If there is one movie that every girl should watch during her teenage years it is, of course, Dirty Dancing.
Hard to believe that it was released way back in 1987, yes it's twenty two years old, the film is a coming of age drama that follows Baby as she begins to learn about life. love as well as herself.
Starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze the film was a monster hit grossing over $213 million at the box office and has gone on to remain as popular now as it was then.
And it's the longevity of this movie that is so impressive as everyone knows the story and the music, I'm having the time of my life and all that, as this film continues to be passed down to the new generations of teenage girls, and I count myself amongst them.
As well as the success of the movie the soundtrack was just as popular, (I've Had) The Time of My Life picking up an Oscar for Best Original Song, and in recent years the movie has been adapted for the stage.
So for many girl Dirty Dancing is one of those great movie experiences from our younger years, and it tends to me a movie that we continue to enjoy for many years to come, so you can imagine my horror when it was announced that a remake is in the pipeline.
Hollywood tried the whole sequel thing back in 2004 with Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, starring Diego Luna, a movie that was a miss critically and only just scrapped back it's $25 million budget.
But it's the success of the theatre production, which has been wowing audiences on Broadway and in London's West End, that has brought this movie about.
Film executives are keen to cash in on the continuing popularity of the movie, with a new version of the original picture.
Bosses at Lionsgate productions are currently developing a script with Uptown Girls writer Julia Dahl, according to Production Weekly.
Not to be a stickler for the past but there is a very famous saying that the original is always the best and, nine times out of ten, that proves to be the case.
Why can Hollywood not leave anything alone? The industry is currently dominated by sequels and remakes to the point of a joke are there no writers that produce original material?
The casting, the music, the story is what made the movie so successful back in 1987 why does this all need to be replicated?
Over the years a string of dance movies such as, Save the Last Dance and Step Up, which revolve around finding one's talent and love for the very first time, and none of them have enjoyed the success, or indeed the longevity of the original.
So if it can't ever match the original what is the point of a remake? There will never be the same affection for the new movie so surely it's best to leave it as it is!
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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