Are there any movies that should not be remade?

[Rojo]

Birth of a Nation.

Triumph of the Will.

[Redsfaithful]

Birth of a Nation.

Triumph of the Will.

Not a remake, but I love that they used the name, and I'm looking forward to it (you might already know about it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bi...282016_film%29

[Razor Shines]

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Troy Duffy made the perfect movie, ask him he'll tell you.

[WrongVerb]

I just threw up a little in my mouth, so thanks for that.

For how many years did she play Hannah Montana?

[RedTeamGo!]

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Troy Duffy made the perfect movie, ask him he'll tell you.

That is a sequel

[TRF]

For how many years did she play Hannah Montana?

Hannah Montana was a kids show, for kids, on a kids network, where she played daughter to her dad whose music, when he was popular, appealed to kids.

[marcshoe]

Birth of a Nation.

Triumph of the Will.

Shouldn't Gone With the Wind be included on this particular list?



(People get mad when I say that.)

[757690]

Shoot, I'd just like to see more original material. Use your imagination, already!

The dominating motivator in Hollywood these days is fear. With tens and sometimes hundreds of millions at stake with each film, no one wants to be the one who said "yes" to a flop. So they just do remakes and sequels, movies based on something that has a built in audience. Anything original is too risky.

But that is just the big studios. As RedEye pointed out, there are plenty of great movies being made, just not by the big studios. The good news is that the world of streaming is making them easier to find and watch, especially some of the stuff made for streaming. I actually think streaming will open up a new Golden Age of movies, and we are on the brink of seeing it.

[marcshoe]

The dominating motivator in Hollywood these days is fear. With tens and sometimes hundreds of millions at stake with each film, no one wants to be the one who said "yes" to a flop. So they just do remakes and sequels, movies based on something that has a built in audience. Anything original is too risky.

But that is just the big studios. As RedEye pointed out, there are plenty of great movies being made, just not by the big studios. The good news is that the world of streaming is making them easier to find and watch, especially some of the stuff made for streaming. I actually think streaming will open up a new Golden Age of movies, and we are on the brink of seeing it.

It's also cheaper and easier to create and distribute content of all types than it was a few years ago.

[JaxRed]

Let's remake 2001 A Space Odyssey .......

"I sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qnd-hdmgfk

[TRF]

Let's remake 2001 A Space Odyssey .......

"I sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qnd-hdmgfk

to be fair, they did sequel it.

I want 2061 to be made.

Looks like 3001 is being made into a mini series though.

[RedEye]

As RedEye pointed out, there are plenty of great movies being made, just not by the big studios.

Absolutely. Though many of those movies are either produced or distributed by subsidiaries of the bigs. It is a narrow-cast world in many ways, and the conglomerates have adapted to it by producing content with specific audiences in mind and adapting it to multiple platforms.

I actually think streaming will open up a new Golden Age of movies, and we are on the brink of seeing it.

If we expand our definition of audiovisual art to long-form serial television, we're already smack in the middle of it.

[westofyou]

Absolutely. Though many of those movies are either produced or distributed by subsidiaries of the bigs. It is a narrow-cast world in many ways, and the conglomerates have adapted to it by producing content with specific audiences in mind and adapting it to multiple platforms.

My Favorite films in the last year

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Hail Caesar
Love and Mercy

[Razor Shines]

That is a sequel

What? How can you tell? What was the first one?

[GAC]

you certainly could improve on some of the casting and cinematography in some of the older movies. But they are just so beloved that people couldn't conceive of remaking them.

In reference to cinematography, I want to throw this out there.... when it comes to these "old" movies (classics), is one of the appealing features the fact they are in black and white? In the past Hollywood has "experimented", taken some of these old movies and "colorized" some, and IMO it lost it's appeal, and even ruined them.