Are they all out of ideas? Will every movie be a superhero movie given enough time? I see a future where there are films staring Seth Rogen and then remakes of films I liked, and then superhero movies.
So lady ghostbusters then men reboot ghostbusters, then star wars rogue one, then an indie film about the church or hookers, then an action movie, a sequel, superhero movie, a bunch of superheros movie, sequel, reboot, a die hard, followed by an indie film.
Fellow interneters what’s your take on the state of the movie industry?
Also while I realize that “indie film” has morphed into a shorthand term to quickly describe a specific kind film, it’s such a goddamn useless set of words now. Personally, I like the silly factoid that the highest grossing independent film of 1990 was TMNT.
At this point, I think I prefer “international talent” to “independent filmmakers.” But then I’m not sure that I actually watch movies enough these days to get a vote.
As far as Hollywood–yeah, I’m not sure I care that much about their fortunes, but in my mind I’ve been looking back at our current era from the past, which I guess implies that it will at some point end. Like, when I think about the 30-year Marvel plan and the Star Wars analogue, I can’t help but think of people looking back and either saying, “Wow, what a weird time for film” or “So that was the beginning of the movies we’re familiar with today.”
'Course it could always be, “So those were the desperation throws of big budget Hollywood before they transitioned to VR experiences, leaving film for ‘artsy’ purists.”
The upcoming 23 Jump Street is also a Men In Black reboot where the new younger/sexier J and K team up with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill
And they just keep taking steps to make this movie closer to reality which is amazing to watch honestly
The end of “22” Jump street is literally them coming up with the craziest sequels possible up to 40 jump street or whatever and maybe none of them were actually this stupid?
Maybe it’s because of the sheer exposure I have due to work, but I’ve seen plenty of thoughtful or just plain entertaining studio films and plenty of bog-standard indies (or, mostly ones that are the guff coming from studios, but cheaper/scrappier)
Like, I get that Hollywood has completely abandoned certain audiences/budgets/genres but being “indie” isn’t a panacea
There are still plenty of fine films coming out of the studio system (which kinda isn’t as much of a thing any more since there’s a billion differnt little botique production companies and studios are just throwing money at distro rights a bunch of the time), it’s just that the tentpole has become so tall that the tent has hardly any room for anything else and occasionally those tentpoles have pretty, ornate carvings at their base
This literally describes the exact production quagmire that birthed The Lego Movie. Like, Village Roadshow co-produces with WB a fuckton. Legendary Pictures, despite being a US-based firm, is ultimately owned by a Chinese group and they’re the other huge chunk of WB money (or were, they fucked off to Universal NBC Comcast now, who in turn used to get money from Dentsu, the Japanese ad firm).
Basically, everyone is fucked because Germany closed the loopholes for their tax credits. Especially Uwe Boll.
edit: whoops, guess Universal is still getting that sweet Japanese ad money