A few weeks ago I was talking with a good friend of mine that I often see movies with and the subject of Will Smith's new movie ( I Am Legend ) came up. I had said that I wasn't sure I wanted to pay to see a Will Smith movie at the moment because of the talk that he was wanting to remake Karate Kid. I just felt that in a round about way paying to see a movie he is staring in is a way supporting him. Now it does look like the Karate Kid remake isn't going to happen ( thank goodness ) I'm still like in some ways I don't want to help support someone that would want to remake a film that was perfect the first time. I understand that many people feel that I may be overreacting to this situation however it did start a whole other line of thinking about remakes. So now that you know what spurred on this topic that I am going to be writing more about you can give a comment or two.
In the past few years there have been quite a lot of remakes. My question is why? After talking to people about it I have heard many different answers to this. One friend seems to think the film industry is just plain out of ideas and is now taking from old movies, everything has been done. Another person said if it worked once it has to work a second time with better technology. There is also a popular response of "this generation must be introduced to the ideas of the original movies but in a way they will understand it". Is this true? Would today's generation not understand Hitchcock's Psycho, and that is why a new one had to be made? How about Yours Mine and Ours, or Footloose ( currently being remade )? There are few remakes that are as good as the first and I can't think of one that is better then the original.
So what is your opinion on this? I would love to hear some feedback on this.
1 comment:
Remakes...eh, some are good, some are bad, and some are down right awful that everyone invloves need to be shot. I think movies that are deemed classic and stand the test of time should not be remade or alter. There was a reason why we fell in love with those movies.
Other than that most remakes are purely made for product placements (bewitched, Josie & the Pussycats, etc...) other aren't really remakes, just old TV show revamp for a movie. Which for the most part are crap (BeWitched, Dukes of Hazzard, etc...) Remakes are what they are, an easy way for Hollywood to turn a quick buck without having to come up with an original or heartfelt idea....
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