Why does Hollywood keep remaking movies?
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- Today everyone were talking about the recent thoughts in everyone's head.
What is it with all the movie remakes? Recently the media has been flooded with articles and trailers announcing the new remake of a classic movie/story And you may think well Hollywood has run out of ideas… but is that really the case? Or are they just always trying to make there old movies better?
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0:00 - intro
0:12 - What is it with all the remakes?
0:36 - Movie remakes people enjoyed
1:10 - My thoughts
1:32 - Little women
1:59 - Why do we remake movies?
2:32 - Disney remakes
2:59 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
4:05 - What are the articles blaming the downfall on?
5:17 - Why are people getting fed up with the remakes?
5:34 - Comments question, do you have a favourite movie remake?
5:44 - Why don’t they make an original story?
6:35 - Outro
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I think the problem is that they are not remakes - the studio is not trying to remake the film, rather capitalise off the old one. In the 'good remakes' examples you mention, they were not successful due to the old ones - unlike what some remakes nowadays are trying to do. I thinks that that is the difference between good and bad remakes.
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@@AbbieRee Hollywood is no longer in the movie making business. It's now in the intellectual property licensing business.
They are not remakes. They are trying to rewrite history. In another 100 years, after a couple of generations have passed, people will think these remakes or the originals. The originals will be cancelled because they will be considered problematic.
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I think most of the people calling stuff "woke" are complaining that the movie feels inorganic, as if it was following a soulless corporate checklist of diverse things. Like that there needs to be a certain kind of a strong female character, and strong male characters need to me emasculated by women, and there needs to be a character that's gay or at least implied to be gay, and there needs to be racial diversity even if it doesn't make sense for the story's setting/time period, etc... It often seems that studios focus on the checklist more than on ensuring the scripts don't feel as if they were written by AI.
Interesting points !
Yes, let's get those white men back in charge so things feel more "organic" again. 😀
The word “Woke” has lost most all real meaning in discourse. Has become a Alt-political mantra, gleeful rejection of any & all social Justice rhetoric … a lazy, intentionally ambiguous idea killer. Sometimes in context, the expression “woke” can provide meaning … when one an see beyond all the sophistic, unintellectual shorthand now attached to the word. Would be far better to actually use wording that is not so charged … and presently functionally, sincerely communicative. To me hearing “Woke” is like fingernails on a chalkboard or the sound of a distant automobile accident … but I supposed to converse in confused “woke” rhetoric for the foreseeable future … please can we just say what me mean?
@@AbbieRee oh wow a pussy and a rabbit in the same room,cute😍 haha all jokes aside 😂 It is getting annoying with all the remakes hollywood is making. A lot of these remake films seem to be a cash crab and nothing more, If you are going to make a remake of a film, that is beloved and is considered a classic then, why not take time with it and care?
Disney live action (remakes) no one asked for. I hope Hollywood starts thinking of original ideas again, do you agree that hollywood has lost it's way when it comes to films?
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Good video. I’m black and I’ve always thought it was a little condescending when I would read that I can’t enjoy a character that doesn’t look like me. I think a lot of race and gender swapping has become excessive. It is a bit lazy to say “take old story and make them black”. At this point if a creator wants diversity I’d rather see them make an original story. But you are right about the writing being crucial and allowing you to look past it. Good channel and videos so far.
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It is condescending, it's borderline insulting. Imagine basically telling a little black girl that she's not allowed to identify with a white princess, and the only way to make that happen is for her "saviours" to make a version that she is allowed to empathise with
You notice the writers room and the casting directors remain lily white
Totally agree - some series just need to die. Stop at the right time and don't try to force it past that. It just saddens me to see film studios try to milk a franchise no matter what. There are also franchises where the main actor is what makes the movie, so once the actor is out, the movies should end. For example, Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford as the main character doing his thing, just shouldn't exist. Don't make any new movies or remakes, just let us enjoy the old movies and leave us be.
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The _True Grit_ remake was great. The original was already good, but they did an amazing job.
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My favorite remake was Alita: Battle Angel. The reason being the maker did not change anything from the original story.
