New Ghostbusters Movie

[makattak]

time after time, re makes of decent movies fail.  They keep doing it over, and over again. 

The remake of Seven Samurai was very good. The remake of Yojimbo was very good. The remake of Ben Hur was very good, too.

(Of course, none of these are modern movies, and NO, I am most definitely not talking about the current "reimagining" or Ben Hur.)

I would guess most modern remakes fail because modern Hollywood is not really interested in quality. They are interested in "message" (that is, when they aren't interested in "BIG EXPLODEY BLOCKBUSTER SPECIAL EFFECTS!")

[dogmush]

There are decent modern remakes/reimaginings.  I think the problem is, even if you are remaking it you have to work hard to make a good movie.  If you are lazy and phone it in, it'll suck, new idea or not.  A phoned in remake can at least capture some nostalgia viewers.

Decent remakes:

True Grit (True Grit)
Oh Brother Where Art Though (The Odyssey)
Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's Eleven)
13 Assassins (13 Assassins )

Just off the top of my head.

[Perd Hapley]

Oh Brother Where Art Though (The Odyssey)

Not a remake. Neither is True Grit, but for different reasons.

[MechAg94]

I would agree there is a difference between a remake and a movie that uses the same basic plot.  IMO, the Magnificent Seven not really a remake.  If they decided to make another one, but with an alien invasion, would it still be a remake?

I am not sure where to draw the line.  Some it depends on the creativity and skill of the people doing the movie.

[makattak]

This has been discussed in several places already (and maybe even here), but Hollywood suffers from a serious lack of creativity today.

How many actually creative (and good) movies have been made in the past decade?

Off the top of my head, I can say Inception... which, among other things, spawned the copycats of the Inception sound, ironically.  Even PIXAR has done about half sequels, and I consider them the most creative studio currently in Hollywood. (The most creative of their movies in this time period was WALL-E, so I guess I've got 2... and checking Wiki, in production they have 3 sequels and one original...)

We've had some good movies of existing ideas (Nolan's Batmans), but I'm hard pressed to note many others.

[dogmush]

Not a remake. Neither is True Grit, but for different reasons.

That's why I included the term "reimagining"

[Perd Hapley]

That's why I included the term "reimagining"

I don't think O Brother is a "reimagining." It draws heavily from The Odyssey, but it's an original story. I don't say that to defend it, since I'm indifferent to the movie.

[Hawkmoon]

IMO, the Magnificent Seven not really a remake.  If they decided to make another one, but with an alien invasion, would it still be a remake?

They did decide to do a remake of The Magnificent seven. Coming soon to a theater near you:

http://screenrant.com/magnificent-seven-remake-2016-images-trailer/

https://youtu.be/deSRpSn8Pyk

[freakazoid]

They did decide to do a remake of The Magnificent seven. Coming soon to a theater near you:

http://screenrant.com/magnificent-seven-remake-2016-images-trailer/

https://youtu.be/deSRpSn8Pyk

The remake looks like it might actually be good.

[Hawkmoon]

The remake looks like it might actually be good.

IMHO, not good enough to pay money to see it in a theater.