They need one more reason, too many reboots, remakes, sequels and franchise movies.
Also LOL at all the comments on the article saying it’s because movies are woke.
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Also LOL at all the comments on the article saying it’s because movies are woke.
I suppose Garfield might be woke AF, I haven't seen it.
One of the comments does mention the strikes and that has caused all sorts of issues. An earlier article on here suggested the film studios were largely writing 2024 off as a bust. All hopes now seem pinned on D&W for doing good money and Joker 2 and Alien: Romulus have potential to do well. I think my top ten of the year is going to look pretty anaemic.
- An ever-larger number of people can't afford basic necessities
- They keep releasing movies that suck
#1 IMO is that they don't make anything original anymore. I don't want to go see a live action remake of a classic cartoon movie. They can't possibly recapture what made the original great, and to be honest, what made the original great was probably the ignorance of youth and the nostalgia filter through which you personally view it.
If movie theaters are doing poorly, the movie industry should try to make smaller budget and slightly riskier original movies and movie theaters should charge less for a seat if they're having trouble filling cinemas. They make most of their money from concessions anyway and those are optional, so just get butts in seats and you'll make more money.
I agree to a point, but Mad Max is an example of something original that seems to have come from a place of creativity instead of a committee and yet is still doing poorly.
So I don't think it's just that Hollywood has a tendency to do remakes instead of original stuff.
The movie from 1979, from 1981, from 1985? Maybe the movie from 2015, or the spin-off from this year?
Just because it's a sequel doesn't mean it's derivative. All 5 movies are directed by the same guy. I can't speak for the first 3, but if you saw the 2015 movie and couldn't tell that it was a passion project, then I don't know what to tell you. We don't call Sherlock Holmes soulless even though Doyle wrote over 50 short stories starring Holmes.
It's entirely possible for someone to be creatively invested in a world they've built and want to keep exploring it in future works.
I absolutely love the Mad Max series, but I’ll be the first to say that yes, it’s derivative, except for the very first one.
All the others follow the same formula: Max Rockatansky wanders into a shitty situation while dealing with Bad Guys™️. Shitty situation escalates and ropes him in. He reluctantly helps and, with a ragtag team of anti-heroes, they save the day at a great cost. Max is left to wander the Outback once more.
It’s a great formula, I love it, but I won’t blame anyone for not wanting to watch more of the same.
In '85, they brought on Tina Turner just to cash in on previous releases. Kinda like casting JLo or Beyonce in another Mad Max and expecting it to do better.
She did a bang up job, though.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love Tina's music.
If you're being that reductive then you're describing like 10% of all movies.
2015's Mad Max: Fury Road ... Meanwhile, Furiosa,
Maybe make something original for a change? We're tired of these mega franchises. Where are the Princess Bride masterpieces, with actual soul and charm? Not looking for another formulaic cash grasp with a thin veneer of woke posturing (looking at you, Barbie).
Hey! Barbie stayed true to its roots! It's a brave thing to make a movie out of a music video and we should honour that commitment, not shame it.
1, 4, 5 and 6 seem to me all connected by the pandemic and its knock on effects: avoiding COVID is worth it especially if you can watch at home without some of the bullshit of the cinemas and with streaming ready to meet you there anyway.
2 and 3 just then become more glaring in the light of the other factors (as does the saturation of reboots and se/pre-quels).
I personally love the cinema experience but have definitely dropped off from going post-pandemic. Part of it is that my partner and I have gotten COVID too many times for how cautious we are (twice each) and have slowly realised we probably have mild-long-COVID. Cinemas are pretty safe AFAICT, but still. And too many times has there been some annoying asshole in the cinema or some group that think it's more funny than I ever could, or have I been forced to sit at just too much of an angle, or needed to go to the bathroom without being able to pause.
Realistically, once home TVs, audio and streaming tech got good enough, this was somewhat inevitable.
The last time I went to the movies pre-covid in New York.... A guy who clearly didn't want to be there was sitting in the front of the theatre watching a sports broadcast on his TABLET with the loud speaker engaged...
4 is a big one as it hits more than cinemas - the manager of my local reckons dozens of regulars never returned after pubs reopened.
Could've carked it
There's also the fact that video games are getting to be better quality than movies.