I haven’t seen that one yet! Thank you for sharing your thoughts i really appreciate it ☺️
5:38, yes but only if we use a very expansive definition of the word “remake”. I liked Spider-Man:No Way Home which was essentially a live action version of Into the Spider-Verse. And I liked The Avengers (2012) which was essentially a live remake of the 2005 animated movie Ultimate Avengers. Beyond that the 2016 live action version of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling was a rare Disney remake that I thought that was decent but that was mostly because it was directly adapting the source material rather than simply remaking the Disney animated version
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I worked for Disney animation for 3 years and it was like a golden nightmare. In-other-words - the pay was good but, the politics, psychological mind games and the general aura of gloom are the reasons Disney Entertainment is on its last legs. I'm happy I wont be there for it.
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Hopefully one day we'll have more people reviewing indie/original movies rather than making grifter content about boring disney movies
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There's so many remakes. I've watched something thinking it's original just to find out it's another remake. Combine that with the same plots being used repeatedly, it just feels like you've seen it all before.
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It's not a direct remake but Blade Runner 2049 is a beautiful film.
Also, another reason why studios make less original stories is because of the death of the DVD.
Comedies and dramas would at least break even with DVD sales. But with the tide of streaming services the DVD was swallowed and so was the lower budget original film.
Netflix is probably the biggest reason for the constant remakes.
I Loved blade runner 2049 it was incredible! good point I agree I think like you said streaming services are one of the main reasons why all these remakes are being made! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic :)
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0:23, the Johnny Depp remake of Willy Wonka had a reason for existing which was to be closer to the book than the Gene Wilder version was but then undermined it by making it about how Wonka was even worse than the kids and having to be the one to learn a lesson. And honestly, the book has a sequel (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) they could just try adapting that.
Interesting point! I agree I think doing a spin on the sequel would be a great idea! Thank you so much for your comment and sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
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The problem with remakes is they are a safe bet, disney is a worse example not only because their live-action remakes are based off of their movies rather than the source materials which is the books and the problem of updating them for a modern audience.
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Your last argument about existing IP is spot on! The fourth Die Hard movie was an original script. It was then later reworked to include the already known main character of John McClane and his daughter!
Existing fans will bring in more sales.
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I had a producer tell me, We don't want the A student writer, we want the C student that will write what we tell them
Wow that’s crazy!
I used to work at a movie theater. People would complain about too many remakes literally as they were giving me money to go see a remake.
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I think the reason we get so many remakes is because Hollywood think it's a quick cash grab and will make them some money because it's a story people are familiar with. Nobody wants to take a chance on new fresh original ideas anymore. I see it in comics all the time, after all how many Batman comics did DC put out last year :P
And thank you for finally explaining "woke" to me. I've seen that term used everywhere these days and it just confuses me.
Definitely! Great point ! Don’t worry I didn’t understand it either until researching for this video ! 😆
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the planet of the apes is the perfect example of how to reboot a franchise/ remake movies and the worst example too. The trilogy that came out in the 2010s is an amazing reimagined version and the tim burton remake in 2001 is hot garbage, they remade the original but made it super weird
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Its not Hollywood's fault. Consumers reward same old stuff and punish truly original stuff.
Great point!
There hasn't been a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda in almost 3 and no remake of Beau Geste in almost 5 decades. Remaking these movies has a long tradition. Why did they stop doing it?
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1:05, there was a Star is Born movie in the 1930s
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I like your take on these topics, would be lovely to have longer formats (I enjoy listening to these videos as if they were podcasts while walking).
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That's what I'm saying. These videos are too short for me. I love them!
In my humble opinion it's premature to go for longer formats. A new channel needs to build an audience before it has enough people willing to sit through an hour-long monologue. These short, to-the-point videos are perfect for now and it seems to be working
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@@reezlaw I don't know, ofc it is not my channel, so I can't and won't say what should or not be done, but there are channels out there that have started with long content from the beginning and are doing alright, in the modern world where there's content EVERYWHERE I think the best thing to do would find a niche audience that wants to listen what you want to do (And I happen to be one that enjoys long, spread and detailed content), but ofc it depends in what she wants to do, not in what I want to have.
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honestly this p!sses me off so much. lotr, twilight, hunger games, disney classics, willy wonka, the office... like STOP 😭 we need NEW stories. what is going on. it's so soulless. in stead of trying to recreate something like the lightening in a bottle that was old disney or lord of the rings... try to reach for the stars and make another lightening in a bottle with something new. there are limitless stories to tell. yet we never get anything new.
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Cape Feare, Nosferatu the Vampyre, King Kong, The Mummy (2000) are great remakes. They were made with love in mind and the quality shows itself. The difference of B&W and color eras, lend itself to creative directions, and the writers chose to write new characters/plotlines instead of reliance on old.
