On Movie Remakes

During the non-working hours, people have always engaged in various pastimes. Reading books or listening to radio broadcasts used to be popular. Then more visually stimulating entertainment became necessary for the average person. Television plays a large role in the lives of most people. Surfing the internet has also become a ubiquitous activity. Finally, there are movies.

The cinema has been around since 1895. It has developed considerably over the years, and new technology has allowed for a wider range of possibilities. Nowadays, computer generation allows someone to create practically any image or effect desired. This should allow people to write scripts freely, knowing that anything created on paper can be reproduced on film. Sadly, creativity no longer seems to be a factor when it comes to cinematic productions.

Original scripts and stories seem to be lacking. We are now in the age of movie remakes. Remakes, in general, suck! There may be a handful of remakes that are actually worth watching. But by and large, the original film tends to be better. Remakes take classic films and turn them into garbage. Was there any logic behind remaking Psycho? Why redo The Karate Kid? And don't even get me started on the updated Planet of the Apes!

A whole slough of classic movies are taken and destroyed. Creativity is gone and so people look at things that have already been done. I could understand if the remakes were better. In fact, with newer technology they probably should be. But for whatever reason, they are not.

Every single classic horror film has to be remade, and they constantly turn out worse than the original. A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, The Haunting, et cetera have all been remade for the worse. The Producers, Clash of the Titans, and Willy Wonka have been unnecessarily redone and turned out worse than the originals. Why?

This new trend has gotten way of hand and should be stopped! Hollywood will continue to destroy what was once great, as long as it makes money. Hopefully, if we all stop going to the movies to see remakes, and stop buying the DVDs, the remakes will stop as well. A film that can't earn money won't be made. Let's stop this atrocity from becoming any worse.