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Originally Posted by Kevsh
I thought Charlie's Angels and Starsky & Hutch were both awful. I really wish Hollywood could get a little bit of creativity and stop recycling the past. Some (okay, a LOT) of the movies coming out now are just pathetic.
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It really doesn't matter if you disliked them. They succeeded at the box office. Does this mean they're technically proficient movies? No. But it does mean they worked well enough to garner public approval.
You talk as if remakes are a new phenomenon. The film industry has been rehashing movies, novels, and the bible for 80 years.
Some "movie" remakes (good and bad):
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Scarface
The Ten Commandments
Stagecoach
A Star Is Born
His Girl Friday
High Society
Hello, Dolly!
The Maltese Falcon
A Man for All Seasons
My Fair Lady
The Thing
Are remakes a good thing? From a writer's pov : if it results in a paying job, then yes. From a producer's pov : if it succeeds at the box office, then yes. From a cinema-goers pov : if it elicits emotion and provides entertainment worthy of dollars spent on admission, then yes.