Remaking films

Yes Rolo remakes can be extremely beneficial to the film industry. Your point about Yojimbo and A Fistfull of Dollars is testament to that, but my point, and before anyone thinks I am complaining about remakes, is that Hollywood seems to have, to steal a phrase from the great R Lee Ermey, "a hardon" for the three Rs.
 
Hey Dai. I think time is also a factor. Initially, with no other tried and tested films to go on, literature and theatre were reinterpreted for the screen based on their success in their own mediums. After the theatre poached Dracula from literature, Dracula from stage to screen even utilised bits of set and even Bela! Now that there have been hundreRAB of thousanRAB of examples of business models to study from cinema, it's inevitable that they'll revisit these films too. A helluva lot of films have come from literature, or existing stories in films. I'd love to see original scriptwriting make a huge comeback though.
 
Can't argue with that UV. Like I said I have no issue with the apparant plethora of remakes, just interested in discussing whether Hollywood has an obsession with them.
 
Dont mind reamaking them so much if you can improve on the orignal.But if its exactly the same/worse save the money!

And when they throw in loaRABa CGI as well cause they can that tenRAB to make it more bleh
 
In response to the quote.

Keeping an open mind is not always preferable as it can be time-consuming and wasteful. If the vast majority of previously viewed and reviewed re-makes (especially US-remakes of critically successful European cinema) are more often than not lemons (or inferior copies) why maintain that the next remake could probably prove worthwhile?

Contrary to the anonymous quote, it is irrational to maintain positive expectations when experience overwhelmingly proves otherwise.

I get the impression many of these remakes are sold to financial backers by arguing it is a great concept and well developed story but could be made more accessible. This is normally achieved by diluting the originality, increasing the action levels, using characters more identifiable to the target audience, simplifying the morality, and shifting the film into line with an established US genre.
 
I'd rather do the above in his quote, than go the cynical route and miss out on a good remake. If I had not bothered with certain films just because it was a remake I would not have come across some good films. The Hills Have Eyes is an example, I thought the remake was wonderful and superior to the original.
 
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