We’re growing tired of remakes. Some rehashes claim to be better than the original, but we’re not sure “better” is the right word.
Do we need another Karate Kid, another Dr. Doolittle, another Ghostbusters, another Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, or another Steel Magnolias? What was wrong with the first film?
(The second Karate Kid was okay, but “Pick up your coat” is incredibly lazy compared to “wax on, wax off.”)
However, some remakes add something, and in some ways improve upon the original. A few, in fact, are so good that we sometimes think that the remake is the original. Continue reading “5 Remakes that pass for originals”