Are Remakes Worth Watching?

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Many of you as myself get caught up in the world of film. Wether it's a escape to another world, screaming from fright, learning a life lesson or just wanting to laugh. I try and give them all a chance and maybe a bit out of the norm I find movies in all genres that I can enjoy. That being said I have to ask "Can't the filmmakers, producers and writers come up with any new ideas, why all the remakes?". I really don't mind a remake, if it is in homage to the original or because of technology, it's a bit dated . Today there are more and more remakes making there way to a theater near you. I feel the filmmakers are ripping off others' ideas in order to make a quick buck, not that all of them make a profit, but you know what I mean. And if they are going to do this, can't they do it well, for example Halloween 2 by Rob Zombie. If you didn't already know it was a remake you would not be able to tell. Nothing against Zombie, I like "his" movies, but his interpretation was way off course. Remakes in my opinion should, in fact be remakes, enhanced with the technology of today, and maybe a tweak here and there, other than that they should be left alone. Most of the movies being remade today were big hits when they first hit the silver screen, True Grit, Footloose and The Longest Yard just to name a few, but as remakes they didn't have much sparkle. If we the consumer keep buying into the remake game, buying those movie tickets, purchasing those DVDs, Hollywood will never get it. If you must make a remake, do it proudly with style, stick with the original story and let us recognize the original.