The art of making a good movie remake is incredibly challenging.
Simply,some movies could never be topped by a remake.
Once upon a time, the idea of this movie being remade would have been preposterous.
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it’s possible for you to’t compete with the master.
The movie is incredibly sweet but never saccharine or fake.
It’s funny, but it doesn’t sacrifice emotion for laughs.
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It’s always better to leave movies as timeless and unproblematic as this one untouched.
There’s a lot aboutGone With the Windthat, unsurprisingly and quite infamously, hasn’t aged particularly well.
On a superficial level, its melodramatic tone may take away a bit of appeal for some.
More importantly, its romanticized depictions of race and the antebellum South have made it undeniably dated.
As such, one can imagine a brave filmmaker taking on a remake of thisquintessential ’40s classic.
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