Your description doesn’t fit any of the movies I listed. I largely shared your opinion, by the way, until just a couple of years ago. Then I came to realize that I was watching the wrong movies, mainly because I had never even heard about the good ones.
Have you seen any of the films on my list? Have you even heard of most of them? And again, if not, why not? Why is the marketing system breaking down in this way?
My broader point is that the domination of the streamers and the consolidation of the production studios has an exaggerated impact on marketing. Quality films are still being made, but they’re not what the streamers push on their landing pages. Nor do they receive the kinds of marketing campaigns that used to launch theatrical movies. Good films are produced, but mass audiences don’t hear about them. It becomes a challenge to find it.
This is important because, whether we like it or not, both social media and streamed content have huge cultural, social and political impacts. Cultural conservatives need to compete in this arena. An obvious place to begin is to find ways to elevate the good stuff.
I did see the death of Stalin. As satirical and funny as it was it was dirt cheap to make and I bet you steamed it. This stuff doesn’t work in theaters on the big screen.
All dialog.