Not Every Film Has To Be Remade
Apparently there are no more original ideas left in the world. It is bad enough that Hollywood is going to remake Ghostbusters, but now comes word from Fox that they have given the greenlight to a remake of Romancing The Stone. Why? The first film was just about perfect. To be honest, it wasn't the greatest script ever written, but it worked because the interplay between Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner was so good. You could feel their relationship. Danny Devito was priceless as the comic relief and so it managed to work. It worked well. I just don't think that you will ever get that kind of chemistry on screen again for that film. The sequel was awful and I think any remake would also be just as bad.
When I hear about things like this it makes me feel bad that there are thousands of writers churning out great scripts. Ideas that we have never seen before on screen and that we would love. Instead though, the Hollywood machine bypasses taking any kind of chance for the built in audience they think will be there for a remake of some popular favorite from the past. The problem is that almost all of the time people are just disappointed with the result and all they end up doing is going out and renting the original to see how good it used to be.
