And the Talking Animals will either be the best option or the worst option
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Why spend time and money making new things when tried and true stuff sells just as well?
Welcome to capitalism, where art goes to die.
But someone said capitalism fostered innovation!?
80's
'80s
And coming soon! The one midnight showing of the indie movie everyone secretly wants to watch.
Why would that be?
Oh, right.
Never even saw an ad for it but, then again, who watches ads anymore? Good reviews? Can't trust them, most are bots nowadays.
Just as well, people are so broke they don't want to risk spending money on something they don't know when they can watch a remake of a story they know they enjoy or just don't have money to even go to the movies at all.
Gotta love that capitalist innovation and the "invisible hand if the market" at work.
My favourite thing about movies is that a movie that makes 10million dollars is a flop. It could make 100millions and now we're sad and can only afford to make a cheap remake
Well with new Jurassic park/world stuff coming out, there's 90s stuff going on, too.
This is a lazy meme, I've seen dozens of original movies both foreign and domestic in the last few months, people don't want to go to the theatre for anything other than IP blockbusters and then complain that IP blockbusters keep getting made, change your habits first
Dune messiah a franchise exploit? How?
It's based on the next book in the series. There is a reason for it to exist beyond making money.
It's like when games fail and people complain there is no originality
Dude you ain't buying the original games, you are buying the tried and trusted versions
When an original movie or property comes out, nobody goes to watch it. The people complaining about the lack of originality certainly don’t go watch. The last half dozen original movies that Disney has released have bombed, regardless of good ratings. People are paying to see remakes and reboots, which is why they keep making them.
Nobody who complains actually goes to support the original films
Hey, don't forget those of us who like to complain for complaining's sake. My poor aching scarf.
It's one film. Howard the Duck.
The best stuff at a cinema is rarely plastered all over the front, that's just advertising for people who don't really care about movies.
Also if your area is like mine, look for the smaller cinemas that screen the new oddities and forgotten classics
Exactly, support your independent theatre's, they are usually run by people who care about cinema and they have more shows for older classics and modern indies and foreign movies
Depends on your town. I live in a small tourist town with one cinema and they only play the biggest hits, focusing on the lowest common denominator. I mean, I'm not even sure they screened Sinners, but they definitely played The Minecraft Movie in 4 (out of 14) theaters for months. If I want to go to a different cinema, I have to drive 45 minutes to get to the next town (where the selection still sucks, but at least they've got more screens) or 75 min to get to the closest independent theater.
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HEY what do they have against talking animals
Eukaryotes should be seen and not heard.
This is just so inaccurate. Sometimes it's 90's reboots and remakes with talking animals, too.
And now, Disneys latest innovation: Live action(ish) reboots with talking animals!
This is old, all four should say superhero demake.
Just saw Life of Chuck, that is something original.
Where does Robot Dreams fall? The animals never talk but it is animated.
I don’t have an answer, but that lil gay robot is all I think about now when I hear September by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Best thing is that internet and technology development has brought us masterpieces like this:
If talking animals was actually a common thing, I would be seeing a lot more movies.
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They still have a few the low budget horror films and originals by Soderberg but no one watches them even when they are really good. I go every week and don't watch any remakes and maybe the occasional superhero flick when it reviews well. There are maybe 9 people in the theater.
It's so annoying to see this shit. Every person who complains about how stale movie releases are only ever goes to see what the ads on tv/youtube tell them to, then whine about their own choice while excellent indie movies eke by or fail outright. They reinforce the problem they complain about with zero sense of hypocrisy.
People can’t afford to go out to watch movies regularly enough to justify taking a gamble with their small entertainment budget.
The theatre experience is becoming so expensive and frankly unsatisfying compared to watching from home. Snacks that aren’t 22$ for a popcorn combo, smoke and toilet breaks, no shitheads with their phones, etc…
So no shit they are gonna take the safe bet and just download and watch the movies that they are unsure about.
It’s a negative feedback loop being used by the executives to pump out more regulated slop while thinking that’s what people want. No, people just can afford shit you greedy fucks!
Eat before going to the theatre and try to go for shows before 5 pm, I usual get tickets for 12$ or less
Yeah I will say it's been super cheep for me to go to the movies it's about $5 or less per movie. But i recognize that not everyone has the option to go to the Alamo Draft House. I also don't eat during the movies i eat before.
This is not a new complaint. It's been around for decades.
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The are movies like Never look away(2018), Amanda(2018), Empire of Light(2022) and Perfect Days (2023) that where barely advertised, but worth watching all the way. Still somehow using an old movie or having more super hero is ok.
Raul Julia playing Mr Bison was peak cinema, no one can take away from us
Also Peter Weller playing robocop was peak acting. Dude made everyone feel all sorts of emotions just by lip gesticulation
They're doing 90s and post 2000s remakes now . See Lilo and Stitch and How to Train your Dragon remakes with 3d and live action incorporated that nobody asked for. I think originality in film and tv is also disappearing, along with many other things heading towards extinction these days
Originality is uncertainty, and shareholders don’t like uncertainty. Better to spend the money on certain failures instead.
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I’m looking forward to the coming superhero universe reboot - now with fun CGI animal.
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Superhero sequel 29 looks pretty good this year!
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