Why Is Every Movie Flopping?
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Why did you change the name and thumbnail of this video?
sounds pretty good comrade
PUT A CHICK IN IT AND MAKE HER GAY!! ~ Cartman
I feel like the only exception to this trend of fast pace adrenaline like movies is the Joker. That is one movie that actually has plot and is more about story telling. The producers infused his character with modern day issues to try and break the dead attention span of gen Z.
@@Ayushinwarzonewhat was the name mate?
The industry changed once producers and directors changed their views from pleasing the audience to pleasing the investors.
Investors are always going to place demands on a production, hence the “produce Ed’s mistress” trope. The problem occurs when there are too many investors or a corporation is the investor.
The reason the 80s had so many great films is they used to have producer duos like Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, Golan/Globus, Scott/Free…. Working with a single studio like WB or Paramount.
These days you sometimes see upwards of a dozen producers and 3 or more studios!!
Capitalism ruined everything. ( I am not a commie )
Talks about the original trilogy yet puts up a poster of Crystal Skull.
Fact
Shakespeare pleased his investors like King James & the common audience was an after thought as they would likely accept anything they could get. The difference now is that there are millions of things to watch, read, or play & thousands of things get added every year to that long list & audiences can pick & choose whatever they can find.
people watch movies to escape reality. not to be lectured about how bigoted they are or how society is awful. movie studios have forgotten movies are supposed to be an escape.
It really depends on what kind of film it is. If it's a film that specifically is meant to reflect our reality, then I don't think people watching are going to watch it to escape reality.
@@pman56789we don't go to watch such movies!
Name such kind of movie which made billion+ at the box office!
Movies are meant for entertainment purposes rather than condescendingly preaching, patronizing lectures by the Woke brain-dead leftist Elites!
People do want to see movies that depict how awful the society is. Holliwood is simply too rich to understand what makes it awful and thus doesn`t really even depict it.
Movies used to be a way to show reality in a fun and unique way. Either it’s drama, action or comedy. But it’s been forgotten and replaced with the same top genres. As a marvel fan, I have to admit the mcu has ruined the cinema production and quality. I’ve now started watching classics or meaningful tv shows. The only 2 superhero shows I would recommend is the boys series and invincible.
SAY.IT.LOUDER!
movies are supposed to be an escape from reality but now they’re bringing reality to movies
Reality has always existed in movies and when done well, it’s great. Most of these films are a parody of reality.
@@talisa222well said
Movies shouldn't be an escape from reality, but rather a change for reality.
Precisely ! I don’t wish to be hit over the head with moral meaning
I don’t go to be reminded how bad the world is, escaping into a movie should be fun not full of dull pandering
Bringing reality to movies is when minorities exist
bad writing, bad acting, bad publicity, bad executives, bad effects, bad editing, bad working practices. It's all finally come together in 2023.
As a female moviegoers, I've grown tired of one-dimensional "strong female characters" who seem more like feminist marketing than genuine people. The most compelling heroines don't just punch hard and make tough choices - they struggle with vulnerabilities. I want to see characters who feel genuine pressures and doubts, not just exploits, to hit marketing success.The bravest heroes redeem their humanity by facing what's broken within, not staying angry at the world.
And what's annoying is they already have great blueprints. Literally, the most successful movies which has a compelling male lead, can literally just be genderswapped and have the plot rewritten for an actually good main character. Keep the personality and boom, instant cash cow.
as a girl, that rachel zegler comment about snow white really rubbed me the wrong way. even with all its issues especially in the time period of 1930s and the obvious outdated cliche tropes, there’s still something about snow white that isn’t just a damsel in distress.
i had the same thinking as rachel when i was a little kid which led to me disliking snow white because i preferred more badass princesses like snarky belle or physically strong mulan, but as i grew up and rewatched it i just learned that snow white was more than that.
it takes a lot of strong will to be able to survive in a house where your stepmother hates you. it takes a lot of guts to be able to wander a scary forest alone for the first time after being sheltered for so long. it takes a lot of faith and trust to be able to just go up and live with 7 strange magical dwarves. even if it is strange, her naivete and pureness about the world also contributed to saving her from being killed.
sure, florian saved her from death by kissing her, but throughout snow white’s story she never ever lost her kindness, her genuine niceness, her ability to see good in people. she is perfectly accepting of her chores because she wants to repay the dwarves’ goodwill and charity and that’s what she knows what to do and she knows her limits and is content with it. and that’s perfectly fine! she’s equally strong in her own way and it’s not only through being aggressive with snarky comebacks or physical strength that a woman can be the best version of herself and equal to men.
