Remakes?

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2014)

First of all I would like to begin by saying I love movies and on the whole the movies that get high ratings are generally good. However, my issue is that I don't understand why people seem to think a star cast automatically makes a better movie, and Heat is a perfect example. LA Takedown (the original TV movie) starred nobodies and was seen by a fraction of the people who saw Heat, but the film was much better. Why? because the script was less wordy and obvious, the original had subtlety and inferred what the characters thought whereas the remake had to spell out every idea, leaving nothing for the audience to do.
Another issue I have is with the basically ridiculous plot twist in the remake. In the original the reason the thief goes back to confront the rat is because his girlfriend rejects him. In the remake he has the girl but he still decides to go back so you have a confrontation of good Vs bad. In the original the cop respects the thief and shows that by how he treats the rat. This is similar to The Departed which is absolute garbage in comparison to Infernal Affairs(a must see) on every level acting,writing,plot but because one stars Jack, Leo, Matt Damon and is directed by Marty and the other is foreign starring and directed by relative nobodies one is considered great wins awards and is wrongly lauded. I defy anybody to watch the originals of either movie and say honestly the remake is anything other than rubbish i.e. in the Departed Jack is a rat why? and again the good guys win predictable crap. fine this is Hollywood but since when did Marty stop making real films Raging Bull, Goodfellas and start pandering to the Oscars voters. Please!! Finally I just want more people to watch good movies because they deserve to be seen Thanks you and Goodnight