It's ok to like Sequels and Remakes- Movies are supposed to be fun!

It wouldn't be inaccurate to say that cinema has hit a dead end as of late. This isnt to say that there are no more original movies being made, that would just be an incorrect statement to make. Filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorcesse still make movies that they want to make from ideas that they got from being inspired by certain genres, but it seems that the norm of cinema is continuing stories from the past instead of trying to create new stories. There of course is nothing wrong with huge franchises like that of Star Wars, or the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe for those who hate acronyms) because while there are an overabundance of stories with the same plot- like Star Wars: A New Hope, and Star Wars: The force awakens- There are movies in the same series that try something new, and attempt to stand out by taking risks, even if they don't always work out.

Its unfair to say that remakes and sequels have only been big in the last couple of year, since they've been around for a very long time! Movies like John Carpenter's "The Thing" from 1982, one of my personal favourite movies ever is a remake of the movie "The Thing from another World, from 1951. All this means is that there are two different types of people who want to remake stories. One is because they want to put a spin on something that exists already, and they belive they can add something new that wasn't there before, and the other type are people who know that the IP they own will make them a lot of money, so why not remake or make a sequel? Movies like The transformers movies are widely considered not good, however they make a lot of money, so they keep getting made.

Despite this, there are so many movies that very in quality. You can like movies that are pure popcorn filler, or you can like movies that everyone loves, like Lord of the Rings, or an Avengers movie. I just think that hollywood needs to slow down on making large franchise movies and remaking what they have already made. Disney has made Billions of dollars remaking all of their old animated movies, and almost none of them are even a fraction as good as the animated ones, because live action movies loose the fluid motion and wonderful visual effects of an animated movie, and it ends up poorly effecting the quality of a film. I think that more studios need to be open to making more unique film ideas. I'm not saying that there shouldn't be anymore adaptations or sequels, or even remakes- because all of these can be a unique experience that ends up bringing something new to the table that didn't exist when the original story was made.

I honestly just think that if more studios and film makers made films that were inspired by other films but not riding on legacy characters, or people's nostalgia for something they've already seen. The internet as a whole has a lot of opinions of films that have come out in the last decade or so. There have been plenty of arguments about filmmakers destroying the point of a movie or character by remaking the story, or changing so much about the character, that it doesn't even feel like the creator knows what the point of the original character was in the first place. Despite all of this though, there are still films that pay homage to what they are trying to replicate, and i belive that there are many artists and filmmakers who want to make stories, and improve upon characters, no matter what. The future of Cinema is still very much alive, and I think that the power to make new inspiring films are better then it has ever been before.