[reagan_fanatic]

Hollywood hates families and what they stand for. Period.

[FourPeas]

"The nag factor is what drives those kind of movies," a studio executive tartly declared. "The parents might be less inclined than the kids to see a picture, but then the kids pester the parents, and the rest is history."

What a damning statement about our culture. For the record, this sort of thing does NOT work in my home. Nagging and pestering gets exactly the opposite. Reinforcing unwanted behaviour is stooooopid.

[driftless2]

Hey Hollyweird, keep making those daring films about eeeevil corporations (usually energy companies) trying to make their greedy billions only to be exposed by some daring liberal who foils their plans. Or the government (right-wing natch) plotting to execute war against some hapless and innocent country for their oil. Or a sex-researcher who goes against the consevative ethos of the country. Yeah, that’ll work. (smirk)

[discostu]

I don’t think anybody is caught by surprise here. They spent 69 million bucks making Despicable Me and released it in July (blockbuster season), they spent 200 million bucks making Toy Story 3 and released that in June (blockbuster season). Clearly they expected those movies to make money.

Of course you have to look at both sides of the picture, they spent 150 million each on Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Last Airbender and they’re tanking.

[RobRoy]

We have all the movies made by the folks that made “Facing the Giants”. I believe the first one if “Flywheel”. That one was produced on video.

You can see the production value get better with each film and even the acting seems to improve, but most of the on-screen talent is non-professional. But all that is ok because the stories are absolutely fantastic and some of the characters are quite rich and likable. And that is something completely missing from movies like “Little Miss Sunshine”.

Any movie that makes my sob like a little girl is good. And they do it without any “Ronin” car chases. ;)

[pabianice]

I laughed hard and long at the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” The original is a seminal, untouchable film, made in two months on a budget of $ 1.2 million. The remake is a hideously bad film with an illiterate script, made over two years with an estimated budget of $ 120 million, including marketing.

[rhema]

Back in 1992, Michael Medved's Hollywood vs. America explored Hollywood's perverse bent for cranking out R-rated box office turkeys in profusion, while the vastly smaller number of G and PG films made tons of money.

[comps4spice]

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