Is anyone else bored with current movies right now?

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(in answer to first post) I have been so excited about the films coming out in the next few months. (Babel, the Last King of Scotland, The Science of Sleep, Shortbus, The Prestige, The Fountain, Volver, Stranger Than Fiction, The Aura, Tenacious D, Apocalypto, Night at The Museum, Pan's Labyrinth, and Children of Men.)

I tend to cancel my netflix account once I have had my fill for awhile and start it again later. I am now looking forward to seeing the many films with "Gael Garcia Bernal" and episodes of "House" and "The Boondocks"

Some films you might want to add to your cue if you haven't seen them-

Mirrormask
Kung Fu Hustle
The Motorcycle Diaries

any Kusturica, Miyazaki, Gondry, Gilliam, Juenet, Inarritu, or Almodóvar film you haven't seen yet.

Episodes of House, Black Adder, or Red Dwarf.

Okay, I'm done:)
 
Very good points, UnsilentMajority - I've always enjoyed your posts and these two are no exception.

You're right, TV has been in the same fix as the movies; the only difference is that they've done something about it. Hollywood hasn't. And ugh, all these remakes and sequels and stuff - and none of these movies are good. The last sequel that I remember to top the original was LotR and that was a trilogy filmed at one go! And Hollywood is completely unimaginative nowadays - so many Asian movies are being remade into Hollywood blockbusters, and as an Asian I feel it is strange because it then loses the core of the film. But that's for something else...

And I'm a complete film snob because I didn't watch PotC 2 (I saw the first one on cable) and that is another good point. Darlings I don't mean to offend but it's true - it's rather hypocritical to demean the likes of Jackass 2 but laud PotC 2 which I heard is nothing more than showy bombast. Not exactly smart or well-executed. But I suppose it's funny to see Jonny Depp strut around (and he was funny in the first), so. I suppose it comes down to what does the average cinema-goer view as a draw - whatever they put their money into, Hollywood will take it as successful and will do more of the same.
 
Nah, it's not just you. Seems that for every 15 crap movies out, there's only one worth watching.

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Anybody seen The Black Dahlia? :look: I won free passes to the movie and was wondering what people thought aobut it.

I did check to see if there was a thread for the movie, but apparently the page has been moved and I am unable to access it :shrug:
 
Clueless was based on Jane Austen, not Shakespeare.

I know it sends mixed signals---but I guess by seeing them (Pirates and Spiderman), I'm hoping in my own small way, to let studios know that the big Blockbuster movies are okay to make--just make sure they are smart and well executed.

Don't just go out and make a movie because you know it will bring in the 12-18 year old boys and you will make a bajillion dollars and you don't care that it winds up being complete garbage.

I think it's all in the execution of the material that is the real issue with movies.
 
I think Hollywood will slowly - very slowly - come around to the idea of the Internet as a medium to help, not hurt the studios. After all, isn't following - as opposed to leading - what current Hollywood is best at? :look: Seriously though, TV has hit the jackpot here. Generate interest via the Internet, and that, coupled with quality scriptwriting and plot, gets the viewers on their seats week after week. If the TV industry can do it, why can't Hollywood get more people in for 2 hour shows?

To everyone: if you watch a Hollywood remake of a movie, go watch the original as well. Most likely the original was way better than the remake. I don't even want to think of how they're going to bastardise one of my favourite movies, the HK triad/police story Infernal Affairs (I think the Hollywood version will be called The Departed)...

I would pay for the $6 movie, actually. :nod: But what the studios want is for people to get back to the cinemas - the last Ocars I watched had a feature where different actors talked about how the cinema experience just can't be replicated with a DVD at home, a thinly veiled plea for more people to go to the theatres - I feel that the way to do it is to increase the quality of the movies on offer. Which is code for: make movies more intelligent, damnit. :lol: Or price has to come down. How do you guys think they can do it?
 
Don't get me wrong - I'm a movie addict and there are tons of films I haven't seen, want to see, and am working on seeing. I'm talking about the fact that there seem to be a whole heck of a lot of crap movies out there right now, and very little of real interest.

Sure - if you like a specific genre I'm sure there's lots for you to see, but aside from possibly the latest Casino Royale, which I'm mostly seeing out of curiosity and tradition (I always see Bond films with my grandmother in the theater, if we can), I'm not really interested in anything, nothing catches my attention.

I don't know...it feels like the summer movie fare was a bit of a dud this year. Is it just me?
 
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