It’s been 12 years. Let it lie. The only way big budget films on that scale can be made in the future with any relative success is if moviegoers come back to the cinemas. They are entirely dependent on repeat ticket sales. I think instead films will change gears from only focusing on the lowest common denominator. We hopefully will entire a rise of the indie niche flicks like what we saw in the past. I for one celebrate diversity of filmmaking and closing the door on megastars and sets with a resurgence on story and dialogue and less on costly cgi. That’s my hope at least.

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Posted by PowerTool

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Posted on 1/24/21 at 9:50 pm to Richleau

I think it's kind of the nature of "indie niche" films that we've always had to do a little research to find them, and it's easier now than ever to find them. And they're still being made (although everything has been slowed down in the past year). It's not like Disney made a shift from arthouse to blockbuster in order to jump on a trend.

But the Marvel properties have been making money across various mediums since the early 1960's. The A-list DC properties go back decades further. So I don't think they're going away anytime soon. And the reason they've had staying power is that they're pretty basic SciFi action stories (and some fantasy) dressed up and given a budget. Action, SciFi, and fantasy have been staples of Hollywood since forever.

You mentioned Westerns; I'd love a resurgence of Westerns. There have actually been some good ones made in the last 10 years or so, and I'm able to find them because the faddish blockbusters pay for those streaming services that carry the movies I want to watch.

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