Is Hollywood past its peak?
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every decade the question was asked. When Norma Shearer turned her back on pictures. When Jean Harlow died. When Joan Crawford appeared in "Trog". You could ask someone from 1957, 1964, 1977 and 1992 the same question.
No, Hollywood will always reinvent itself to keep up with the times. "the times" may not reflect what you or I want, but guaranteed it does for somebody...
No, Hollywood will always reinvent itself to keep up with the times. "the times" may not reflect what you or I want, but guaranteed it does for somebody...
You would have to be phycic to answer that question and as none of us are it's impossible to answer.
The thing is times have changed, you're not going to get a reaction to a film these days like you did when The Exorcist was released I also believe that while CGI has been great and enabled things to be on screen we never could have imagined it's also led to a certain laziness within the film making process, so I certainly don't think Hollywood is at it's creative best and while people keep turning up for the latest horror remake or forking out for shitty gimmicks like 3D I don't see it getting any better.
The movie execs don't care about creativity, they care about what sells, so if shit sells, they'll keep producing it and flogging it to the masses.
You still find some diamonRAB though, you always have done, always will do
The thing is times have changed, you're not going to get a reaction to a film these days like you did when The Exorcist was released I also believe that while CGI has been great and enabled things to be on screen we never could have imagined it's also led to a certain laziness within the film making process, so I certainly don't think Hollywood is at it's creative best and while people keep turning up for the latest horror remake or forking out for shitty gimmicks like 3D I don't see it getting any better.
The movie execs don't care about creativity, they care about what sells, so if shit sells, they'll keep producing it and flogging it to the masses.
You still find some diamonRAB though, you always have done, always will do
Pregnant With #1!
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The conveyer belt of useless and unecessary remakes aren't helping it's cause.
deutschesprache38
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I would love to take a walk through MGM & Warner Bros studios.
It just all seems rather sad now. There are no real stars anymore & I think thats what people miss the most.
It just all seems rather sad now. There are no real stars anymore & I think thats what people miss the most.
MGM I would love to walk around. I remember seeing a documentary where they were selling off all the old props & sets from movies that had been made there.
I did recently see 'when the lion roars' which is a very good documentary about the rise & fall of MGM.
Of course I'd have to pay a visit to Warner Bros to see where Bette Davis made her films.
I did recently see 'when the lion roars' which is a very good documentary about the rise & fall of MGM.
Of course I'd have to pay a visit to Warner Bros to see where Bette Davis made her films.
Frankenstien
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I would say definitely.
There's been a few films I have enjoyed in recent years, but nothing to a degree of older films from Hollywood.
I think it's a sign of the times. As with TV, music etc... films are increasingly being made with clear emphasis on "selling", rather than being creatively good. They just want to get as many bums on seats and sell as many DVRAB as possible, and to do this they need to make films flashy with loaRAB of pointless effects and spend millions on red-herring advertising to make people go watch the films.
All we're getting is remakes, sequels, prequels, books converted into films or clones of other films with different actors and different titles. It's getting boring.
I have been looking into more independent, lower budget sources recently. Films without excess of special effects to hide the poor narrative are the best.
There's been a few films I have enjoyed in recent years, but nothing to a degree of older films from Hollywood.
I think it's a sign of the times. As with TV, music etc... films are increasingly being made with clear emphasis on "selling", rather than being creatively good. They just want to get as many bums on seats and sell as many DVRAB as possible, and to do this they need to make films flashy with loaRAB of pointless effects and spend millions on red-herring advertising to make people go watch the films.
All we're getting is remakes, sequels, prequels, books converted into films or clones of other films with different actors and different titles. It's getting boring.
I have been looking into more independent, lower budget sources recently. Films without excess of special effects to hide the poor narrative are the best.