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They had this promotion at Blockbuster where if you buy 3 new DVD's or more you only pay the half of all of it..not bad eh? I grabbed Kiki's Delivery service and then searched for another 2 more to get the promotion..
And after 35 minutes I ended up grabbing "Grease" and "Jaws"..2 movies of almost 30 years old..
None of the new movies of the last 3 years really excite me anymore. I have arrived to a point that I watch a movie on theaters or rented, enjoy them but never want to watch them again. They lack....content..lost of it! They are souless, boring, or they are stupidly disposable (many blockbusters) or they are too up to their asses (almost all the indie movies)..why I would buy a DVD that I may only watch one or 2 times in a life?
And after 35 minutes I ended up grabbing "Grease" and "Jaws"..2 movies of almost 30 years old..
None of the new movies of the last 3 years really excite me anymore. I have arrived to a point that I watch a movie on theaters or rented, enjoy them but never want to watch them again. They lack....content..lost of it! They are souless, boring, or they are stupidly disposable (many blockbusters) or they are too up to their asses (almost all the indie movies)..why I would buy a DVD that I may only watch one or 2 times in a life?
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Bueno, que esperabas de una industria que se ha ido deteriorando poco a poco?
Aqui en el pais los BlockBusters son pocos pero al menos estan a flote, no como los de los estados unidos que han ido cerrando por eso de la dizque pirateria...si ofrecieran cosas de mas calidad, no andariamos bajando cositas del megaupload XD
Aqui en el pais los BlockBusters son pocos pero al menos estan a flote, no como los de los estados unidos que han ido cerrando por eso de la dizque pirateria...si ofrecieran cosas de mas calidad, no andariamos bajando cositas del megaupload XD
Yeah i know that feeling. i have what i call my sunday collection of movies that i watch because i know i would watch them over and over. usually movies like 9 to 5, color purple, and am tempted to get the original airplane.
most of the ones out today i would see once or never. i haven't seen avatar and even though we have the dvd i have no desire to. Personally i would rather buy seasons of what few shows i like then spend the $20 for a movie to only watch once or twice.
most of the ones out today i would see once or never. i haven't seen avatar and even though we have the dvd i have no desire to. Personally i would rather buy seasons of what few shows i like then spend the $20 for a movie to only watch once or twice.
I actually really enjoyed indie 4, as it was a great nostalgic point to share with my father, and the rest of my family. see james Rolfs the AVGN's sequel that aint as bad as everyone says they are. http://www.cinemassacre.com/2010/07.....eryone-says-2/
The thing about the classics is that they either were made before most of us were born, or were about a time when none of us were around. A trip back to a time when good guys were good, bad guys were bad (without any mewling hint of having some psychological "justification" for their evil), and things were simpler. Nazi villains are part of that make-believe fantasy world of Before We Were Born, but Commies aren't. So what "magic", aside from the spate of sci-fi movies, was there that was part of the 1950's? From my memories of it, it was a pretty grim and gray time.
And perhaps more determining about any last Indy movie was the hard fact that the lead actor was in his sixties (born 1942) and couldn't really portray the 30-ish archeologist beyond the 1950's without the audience snickering. Introducing Indy's son was Spielburg's way of testing the audience's reactions to continuing the series through a younger generation IF the audience bought it. The die-hard Indy fans bought the film, but newer movie watchers simply shrugged their shoulders at Indy's son. So, Indy 4 was the last of the series.
Bob, accept that CGI, whether you can pick it off the screen or not, is going to be part of almost every film coming out either for corrections (prettier sky) or enhancements (skyline of a 1930's Mexico City). The movie-makers do their best, but they require the movie-viewers to leave their cynicism and disbelief outside the theatre if they expect to enjoy the make-believe that is the film.
And perhaps more determining about any last Indy movie was the hard fact that the lead actor was in his sixties (born 1942) and couldn't really portray the 30-ish archeologist beyond the 1950's without the audience snickering. Introducing Indy's son was Spielburg's way of testing the audience's reactions to continuing the series through a younger generation IF the audience bought it. The die-hard Indy fans bought the film, but newer movie watchers simply shrugged their shoulders at Indy's son. So, Indy 4 was the last of the series.