Most remakes are pointless, a sign of creative bankruptcies and pandering to consumer nature. But filmmaking is a casino. John Carter flopped hard and Beauty and the Beast made money. Any business with a brain would chose a safer revenue stream than listening to the critics whining about it.
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Idk if Godzilla minus one counts as a remake but if so it's a pretty damn good one
I have to check that one out! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
I quite liked the other Snowhite movie that came out in 2012, Mirror mirror. When I hear a lot of the complaining about the original Disney's Snowhite I'm always wierded out, because we had several movies about the fairy tale where they don't have Snowhite be save by the prince, and they are still acting as if that is somehow a novel idea. In "Mirror, mirror" she is the one that kisses the prince to break a spell, the movie plays a lot with the story but in a fun way, instead of the dark/chosen one narrative that huntsman used, plus the costum design is great, I don't think any of the disney remakes come close to it.
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Exactly! Great comment. I agree I think taking a story and making it your own with an original twist or a different take is a great way to purse a movie ! Thank you so so much for the support and feedback I really appreciate it ☺️
As the saying goes, All Good Things come to an End.
A Good story, whether it is one film/book/one-off TV episode, or multiple films or books etc, knows when to end.
A Bad one goes on long past the point it has anything worth telling.
interesting point! that you for sharing your thoughts :)
Nothing succeeds like success. It’s just easier and cheaper to mimic something that was already successful.
A star is born was actually made twice before the version with Judy garland Once as “what price Hollywood” and again as a star is born with Janet gayner and Frederick march.
These people who work for Disney want to ruin everything you love.
True XD Thank you for your comment !
They think they're appealing to the next generations moral worldview and creating future classics. Disney doesn't realise their box office hits *become* classics. You don't get slow burning hits that accrue a cult classic fanbase in a world of media oversaturation. It is obvious, or should be. For companies motivated by profit, they sure do seem to throw out the present context in which they make things, I suppose that's why they over rely on the existing success and popularity of a franchise.
If we take the woke thing out of the picture for a minute. Hollywood no longer takes a risk & can’t make anything original anymore & show’s American in decline Hollywood show’s that mirror of place people & society. You could say the same thing with the BBC or Sky it’s all been done & Hollywood is no longer the hip & cool place to be anymore. The strong Male characters of the past are all gone. The beautiful pin up model actress who set the fashion are now all gone also & they have lost their charm. Plus the Directors are weak & so are the writers plots & story’s & people have sort entertainment span now. There is nothing to be inspired, or shock or amazed at anymore from Hollywood it’s all,Been done & dusted anyone can open a big studio in Dubai now & make movie they don’t need Hollywood anymore.
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My main frustration with disney remakes is the fact that they try to recapture the same magical essence that which made their classic movies so damn amazing. Yet they provide unnecessary additions and remove charms of the movie which made the original fantastic. If disney truly wants to re live its glory days then why not re-release their films instead of providing tiring and frustating remakes that leech off their original movies elements.
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You start being old when you begin to wish things would just stay the same they were when you were a little girl.
Interesting thought!
I think Disney has a creative problem and a decision problem. Creatively I think they are exhausted or just have no time to think of something new because of the dozens of projects they have already been working on which they did not have enough time for already. Hence the strikes. The decision problem is I think the wrong people are making the 'creative' choices. The executives have all the projects decisions when it used to be given to the director and execs used to just guide. The executive board has just become disconnected to what the audience wanted and it has become what the company thinks the audience should want.
Great points ! I agree I think it’s definitely a problem of creativity and not “budget” or “story” . Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
Sadly, it's hard to beat brand/franchise nostalgia (so say the box office/streaming numbers).
A Star is Born has been made 4 times, the first with Janet Gaynor and Frederick March in 1937.
I didn’t realise thank you so much for correcting me! I appreciate it ☺️
The remake phenomenon has been an attempt to monopolise nostalgia and it was largely successful in an era where remakes were looked forward to but the exceptions. Now there are few new IPs that generate the buzz (due to the "no more artists in Hollywood" problem) so the remakes generate the buzz. You can't recapture the magic in most remakes, it is hard enough in new films. *But* franchises with pre-established fanbases is seen as built in money.
Built-in fans only exist if there is built-in quality now but Hollywood keeps churning them out. 👀
Wow great points ! I definitely agree fans are there because of the quality of the content! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
It’s because Hollywood want to prove that originality can’t sell and they are willing to make sure their original movies DO fail in order to prove that
Haven’t you seen The Producers
Interesting point!
