I Think Fant4stic is a Terrible Movie, and You Should Too

          Turns out the "Slap Her" video was not allowed because it was foreign. *sigh
          Making a film is a tough thing to do, so shouldn't reboots of original movies have an easier job at being successful. Our world is full of reboots, and the majority of them suck. Here are some reasons why.

1.  You have less talent than the original cast and crew

          I'm going to get rid of this one out of the way, because it is so obvious. "You're not as good as the first guy."  Often, actors draw their performance from previous interpretations of the character, and often try too hard to reproduce whatever the original reproduced.  However, some reboots have better talents to work with, but the original had a certain aspect to them that made them so successful.  And the same goes for directors. It is hard for directors to see, and to accept, that their film is worse than the original.

2.  You have nothing to add

         Remakes are supposed to be a fresh perspective on an old movie, but sometimes, the remake is the exact same perspective as the original.  One of the most recent instances of this, is 2012's The Amazing Spiderman, with Andrew Garfield.  The movie was pretty good, but the story was decades old. We already knew how Peter Parker would get bitten by a spider, his uncle would die, and that he would become Spider-man, so why recycle this story completely? The only difference was that instead of Parker Parker trying to game Mary Jane, the story revolves around him trying to find out more about his parents.

3.  You have something to add, but it sucks

       
          This is pretty self-explanatory. The director had good ideas, but the way they were portrayed just didn't work.  Whenever I think of this aspect, I think of last years disaster of a Fantastic Four movie.  The director tried to focus on the relationship between Reed Richards and Ben Grim.  He also tries to show audiences a different way on how the four got their powers, but he spends AN HOUR AND A HALF explaining this.  This left no room for an actual movie. BTW, this movie sucks and you shouldn't watch it.  I watched it so you guys didn't have to.

4.  The movie was a product of its time

       
          Some movies only work in the time that they were created. Take "The Breakfast Club" for example.  If they made a reboot that took place during our time, it wouldn't work. First of all, we don't have detention on weekends, which would screw up the whole plot line.  Also, the things that they do I. The movie would be unrealistic in a modern setting, like ours. Another example would be "Goonies," where it was more common for children to adventure and hang out with eachother, but today, this would be seen as terrible parenting.  I mean, how often do we see the parents in this movie, and when we do, are they actually good parents?

I could go on on how so many reboots have failed, but I'm on a bus right now, and I really want to sleep.

One thing I will say, however, is that reboots still make a lot of money, even if they are terrible as Fant4stic from last year.