The 90s called

Sad what Hollywood has become.

I mean, I’ve seen all but toy story 4 and they’re all watchable.

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Hollywood is dominated by people who have no real creativity. The only interesting original ideas they've ever had are ones they steal from others.

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Blame the consumer not Hollywood

There are tons of fantastic and indie low budget films being produced in Hollywood with big name actors

But the general public does not want that. But it doesn’t stop you from consuming it

fuggin incredible

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Blame the consumer not Hollywood

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No. That's a bullshite excuse. There have been many great major motion pictures that audiences loved.

And I really don't think the consumer is to blame for shite like TLJ and Lesbian Ghostbusters. Literally no one was crying out for that.

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There are tons of fantastic and indie low budget films

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Great. Which gay/black/tranny crusader movie should I watch first?

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Blame the consumer not Hollywood

No. That's a bullshite excuse. There have been many great major motion pictures that audiences loved.

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I think it’s a combination of both. Audiences have shown Hollywood that they’ll pay to go see all these sequels, remakes, and other cookie cutter big budget movies. And Hollywood has decided to take less risks and put fewer resources into new and original ideas that may or may not work out.

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I said that the originality is dead in major films.

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If we’re talking bigger budget movies($75M+) then I totally agree with you there. Unless your name is Nolan or Tarantino...

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Blame the consumer not Hollywood

There are tons of fantastic and indie low budget films being produced in Hollywood with big name actors

But the general public does not want that. But it doesn’t stop you from consuming it

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If I’m paying $40 to watch something in a theatre, I want a big budget blockbuster that is using the sound/visual tech to its fullest potential.

I save the great indie screenplays for Netflix and other streaming services

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It is, and there's no way crap like TLJ and SJW Ghostbusters were a response to audience outcry. They were basically an excuse for having no original thought, posing as activism and intended to browbeat anyone who didn't like them with "_____-ist" epithets and other familiar whining.

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There is no feminism in Ghostbusters. There's no messaging in TLJ. There's capitalism. Adding women or people of different color broadens appeal to a new demographic. Disney doesn't care about your identity politics. It cares about more money. This is reaction to Twitter reactions, not the actual movies. Same with Booksmart. "Girls party after studying a lot in high school. Having no experience, hijinks ensue." That's not a crusade. Reacting to the filmmaker's Twitter presence should not inform your perception of the content.

That said, I get that social media reactions are so loud and annoying that it's hard to not dislike the films people yell so much about. I wasn't responding to this. I was responding to the idiotic dismissal of smaller films.

Looking at the top grossing films of each decade, sequels and remakes have been going strong for a long time. Ben-hur and The Ten Commandments are both remakes that dominated the box office in the 50s. And then you have to really stretch the definition of "originality" to give Hollywood producers any credit. The majority of the top grossing films from each decade were based on well-established properties. I also long for more originality in film, but now, as it has always been with the movies, that originality is found in smaller films. Even Star Wars, the little film that became one of the most successful films of all time, is totally cribbed from Dune and The Hidden Fortress.