I don't know about this..........
How many remakes have been anywhere near comparable to the originals, especially these days??? And I'm not talking English/US remakes of foreign films like The Departed/Infernal Affairs or Magnificent 7/Seven Samurai. I'm thinking more like "The Nutty Professor", "The Shaggy Dog", "Guess Who's coming to Dinner", "The In-Laws"; you catch my drift. OK, I think Peter Jackson's "King Kong" was pretty decent, but the original still has something special to it. And "The Manchurian Candidate" was popcorn entertaining, but the original was one of a kind.
I don't usually watch remakes because the originals usually were so good or special I don't understand any reason besides the only reason (read $$$$) that anyone would remake them; re "The Nutty Professor".
And don't get me started on the TV show movies.(McHale's Navy, Beverly Hillbillies, )........
