#pointless remakes

No self-respecting filmmaker would want to make Sucker Punch.

Point Break 2015 trailer, not a patch on the original movie from the look of things (no surprise there!) but ‘OK’ for a modern day extreme sports/action movie. 

The actors playing Utah and Bodhi just don’t seem right and are nothing on Reeves and Swayze

Wow, this looks amazingly unnecessary. It reminds me of that pointless remake of “The Omen” a little while ago. I don’t get this at all. “Poltergeist” just makes no sense as a remake - remakes work when there’s a compelling new angle on the original story (ex. the change from small-town to urban locations informs a lot of the 1970s remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, and brings in a different set of fears and paranoia), or if there’s a broader concept that you can tell new stories in (ex. the new Star Trek movies, though more in theory than in execution). You can’t really do the latter with “Poltergeist” without making it essentially an original ghost story with the same title (in which case, just make a totally original movie), and nothing in the trailer suggests they’re doing the former. I don’t think “better special effects and modern hair/clothing!” alone justify a remake. You need to be saying SOMETHING that wasn’t already said.

You know what element leaps out as a huge bad sign? Putting the explanation for the haunting - you know, “you moved the headstones but you didn’t remove the bodies!” - in the damn trailer. It just screams “we know you’re not here for a story, cause you already know it. Just shut up and watch your jump scares”. I mean, it’s a total cliche, but it still shouldn’t be in the trailer.