British film critic Barry Norman knows a thing or two about great movies- he's been reviewing them for decades. Add him to the list of disgusted movie scholars who are appalled that now even mediocre movies are being remade under the justification they are "classics". Norman points out that films like Top Gun, Point Break and Porky's may well have entertained their intended audience, but under no circumstance should they be considered classics. He also correctly states that if Orson Welles were alive today, he would stand no chance whatsoever of finding studio financing for Citizen Kane. We're not as harsh toward the concepts of remakes in general as Norman is. We can reel off a list of remakes or quasi-remakes that are as good, if not better than the original films. However, he is correct in saying the latest wave of remakes is symptom of a film industry almost completely devoid of any originality. Click here to read