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I think they want that New Gen. Grab them with something old thats new but sometimes every generation just wants to keep the stuff the way it is. Just like you said at the beginning of the video.
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Dredd is great, but yeah again it's a reimagining. Honestly I think we should only be remaking bad movies that had a good premise, so that they can be better movies; remaking good movies will always mean they need to match greatness instead of improving on the original.
Wow fantastic points! I definitely agree I think remaking a past movie that had a good story but could be made “better” is okay but trying to make something that’s already incredible is almost impossible! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts I really appreciate it ☺️
This is going to sound strange...
We live in an age of computer influence and corporate power. These two forces are in league as never before. And what do computers do best in a creative space like movies? Analyze existing products. Computer analysis will never spit out an idea that isn't derivative. Basically, computer "creativity" is limited to plagiarizing human art.
This is where we are as a species.
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I just wish remakes were more creative with it, instead of trying something new and exciting it's usually the same thing just newer cast.
Great point I definitely agree! I think adapting a story and giving it a different approach is way more personal and effective! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
The main reason is most certainly the fact that new IPs are just not succeeding with today’s audiences, so studios just stick to remaking established IPs or sequels. ‘The Creator’, for example, is an original sci-fi movie that was released back in September, the problem is that it flopped at the box office. It wasn’t a sequel nor a remake of an existing property, but it’s failure at the box office would suggest to studios that taking risks on these new IPs isn’t worth taking. If more people would be wiling to watch original/new IPs, then studios would take more chances releasing them in theaters. But it’s more profitable nowadays to stick to IPs with built in fan bases like Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter etc… hence all the remakes and sequels. Essentially my point is; when possible, support new IPs when they release in theaters.
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I think the issue with remakes (specifically Disney's) is two things. 1st they are remaking movies that still hold up to modern standards.
Little Mermaid, Mulan, Aladdin and many others despite being older than me can still be watched and enjoyed today, heck my nephews love these old animated movies. So despite how much technology has advanced I dont think its enough to upgrade the visuals to justify it.
Compare that to Williy Wonka vs Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where filming technology had increased to such an extent that there was a reason to go see it even if it was the same story, after all thats why we watch movies being made on books its nice to have that visual and audio feeling.
The second issue is most of these movies suffer by specifically a remake of the Disney Version of these stories. Remember the year we got three Pinocchio movies?
Two were garbage but one was really good despite it being a completely original story. While the Mulan remake was garbage it had the most potentially being very different from the Disney animated one and I was optimistic about it.
I to this day think that Cinderella is the best Disney live action remake because it has a pinch of the animated original but tells the story in a different way, expanding on the prince, making the stepmother more sympathetic and a few other bits. I wouldn't say its better but at least its a different experience compared to say Littler mermaid or Beauty and the beast where the changes they do make dont justify to see it over the original and in plenty of ways it feels inferior.
Finally on the woke stuff "Go woke go broke." Has been a popular phrase that for the most part isnt true and plenty of things that one could call woke are still fantastic. I love Arcane and its about a STRONG female lesbian trying to save her sister, hard to get more woke then that right?
I think at the end of the day the reason they are failing is being preachy and hamfisting these messages and it stings even more when its done with a property most of us grew up with.
Wow some incredible points made! I think some remakes can be really well made like Cinderella ! And there can be some remakes that people don’t like and some people do! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
I'm not gonna lie seeing someone representing me or my culture in the screen is so much joy for me.
So I definitely agree diversity is a force for good. But the way most Hollywood companies handled is not being organic and being integral part of story. They just want to use diversity for marketing and use it for their own company benefits. I get why people fed up with it and use the term "Woke". Essentially Hollywood making something positive hollow for their own benefits. However I think we see some of the racist and despicable people using this just criticism as their own benefits. Which result to so much unnecessary negativity online.
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I agree with you the diversity in recent media is great! But like you said sometimes it does come off a bit like they only do it for marketing purposes which is just completely wrong.
I don’t like to share my thoughts too much on this topic as I’m not closest effected by it. But I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts and thank you so much for the support ☺️
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Anyway, I'd say that most of the people I hear use 'woke' to mean shoe-horned 'diversity' or 'social-justice'.
And, almost EVERYONE is for 'social-justice' or 'diversity' if you mean their literal meaning. For example, I want a set of characters who are rich/poor, good/evil, feminine/masculine, 'conservative'/'progressive', etc. What you might call culturally diverse (as long as it serves the story).
