Seeing Wicked reminded me of what really being blown away by a film in the big screen was like. I feel like it’s been a LONG time since I’ve seen a movie that felt like that kind of art
this is an insane thing to say about a rehashed reboot that was objectively just not very good, so many good movies came out in the last year and you’re bringing up… Wicked
this is an insane response to someone who just shared their experience with a movie that was fun. sometimes people like movies that are fun. you realize this belief that quality is an objective measure that everyone should feel the same about is why movies are so boring these days right?
It's not entirely murder, but it is entirely half assing following any level of success, they don't need any charitable criticism, at least the top decision makers don't
Me, age 20: OMG they are making a Spider-Man movie??? Amazing, I can’t wait for comic book characters to be popular in mainstream media!
Me, age 45: Not like this…
Yeah. spoiler spoiler spoiler coming really spoiler:
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you can't have a movie about a normal person doing something awesome anymore, it has to turn out that they're magic or related to someone or something. Feh.
naw, i think you can be like that cuz its going on for sure. Ceo/shareholder control and metrics are what's leading to lack of cohesion. totally recommend the book. "Burn It Down" by @/moryan.bsky.social . Some parts on the writing process in marvel movies had me shocked at the inefficiency
there would be different writers on the front end of the process but then the exe notes that showed up in retakes would be done by a different crew of writers. Its sorta known you're not going to get any creative control. The products reflect that 100%.
I'm getting a lot of "this isn't a new problem" which... I mean, sure, there have always been bad sequels. But I think it would be insane to pretend like there hasn't been an escalation.
Half the time when I go see a movie in theaters now, either EVERY trailer or all but one feature existing IP.
I feel like it's related to the decline of the straight to video sequel. Even with streaming they seem to want sequels to all be big budget follow ups. But 20-30 years ago a live action Mufasa based prequel-sequel would never have gone to theaters. Aladdin had 2 sequels that never graced a theater
Interestingly, this sort of is a new problem on a long enough time scale.
Empire Strikes Back was considered a huge risk because. at the time, sequels were really looked down upon by both studios and audiences. Empire kind of ushered in the idea of the modern sequel / franchise.
Theatres had more original movies than sequels/adaptations/remakes this year. It’s just that people don’t go to see them (admittedly because they’re not marketed well, but most things aren’t).
Major studios are risk averse. Seek out smaller films like she's saying. This also isn't a particularly new problem by any means. The 80s mainstream wasn't meaningfully any less sequel-saturated than today, especially genre films.
Thankfully it's not getting a "Moana-verse" type approach to the sequels and it's more like big budget versions of the direct to vhs/dvd/blu-ray sequels Disney used to pump out.
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It was so refreshing to have such a great movie experience!
Me, age 45: Not like this…
Its how they should all be done.
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you can't have a movie about a normal person doing something awesome anymore, it has to turn out that they're magic or related to someone or something. Feh.
Half the time when I go see a movie in theaters now, either EVERY trailer or all but one feature existing IP.
Empire Strikes Back was considered a huge risk because. at the time, sequels were really looked down upon by both studios and audiences. Empire kind of ushered in the idea of the modern sequel / franchise.
Comic movies are a bit outside the norm though. I mean, I actually visited Mile High Comics in Denver once, there is SO MUCH they can utilize. 😁