Since the establishment of film as an art form in the late 1800s, countless movies have been conceived and enjoyed (or hated) by moviegoers. As time has passed, the reocurring ideas that continue to appear in film have managed to evolve into a critically polarized category all of their own: remakes.
Often deemed as an unnecessarily redundant way to collect the public's cash, the remake's potential to go against this preconceived notion lies entirely in the hands of its filmmakers. To establish its relevance to modern moviegoers and secure its own identity in the cinematic universe, a remake must follow the criteria that I have listed below.