Hollywood Running Dry of Ideas

You know what I'm sick of?

Remakes.

God know I'm sick of the remakes. It seems like Hollywood isn't able to come up with an original idea these days so they resort to remaking movies to make quick cash.

In fact, they recently announced plans to remake 'The Birds'. Yes, Hitchcock's horror film. They have already remade several Hitchcock movies and not many of them have been quite impressive. In fact, many, many movies are somewhere inspired by Hitchcock's movies that it could easily be mistaken for a remake.

You know, they should really avoid remaking classics. If it's good, don't remake it. A better idea would be to remake the bad movies into better movies. 'The Fog' remake wasn't something to speak of. What a horrible movie that one was. The original wasn't too impressive either. A reboot of the 'Halloween' franchise is going to take this August as they release the remake of the original. The new version is basically a combination of a prequel and a remake of the original. This hasn't really been done in many cases but it may be actually interesting. Though I love the original, as it's an absolute classic. Rob Zombie may be a strange fellow who has a tendency to pack his movies with heavy nudity and profanity, which isn't really what 'Halloween' is all about. However, I hope this won't be the case.

I do hope the new version will be worth seeing as I was really disappointed with the previous sequel. Truth is, the franchise was pretty mismanaged and the last one really killed the whole franchise. So I have some hope for this movie re-booting and bring people back to the roots of the original.

In the end, I still don't believe remaking a movie is always a good thing. In most case, it backfires. 'All The King's Men' remake released last year was pretty weak when compared to the original. John Carpenter and Wes Craven, both are famous for directing horror movies, which includes the original 'Halloween' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. Today, they are cashing in on the remakes based on their earlier works. It's a pity to see filmmakers who once had talent to turn into talent less filmmakers with no soul as a result of greed. In fact, a remake of John Carpenter's 'Escape from New York' is in the works. Why remake a cult classic?

Money.

The 'Planet of the Apes' remake was pretty unnecessary, anybody remember this one? I'll be the first to admit that this movie had some amazing make-up but it didn't save the movie from falling flat onto its face. The storyline was just plainly awful; the acting was sub-par at best. 'The Omen' remake was outright awful.

'Around the World in 80 Days' was quite a movie to remember, but the remake with Jackie Chan wasn't worth remembering. Neither was the 'Psycho' remake. 'Sabrina' remake was definitely not needed, as the original was already good enough. I liked the original 'The Longest Yard' much, much better than the remake starring Adam Sandler.

'The Haunting' original and remake were both awful. I hope they won't dare to remake it again. Do you remember the 'Godzilla' remake? Like that was really Godzilla. Honestly, it may have received better reviews if they didn't use the 'Godzilla' brand. It was still a cheap thrill fest though; it's kind of a guilty pleasure. Shhh, don't tell anyone I said that!

Oh yes, 'The Poseidon Adventure' was a cheesy disaster movie but somewhere fun to watch because of all the celebrities. However, the remake was a true disaster. I don't know what they were thinking when they remade this. The TV remake wasn't any better either. I also felt that we didn't need a remake of 'Flight of the Phoenix'. The original wasn't that great.

I admit that there are a few remakes that I’ve enjoyed, I did enjoy the remake 'Ocean's Eleven' while I found the original to be rather dull. However, the movie does not have a high replay value. 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' was somewhere entertaining, but it's not my kind of movie. 'War of the Worlds' remake was rather good if you ask me, but I do think the last 15 minutes really dragged it down. 'Assault on Precinct 13' was entertaining, it's probably the only remake based on a John Carpenter film that I enjoyed. 'The Italian Job' remake was fun but a lot like the original.

The only fantastic remake of a cheesy original I can think off my head is 'Battlestar Galactica'. Yes, I know it's not a movie but it is a remake and a damn good one if you ask me.

I did feel somewhere bothered that they were planning to remake 'Poltergeist'. If they were to take cue from the original, it would end up looking campy. It's hard to imagine how they would improve this one over the original. The original could have been better if it wasn't for the far-fetched ending. Thankfully, they cancelled the project. Though they are remaking 'Scanners'. Err, can't really tell you that I'm looking forward to it. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they are planning to remake 'Robocop'. Like we really need that.

God forbid they remake 'It’s A Wonderful Life', 'Jaws', E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial', 'Back to the Future', 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and many more. There are so many movies that should never be remade. Never.

Hollywood, please take it easy with the remakes. I'll rather see movies with a touch of originality to them. Or are you just running dry on ideas?

Yeah, that's what I thought.