Bob, accept that CGI, whether you can pick it off the screen or not, is going to be part of almost every film coming out either for corrections (prettier sky) or enhancements (skyline of a 1930's Mexico City). The movie-makers do their best, but they require the movie-viewers to leave their cynicism and disbelief outside the theatre if they expect to enjoy the make-believe that is the film.
Oh I do accept CGI as long as it doesn't interfere with the storytelling. FX are tools to tell a story not the other way around which has become the norm lately or like those extremely boring and creepy MoCap movies x_X
It seems that they want to make a 5th one even if audiences didn't cared...wth?!
It seems that they want to make a 5th one even if audiences didn't cared...wth?!
James Cameron spent half a billion dollars making Avatar 3D and Hollywood literally had a self-congratulatory orgasm when the Academy Awards were given out. The story was old hat. Watch “The Seven Samurai“, "The Last Samurai", the last half of the “Star Wars“ saga, any number of “modern“ westerns. Good guy(s) joins the oppressed “simple natives” and with his/their help they defeat the technologically or numerically superior bad guys (evil government/empire, interplanetary company, criminal gang, etc).
In Avatar the FX were the movie. In a book on screenwriting, the author related how one Hollywood producer told him the key to success in Hollywood was to 'Write your screenplay exactly like the biggest movie of the year, only different.'
If you are going to the movies to see high drama, Bob, then you are wasting your time. You are one individual in a sea of pop corn chewing thrill seekers who are perfectly happy shelling out their money to see interchangeable combinations of T&A, car chases, explosions, anti-heroes who swear & yell all thinly layered over simplistic story lines from the past. Now that movies pop off the screen at you and all the old stories can be recycled with semi-literate actors and actresses in the leading roles -- and Hollywood knows it.
“That which succeeds continues.”
In Avatar the FX were the movie. In a book on screenwriting, the author related how one Hollywood producer told him the key to success in Hollywood was to 'Write your screenplay exactly like the biggest movie of the year, only different.'
If you are going to the movies to see high drama, Bob, then you are wasting your time. You are one individual in a sea of pop corn chewing thrill seekers who are perfectly happy shelling out their money to see interchangeable combinations of T&A, car chases, explosions, anti-heroes who swear & yell all thinly layered over simplistic story lines from the past. Now that movies pop off the screen at you and all the old stories can be recycled with semi-literate actors and actresses in the leading roles -- and Hollywood knows it.
“That which succeeds continues.”
Why not? Hollywood has done great dramas in the past and no so time ago! The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Cast away, Saving Private ryan, The truman show, The green mile, Scareface, American beauty...they stopped making them when studios changed head executives with marketing drones that just see demographics and sausage factories.
I love hollywood because it is what cinema should and have been. It wasn't named "the Mecca of cinema" for nothing. Even the 80s whom many called it the worst decade was more diverse and more experimental. FX were just blooming but studios were more concerned in making returning customers than movie users.
“That which succeeds continues.”..yes but industries can also implode and dissapear. Hollywood was in the brink of dissapear and be eaten by the home video on the 70s until disruptive movies and directors arrived and shot new life on it. But now it arrived in a comforrt zone, getting weak everyday, relying in gimmicks like 3D that is making people getting tired and not see value on movies anymore. Blu-ray is their only salvation and yet, the penetration is very slow.
There are still some few jewels from it but is every year more scarce. Until a disruptor arrive, it would just dissapear and be eaten by another industry.
I love hollywood because it is what cinema should and have been. It wasn't named "the Mecca of cinema" for nothing. Even the 80s whom many called it the worst decade was more diverse and more experimental. FX were just blooming but studios were more concerned in making returning customers than movie users.
“That which succeeds continues.”..yes but industries can also implode and dissapear. Hollywood was in the brink of dissapear and be eaten by the home video on the 70s until disruptive movies and directors arrived and shot new life on it. But now it arrived in a comforrt zone, getting weak everyday, relying in gimmicks like 3D that is making people getting tired and not see value on movies anymore. Blu-ray is their only salvation and yet, the penetration is very slow.
There are still some few jewels from it but is every year more scarce. Until a disruptor arrive, it would just dissapear and be eaten by another industry.
Isn't Blu-ray just another gimmick? Yes, much better home screen resolution, but that cannot make a weak or dumb story line any better, as neither can 3D or lavish applications of SFX.
