Reboots -- are you sick of them?

[Teresa Edgerton]

I often like old movies that are remakes of even older movies, but somehow they've lost the knack of that, trying too hard to make stories appealing to contemporary audiences (and no wonder when the original movie is less than 10 years old, and the changes are almost always gratutitous).

But I'll gladly watch any number of remakes of movies based on beloved classic novels, if they are good and reasonably faithful to the original book (my standard for "reasonably faithful" means they can interpret the plot and cut out a few things, but they better not go changing it).

 

[Cayal]

A good movie is a good movie. Remake, reboot or original.

 

[MemoryTale]

Some remakes are OK, if the original is starting to get a bit tired. But with that said, some older films are still as good today as they were then - no remake necessary. The same applies for if a film didn't make the best of itself be it for budgetry or other creative reasons.

Reboots I also don't mind A) if they're good movies and B) it's been a while since the original series ended. The Buton/Schumacker franchise ended in the 90's, so Batman Begins seemed fresh. Personally I can't be bothered with the Amazing Spiderman* since it's not that long sicne the Raimi movies. If Batman Begins Once Again comes out in a year or two, I shall not be watching it.*

*Unless it comes on telley or I get the DVD for my birthday or something like that.

 

[MaxHeadroom]

I really enjoyed the latest Star Trek Movie but was disappointed with Lockout. It wasn't until I was watching Lockout, that it all became a bit familiar, not that that's a bad thing, I love zombie movies.

Perhaps if they had said remake/based upon Escape from New York, I would have been a little more forgiving but they didn't (or I missed it), it was just a bad copy and paste job.