What happened to Hollywood?

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tara amen 9/25/2011
LA man I do and I don't agree. I don't agree that movies are bad because people with messed up personal lives are choosing to make bad movies. It doesn't work like that. First of all actors don't choose what movies get made or not, studios and studio executives do. Studios can always find the money to pay an "A" list actor if they have to, so the idea that a studio can't afford them is completely uninformed and a rather uneducated opinion.That's why they are called "A" list as opposed to "B". The Latter are not as popular and have not proven to bring in huge amounts of money in ticket or DVD sales. And whether the actual actor ends up in rehab or has a screwy lifestyle is irrelevant considering that audiences are not there to watch someone whom they can lay judgement on their personal life. They are there to watch a movie. A movie is a story with "actors" (people who play roles whom are not themselves) that portray different characters who work within a plot line.
I also don't agree that all movies today are just crass, filled with sex and violence. Movies have been crass, filled with sex and very violent for at least the last forty years. To say they are all like that nowadays is a very broad and generalized statement and again an uniformed opinion. And whether a film has sex or violence doesn't matter, if it's meant to be there and necessary for the story, then so be it. You don't like it, watch something else. And herein lies the problem and where I do agree with the author. There isn't enough choice to watch something really good. The author is correct in that Hollywood has been pumping out remake after remake, big giant "smash 'em, bang 'em up" action flicks, or the same romantic comedy with the exact same formulaic plot line over and over and over again. Wanting to go out and see something great at a movie theater is becoming a thing of the past. I have found most people I've talked to are generally disappointed with the movie they saw and also ticked off that they paid close to forty dollars, popcorn and drink included. Hollywood is no longer taking any chances it seems, on films with depth, older genres, or even daring to create new genres. Hollywood has been taking the "tried, tested and true" to any script and using the same gags, plot lines and action gimmicks that somebody else had to take a risk and was allowed to, and now they have become the standard. The problem is now, it's the same thing repeated, so now it's become so obvious nothing is new and the only solution made by Hollywood is to add more shock value gags, that way it won't seem like the same movie you've seen a dozen times. Sad really. So these points I agree with the author. And it's sad because I really would like to return to the days when going to the movies was something to get excited about, as opposed to going somewhere to spend close to forty, sometimes fifty bucks, watch a half an hour of commercials, end up seeing a movie that's terrible and in the end feel ripped off whereas if you'd stayed at home you could have ordered a movie off net flicks and if it' no good, you can watch something else.		 9/23/2011
punz I totally agree. Nothing is original. Everything is a remake or a book-to-movie film. Nothing really captures my attention any more from Hollywood. I have only a hand full of movies that made from young actors that I enjoyed; Wicker Park, Distrubia (although it was a remake of a Hitchcock film), Eagle Eye, Let Me In (from the book, Let the right one in). I find myself rewatching the "older" movies like The Last Samurai, Interview with the Vampire, Troy, The Time Machine, I Am Legend, Cast Away.

I miss getting excited about going to the movies...		 2/9/2011
Fl man I share your view on the movie industry, its dead. But what was with your comment about "whites going through the motions of acting"?. 6/4/2010
isabel you are so right. now its about the sex and violence expliotation.but in the future hopefully talented actors will come. 5/1/2010
pj The most amazing and truthful article ive read in years...they dont make movies like they used to anymore, when is it going to change? 6/11/2009
G I agree something has to change...They need to get rid of all the "celebrities" and find some real actors 1/13/2009
Renzo MOST of the stuff you are saying here...
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE
I hope you are a producer or something.		 8/29/2008
Roger Hear hear! I'm with you! But perhaps the real reason is simply the sheer amount of movies being made these days. 11/28/2007
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