why do remakes of good movies fail?

how come when theres a good movie and 5 years later they make a remake everyone hates it? is it cuz people just dont like changes or directors lol...

superman

batman - lets all hope the dark knight is good i think it will be.

maybe the rocky movie that came out um 2006, or 2007? (some didnt like it)

ect... ect....ect...

i really hope the dark knight is good

Dark knight should be intense

Anyways most remakes of good movies fail because they can't live up to the epicness of the original, immediatly making them suck.

how come when theres a good movie and 5 years later they make a remake everyone hates it? is it cuz people just dont like changes or directors lol...

superman

batman - lets all hope the dark knight is good i think it will be.

maybe the rocky movie that came out um 2006, or 2007? (some didnt like it)

ect... ect....ect...

i really hope the dark knight is good

sabbath2gamer

While 300 wasn't a "re-make" for say, it had already been done. "The 300 Spartans" came out inthe 70s if I'm not mistaken.

actually your pretty wrong about Batman Begins, a lot of people loved it, and im one of them, and yes im sure Black Knight will be crazy.

I guess that if classics are actually called classics his because they're the best you can get, so trying to do better than the best his pretty difficult.

I liked the new King Kong. Even though it was three hours, it was cool.killalln00bs

[QUOTE="killalln00bs"]I liked the new King Kong. Even though it was three hours, it was cool.Mumbles527

QFT. Big disappointment.

To the topic: I think there's a re-make, and then there is a re-imagining of the source material.

The new Batman series of movies aren't remakes - they're just taking the material in going in a new direction.

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how come when theres a good movie and 5 years later they make a remake everyone hates it? is it cuz people just dont like changes or directors lol...

superman

batman - lets all hope the dark knight is good i think it will be.

maybe the rocky movie that came out um 2006, or 2007? (some didnt like it)

ect... ect....ect...

i really hope the dark knight is good

Mumbles527

I liked Batman Begins.fax555241

Same here, it's different to most superhero movies.

On topic, i would say that remakes for some reason dont really have the great storyline the originals did, different directors, and no good actors.

Planet of the Apes (2002) anyone?

how come when theres a good movie and 5 years later they make a remake everyone hates it? is it cuz people just dont like changes or directors lol...

superman

batman - lets all hope the dark knight is good i think it will be.

maybe the rocky movie that came out um 2006, or 2007? (some didnt like it)

ect... ect....ect...

i really hope the dark knight is good

sabbath2gamer

Because remakes are pointless. Batman isn't a remake because it has its own storyline. Remakes are basically Hollywood's "free cash" choice.

I liked the new King Kong. Even though it was three hours, it was cool.killalln00bs

While 300 wasn't a "re-make" for say, it had already been done. "The 300 Spartans" came out inthe 70s if I'm not mistaken.

pokeracc

60's but yeah

Im not sure, i guess your not suppose to mess with the classics.tevwalker13

The Thing.

The Fly.

Two sequels that are almost universally recognized as being superior to the originals.

Now that we have established that remakes CAN be better than the originals, the question is now what differentiates a crappy remake from an awesome remake.

You can never remake a classic.It's as simple as that.AtomicBaconBits

All Along The Watchtower.

yes im sure Black Knight will be crazy.

TiJoe6

They're remaking that too?

Because people expect them to be exactly like the originals and are disappointed when they aren't.pianist

Good point.

Gus van Sant directed a remake to Psycho that was a shot-for-shot remake of the original.

No one liked it.

David Cronenberg directed a remake to The Fly. Rather than following the original, he turned it into a poignant and affecting love story that serves as a metaphor for death and debilitation. Rather than keeping the same formula, he took the original premise and turned it into a romantic drama about the love and loss that all of us must eventually face.

Everyone loved it.

The Italian Job was pretty good.fourier404

Uhh....

to each his own, i guess