Recently, Ive noticed a certain amount of bitching stemming from announced remakes, such as ‘Flight of the Navigator’ and ‘Total Recall’. My question for the week is, why do people bitch about remakes? Remakes are both a good and a bad thing. On one hand, remakes allow talented filmmakers to show their vision of the original, and on the other hand, they can be made just to cash in on the original. Most remakes aren’t great. I and almost everyone else knows that. But why complain? If you don’t like it, just go back to watching the original.
Almost every time a new remake is announced, people complain that Hollywood is losing originality. That is most definitely NOT the case. Just have a look at the release schedule for the rest of this year.
July 15 (Wednesday)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
July 17 (Friday)
500 Days of Summer (Limited)
In the Loop (Limited)
July 24 (Friday)
G-Force
Orphan
The Ugly Truth
Shrink (Limited)
July 29 (Wednesday)
Adam (Limited)
July 31 (Friday)
Funny People
Aliens in the Attic
The Cove (Limited)
Not Quite Hollywood (Limited)
Thirst (Limited)
August 7 (Friday)
GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra
Julie & Julia
Cold Souls (Limited)
I Sell the Dead (Limited)
Paper Heart (Limited)
August 14 (Friday)
A Perfect Getaway
District 9
Ponyo
Taking Woodstock The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (Limited)
Spread (Limited)
August 21 (Friday)
Inglourious Basterds
Post Grad
Shorts
World’s Greatest Dad (Limited)
August 28 (Friday)
The Final Destination
Halloween II
September 4 (Friday)
All About Steve
Gamer
Extract
September 9 (Wednesday)
Shane Acker’s 9
September 11 (Friday)
Whiteout
Sorority Row
September 18 (Friday)
Armored
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Jennifer’s Body
Love Happens
Pandorum
Bright Star (Limited)
The Burning Plain (Limited)
September 25 (Friday)
Fame
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
The Invention of Lying
Surrogates
October 2 (Friday)
Michael Moore Documentary
Shutter Island
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D
A Serious Man (Limited)
More Than a Game (Limited)
October 9 (Friday)
Couples Retreat
The Informant
Whip It!
Zombieland
An Education (Limited)
October 16 (Friday)
The Stepfather
The Road
Where the Wild Things Are
October 23 (Friday)
Amelia
Astro Boy
Saw VI
Antichrist (Limited)
October 30 (Friday)
The Box
Youth in Revolt
NOVEMBER 2009
November 6 (Friday)
A Christmas Carol
The Wolf Man
Precious (Limited)
November 13 (Friday)
2012
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
November 20 (Friday)
Planet 51
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Broken Embraces (Limited)
November 25 (Wednesday)
Rob Marshall’s Nine
Ninja Assassin
Old Dogs
December 4 (Friday)
Brothers
Everybody’s fine
December 11 (Friday)
The Lovely Bones
Invictus (Limited)
December 18 (Friday)
Avatar
The release dates and original movies are in bold. Yep, originality definitely covers over adaptions. So the question remains, why do people bitch? That is one I can not answer, I guess it is just human nature to become pissy. But, this feature isnt a therapy session, its a rant about how people are wrong, and how I am right. Once more, it looks like I am right about this one. Also, if you dont agree with me, register on the forum, or shoot me an email at Matt@MovieViral.com.
God, I hate people.
List courtesey of First Showing.net
(EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS LIST HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED IN TERMS OF THE ORIGINALITY OF THE FILMS)