watching Kong right now and it is the absolute WORST movie i've seen in the last twenty years! everybody associated with it should be ashamed to cash their paycheck and never work again,,,
Posted on 07/09/2017 5:37:26 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Each month brings a fresh headline containing Hollywood's favourite new buzzphrase, "franchise fatigue." As big-budget sequels from The Mummy to Transformers: The Last Knight stutter to a halt, the consensus reached by news coverage suggests a collective, audible yawn from audiences, as they grow weary and tired of recycled and repackaged films. But is franchise fatigue really a pressing issue for movie studios to address, or is it nothing more than a buzzphrase, a product of anti-franchise bias?
The full story of #boxoffice trends is complex and impossible to define in two words alone (lucky for you, this article has almost one-hundred times more). There are a whole host of factors in play: domestic performance, international success, profits made in comparison to the film's budget, marketing costs... it's dizzying, isn't it? In an attempt to find answers and quash the vertigo, I spoke to Doug Stone from Box Office Analyst, who has jumped headfirst into the ocean of numbers to make sense of it all.
Before we share Doug's findings, it's worth exploring why the term has surfaced in the first place. A significant majority of the top-grossing movies in recent years were created from the foundation of an already-existing concept or shared universe, and while sequels and reboots have been a part of Hollywood for years, franchises have elbowed their way to the front of the blockbuster queue, and stubbornly dug their heels into the ground. Their consistent rise in popularity has been helped by the boom of comic book adaptations and the super-profit serum of the MCU, which has made Disney almost $12 billion from 15 movies since 2008.
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Not tons.
The Bulk is BS today.
The OP is correct.
“You could mine Dean Koontz or James Rollins novels for years”
Niven’s Ringworld is a good choice, then there is Pohl’s Heechee Saga- the exploration ships are a plot machine that could go on and on.
Give Terry Gilliam some funding, he’s come up with original stuff.
Most of the stuff coming out now is not worth watching. When I saw a trailer for The Hobbit I was amazed to see fire and explosions.
Agreed
2002 Count of Monte Cristo was great
How much is any war film about the human condition in such a time of conflict versus the actual historical significance of the battle?
Is there a higher significance placed upon a movie about a battle in America in the late 18th century, or in the mid-19th century, or in the time just preceding the mid-20th century?
Or can a good film also be made about a battle 1500 years ago or 2500 years ago or 800 years ago in Eastern Europe or a thousand years ago in Asia?
People looking for history lessons will get more out of a book (fact or fiction).
Well, if you’re pinning for some good TV stuff, try COZITV.
I’ve been watching it a lot lately .. usually when I can’t handle the constant replay of news.
Most movies are going to be shot inside a computer now. They don’t have to build elaborate sets, they don’t need a cast of thousands of extras, they don’t need model builders. They can shoot it in a warehouse in Austin with green screens and kick money from the State for doing a production here.
Even crowdsourced productions can have a credible “studio look” about them and even name talent “participation”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY
watching Kong right now and it is the absolute WORST movie i've seen in the last twenty years! everybody associated with it should be ashamed to cash their paycheck and never work again,,,
I think Hollywood Knights has something under the surface and actually holds up. But it still looks like something shot in L.A. in the 80s and isn’t on the same level as Animal House.
But fun is fun and everything doesn’t have to be high art.
political correctness crammed into honored franchises mean low ratings and disaster at the box office.
it is “truth, justice, and the American way of life.”
NOT “truth, justice, and all that stuff”
I don’t even try to keep up with many of these franchises these days.
I do watch Screen Junkies’ “Honest Trailers” though (and they plot kill, so don’t watch them if that bother you and you haven’t seen a film or read a novel or seen the original of a reboot).
They tackled the Twilight films early on (if I recall what I’ve seen listed online) but I’ve had no interest in trying to see those films summarized. I did watch the SJ synopsis of the plot turns in the Pirates of the Caribbean (I’ve only ever seen the first in that franchise and don’t think I’m interested in riding out all of the plot turns). I watched the SJ synopsis of the Transformers movies and can’t say I see any point to spending any of my time even trying to watch one of them; I’m clearly not the intended audience. Same with the Fast & Furious series (I haven’t even tried to watch those summarized).
I saw the original Independence Day, watched the SJ trailer for the sequel and don’t care to try to see it. And their reviews aren’t always negative and I don’t like some of the films they champion but that’s true of any critics.
Rogue One? Complete nonsense. We watched it last night. “...The Sequel: The Quest For Money.”
Which Kong, the newest one set in the 60s?
Peter Jackson’s computer version?
The 70s one?
Yup. I used to go to the movies all of the time. Now I go once a year, maybe twice. It seems like there’s a sequel or reboot released every week, comedies are terrible, and the great mid budget film is rare.
What a gem this one is! I nearly dropped my teeth at the typing pool scene. The voice-overs were marvels:
"The day started quietly enough... then I got out of bed. That was my first mistake. My second was to get from here, to here. That's how it all began. That bizarre adventure which put five people in the cemetery. And ruled me out as a customer for laxatives."
"I am famous for such books as 'My Gun is Long'. I have many aliases. I am author Paul S. Coming, also Paul Strong, Gary Rough and Les B. Han. [snip] the newly-discovered Indian writer, 'Dr. O. R. Gann' - spelled with two 'n's - and the struggling Nigerian writer, 'S. Odomi - with the emphasis on the 'O' ".
Some stats:
Of the top 25 films at the box office globally this year, only The Lego Batman movie and Get Out made more money domestically that overseas. Furious 8 made 81.8% of it’s money internationally. That’s why they keep making these movies.
“According to the books, James Bond was a WWII veteran.
Time to retire him & dream up another SIS superstar.”
An ORIGINAL thought from Hollywood - is that legal?
But seriously, some original ideas would solve a lot of Hollywood’s problems.
LOL now they plan car names after lousy movies BEFORE they are released
LAME
2017 kong skull island or some such, absolute crap
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