[MinorityRepublican]

I agree. 007 movies isn't quite the same lately, too much emphasis on special effects rather than the plot. Only good ones recently were GoldenEye and Casino Royale. Daniel Craig is an excellent actor but Hollywood is wasting his talent, IMHO.

[bigbob]

When’s the last time they came up with an original plot idea?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

This is ‘The Guardian’. They’re more worried about ‘losing the narrative (propaganda).

[hinckley buzzard]

You want plot? Tune in to Turner Classic Movies.

[ckilmer]

I’ve thought plot and story line of the last couple of bond movies have been pretty weak.

[Inyo-Mono]

I can’t even go to see new films anymore. They seem to aimed at teenage male audiences, low on plot and heavy on CGI special effects. Don’t think I can stand one more remake of older movies.

[catnipman]

“In my experience, very few people walk out of a movie.”

I’ve walked out of the last 30% of the movies I’ve gone to which is why I quite going altogether. Now I just stream British TV series like “Doc Martin”, “Sherlock”, etc.

[Vince Ferrer]

I agree with the article, but would also add that the quest for foreign sales is a big part of this as well. Movies aiming for blockbuster status are enormously expensive now, and to get the money back they must do well overseas. But movies with a lot of dialog and character development ofter don't do well in foreign markets. Nobody, including Americans want to read subtitles for two hours. So they change the formula to minimize dialog, and show visually exiting things like chase scenes, fights, and explosions. The plot becomes incoherent, but it is visually exiting. Foreigners may not understand that we don't understand it either.

[Bender2]

Gadzooks-- Back in my day... they made films with great actors that had a beginning, middle and end that made sense!

Just think how they could have made recent films... better:

[Organic Panic]

Guy Ritchie and the Cohen Brothers make some of my favorite modern flicks.

[kelly4c]

I go to the theater maybe 5-6 times a year and almost always end up disappointed in some way. Recently re-watched Frequency and Panic room on cable and though unrealistic (I don’t need total realism in my entertainment I live it)I like those movies because they have a unique premise. Last flick I saw in theater was Mall cop 2 because of grandson and I only chuckled once, at the guy who kept falling asleep. I did laugh out loud along with my GS at the very end when the horse kicks Blart ( only cause Grandson got a kick out of that (no pun intended.)

[Gene Eric]

The Guardian finally feels safe in giving critical analysis of...

... a fantasy flick...

[RginTN]

I find more coherent plots on the cartoons on the Cartoon network.

Also, big hollywood movies are sooo predictable. Syfy had the most interesting movie on recently called Predestination. It had a plot twist I didn’t see coming.

[LS]

He is somewhat correct, especially about the CGI driving plots, but he lost me on “Dark Knight Rising”-—which was brilliant in every aspect. Moreover, the Marvel stories, while a little too heavy in special effects, are incredibly well integrated. But yeah, the days of “a bus blows up if it drops below 50.”

[GreenLanternCorps]

All the people complaining about remakes should remember that A Star is Born, Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments and The Wizard of Oz were all remakes.