When I evaluate movies, I try not to put undue expectations on them. I don’t insist that summer blockbusters be masterpieces, nor do I think that every movie must break some kind of new ground. What I do hope is that every movie is at least an honest attempt to create an entertaining product. The problem with the recent domination of sequels and remakes over original movies is that I find it more and more difficult to see them as honest and it looks like the story is a calculated effort to draw in audiences. The remake trend seems to reveal how little story quality factors into how and why movies are produced.
Tone Down on the Sequels and Remakes
