<human>:  Why are movie remakes such garbage most of the time?
<bot>: I think a re-make of a classic movie is a risky business. Often, the material and performance of the original work will have been so good that the new work seems like a pale comparison. Many filmmakers and audiences react to a film as though it has some permanence; even if we don’t like a film, we want to leave it as it is. But it’s hard to know in advance how well a remake will work.