|
I'm a fan of repackaging rather than remakes. For instance, Cars and Here on Earth were both a repackaging of a 1950's movie (name escapes me), but were different enough that they had their own merit. Same idea with 10 Things I Hate About You being a repack of The Taming of the Shrew.
Baz Luherman really did a good job transforming R&J into something different, and had he changed the character names and altered the dialogue just a bit, it would have almost fallen into this same category. As it is, I don't know that another remake can stack up to this. Either they do a (yawn) classic take, or they're going to end up going so far out there to compete it will reach the point of ridiculum.
__________________
Facile remedium est ubertati; sterilia nullo labore vincuntur.
I think pearls are lovely, especially when you need something to clutch. ~ AzTheta
The Real World Can't Hear You ~ GC Troll
|