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I am tired of the remakes myself. I don't mind the occasional remake. In fact, I like several; I love Cronenberg's remake of The Fly, I love the Dawn of the Dead remake (kind of unnecessary but I think it is a decent film).
But I have to admit that I have been just a little bitter about remakes after The Haunting remake, which sucked beyond description and completely missed the point of the original story. Better special effects do not make a better movie. I am probably in the minority here, I know a lot of people loved it, but I hated the TCM remake because it just didn't have the impact of the original. Not even close, in my opinion. There was one really good scene in the film, but otherwise it was completely pointless and dull, yes, I found it to be boring. Slicker than the original, but that is exactly why I love the original. It wasn't slick; it was dark, gritty and terrifying.
And I am dreading The Evil Dead remake and The Fog remake.....just dreading them....
I want to see more original films and less remakes, but again, I am not totally opposed to remakes. Just don't want to see quite so many.
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