There is a great demand for new and
original movies in the film industry today. It’s very evident that, give or
take some motion pictures, there have been many remakes and sequels recently
and will be in the near future. Nowadays sequels seem to be a necessity, when
they really aren’t and some have even begun to reach 4 and 5 sequels with
intentions of more, Fast and the Furious for example. For some reason its felt that good
movies from the past need long overdue sequels when most of them should be left
alone. The Scream series made a comeback in theaters last year and
Men in Black 3 is already promoting for its up coming release.
Besides the fad of sequels rising in the industry there is the other annoying fad; remakes. It’s very understandable that some people want good movies of past generations to be felt and experienced by this one, but if you’re going to remake a movie, especially a classic, I would hope you do the original some justice. The, arguably, easiest genre to excel
at, and one I’ve been a fan of since I was little, horror, has seen some of the
worst remakes in recent years. Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday The 13th,
Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Prom Night, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the
most recent, The Thing. Most of which had certain good aspects to them but any
fans of the original, myself included, were let down by them and it was greatly
reflected in the box office. Since I’m talking about horror remakes I’d like to
mention a few that, I believe, did their predecessors justice: The Last House
on The Left, The Hills Have Eyes, and Dawn of the Dead.
Now I’m not saying that no remakes
or sequels are good because there are plenty that are but they are few and far
between all the other attempts at recycling old ideas and the industry needs a
golden era for originality. To take a second to speak outside of sequels and
remakes, the other movies we see are the blends of other ideas into one creation
and there also have been releases or movies with the same premise released far
too close to each other for one. Love and Other Drugs, No Strings Attached, and
Friends with Benefits were the most recent example I’ve seen of this. They are
too much like the other and were all released last year.
After riding the boost
Avatar gave for its extended run in theatres in 2009, the box office total
gross has declined 4.1%, ticket sells have declined 9.9% which may not seem like
much but when you add the 86 additional movies that were released compared to
that of those in 2009, it makes a difference. It would take just one
blockbuster to fill that gap and out of 86, not to mention the hundreds of other
movies also made, none of them could do it. That goes to show that there is indeed a decline and that the audience seems to be ready for something new. One
thing a lot of movies are focusing on recently is how visually good they look, which is great, but the story comes first and is where the most effort and
focus needs to be. Any hope for a box office recovery depends on good quality
movies and remakes aren’t cutting it. Give the people what the want!
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