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While I am not in the market for this stuff anymore, I do miss movies with great soundtracks.
Or just really good movies for young people to converge around. That just doesn't seem to happening much anymore. Or maybe it's just my kids' tastes and it's still happening with superhero movies? |
I miss the days when young people mostly settled their disputes with punches as opposed to knives and guns.
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But it's not something that crosses over all kid, teen and young adult demographics like blockbuster movies used to. Before, the "big movies" would draw everyone into the same tent: geeks, nerds, jocks, girls, boys, etc. |
I can’t even remember what’s the last “big movie” that had that effect on the public. Probably something like Avatar circa 2009? I feel like the blockbusters that came out in the 2010s didn’t have the same appeal on the public. That includes movies from big franchises such as Jurassic World, etc.
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One of the big issues to me is that many modern movies (pretty much all big budget) need to have some sort of background music going at ALL times. It's one of those things that I couldn't put my fingers on but once I noticed it began to bother me a lot. Older movies have a lot more silence in them - even if we just go back to the 90s.
Also count me in as someone who doesn't really care at all about superhero movies - I know there are some that are better than others but it all kinda blends together to me. Nothing wrong with liking them but I find the obsession in some circles (i.e. the twitter crowd just furious at Scorcese) more than a bit off-putting. In many ways TV and movies have switched places in terms of artistic merit. Which isn't to say that great movies aren't being made, or that there isn't shitty TV. But Prestige TV is a wholly post 9/11 concept that has come into it's own. |
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In ye olden days, a movie with broad appeal (say, Back to the Future) had the best potential for profitability by appealing to the largest mass audience in North America and to a lesser extent, Europe. Any other markets were gravy, but not key. So a movie that appealed to a broad, but culturally homogeneous audience was important. BTTF, despite being a time-travel movie, was a more lighthearted comedy that mom, dad and teens could enjoy for different reasons in 1985. Today, Hollywood wants the potential for the global cash haul. So, one needs movies that span cultural divides easily and can be translated without much effort. Superhero movies are pretty universal (and seemingly popular) stories, despite them being American tales. Something like BTTF doesn’t ‘work’ in China, because the context for understanding 1980s vs. 1950s teen America is a unique cultural moment that doesn’t translate. I do wonder how clueless I’d be if China had done a similar conceptual idea and I tried to watch it. |
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The reality is that as movie production budgets have increased exponentially and the box office has become a global phenomenon, production companies are seeking "sure things". Nowadays you're committing $200 million to a massive CGI budget, lead actors that command $10 million +, and you need to appeal to the Chinese audience to push your revenue up. Only a few directors (Tarantino for example) have the pedigree and track record to justify these sizeable investments into an untested, original screenplay. Sequels and remakes are boring, and they make money with as little risk as possible. |
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Prior to COVID two big hits were Parasite and Uncut Gems - both originals. There's plenty out there if you're willing to sort through whatever Hollywood wants to pump out on any given week. Quote:
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Colour grading in film from 2000's until today is very distracting and annoying. Denis Villeneuve is one of the few that can pull it off well. Watching reruns of CSI is downright hilarious.
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I can hear these photos. With all the rustling of the newspapers. |
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I think part of it is because in the past TV was the cheaper entertainment option of the two. You paid little to nothing for TV programming whereas for movies you had to go out and buy a ticket. Or go to a video store and pay to rent one, or order it on pay-per-view. Obviously we're not generally paying individually for each TV series we watch, but the gap between what we pay for series vs. paying for movies has narrowed considerably. |
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https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2019/ 15 of top 20 movies was a sequel or remake. 20 years earlier https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1999/ 2 sequels in the top 20 20 years before that https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1979/ Also two sequels. |
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I am not a prude at all but Hollywood mainstream comedies have gotten progressively more scatological and gross. I don't really find much that's funny in Adam Sandler saying "OMG I think I just sharted!" In recent years I've gravitated more to French (generally from France, but occasionally from Quebec too) comedies like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxlLzojqHUE It's not high-brow by any stretch but they make me laugh, which isn't always the case for Hollywood's offerings. With some exceptions like the Meet the Parents series. |
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