OPINION #1: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a remake of the 1974 cult classic horror film and was crying out to be remade because what everyone wanted and needed was a better look at a bloodthirsty maniac in a human flesh mask running amok in the dusty Texas countryside with a power tool cutting the body parts off frisky teens in peek-a-boo tops.
OPINION #2: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a movie all about money and the film industry, as it launches a new company called Platinum Dunes for producer Michael Bay, it introduces video and commercial director Marcus Nispel to feature films, it enhances the careers of a handful of bright young actor things, it could make large power tools popular again and it's a guaranteed magnet at the box office -- all good things that will permit everyone involved to do something similarly vapid and profitable again.
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