The not so good idea of the day

OMG ! WTF ?!?

I'm totally shocked ! Why ? Why ? Why ?

Why do people are in need to do a remake of Dirty Dancing ????

Seriously ... of course the original movie wasn't perfect but who cares ? It was good enough to speak to an entire generation (or more) of girls/women and to become iconic for them.

So what's the point to a remake ? Money ? I'm not so sure ... you can never know how much you'll earn from a movie. Does Hollywood suffer from such a lack of inspiration that they can't produce any new story ? Is remaking classics their only solution ?

I think about it and I can't find any example where the remake of a classic movie (I'm not talking about remakes of movies that weren't very successful - different situation) is better than the original one.

Plus, in this case, when they try to make a sequel/spin off of the movie ... it gave us "Dirty Dancing : Havana Night" ... and well, it wasn't that good ... it didn't really compare to the original Dirty Dancing. Of course, it was decent summer entertainment but I didn't see the point to relate it to the original Dirty Dancing movie. I guess it was only some marketing trick.

Anyway, I don't like the idea. That's it.

And I just can't imagine that someone else than Patrick Swayze could be Johnny Castle.

Could you imagine someone else than Humphrey Bogart to be Rick Blaine in Casablanca ? No.

Could you imagine someone else than Vivien Leigh to be Scarlet O'Hara in Gone with the Wind ? No

Could you imagine someone else than Leonardo DiCaprio to be Jack Dawson in Titanic ? No.

Of course, Dirty Dancing didn't get as much awards than those examples and professional critics will probably tell you Dirty Dancing wasn't as good but still ...

That's just what it is. Some characters just can't be taken by someone else than the original actor/actress.

Please stop with those stupid remakes ideas.