![]() ![]() 300, The Clash of the Titans movies, Pompeii, Brad Pitt pouting at the camera in Troy, and even a TV version of Spartacus all tried to subvert the genre, and only a few found any success.īen-Hur is another pile of dirt on the genre’s shallow grave, but in Hollywood, all it takes is one good movie to spawn a slew of imitators and wannabes. It has mostly been bad news since Ridley Scotts Gladiator won Best Picture in 2000. No one was asking for a remake of the 1959 Charlton Heston epic, and its epic flunk out at the box office over the weekend - it made just $11 million - suggests that it takes more than a famous title to successfully reinvigorate a classic.īeyond its mediocre quality (the reviews were scathing) is the film’s place in the sword-and-sandals genre – a troubled class. The conundrum of remakes is that studios won’t take a chance on redoing an obscure movie because name recognition is worth millions – but at the same time, certain movies just seem too holy for a revival. ![]()
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