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Also, you have failed to show that the original was a failure due to being sentimental. Sentiment does not always destroy movies; the canon of Frank Capra, for instance, is rich with sentiment, and for my money contains a number of works of genius. Sentiment is a double edged sword; used right, it can make things very powerful indeed, used clumsily and it ruins a film. I don't know, obviously, but the original could have been a powerful and touching piece, for all its sentimentality, whereas the later version could have been clumsy and far less effective.