tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post8833605510100495914..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: SabrinaKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-51655890835400842912009-05-21T16:32:07.885-04:002009-05-21T16:32:07.885-04:00You ask: Why it is that remakes so often feel the ...You ask: <I>Why it is that remakes so often feel the need to have their characters say things that the people in the original didn't have to say at all has always been beyond me.</I>I have three theories:<br /><br />One is that the makers of the remake don't have confidence in the material and think they have to spell everything out to make it "better."<br /><br />A somewhat related second theory: the makers of the remake don't have confidence in themselves and their own abilities to tell the story as well as it was done before.<br /><br />And the most likely: the makers of the remake don't have confidence that the audience is smart enough to get it unless it's spoon-fed to them. They didn't seem to have that attitude back in the beforetimes.jasonhttp://www.jasonbennion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-88926239697189166012009-05-21T12:07:08.537-04:002009-05-21T12:07:08.537-04:00What I always remember as the end from the origina...What I always remember as the end from the original is the porter on the ship bringing Linus's hat to Sabrina for her to fix the brim. I know there's a little bit more to the movie than that, but the look on Audrey Hepburn's face in that scene, going from confused to realization, is just priceless. I adore the original film and I thought the remake was just so-so.JPDenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113766962967619446noreply@blogger.com