American Adaptations: Please, Hollywood, Stop!
I know there is a need in Hollywood for fresh ideas, and one of the best places to find them is to simply rob the neighbors, but it’s getting out of control.
First of all, these movies are never as good as the originals – no exceptions. I know everyone raved about Scorsese’s adaptation of Infernal Affairs into the hit movie The Departed, but, even though it was a decent (and Academy Award winning) movie in its own right (and I happen to love Scorsese) it still did not carry the same punch that the original did.
