Poltergeist Movie Analysis

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Remakes come, remakes get forgotten due to the lack of a original story. Due to the original beingis unique, daring and most important different in every way you love. All I can say is with the remake to Poltergeist, was by the end of this movie I was very unhappy. Gil Kenan did an awful job making us believe these parents, were actually wanting their child back. He did a horrendous job at remaking one of the best movies, leaving so many elements of the original out that made the movie splendid a real true scare. I get that both need to be different in ways, nevertheless this movie was garbage.
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It was a beautiful sunny day, with the smell of fresh start in the air for Eric (Sam Rockewell) and his wife Amy (Rosemarie DeWitt)

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