Lately, you can’t throw a stone without hitting another soulless wad of soiled cash grab known as the 2020s movie remake or spin off.
Adding nothing of substance to the original work, these rehashed scripts are plundering already shallow pockets with the promise of nostalgia, but the CGI is beige and poorly rigged, live action is cast based on current popularity, and the scripts jump sharks like they’re running hurdles.
Of the CGI “Lion King” spinoff, “Mufasa,” Director of Marketing and Communications Alex Breitler said “I’m not philosophically opposed to it, but it’s never gonna be the real thing. You can make it beautiful, but that doesn’t replace good story telling. Original story telling.”
The worst of it is that the general opinion of these remakes is that they have potential that is being squandered.
“I feel like they could be good, it just depends on what the movie is, like how you guys are remaking it,” Said Delta student Kah’lea Rogers.
Remakes aren’t always negative. For instance, fairy tales are very commonly remade to update the story for modern crowds. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” with
Brandy and Whoopi Goldberg was remade into a world where racial discrimination did not exist, creating a light fantasy story that everyone could enjoy.
The difference between this movie and newer remakes is creative risk.
And what about adaptations? Comic book movies? Are there original movies being made now that take the monetary risk that comes with creative innovation?
Indie studios are.
Movies like Studio A24’s “The Legend of Ochi,” an original fantasy with practical effects, and puppets are bringing original scripts back to the movie industry, while also reminding everyone that there is a movie industry outside of Hollywood.
Better movies require a demand for quality and originality, and the public can express that through views, so data collections will show where the true interest is.
