Remake is such a magical word in terms of cinema, inspiring faith and revulsion in equal measure. The remake pricks the ears of the casual audience goer, assured that the film will offer recognisible storylines with happy endings. In critical circles, it pricks with disease-riddled needles the eyes of bewildered spectators, who think this is lazy LA-LA land milking an old cow for the tart droplets of juice left festering in her teats. And most predictively of all, the remake piques the interest of the blogging trolls who spread like wildfire that world wide whisper… it’s not as good as the original.
So yeah… Arthur.
It’s not as good as the original.