Different shades of skin color, for example, doesn't (at least in Hollywood) indicate diversity. Believing that people of a certain appearance are all alike is known as racism -- and believing that people can only relate to people of similar appearance is also racism, the racism of low expectations.
Just as most of the horror remakes of the 2000s have been forgotten, so will these soulless disney remakes in a decade or so.
Interesting point!
It’s because audiences won’t watch anything else nowadays. It’s the audiences. That’s it.
The film industry these days is run by investors and corporate suits, rather than artists. Artists are bold and take risks with their work, whereas investors are risk-averse and make it their intention to choose the safest option; (in this case, remakes and reboots). Why create something new and original when you can heat up the leftovers and still make bank?
The decline in the DVD/Blu-ray market has also contributed to this current creative dark age for cinema. Matt Damon talked about it on an episode of Hot Ones before. Essentially, mid-budget movies were allowed to exist because even if they bombed in theatres, they could still make their money back in DVD sales. But seeing as that's a non-existent option now (thanks to streaming), studios would rather opt for the formulaic route as opposed to gambling on some weird idea that may or may not work.
There's also a case to be made that some of these movies could be money laundering schemes as well (just look at Disney's 2023 theatrical output alone, and it's no wonder people are asking that question). The good news though, is that audiences are growing increasingly apathetic towards this business practice and are actively demanding original stories again. A24 and Barbenheimer's success can certainly be attributed to that
Wow some excellent points ! I agree I think the age of streaming doesn’t help with creating new stories as like you said it’s much easier for them to bomb because they don’t have DVD sales to fall back on! Thank you so much for your comment I love hearing others thoughts on the topic ☺️
Another great video and the answer to why there are so many remakes being made is short, honestly, and that is: ''the mid budget films are pretty much dead in Hollywood, every film now has an INSANE budget, and they don't wanna take a risk on an unproven concept. Nostalgia guarantees buts in seats and money being spent, so instead of doing something revolutionary like a The Matrix that blew people away at the time, they remake The Lion King and make millions. A lot of this has also to do with that a lot of people are blind consumers who don't think about what they are gonna see, see a familiar name and go see it.''
The same stuff is happening in gaming and even in music as most mainstream music now is just the same sounding trash as it's a proven concept to be successful. We're stuck, and the entertainment industry is being run by talentless hacks who prefer to put activism in their films over creativity or revolutionary ideas. Yes, you still have originally and creativity, but most of it is formulaic nonsense and imo, films, games and music peaked a long time ago (2009 comes to mind).
Again great vid and you're a great content creator, a great speaker and a wise person! Or should I say, you're a very ''strong female content creator''. 😅
PS: CGI sure as sh*t hasn't got any better, it has gotten WAAAY worse. Look at The Matrix and compare that to the most recent Matrix film. Or look at something like Transformers 1/3 and look at modern day Marvel CGI. Nah, CGI is awful and they don't mash practical with CGI any more (think of something like Titanic where they made a giant set of the whole ship, did miniature and used CGI when needed and it still looks amezing).
And yes, ''wokeness'' is definitely part of why these remakes keep failing and is what South Park made a brilliant episode about, mocking it. I mean, take that recent Indiana Jones film you talked about. It's called Indiana Jones, yet most of the film is about this new ''strong female'' character, mocking him, out smarting him, doing all the action he used to do, while making him look like a complete idiot. Same with the most recent James Bond who can get no girls anymore, who now has a kid and is overly emotional. I think Critical Drinker has made some perfect videos about this, but woke/Forced diversity and feminism in films is definitely a reason people don't wanna see them. Like, a lot of these franchises are made big because of their male fan bases, so why trash talk and belittle the people who watch your movies?! I'm no fan of Barbie and think the film is a gross misrepresentation of reality and has a weird message in the final scenes, but at least it was a film made for women, by women and it wasn't something like Indiana Jones that was made for mostly men, now forcing in feminism into the mix.
