Cathbad
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What we need is a movie with well-acted, believable characters. Drama without the hoopla or CGI.
Oh, how I long for the old fashioned movies!
Oh, how I long for the old fashioned movies!
What we need is a movie with well-acted, believable characters. Drama without the hoopla or CGI.
Oh, how I long for the old fashioned movies!
Not all French movies consist of people staring disconsolately out of a window,bemoaning their fate,and quoting Sartre)
Films like The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and Ex Machina give me hope that not every film is put through the blockbuster formula.
Ghostbuster has been the hit they'd hoped it would be.
Really? Last I heard it was on track for a $70 million loss and a the sequel shelved.
'Ghostbusters' Heading for $70M-Plus Loss, Sequel Unlikely
Typo . I meant to say Hasn't been the hit they hoped. I skipped this film.
Yeah, I've given it a wide berth too.
The China market's importance will probably make Hollywood more dependent on the Tentpole Blockbuster.
True, sadly. I live in Asia and my friends flock to the dumbed down, bright lights and pretty colours blockbusters. It's just too large a market to ignore, and it's too difficult to sell complex plotlines and dense dialogue to non-English speakers who just want to see awesome explosions
Unfortunately, yes. Well, I say unfortunately. I actually *like* crappy special effects driven films every so often, but I'd also like something intelligent and low key. I don't mind at all if the pie expands as the Asian market grows, but I'd be annoyed if big budgets special effects driven movies take an ever larger slice at the cost of good cinema.