Post by Aj_June on Sept 23, 2018 9:05:15 GMT
I agree with phludowin . My reasoning is very simple. Everyone deserves a chance to remake a movie simply by desiring to do so. While remakes are mostly bad and are not able to increase the quality of original in majority of cases, that in itself is no reason to deny someone the chance.
May be you used an exaggerated way of writing that I didn't get. But to me everyone who is in film-making profession has certain aspirations and should have the chance to do what he or she wants to. If the remake is bad we will simply ignore it. Once in a while remakes are not that bad. Cape Fear for example is not that bad. Even though I personally like the original more, the remake is also good.
I was not talking about a right to do a remake, I was only saying I think it is usually a bad idea. What did I possibly say that led you to the conclusion that I thought remakes should be banned or illegal? People are free to make as many remakes as they wish, but to me it is usually an artistic cop-out that they resort to when they lack the originality to make something new and fresh. The intent almost invariably is not artistic anyway, but financial. I think your argument does make some sense if the original artist remakes their own work. Alfred Hitchcock for instance with "The Man that Knew Too Much" but he materially changed it.
The analogy to stage plays does not work in my opinion since by definition they need to be re-staged for every performance. That is what makes film rather unique. It really is a closer analog to novels. So, say the estate of Margaret Mitchell decided that they would commission a rewrite of "Gone With the Wind"...is there a case to do so? This is the same thing I see with movies. The sad thing is that more than in any other era I think originality in films is rare. If remakes take up a significant portion of what is produced we get even less chance of something inventively original being made.
I didn't think you were calling for a ban and that's why I affirmed you had used exaggerated language (pointing to "Basically no films should be remade" statement).
I get that you dislike seeing justice not being done to the original one and lack of originality and creativity in the remakes. In addition to that you also see the motive as financial in aiming to reap rewards from the name the original ones have made.
As I said I just think differently about the issue. I believe some people may want to present the original in either different way or according to current style of direction/acting etc. I don't mind people trying out what they wish to do though I realize like you that not all directors may have true artistic endevaours when they set out for remakes. Once in a while you do see good remakes. The directors who do remake may herself/himself learn things in the process.