“It’s official. Hollywood has run out of new ideas.”
Hollywood themselves may have run out of ideas, but there’s thousands of great books that could be made into powerful, entertaining movies that would make a lot of money if talented screenwriters and directors were utilized.
For example, I’m reading Willa Cather’s “My Ántonia” right now, and both it and her “O Pioneer!” could be made into amazing movies. Likewise, I just finished reading Michael Lewis’s “Flash Boys”, which could be made into an awesome movie as well.
Would love to see some smart money found a new studio dedicated to making movies that tell a story. It really doesn’t matter what the story is or what it is about, just so long as the movie tells a great story.
I think “Hurt Locker” was the last movie I remember that told a story, and that was years ago, and I can’t remember the last movie before that that told a great story.
I’m really liking “Turn” on AMC about Washington’s Culper spy ring.
http://www.colonybay.net/w/index.php/2014/05/take-turn/
“For example, I’m reading Willa Cather’s “My Ántonia” right now...”
DONE! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113892/
“and her “O Pioneer!””
DONE! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195105/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
And DONE AGAIN: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105038/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
“I just finished reading Michael Lewis’s “Flash Boys”, which could be made into an awesome movie as well.”
You're right. I have a number of books, even a series or two that I'd love to see made into great movies. That is my worry though too. I'm afraid Hollywood would take a great story, full of imagery, character, and values...and apply their "formula" to it. The scenes would be stylized, the characters shallow and easily digestible, the values and morals in the story distorted beyond recognition (even reversed) to conform to current Hollywood fashion.
As much as I'd like to see some of my favorite stories made into movies, I am very, very afraid of what Hollywood would do to them.