Do I have a soapbox? No, but my opinion is still valid.

I’m not going to say that Hollywood’s run out of original ideas, because I’m sure there are some scripts floating around somewhere that are pretty good, but every once in a while it certainly looks as if the ink well has run dry. At least for this season.

Over the last couple of years we’ve been blighted by remakes. I can’t say they were all bad, because they weren’t, some were really quite good, but if you scratch the surface and look beneath the money they’re mostly terrible. Oh, sure, we all know if you throw enough money at something you can make it look quite presentable, but does that really fool everyone?

I suppose it does, and for that, I think, we should be ashamed. We allowed ourselves to be seduced by Hollywood’s flashy trailers and thin promises, and we never once stop to wonder if someone in the advertising department is gently bending us over while whispering sweet nothings in our ears.

Hell, I’m not saying this because I think I’m someone who believes they know better than everyone else (I don’t), but it has caused me to stop and wonder why so many people are paying to see remakes of films they might already have seen not so long ago.

Take, for example, spider-man. This quickly turned into the Amazing Spider-man, a film based on a story not long since finished it’s run the first time round. And if you care to look you’ll find a whole host of films green-lit for remake not long after the original remake ended its run in cinemas.

There are exceptions to the rule, of course, but they’re few and far between.

I don’t buy into Hollywood anymore, and if they’re happy to remake a movie that’s only just been made 6 to 12 months after the original idea was aired, then I’m happy to wait and catch it some other time. More than likely when there is absolutely no other fresh ideas being put forward.

Thanks for reading.