BryanM wrote:
Well, I think movies as an artform are dead. They're finished.
I couldn't agree more.
As to the original post, the reason why is simple. A remake or reboot is a title that's already known to the public. No money needs to be spent on getting the thing known. It's already out there. BUT it's almost always (artistically) redundant because all remakes lack the very thing that made the original so loved - charm. The charm of performance, execution and of the time they were made.
Remakes are charmless - they may try to be cool or appealing - they may succeed in some way, but it won't have what the original had. And the studio isn't bothered, all it cares about is selling. The director may like the idea but he's not going to subdue his ego, he thinks he can improve the thing (reasonable enough) - but they fail...
OK, the remake of Dawn of the Dead was good (ish) but i can't think of many others.
It's a business and you can't blame studios - if anything save your bile for people like Liam Neeson - decent actors who really should know better... I mean, surely the guy's got money, why do it?
Same thing is going to happen with Tron 2 - it's a new movie trading off an old cherished one. It'll have just enough neon, just enough of a link visually to the past, but will have none of the charm of the original.
No one wants to make a bad movie, but a studio would rather make a bad movie that's a hit rather than a good one that's a dud. A remake or reboot usually has a plot already laid out, characters that are already known (and loved) and a title that's already in the public conscious. That's a lot of problems solved right at the start.
I also enjoyed the shit out of AvP2. People may not like it as a alien vs predator movie but as an action flick it delivers big time. Non stop violence that reminded me A LOT of the new Rambo movie.
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