But then if the original was sooooo bad why remake it? Even if the movie was the worst film ever to me the remake is automatically worse.
As ShaggyMarco pointed out in an already excellent fashion:
ShaggyMarco said:
That said, there are certainly cases where films have good premises that are just not realized to their full potential due to acting constraints, interfereing studios, or special effects limitations.
Remaking a bad movie is essentially the film makers saying that they think the core concept of a film was a pretty alright deal, it just wasn't all it could have been... and I think that applies to all film ideas, even if it's something as retarded as
Kangaroo Jack.
SSJmole said:
I'm actually saddened by the lack of respect for artists who made the original and saddened by the fact people would rather watch remakes that can never be as good as the original than original films.
See, that's just a completely monistic way of looking at things.
I agree that some remakes mean that you don't respect the original idea. But other remakes mean that you DO respect the original idea, and that you admire it so much you want to 'modernize' it to become more resonant to a contemporary audience (
Ocean's Eleven) or apply a new coat of paint. There's definitely an element of hubris involved, but it doesn't necessarily mean DISRESPECT. That's like saying doing covers of old Frank Sinatra songs is like giving him the finger.
On the other hand, only a fanatical twit believes that ALL culture of any merit is built ENTIRELY on originality when in fact, the very foundations of creative culture are built on 'derivative' works (as ironic as that sounds). To limit people from being able to do 'remakes' (or covers, or Ultimatizations) means that you prevent this creative culture from developing. In fact, the very health of culture is drawn from 'remakes' and other 'unoriginal' acts.
Animation legends like Walt Disney and Don Bluth did it. Comedy innovators like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin did it. Comics progenitors like Stan Lee and Osamu Tezuka did it. Doujinshi artists and cover bands do it. To insist that a lack of originality kills movies and other creative industries is using one trite over-generalization instead of a better one: Movies aren't bad because they were unoriginal ideas. They were bad because they were bad movies.