[GunsareOK]

...I've been boycotting hollywood for about 10 years now. In the past 10 years... I've probably been to a movie theater 3 or 4 times...

Ditto. Watch the movies when they get to (free) TV. Paying for cable puts money in their pockets too.

[kjam22]

My father was such a hardliner on hollywood (even in the 60's and 70's when I was growing up). He wouldn't even see a G rated family wholesome hollywood movie because his contention was that they just took the profits from it and made some trashy one next. All the money went in the same sespool (so to speak).

[new cruelty]

Ditto. Watch the movies when they get to (free) TV. Paying for cable puts money in their pockets too.

By no means am I a marketing guru, but the thought occurs to me that when you tune in to watch such a movie, you are adding to the viewing demographics, thereby boosting ad revenue. The television execs see this and acknowledge this as a demand for that genre or actor, then seek out similar movies to pander to their audience.

[uncbob]

Ditto. Watch the movies when they get to (free) TV. Paying for cable puts money in their pockets too.

They ain't worth watching anyway
How anybody with brain cells can watch the majority of the left wing tripe is beyond me
And if it isn't left wing tripe it is endless blowing up and wrecking cars and buildings and a million rounds of seneseless gun shootings

They do more to glorify guns and violence and then lobby for Gun control

half of the movies border on pornography and these hypocrits would be insulted if you insinuated they were .

But in the end it is the American public that laps this crap up

Recession
We will be in a REAL RECESSION when Americans don't have the $$$ to waste on this slop and on a bunch of drugged out rock bands and overpaid spoiled professional athletes

[baseballmom]

There was a very interesting (and very long) article posted to FR a week (or so) ago. It talked about the near future of movies being downloaded from internet sites, much as music is downloaded via Napster, WinMX, KaZam etc.

As you can imagine, many in Hollywood are nearly hysterical at the very thought of this. Are the days of $20M salaries per movie numbered?? Wouldn't that be sweet. Hit'em where it hurts. The wallet.

I'll try to find the article.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Hate to tell you but "free" movies on tv puts money in their pockets too.