Say it Isn't So!

Pardon me if I repeat myself. But that's the whole point of this blog. I recently heard that they are doing another remake of "Robin Hood" and this one will star Russell Crowe.

With all due respect to the talented Mr. Crowe, do we really need another repeat of "Robin Hood"? When all is said and done, many actors have played this particular part, and who do we remember best? ERROL FLYNN.

He epitomized that part, he looked it, he sounded like it, his essence was "Robin Hood". So, that is why, 70 years later, Errol still wears the tights the best.

Do we really need to remake older classic movies? Should we not, instead, encourage this generation to watch the best of the previous generations, and to understand why they became classics.

Can you imagine a remake of "Gone With the Wind" or "Rebecca" or "The Ten Commandments" or "Ben Hur"? The producers, directors and actors of these films set the bar and excelled.

So perhaps, now and then, we do need a remake, although I don't know why. But maybe, with all the reality shows, all the great writers will have time to think of something new to film, and let the classics claim their moment in the sun forever, which they deserve.