Call it the Passion of the Christ hangover. The only movie I have been to in the past few years (and I saw it twice).
maybe they should consider movies worth seeing???
Every Year they record, record profits. Every year they bitch about drop in ticket sales.
I don't mind people being filty rich. That's capitalism. I do resent them bitching about not making enough money. That's bitchism.
The problem isn't the lack of blockbusters...its the fact that Hollywood has lost the art of the B movie. Those enthusiastic but cheap films that usually had some old actor desperate to stay in film, surrounded by no names pulled straight from the talent agencies, and then mixed with simple plots and cheap special effects.
Note to Hollywood - Expand your audience pool past young males.
Two queer cowboys making out on the screen--yuck! Spreading the queer agenda is not what I would spend my money on. Further, H'weird needs to reign in their spending habits, money paid to so-called "stars" and the price of the box office ticket. In the past 7 years, I've attended about 5 movies. Who wants to pay good hard earn money to see a movie that's mediocre at best and overpriced just to keep the "stars" in their fancy houses and maintain their awful lifestyle.
* Foreign box office
* DVD sales
* Selling the rights to pay-per-view
* Selling the rights to cable movie channels (HBO, Cinemax, etc)
* Selling the rights to cable & network TV (TNT, CBS, etc)
When you add that all up, movie studios are doing just fine. In fact, many would say they are doing better than ever.
I tell ya, I've seen my LAST Jamie Foxx movie. Serial murder loving A-hole.
What to do? Quick-----more remakes!!! Still not doing it? How about more movies based on video games!!! What? People still aren't flocking to theaters??? Quick----put out a gay cowboy movie!!!
Amen to that.
Hollywood is focused on making political statements and doing films based on 1960s, 1970s and 1980s TV shows. If I want to see political statements, I just watch the news or CSPAN. If I want to see 1960s/1970s/1980s TV shows, I can watch re-runs on another cable channel.
There's almost nothing that Hollywood is producing now that appeals to males between the ages of 18-45.
Where's my Indiana Jones for action and adventure? The Bourne movies are OK replacements for this, but Matt Damon hurts himself here by running his big mouth like Ben Affleck.
Where's the sci-fi action films? Star Wars is done now and it wasn't Hollywood to begin with, anyway.
Where are my fantasy action/adventure films? Now that Lord of the Rings has run its course, there is no replacement on the horizon. I don't think Narnia will be up to the LotR quality.
I guess I'll sit and wait on X-Men 3.
Well, there's the problem. The American public consists of more than just young males.
Stop making movies that are anti-military, anti-US, anti-family and especially movies about gay cowboys eating pudding...
I saw Harry Potter yesterday. I had not been in a theatre since the release of the last of the Ring trilogy. I thought the Harry Potter movie was great. However, I was reminded of one of the reasons I seldom go to the movies when I paid $9.50 for a bag of popcorn and a medium sized Diet Coke.
"Is it the movies? Is it the ticket prices? Is it because home theater and DVD?," pondered Exhibitor Relations Co's chief Paul Dergarabedian."I think is it because all this happening at the same time, it is a combination of facts."
Maybe it's that many people are tired of the liberal slant from the Hollywierd elite.
I can only speak for myself - but I don't like the movie industry anymore. It's filled with liberals who despise people like me, so I make a conscious effort to return the favor by not patronizing their products.
oh my goodness..... trouble in lotus land.
Perhaps they should call some of the newspaper publishers to get some advice.