Wow You made some great points here! I love reading them! Thank you so much for the support I’m really glad you are enjoying the videos I really appreciate your comment ☺️
It's not that diversity itself isn't a good idea, it's that, like everything else, there's a time and place for it, and that concept has basically been ignored lately in favor of a force-feeding approach. Moreover, what we're being force-fed is so tiresomely similar - look up how many red-headed characters have been systematically replaced by black characters lately; it's like every single one of them is being wiped out for some reason. Look how many stories have had gay or trans characters crowbarred into them in painfully unnecessary ways. It's the same damn thing over and over and over again. Diversity stops being valuable as a concept when its execution is not, in itself, diverse.
very good points! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic! :)
Thanks - glad you liked them.@@AbbieRee
It's unbelievable to me how a production company has some intellectual property with a built-in fan base, all ready to go, and they do everything in their power, they go OUT OF THEIR WAY to make sure they ruin it for that audience. They make sure to disrespect the source material, they attack the fans when they object. And then they lose money and what do they do? Blame the fans again. Just to ensure they will avoid their product in the future, securing future losses as well, why not. It's just mind blowing.
Great points! It is crazy the way production companies do things sometimes ! Thank you so much for your comment and sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
If there was a fanbase for originality maybe that would change. But do "fans" change as well? Or do things remain ossified as adolescent lifestyle accessories? There's a lot of cognitive dissonance among the fanboys of sci-fi and fantasy. Everyone's complaining about today's derivative studio content, but will any of them support something new and original in the same numbers (especially if the lead isn't played by an actor named Chris or Ryan)?
@@troubadour723 I can only speak for myself and I'll say enthusiastically YES. For All Mankind is a show that came out in recent years, not derivative at all, not some recycled repurposed IP, and I'm loving it. The Expanse is another great example, yes it's an adaptation from books but it's not part of some old franchise and the authors have adapted it themselves, so it qualifies as original content. It's my favourite show of all time
You make many good points and it is true, the levels of cynicism with which studios recycle stories, characters and concepts have eroded any impression that their interest is telling stories by conviction or any artistic vision. On the other hand, I also think that you should overfeed your bunny a bit, so it gets a bit chubby and therefore extra cute.
😆 thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! Thank you for the concern on my bunny he does love his food he is at a good weight but some photos of him don’t look that flattering 😆
I totally read this wrong lmao 😆 my bunny would gladly enjoy if I feed him more he would gladly become a chubby bunny 😆
LOL! Oh yes, he's perfect and super cute the way he is, I just think that slightly chubby pets have a cuteness bonus, like the Hosico cat.
@@manakakisaragi9121 true 😆
I think it’s a mix of a quick cash grab (for stand alone films) and acceptable losses. Setting up a collection of films can warrant an acceptable loss in the short term if it sets up well for sequels/spin-offs and looking at the successes of other universes (i.e. your MCUs) you can see why.
Personally, I think remakes shine when there is a need for updates special effects/cinematography, such as in Dune. I’m not a fan of swapping styles from animation to live action with little alteration to the script as this feels cheap and you can expect what’s coming.
Either way, it was put well in the video and congratulations on hitting the YT algorithms!
P.s. Urban dictionary is a great source!
Thank you so much for your comment! You made some great points I thought Dune was visually stunning! Thank you again for the support on the channel I’m glad you enjoyed ☺️
To answer the title, no I don't need to, so 'we' don't. #speak4yrselfpls
I think your point about risk is a good one. A lot of creative movies are made, and more often than not little or no risk in terms of money were involved. I think what everyone wants to avoid is to be JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson.
great point! thank you so much for sharing your thoughts :)
This is old now, but Ocean's Eleven (2001) is wildly better than the original.
Can you make reviews on your favourite films or series, it can also be on movies and shows that you didn't enjoy.
Yes I definitely will do this ! Thank you so much for the suggestion! ☺️
Recent movie remake I like….has to be Kong Skull Island. It grabbed my attention from the intro and never let go. The music, the acting, like the suspense. It was well done. The other was the 1990s Mummy, as such a lomg time has passed between the original Karloff Mummy that, it just worked. A third one for me would be Fast and th3 Furious? Why? They make bank and put butts in seats and they don’t have to worry about plot, character development or anything. They sent a car into space and made money off of that nonsense. Everyone else had to try. Fast and the Furious just needs to show up.
I haven’t seen Kong skull yet! Definitely one I should see ! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic I really appreciate it ☺️
@@AbbieRee oh my goodness! Watch and let m3 know! Watch the intro credits scene…it is epic..
What are your thoughts on the recent ending of Attack on Titan?
A Star is Born was really well done for a remake. Lady Gaga and BC killed it.
Definitely! They did it so well! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic☺️
Wonka isn’t really a remake though it’s a prequel.
