What is the point of remakes?

[Zivouhr]

What movie would you like to see remade with improvements?

There are some original films that had good concepts, but maybe the execution of the idea in the film was off. It's even possible the original film's creators missed the mark of what the concept was all about.

And instead of only remaking an entire film, what about re-editing certain films?

Like Taken 2 and 3 from Megaton the director who loves to showcase 100 cuts per every 10 seconds? Instead, hand it to a different editor and let the film's footage actually breathe. Those could've been better films with better editing.
I'd say the same thing about Paul WS Anderson's Resident Evil The Final Chapter. What a mess of fast cuts. It made the fight/actions almost unwatchable. Rapid fire editing stinks for most fight scenes. Slow it down to at most 1 shot per second, not 2 or 3 shots per second.

Same with the choppy as all hell fight scenes in a Jason Bourne film, the last one I think that Damon was in. The fight scenes were very difficult to tell what was going on for the several minutes the fight lasted. Not good, so re-edit them. But if there isn't any good footage, then there's not much hope.

And finally, if the studio/owner that released the film wants to just sit on the original cut, then there's nothing that can be done.