It seem like every month, another movie comes out that is a reboot or a sequel. It is somewhat rare that there is a new popular movie that isn’t some sort of remake. Especially with new Disney Pixar movies, there is always a new live-action version of a movie that came out 50 years ago. It is becoming more difficult for companies like Disney to produce creative and successful films. So, they stick to what they know and reproduce the past. New movies like Wish and Elemental aren’t performing nearly as successfully as movies like Toy Story and Tangled. It is almost as if Disney doesn’t know what to do, so they are scrambling to make new versions of past movies and hoping for success. But sometimes that doesn’t even work. After Lightyear came out, based on the original Toy Story, the movie received a lot of hate. The decline of Disney is starting now. However, people still like watching old movies and experiencing nostalgia. Even online, people are fancasting actors to play the Tangled characters in a hopeful Tangled reboot.

Nostalgia is arguably one of the most sought-after emotions. This is why people try their best to cling to the past, even if sometimes their wishes are aggressive. One example of this is how adults have been in love with Harry Potter for an extended period of time. People will spend their lives being “Potterheads” and long to be a part of a fantasy universe as clever as Harry Potter. They will sort themselves into one of the four houses, buy merchandise, and even mentally shift to their preferred world. People do this not only to feel the nostalgia of their childhood but also to somewhat escape from their own difficult reality. This is why, even though controversial and unoriginal, reboots and remakes are still somewhat successful. The majority will do anything to relive the happiness they felt as children or to feel a part of a universe where they think they would feel happy. However, some people don’t understand this obsession. One of them is Miriam Margoyle, who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movies. Recently, she revealed that, “I worry about Harry Potter fans because they should be over that by now. You know, it was 25 years ago, and it’s for children. I think it’s for children. But they get stuck in it.”

Now, I am not expressing hatred. Some could say I’m an aggressive superfan myself. However, I would say I am in the majority with the opinion that I feel hypocritical about the subject. If there is a remake of one of my favorite universes, I will watch it. But I am critical of the non-creativity of the movie industry currently. While it can be an excuse that there aren’t any creative and well-made movies because of the writer’s strike, before the writer’s strike, there weren’t many original movies either. It could be argued that one of the most recent, original, classic movies was La La Land, which came out in 2014. Dune 2 just came out, and people are saying that the film is life-changing, but it is based on a book. Overall, there still should be remakes and reboots made (just not as many), and there needs to be more original movies that could be considered “classics.”