Why'd they go and do that?

They've done another version of The Manchurian Candidate.

Yes, it's going to star Denzel Washington but the original Manchurian Candidate is one my favorite films and I just can't see how a glitzy remake is going to get anywhere near it. The last remake Jonathan Demme did, The Truth About Charlie certainly doesn't appear to have turned out very well.

I hope that Washington and Demme can capture the kind of complexity and intensity they had in Philadelphia... that'll make it at least a bit interesting.