There are many reasons why directors attempt remakes, but “I wanna ’cos it’s my favourite movie ever” shouldn’t really rank as the most encouraging. Spielberg sensed contemporary relevance in his update of The War Of The Worlds. Soderbergh saw vast room for improvement with Ocean’s Eleven. And numerous others have, quite simply, thought a new take on an old story would guarantee big bucks. No doubt Universal had the latter in mind when finally greenlighting this latest reworking of the 1933 monster classic, but, as is well-documented, that wasn’t the key driving impulse. No, Peter Jackson just wanted to emulate the film that lit his first fires of inspiration and repay that creative ignition with a fitting tribute.