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Someone needs to take the question mark out of the title 
Just getting old and grumpy?
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This with bells on.
This is my default. I have more than enough DVDs, Blurays and laserdiscs to the point that I don't need hollywood.
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Maybe not as much as back in the 1990s, but I still have half a dozen films per year that I looked forward to. 2023 had big hitters Mario Bros and Wonka. 2024 was Beetlejuice 2 and Moana 2. Paddington 3 didn't disappoint either although still preferred P1 and P2. Sadly didn't get the chance to see Mad Max Furiousa so need to see that. 2025 has got Snow White and Lilo & Stitch. Lilo & Stitch in particular is a film I've been excited about for some time now, more so than any other film in the last 10 years. It feels like Disney is rebounding for the better. That's as in Disney as in actual Disney, not Star Wars or Marvel, as Disney itself is what concerns me the most. Hopefully Nintendo can make another box office smash as well with a similar success to Mario Bros.
This.
The landscape now is just superheroes, sequels and remakes. I enjoy the cinema but haven’t ventured into one in a few years, why bother with the expense when there’s no prospect of walking away thinking damn, that was bloody brilliant?
I won’t pretend to know the movie business or the reasons why that is but it’s a shame. Declining ticket sales due to covid is no longer an excuse any of the studios can latch onto either.
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Not quite what you're looking for, but I felt it was close enough to be worth suggesting for anyone that might have missed it:
Fantastic movie/mini-series imo, really well made and an interesting look into the life of very young and older people during WW2. It's about a young boy that's sent to live in the countryside during the war, a somewhat old fashioned/grumpy (for the time) older gentleman called Tom takes him in, played by the fantastic John Thaw of Inspector Morse fame.
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It's this to me, too much choice that you don't even know what to choose anymore, sensory overload of some sort. I actually miss the time of physical media when you only had a certain amount of DVD's VHS CD's and physical games and books to choose from, and having to go to a shop to buy them.
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An illusion that there might be something more fun.
Give it a few years. Hollywood have failed with their forced politics and its anti trump movement which started the first time he took office.
With major media and studies companies now stating that they have handled DEI poorly and maybe they shouldn’t have called everyone a nazi for pointing out poor films. Some are even gone as far as calling films from 2016 onwards a genre in itself. The course correcting has already started.
I believe it will recover and we are already getting some very very good films already. We will also keep seeing the effect the writers strike for a while and the consequences.
I’m actually optimistic hah
With major media and studies companies now stating that they have handled DEI poorly and maybe they shouldn’t have called everyone a nazi for pointing out poor films. Some are even gone as far as calling films from 2016 onwards a genre in itself. The course correcting has already started.
I believe it will recover and we are already getting some very very good films already. We will also keep seeing the effect the writers strike for a while and the consequences.
I’m actually optimistic hah
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similar but set between the wars 1919-1939
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bit of both. the older you get the harder you are to impress
i did actually look forward to some movies last year, Gladiator 2, Alien Romulus, Dune part 2. i hate spoilers/trailers for movies so always avoid like the plague. but that can be hard these days.
i did actually look forward to some movies last year, Gladiator 2, Alien Romulus, Dune part 2. i hate spoilers/trailers for movies so always avoid like the plague. but that can be hard these days.
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Just ditch the main mainstream, theres some propper good cinema out there. Echoing what DiogenesTheDog saying about sensory overload and incidentally ive been taking my son to shop for old dvd's in charity shops for the last few months. Trying to get back to physical media, less choice but weve picked some brilliant films up so far, highlights for 50p include A Room for Romeo Brass, Clerks, the Friday trilogy, Eagle vs Shark.
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I think that whilst there has always been an aspect of making a film with a view/hope to being profitable, the prioritisation of profits all round now comes at the expense of the film considerably.
For example ... Goonies. Its a fairly simple treasure hunt story line, has a car chase which serves as a setup to introducing all the characters, a few stunts throughout etc etc, but it was a good watchable, relatable film not overtly trying to push any agenda, and was made to be just that ... a good film at its heart.
If similar were made now, the film would have changed scenes with view to the money. A car chase would be put in cause someone would pitch to the bosses how they could turn that into a ride in a theme park, the theme tune be something that could be put in the charts, merchandise options ... if the film cant push that side of things outwith the cinema theatre then its viewed as not worth it, irrespective of how good the story is. A lot of DC / Marvel superhero stuff is a prime example imo.
I think that's why we look back at 80's and similar with such fond memories and still think when I watch them that "this is a good film/story", and the merch present got driven by the film and not the other way round. I watched the original Ghostbusters recently and thought to myself "why cant they do this stuff anymore?", it seems a lost art.
For example ... Goonies. Its a fairly simple treasure hunt story line, has a car chase which serves as a setup to introducing all the characters, a few stunts throughout etc etc, but it was a good watchable, relatable film not overtly trying to push any agenda, and was made to be just that ... a good film at its heart.
If similar were made now, the film would have changed scenes with view to the money. A car chase would be put in cause someone would pitch to the bosses how they could turn that into a ride in a theme park, the theme tune be something that could be put in the charts, merchandise options ... if the film cant push that side of things outwith the cinema theatre then its viewed as not worth it, irrespective of how good the story is. A lot of DC / Marvel superhero stuff is a prime example imo.
I think that's why we look back at 80's and similar with such fond memories and still think when I watch them that "this is a good film/story", and the merch present got driven by the film and not the other way round. I watched the original Ghostbusters recently and thought to myself "why cant they do this stuff anymore?", it seems a lost art.