The point of the issue is that if movie audiences continue to support and encourage the Hollywood movie industry by their ticket sales for poor quality stories jazzed up by gimmicks (i.e., 3D and Blu-ray) why should the studios change? Yes you can predict that the studios will all fail, but doomsayers have been predicting that since the first motion pictures were made back in the late 1800‘s. So long as movie customers keep on spending their money to watch and buy (even better resolution DVD copies of) cinema crap, then there is no real reason for Hollywood to be motivated to serve up anything better. Hence they won’t.
3D is the current movie novelty. They will feed us movies (and stories) made for 3D until the novelty wears off. Remember Cinemascope? Where is it now?
I honestly do not think that Blu-ray or 3D can make Casablanca or High Noon or Citizen Kane any better or their lack of it worse. A good story with good acting trumps any camera or higher res screen gimmicks. But I may be in the minority in believing that.
The point of the issue is that if movie audiences continue to support and encourage the Hollywood movie industry by their ticket sales for poor quality stories jazzed up by gimmicks (i.e., 3D and Blu-ray) why should the studios change? Yes you can predict that the studios will all fail, but doomsayers have been predicting that since the first motion pictures were made back in the late 1800‘s. So long as movie customers keep on spending their money to watch and buy (even better resolution DVD copies of) cinema crap, then there is no real reason for Hollywood to be motivated to serve up anything better. Hence they won’t.
3D is the current movie novelty. They will feed us movies (and stories) made for 3D until the novelty wears off. Remember Cinemascope? Where is it now?
I honestly do not think that Blu-ray or 3D can make Casablanca or High Noon or Citizen Kane any better or their lack of it worse. A good story with good acting trumps any camera or higher res screen gimmicks. But I may be in the minority in believing that.
Indeed. That's why the acceptance has been very slow. Companies like Disney are selling their movies in both DVD and BR sets so they can have an incentive to buy them. Unlike DVD whom filled many gaps that teh VHS couldn't, BR is so far seen unnecessary to the eyes of the customers.
Actually, on the 70s ticket sales dropped dramatically and it wasn't until a set of movies (star wars, teh godfather, Superman) came and relived interest on it. Many studios were moving their production to the Video market or even the Cable channels. I don't see how people could say that in the past or why but industries (any kind) can dissapear. people suuports them now because they are used to it, but if there's something that many business people should know is that customers can change very fast and embrace other mediums.
Don't worry, people is getting tired of 3D. After AVATAR who was a success, people is going less and less to the 3D screenings. Even filmmakers like Cristopher Nolan rejected 3D because of it. And it won't improve very soon.
Actually, on the 70s ticket sales dropped dramatically and it wasn't until a set of movies (star wars, teh godfather, Superman) came and relived interest on it. Many studios were moving their production to the Video market or even the Cable channels. I don't see how people could say that in the past or why but industries (any kind) can dissapear. people suuports them now because they are used to it, but if there's something that many business people should know is that customers can change very fast and embrace other mediums.
Don't worry, people is getting tired of 3D. After AVATAR who was a success, people is going less and less to the 3D screenings. Even filmmakers like Cristopher Nolan rejected 3D because of it. And it won't improve very soon.
I tend to get defensive at times, its like when I went with my dad to see transformers 2 cause transformers was a veg part of my childhood nostalgia so I mostly accepted it as it was. Also when we went to see Thunderbirds the movie, ill be honest that movie was mostly garbage but it was worth seeing since I had fond memories of the childhood syndicated reruns in the early 90's, my father grew up with thunderbirds in the 60s when he was young so this was at the time a nostalgic movie trip. going to see some of these movies that people critisize in the theaters with some of my family brings back nostalgia of younger parts of my life, im not sure if you can understand that but the moment seeing transformers 2, or thunderbirds was kinda a special moment for me. Thoguh the movie itself might not have been much it was more for the moment, if that makes any sense.
Last time I took her to the movie theatre, it was because of a re-broadcast of a live performance of "Carmen" from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. I think aside from musicals, there's little along the line of contemporary drama or comedy she likes, and no other genre at all even gets anything other than a sour expression...
...I think I managed to get her to see bits and pieces of Star Wars on DVD a few years back, but not too fond of it...
