Has Hollywood become too Dependent On Blockbuster films?

[BAYLOR]

Wow. Just surfing around I ran across the newest reboot of a franchise, Jurassic World. 150 million budget!!! That's more than double the budget of all four movies mentioned in my previous post combined.

3 films and done . They shouldn't have bothered with this one.

 

[BAYLOR]

There is possibility that we might get new Indiana Jones films.

 

[soulsinging]

High-frequency theatre-goers tend to be teens and young adults, which is why they get most of the love from studios. Does Hollywood neglect to make movies for older people because older people don't go to the movies, or have older people stopped going to the movies because Hollywood neglects to make films for them? Hard to say. But I do know that whatever else Hollywood is about, it's about making money. And it's a very competitive industry. So if there really were a potentially profitable market out there being neglected, I'd be curious to hear theories why.

Maybe it's because the theater experience is so bad. You get robbed on tickets, then robbed again if you want anything to eat or drink. Then once the movie starts, the sound and picture aren't THAT much better than your home theater (except in the case of the big blockbusters that do still get made), and you have to contend with idiots talking or chatting or checking cell phones the whole time. Why WOULDN'T you rather just stay home?

I'd also say that the decline in "mid-level" movies has been matched by a significant and noticeable surge in quality tv programming. Think Sopranos, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, etc. This may be the medium of the future... it gives non-blockbusters a chance to find an audience rather than forcing them into a one-shot, 2-hour, do-or-die film.

 

[BAYLOR]

Jurassic World is box office champ which mea s more expensive sequels.

 

[Alter Business]

I am disappointed by blockbusters like Transformers. They are like two-hour toy commercials. And the "remakes" like Point of No Return, Death at a Funeral, etc. Leave the originals alone. But if the public would stop going to bad blockbusters, Hollywood would give us better fare.

 

[Maieius]

I'm losing hope in film, nowadays. Everything's the same, always sequels to franchises that haven't been seen for ten years, superhero sequels that are just boring me now and the splurge of live-action remakes. I'm wondering when the Lion King's going to be done with living animals playing the roles.
The Hobbit was a great idea, but many are in agreement that there didn't need to be three films. I love a battle scene just as much as the next guy, but that was just ridiculous to make an entire third film because of it. And the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them surely doesn't need to be three films either, it's all about the money.

Speaking of HP, that's another thing people have done is the whole Part 1, Part 2 thing. I actually agree that HP were right to make two, it was a little long but having Deathly Hallows as just one would have been very rushed and too long for one sitting. However, Breaking Dawn and Mockingjay are just for more profit. It's not necessary.

If anybody here writes something that Hollywood decides they want, turn them away, please for the love of god!

 

[BAYLOR]

I am disappointed by blockbusters like Transformers. They are like two-hour toy commercials. And the "remakes" like Point of No Return, Death at a Funeral, etc. Leave the originals alone. But if the public would stop going to bad blockbusters, Hollywood would give us better fare.

The first film wasn't bad, the subsequent films leave a lot to be desire.

 

[BAYLOR]

I'm losing hope in film, nowadays. Everything's the same, always sequels to franchises that haven't been seen for ten years, superhero sequels that are just boring me now and the splurge of live-action remakes. I'm wondering when the Lion King's going to be done with living animals playing the roles.
The Hobbit was a great idea, but many are in agreement that there didn't need to be three films. I love a battle scene just as much as the next guy, but that was just ridiculous to make an entire third film because of it. And the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them surely doesn't need to be three films either, it's all about the money.

Speaking of HP, that's another thing people have done is the whole Part 1, Part 2 thing. I actually agree that HP were right to make two, it was a little long but having Deathly Hallows as just one would have been very rushed and too long for one sitting. However, Breaking Dawn and Mockingjay are just for more profit. It's not necessary.

If anybody here writes something that Hollywood decides they want, turn them away, please for the love of god!

Anyone think that Mazerunner an be the next Hunger games ?

 

[Mark Ragland]

I'm losing hope in film, nowadays. Everything's the same, always sequels to franchises that haven't been seen for ten years, superhero sequels that are just boring me now and the splurge of live-action remakes. I'm wondering when the Lion King's going to be done with living animals playing the roles.
The Hobbit was a great idea, but many are in agreement that there didn't need to be three films. I love a battle scene just as much as the next guy, but that was just ridiculous to make an entire third film because of it. And the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them surely doesn't need to be three films either, it's all about the money.

Speaking of HP, that's another thing people have done is the whole Part 1, Part 2 thing. I actually agree that HP were right to make two, it was a little long but having Deathly Hallows as just one would have been very rushed and too long for one sitting. However, Breaking Dawn and Mockingjay are just for more profit. It's not necessary.

If anybody here writes something that Hollywood decides they want, turn them away, please for the love of god!

Totally agree with your sentiment. Hollywood has run out of original ideas, it seems. Movies these days are either updated remakes or sequels.

 

[soulsinging]

As true as most of this discussion is, I'm still stupidly excited about the trailers for the Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman movies that just debuted at Comic Con.

 

[Vince W]

Blockbusters are great and I enjoy them when they are done well. It's just that random splodey bits interspersed with angsty looks and dialogue can get tedious. Story should trump FX and not the other way around.

 

[Mark Ragland]

As true as most of this discussion is, I'm still stupidly excited about the trailers for the Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman movies that just debuted at Comic Con.

Loved the Batman vs. Superman trailer. Still haven't decided on the Suicide Squad trailer which I saw yesterday.

 

[hardsciencefanagain]

as i've said before,don't trust trailers

 

[BAYLOR]

A bad trailer can sink a potentially good film.

 

[BAYLOR]

Fantastic Four didn't work out for Fox .

 

[Mark Ragland]

Fantastic Four didn't work out for Fox .

I think the director tweeted a day before the film came out that it was a bad film. That is, it wasn't the movie he envisioned.

 

[BAYLOR]

I think the director tweeted a day before the film came out that it was a bad film. That is, it wasn't the movie he envisioned.

Executive meddling.

 

[soulsinging]

I think the director tweeted a day before the film came out that it was a bad film. That is, it wasn't the movie he envisioned.

Eh, sounds kind of like an excuse. By all accounts, the movie was awful from top to bottom, no plot, hack writing, etc. This isn't like 16 Candles, where studio execs inexplicably changed the ending in the worst way imaginable but the rest of the movie stood strong.

 

[BAYLOR]

Eh, sounds kind of like an excuse. By all accounts, the movie was awful from top to bottom, no plot, hack writing, etc. This isn't like 16 Candles, where studio execs inexplicably changed the ending in the worst way imaginable but the rest of the movie stood strong.

It's possible that this one might end up with a sequel.

 

[BAYLOR]

The next blockbuster Star Wars 7 . Im looking forward to that one.