Because everything has already been done. Remakes aren’t bad. Bad remakes are bad
My problem with remakes is when they exist solely to make money. Steven Spielberg remade West Side Story a few years ago and it didn’t need to be remade, but it worked because it was made by someone who cared about the story and wanted to do it right. Contrast that with the majority (if not all) of the Disney live-action remakes, which feel soulless because they’re just made to make money, not because the people remaking them are passionate about the story/ characters/ themes.
Edit: That’s also why I’m not immediately dismissive of the new Wonka. It’s written and directed by the person who made the Paddington movies, and even if it probably won’t be “the greatest achievement in cinema,” I don’t think it will feel soulless.
Some interesting points here! I agree like you said if the person remaking the movie has a personal passion in the story it works and doesn’t necessarily come off as a “money grab” . Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
The creator of back to the features said no to rebooting the film. Because he said it's like selling kids to prostitution if he remake the film.
i reallly hope she isn't quitting or something
Ideas in the works ! ☺️
@@AbbieRee thank god!!! take your time, i'll wait
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro was great I loved that one. The remakes from the 80s and 90s at least had feeling and good story not like today. That feels so weird saying being born in 99 but yeah the older movies I watch definitely have feeling and a certain charm I don't see in new stuff.
Exactly! I agree great points made! Thank you for sharing your thoughts I appreciate it ☺️
@@AbbieRee you're most welcome. Thank you for the kind responses .
Being cheeky with a second comment, but in regards to the whole "wokeness" stuff and why these remakes are perceived as "woke", I agree that it being Woke is not the problem. If we take woke to mean just allowing for diversity and inclusivety.
Some excellent films and shows have come out recently that are very much diverse but worked a treat. Nimona on Netflix is the second best animation-film that came out this year focusing on what is a trans-character (or metaphor for one at least), but it explores the nuances of it to create a deeply sympathetic character. Or take THE best animation of the year, Across the Spiderverse. Enough said there.
But if by Woke one means Corporate activism, which is a litttle different, then it is a problem. I think these more diverse remakes are failing more because we can feel the Corporate oversight in every scene. We can tell it was done not out of passion but out of a desire to make money. Which no one minds if they made something good. But it is so soulless you can tell they just want a cheap win instead of a genuinely good story.
They are not remakes. They are using the name of an existing movie and slapped it on an entirely different story. There is zero respect being given to the original movie.
With regards to the 'woke' thing, Will 'Critical Drinker' Jordan defined it as being when identity politics start hurting the product. He argued that having progressive elements should be a good thing, and that historically, people who weren't straight white men haven't been well served by movies, so correcting that is a positive thing. He's praised female-led productions like 'Queen's Gambit', 'Fall' and 'Arcane', and the gay characters in an episode of 'Last of Us'. But he argues that when activists are hired instead of writers, when a political message becomes more important than a good story, then this actually hurts the product and is a bad thing. For example, pretending Cleopatra was black in an alleged documentary, because factually she was Macedonian Greek.
Yes, there's people on the Right who would absolutely hate anything with a female, black or gay lead. But there's plenty of people who are sick of being lectured, tired of their favourite things being changed beyond recognition, and who just want entertaining stories. There are 'women of colour' like Vex Electronica and Baggage Claim who speak eloquently about this too. South Park's parody of the 'Panderverse' didn't arise in a vacuum, it caught a cultural moment of dissatisfaction.
But we've become too tribal, between 'woke' and 'anti-woke' channels, there's little discourse and discussion, and only the loudest people on both sides seem to be heard. 😑
Some very interesting points ! Thank you for bringing this up it’s great hearing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
New subscriber here! The 2021 adaptation of Dune is simply mindblowing and one of my favorite movies of all time.
Wow thank you so much for the support! I watched Dune 2021 in the cinema and like you said it was incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic ☺️
@@AbbieRee Glad to have found your channel! Yeah I just know part 2 is gonna be somehow even better
These days it's quite refreshing to see somebody offering a thoughtful ccritical ommentary, without getting hung up barking up the "woke" tree. I'm so happy I've subscribed after the previous video : )
wow thank you so much for the support! I'm so glad you enjoyed thank you again for your comment :)
This very intelligently intriguing … though I found myself briefly wondering …
If there was any difference between academic film/cinema study in the UK vs the US … then
What are the cultural differences, if much, of cinema perception across the pond? (Cause I’ve found musical cultural references/perceptions to be a bit different US v UK) I defiantly perceive a more, very different TV culture/references US vs UK …
And then … are dedicated, formal film studies/degrees valuable as viewed as a specific kind of humanities study, a degree in the plastic or performing arts, art history or philosophy?
