that aspect.
There was an episode in the film where there was a white-out due to fog while the family was out skiing groomers together. The wife gets separated from the father and two kids as they are skiing; she has dropped behind and can't be seen. Dad takes his skis off and walks back uphill into the enclosing fog to find her, leaving us watching and waiting with the two kids. Finally out of the fog comes dad, walking back, carrying his wife (no skis) in his arms. He's bringing her back to the family. Out there on a groomer, somewhere up on the mountain, in a dense white-out. Without her skis. We do not find out how they get back down to the base. As the movie continues, it turns out she is not injured. I guess she was frightened enough from being lost in the fog to not be able to walk?? I found that unbelievable and lost my trust in the film.
The original was atmospherically dark. That is what I remember the most: that intense, cold, unfriendly, silent, lonely mood enclosing a family's attempt to have "fun" at a big European resort - when it's just not working. The new movie appears to have replaced that emotionally frigid mood with humor. I'm eager to see it.