There Is a Remake of the Shadow of the Tomb Raider Trailer Starring Cats and Dogs and Here It Is

Shot-for-shot remakes are a dangerous proposition for any filmmaker. The potential downsides are huge--see, e.g., Gus Van Sant's Psycho or John Legend and Stevie Wonder's "Hey Ya!"--and the upside is tiny. Even excellent remakes, like Jimmy Fallon's meticulous recreation of the music video for Styx's "Too Much Time on My Hands," can only hope to be praised for their attention to detail, not their artistic vision. There is one exception, however: remakes that replace the film's original humans with live-action house pets behaving like humans. These are uniformly masterpieces, each and every time, and it is incumbent upon critics to bring them to the attention of as large an audience as possible as quickly as possible.