A Brief Comment on the Subject of Remakes

Ok. Some movies it's ok to remake. Some movies had good plots the first time around, but bad acting. Some movies were based on great books, but failed as films due to lack of special effects or poor production quality.

But a large number of popular movies that were successes were so because of the times, the people involved, and the novelty. The Birds, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and even Planet of the Apes, (as much as I hate it) have been or are being remade. Planet of the Apes annoys me, the Birds was incredibly silly, and well, I haven't seen Rocky Horror. But they are the magnificent messes that people love because of Alfred Hitchcock and his cast, because of John Waters and his cast, and because of Charleton Heston. Talking Apes were never going to work out, and being afraid of birds is a joke, even if the things are kind of creepy. The best part of the movie is the dumbest part, and it still manages to call itself a Hitchcock film.

We should never try to recreate the glory of old hollywood--we just shouldn't. I mean, they even tried to redo Judgement at Nuremberg and Rear Window. It's a crime.

That's it for now, but expect to hear more on the subject later...