I see what you are saying, but it is not extremely common, at least for me, to enjoy a remake as much as the original. Granted pretty much every movie you listed I enjoyed, but there are far too many movies I can name that are just terrible or simply made to garner money from a fan base or following of a cult classic.

I think one of the best remakes I have ever seen is Rob Zombie's Halloween (The first one). I've seen the original series milked and face palmed plenty, plus being that it's a horror movie remake, those tend to suck the most(except for the new Evil Dead). I was extremely surprised at how intense it was and could almost argue that it's better than the original.

Movies are supposed to be fun and entertaining, but I feel what the author is saying. I've kicked myself in the butt for paying full price to see remakes and I did not enjoy myself other than stuffing my face with 15 dollar popcorn lol.

Some good points there, but I can sort of understand where the author is coming from. Rather than having a greater demand for new films and new visions of today, Hollywood is so safe with what goes through that it's mostly stuff that's a safe bet: remaking a classic movie, grabbing a comic book franchise, etc.

Just think about it: 20 years from now how few blockbuster franchises of today could actually be original screenplays for them to be rebooted down the line. What will the ratio be of big-budgeted movies from comics started in the mid-20th century to movies with refreshing ideas made now?