Jerry: I'm with you on this one. I am going to see the re-make of Manchurian Candidate, but I don't have great expectations. I don't believe I have ever seen a re-make of a really excellent movie that could hold a candle to the original.
I don't understand Hollywood though. The studios would rather gamble their money on the re-make of a successful film rather than take a chance on an original, and I'm confident there is some excellent new material available. Just about everybody in Hollywood is writing a screenplay. Heck, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that evernone in Phoenix is writing one.