I'm not a fan of "reboots" (or parody films) and think it shows the writers to be lazy; instead of creating their own idea they just put a spin on another one.
I wouldn't say the writers are the lazy ones, reboots are the work of studio execs in their boardrooms but somebody has to put a script together. Even a lot of original movies will be written by a different person than who came up with the idea.
Strictly speaking, I'm not sure I would classify the current "Beauty and the Beast" as a remake, as the original was an animated film.
It's still a remake as it remakes a film leaving characters, plots, songs and certain designs largely intact. Animated or live action makes no difference. I do hate it when people refer to different adaptations as remakes though, for example, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is not a remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, it is a new adaptation of the book and the two films have nothing in common outside of sharing the same source material.
what did everyone think of the remake of last house on the left?
it gets quite a crap score on IMDB but it is actually one of my favourite films and i prefer it so much more than the original.
I thought it was okay, though I tend to enjoy a lot of the horror remakes that usually get a bad rap.
As for original movies, I'm sure I've spoken about it here before but people enjoy things they know, just going to see a movie can be expensive these days and seeing something they recognise can put their mind at rest that they won't be wasting their money. It's why people read spoilers and trailers show most of the plot these days, by the time the movie comes out we know what to expect and can feel more comfortable spending money for it.
We still see a lot of original movies but they're usually broad and star the same set of bankable actors to bring in the most money possible. Smaller, indie films are still put out in good supply but don't make as much money and see limited releases.
The fact is that Hollywood is a business and original films are had to predict, even many films that we now consider classics (some of which have their own prequels, sequels and reboots) flopped horribly and got bad reviews when they came out. Like I said, we can get broad appeal original films, crude comedies with gross-out humour and some visual gags starring Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron, Kevin Hart, Rebel Wilson and the like seems to be a winning formula right now. Original filmmakers either have to stick to low budgets that might not be enough for their ideas or earn trust to do bigger original movies by proving themselves by doing a bunch of remakes and sequels that we know until the person is almost a brand in themselves. Nolan wouldn't have been able to do Inception and Interstellar if he didn't do Batman.