...I think I managed to get her to see bits and pieces of Star Wars on DVD a few years back, but not too fond of it...
Ahora imagina la misma promoción... con solo las opciones de Crepúsculo, Luna Nueva y Eclipse...
El cine de hoy... suficiente para un sábado, pero no para molestarse en comprar ya que están a la venta. Pero bueno, se predice que Blockbuster no vivirá por mucho tiempo, asi que ni modo :P
El cine de hoy... suficiente para un sábado, pero no para molestarse en comprar ya que están a la venta. Pero bueno, se predice que Blockbuster no vivirá por mucho tiempo, asi que ni modo :P
Bueno, una vez mas...creo que soy muy facil de entretener. Aunque casi no me gustan las peliculas, la verdad...y la gente dice que soy raro...pero admito que a industria del cine es un zombie: sabemos que está muerta, pero aun vamos y vemos peliculas y las industrias creen que nos gustan mucho solo por comprar un boleto e ir a verlas.
Also to note, my friends (and ex) all think it's depressing on how "cinema illiterate" I am. I rarely watch movies unless I feel like skimming through them on YouTube or I get pulled along to a movie theatre (about 2 times a year).
Movies tend to bore me and make me angry when I can tell a scene is purposefully trying to gank my emotions in a certain direction. For example, watching the last battles of Avatar, I was shaking in my seat... only unlike much of the rest of the audience, I was really uncomfortable with it. It's like, "I can feel an adrenaline rush quite easily if I miss work or forgot to do an assignment, I don't need a movie to make me feel this way."
I also love talking. Most people find talking during movies deplorable. Kitty remains silenced and forced to watch the movie or leave. (Hence why I spend very little time in movie theatres.)
I think the trend with Hollywood and movie-making in general these days is to hyper involve the audience and make them feel a roller coaster of emotions, which often abandons important characteristics of fine literature, which includes character development and change, making the strange familiar and the familiar strange, and NOT being gratuitous.
Avatar fell far from that. It had almost the exact same plot as the Pocahontas movie by Disney (Avatar has been called "Pocahontas in Space"), involved sex, romance, money, a man in a wheelchair, the fantasy world, huge spaceships, war, the good guys winning, and the idea that any social conflict can be solved by throwing the most outcast and dim-witted guy into the opposite side's city (because he's bold and daring), oh yeah, and a ton of fantastic hyper attractive tall strong people dressed in thongs and bikinis.
That's just one example of course, but look at most big movie releases these days, it's all about gratuitousness and making people feel extreme emotions rather than actually presenting the audience with something intellectually stimulating.
Movies tend to bore me and make me angry when I can tell a scene is purposefully trying to gank my emotions in a certain direction. For example, watching the last battles of Avatar, I was shaking in my seat... only unlike much of the rest of the audience, I was really uncomfortable with it. It's like, "I can feel an adrenaline rush quite easily if I miss work or forgot to do an assignment, I don't need a movie to make me feel this way."
I also love talking. Most people find talking during movies deplorable. Kitty remains silenced and forced to watch the movie or leave. (Hence why I spend very little time in movie theatres.)
I think the trend with Hollywood and movie-making in general these days is to hyper involve the audience and make them feel a roller coaster of emotions, which often abandons important characteristics of fine literature, which includes character development and change, making the strange familiar and the familiar strange, and NOT being gratuitous.
Avatar fell far from that. It had almost the exact same plot as the Pocahontas movie by Disney (Avatar has been called "Pocahontas in Space"), involved sex, romance, money, a man in a wheelchair, the fantasy world, huge spaceships, war, the good guys winning, and the idea that any social conflict can be solved by throwing the most outcast and dim-witted guy into the opposite side's city (because he's bold and daring), oh yeah, and a ton of fantastic hyper attractive tall strong people dressed in thongs and bikinis.
That's just one example of course, but look at most big movie releases these days, it's all about gratuitousness and making people feel extreme emotions rather than actually presenting the audience with something intellectually stimulating.
I once read that one reason that Avatar was that succesful is because it wasn't a remake or adaptation of a comic book or novel which is something hollywood has a little too much these days...that's kinda sad
People want to be surprised and hollwood has been failing with that lately
People want to be surprised and hollwood has been failing with that lately
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