few thoughts on REMAKING MOVIES? what do U think? is it...GOOD? BAD? WHO CARES? haha

oh, i was reviewing a film for Amazon, "I Orgins", when I thought why not share this on blogger too. don't really know if anyone reads what I write, so i don't come on often, if ever. trying to put any writing time into getting my book done already, sheesh!! takes foreveeeerrr…..
so yeah, "I Orgins" w/Michael Pitt (of my beloved Hedwig & the Angry Inch" & the uber talented Brit Marling, & a gorgeous French girl, whose name I can't recall at the moment & I've not seen her before in a movie. I love this film! it's thoroughly engaging, thoughtful, provocative, well acted. great script, great premise, I've never seen this particular plot before, which is RARE!! almost everything these days is a remake, a re-boot, a regurgitation of former work. even films that people have NO clue that are remakes, ARE remakes, unknown or forgotten films from the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, on & on. a lot of the former works being ruined for viewers in the know, or of super popular films, 'cause the re-done film eclipses them or leaves a bad taste in one's mouth, so to speak. it's so disheartening. a huge pet peeve of mine is remaking 4 star (or 5 star on here(amazon)) films. u DON'T DO IT!! that's absolutely the dumbest idea ever! u can't improve upon perfection! the remake of "psycho"...what was even the POINT of that? I have no clue. remake the film by copying the original VERBATIM! wth? if ur gonna do that, why not just play the original in a theater & film it in a high quality way & re-release it. makes as much sense as their stupid idea, right? just don't do it! sheesh! like an "ocean's 11" type deal is fine. ur copying/updating a so-so original & ur doing it w/fun & a funny take on it. tongue in cheek. there u go.
as i was saying....I know there are tons of original ideas, scripts, stories out there (I have 1 (in a book i'm writing), in fact many, myself), but they are mostly untapped for whatever reason? the "sure thing" of a regurgitation, a remake, of course! money in the bank! "hey, if it sold once, it will sell again! a big hit=another big hit! right?" like all of the sampled songs. take ANY formerly popular song & then rap over it, or add some other element & voila! u have another hit! also, aren't most creative endeavors, i.e. studios, production companies, in this case,  helmed by business men, not creators? the bottom line. facts & figures, not creation or art. so, there u go w/that I suppose. oh, lest I forget, i'm a big fan anyway of mike cahill & brit marling, the writers/co-writers of this story & also "another earth", another fav of mine, created by this pair as well, & others too! other films, I mean. "another earth" is another inventive, unusual (in that it's not some old topic matter seen a million times),provocative, thoughtful, great film. so yeah, long story short, this is a fab film & check out cahill & brit's other works, together or separate, I also saw her in another fantastic film, not affiliated w/cahill: "arbitration".
k, I have tons more to say on this topic, as well as others, but this was unplanned & I gotta run now. so thanks for reading, if u have & cheers  :)