There’s got to be a word for this in the urban dictionary someplace, but darned if I can locate it. It’s probably some sort of “transference” phenomenon in the psychiatric sphere. So what do you call it when you produce a product which is awful and you blame its poor reception on the people who all agree that it’s awful?
When you find the correct terminology for that you can apply it to the DNC for Hillary! Clinton.
Same, same.
Are any movies — with substance — being made any longer?
Hollywood is full of people with immense desire and intelligence but absolutely no damn talent for telling tales via film. They have no idea that EVERYTHING which appears on screen and or emanates from the audio speakers is NARRITIVE. They think they can create effects by replicating things other, talented directors have done in a specific context but out of context, in some belief that telling a tale is somehow modular ie; do this and you create tension, do that and it creates suspense do the other and it is poignant...etc. I can barely sit thru a modern film anymore.
Or they found other things to do.
In the 70s and 80s when this "Summer Blockbuster" thing got started, there were fewer entertainment options, so kids flocked to the theaters.
There is a definite problem with the aggregate sites in that they reduce everything to straight ups and downs and don’t bother with the guts. Used to be you’d read or see one or more reviews and you’d get to the WHY and you could filter their why through your taste, if what the reviewer complained about wasn’t stuff that bothered you you might decide to see it anyway.
The other problem with the aggregates is there’s an assumed math there that doesn’t really apply, a 70% positive movie isn’t necessarily better than a 60% or worse than an 80%, they just appealed to a different percentage of the reviewers. You can really see that when it comes to mid-budget and arthouse movies, they tend to not be reviewed by as many people, thus their math gets more prone to clustering, 70% of 50 reviewers isn’t the same as 70% of 100 reviewers.
Of course when you get right down to it the biggest problem is the beat book. They need to stop following that like a religion, it’s what makes all their movies feel the same. Move the meet cute 5 minutes later once in a while guys, really, you can do it.
The United States should do the same. :)
“The Chalking II - Hexacryomageddon” was pretty good.
Remakes, sequels, crappy writing, unlikable actors, expensive tickets, political agendas, and superior home viewing experience are keeping people away.
Probably bad reviews by 1000 Macedonians.