Should filmmakers stop doing remakes?

I'm not sure that the producers set out to do a bog-standard job rather than produce a classic, unfortunately its just the way things turn out when a lot of people have very fond memories of the original.

Another selection of remakes that I think come in the Good category - The Thomas Crown Affair, Ocean's Eleven and The House On Haunted Hill.
 
If a film is bad then it's bad. Its source material is irrelevant. If you like or dislike a remake it has no bearing on the original, it's still the same as it ever was. Put simply, remakes in and of themselves are neither inherently good nor bad, they just are. Take all films on their own merits.

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Mark
 
Then there's The Hitcher.... Shiver!

The only good thing is most of these films bomb big time, which makes it a mystery as to why film companies think they're a better investment than trying something new.
 
In response to the topic I think yes and no.

Cheap remakes that are seen as an excuse just to make easy money should be stopped, as should the remakes that sanitize the content (as we see so often in the horror remakes that rather than cranking the scares up to account for changes in society actually reduce them so as to get a lower rating to get more tweens legitimately into the screenings)

However there's nothing wrong with remakes if they feel they can update themes, explore other aspects, retool it for a modern audience and such like. Hey even if its just from a sfx pov it can be worthwhile. For example both King Kong remakes, neither touch the original but they are movies which the sfx improvements in the 30 years between each justify the attempts
 
Today's Telegraph had an article about the new St Trinians film - gave it a good review. It said that it was more faithful to the original Ronald Searle cartoons than the old films were. On that basis I'll go and see it; I love the Ronald Searle books.
I've got this one.
 
Saw I Am Legend today, which is a remake of Omega Man starting Charloton Heston. (or both based on the book by Richard Matheson)
The film was great apart from the "infected" which were, after seeing 28 days/weeks later were not scary in the least.
Seems like the director said, "Right lets throw in some CGI
monsters to justify the budget." :(
 
I'd say don't stop doing remakes all together,just unnecassary ones.

Their was no real reason to remake Halloween,Ammityville,The Fog,Wicker Man,The Hitcher and quite a few others (except easy money of course).

The Thing,The Fly,King Kong,Dawn Of The Dead were possible to reimagine and thus they worked (even Italian Job to a degree).
 
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(I agree with your others.)
Add to the list of no real reasons: The Stepford Wives and The Haunting!
 
Well I guess you missed .. A Bronx Tale, Casino, Heat, Sleepers, Cop Land, Wag the Dog, Ronin, Meet the Parents and Stardust. Not sure how any of those good films are 'selling out'.
 
Well Im waiting for the remake of "The Long Good Friday" which is supposed to be set in miami, when its released it will be another bomb just like "The Italian Job"&"Get Carter" these are the type of classics that should never be re-made...:mad:
 
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