My impression is that film/media grads are very perceptive, culturally cathartic, & superb story tellers … yet are destined … because of the astronomically competitive/difficult prospects of working in film production or … journalistic or academic film criticism ..😮😮
cant remember a good remake tbh 🤔🤔
i think they're needed but def not THIS OFTEN (and def not movies like 'mean girls' or 'gossip girl' bc they simply dont need to be remade) and the effort has to be like x100 than these new 'copies' idk they just look cheap
but as u said trying new things and making real cinema = risk and corporations just dont wanna lose money (but end up losing money anyway bc people usually trash these new remakes)
Exactly! I definitely agree ! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on the topic I really appreciate it ☺️
@@AbbieRee no, thank YOU for making videos and being honest, being yourself, speaking the truth
a lot of people think the same as u but not a lot make videos 🤷♂full support✌
btw do u have a letterboxd account?
@@hoodraver Thank you so much for the support it means a lot! unfortunately I don’t have a letterbox account ☺️
I liked very much the video that I forgot to add an opinion comment, I think the problem with "woke" and "diversity" is that it mixes some different things happening at the same time:
1. Modern hollywood is not writing good stories, is writting cash grabs, making a good movie is hard, but in the current climate you can give your bad movie "extra points" for being diverse and reduces the criticism from people that do not want to be seem as biggots (there are actual biggots also criticizing, which does not help), some people then will eventually realize the trend and relate diversity with bad movie, when even without the diversity the movie would have been bad anyways.
2. Immersion, for people that care about storytelling, immersion important, and part of that includes culture and yes... ethnicity sometimes, that is why characters like Miles Morales are mostly loved, because he is a second spiderman, but there was care in making his background follow the logic of the story, and the social contract of immersion was not broken, so it gets accepted, if you make a viking story with non-scandinavian looking people and you do not even explain why it will break the immersion (like making a fantasy epic with a dwarf that is just a tall skinny dude with a beard, or a Hulk movie where Hulk is not green and you don't even explain why).
3. a third point would be when people shove politics down our throats in their movies, but this happens from every side of the spectrum, and sometimes it is too much and too obvious and annoying (I'm looking at you Transformers movies with the US military)
And there are a lot of diverse movies that go under the radar because they are good, or they respect the immersion. I for one, do not really care if they make Batman gay, Mr Darcy black or Julius Ceasar chinese IF you make a good story that makes and respect it's own rules
A great comment! I agree with what you said if the story is solid it doesn’t matter who plays them like you said it doesn’t matter how they adapt a character as long as it makes sense and feels natural to the story ! Thank you so much for your comment I really appreciate it ☺️
My favourite remade movie is Dune (2021) because I am a sucker for Villenueve's cinematography and also because I have neither seen Jodorowsky's attempt nor the miniseries. And I definitely haven't read the novel Dune is based on.
Yes, I am a philistine. How could you tell?
Thank you for sharing ! Dune 2021 I went to see it In the cinema and the cinematography was incredible! I wonder what they will do with the next one!
@@AbbieRee probably add more lens flare
I SUBBED ❤
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Can I suggest you something? Unless you plan on doing a mic drop 🎙️ please use a mic stand, not only does it avoid electric disturbance from the body but also you can use both hands to express yourself 😀
Oh great suggestion I do like holding the mic but I totally understand what you mean! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts I really appreciate it ☺️
You have a pet bunny! They are wonderful pets. Very loving and gentle. And full of fun. As for Hollywood, they are risk averse in the extreme and so inbred that there is nearly no emergent creativity available. I know, I was there.
Yes they are so great ! My bunny is like my best friend 😆 great point about Hollywood thank you so much for sharing your thoughts ☺️
@@AbbieRee Make more content - you have a gift. And give that bunny a hug for me. (and a carrot)
I think the "wokeness" aspect plays more of a role (in some re-makes' cases) than you may believe. But I don't think it's really that the studios are trying to champion diversity, but rather (more cynically) that it's a marketing tactic. Even when they're not patting themselves on the back for how progressive they are, they know that it's going to lead to controversy (often for very stupid reasons, don't get me wrong). Whether it's true or not, the idea that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" is still present in the minds of people who capitalize on that kind of internet drama. Drama that often leads to harrassment of the actors, while the studio execs who use them get off relatively scot-free. Anyway, great video!
Wonka wasn't a remake.