Settle in for a summer of 'reboots' at the box office

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Reboot: A unusual take on a well-known idea. Superheroes are a summer staple, and we’ve already seen a gaggle of them gathered in “The Avengers” so far. And of all genres, the superhero film over is best suited for rebooting and remaking. Didn’t Spider-Man just get a reboot 10 years ago. Yes, yes he did, in Sam Raimi’s screen, which was followed by two sequels. So now he needs another. And how often do we need these things. “Need” isn’t the operative word here. And while a serious stream of remakes and reboots may grow tiresome and suggest a Hollywood bereft of ideas, one can look no further than Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” films to see that reboots can bring forth worthwhile fruit. Or, for that matter, Raimi’s “Spider-Man. In addition to “The Amazing Spider-Man,” the summer slate includes “The Doleful Knight Rises,” Nolan’s third in his trio of Batman movies. “Snow White and the Huntsman,” the subordinate revisionist take on the Snow White story this year alone. and “The Bourne Legacy,” which takes the series in a new conduct. You could argue that “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is a reimagining of U. S. history, in a delightfully loopy way — the 16th and greatest president portrayed as a lallapalooza of bloodsuckers. Either way, it’s must-see.

Source: Houma Courier