@@hellbunniez3correct
Funny thing is they did exactly that with Captain Marvel in this movie...righting her choices she made and they still hate it...go figure
what you described here just hit right on the newest OnePiece Live Action character "Nami", she portrayed as badass sly fox at the begining but the end of the day at the climax, she finally realized how became strong alone is not enough so she need help from her new found friends/family
Beautifully said. My favorite excuse these “creators” have is blaming the fans. We won’t see another groundbreaking film for years to come it seems.
The Creator was a pretty solid original story.
I can recommend Gran Turismo. pretty great male characters. A young and naive main character who develops through the course of the movie, and a mentor who is past his time and gradually becomes more of a father figure for the main character. top notch movie.
@@2am253 Really? Gran Turismo? Lol ok, you said all you needed to
oppenheimer was pretty good ngl
@@lucid6392 fr thats pretty much a no brainer ong
Why go to the theater and spend nearly $30 for a ticket (without popcorn!) when the movie will hit streaming services one month later?
30 WITHOUT POPCORN!? Sir where the living hell are you living?
@@southlondon86 Chicago. Two tickets at an AMC usually run about 15$ each
As someone born in 2001, why is it that all of my favorite movies were released between 1980-2011? Of course there are exceptions that have released before and after, but not many.
Interesting you say this. I was born in 1991 and feel the same way. I was not certain if it was just being able to enjoy movies more when I was younger.
I hope that you're going to watch films even earlier than that because the Golden Age of Hollywood and the 70s have some of the best movies you'll ever see.
"Strong female characters have everything they need to succeed from the outset, requiring the world to change around THEM rather than undergoing personal development." Wow! You nailed it. I then ask myself WHY does Hollywood want women to think this way about themselves? Nobody is perfect and everyone has growing to do.
Hollywood and Disney are pandering to the fantasy-world of the modern feminists. It's similar to the pandering that the TV studios have done to housewives and/or working women and kids for the last 40 years- The husband/father is portrayed as a clueless idiot, while the wife/mother is portrayed as wise and all-knowing. It's because they know it's not true, that they portray men this way, among other reasons.
You & Moon nailed that!
But the way you worded your last sentence, is funny because it seems that the only one that's perfect is "Nobody," but despite being perfect, even "Nobody" needs to grow up! 😂 But I get that's not the intention.
"PUT A CHICK IN IT AND MAKE HER LAME AND GAY!"
Kathleen Kennedy, South Park: Joining the Panderverse.
It's like fat people wanting everyone else to say they are not fat and "accept their fat identity", as they are within 4 lbs of dying of being deathly ill and severely obese rather than admitting they are near death and to get surgery and go to a gym and be a better person.
because a lot of women are weak and feel that without constant reassurance that theyre amazing without trying that they are nothing which is the truth so they incessantly complain on twitter until the companies investors demand shilling woke patronizing feminist garbage
These are some reasons why some movies from Korea, Japan, India, and other countries outside the US have been successful:
1. The trailers didn't reveal the best plot twist of the movie.
2. The actors, actresses, director and others involved in the project NEVER insulted the audience whom they want to support their movie or series.
3. They don't prioritize or focus on diversity unless the plot needs to.
4. They just make movies with far more interesting stories, dialogues, and better execution.
Are you sure because their movies are so easy to predict but you are right about everything else,infact Asian movies and their tropes have been mocked on TikTok multiple times and they don't need diversity because duh,their countries aren't that diverse
@@jeffersonhassan4558 You'd be surprised how diverse are the countries in Southeast Asia like The Philippines and Thailand
Love from India
@@kirbymarchbarcena India is the most diverse country in Asia
@kirbymarchbarcena but what about the Mario movie and Sonic movie
The lack of any real risk or consequence brought up at about 14:00 really does harken back to the "everyone gets a trophy" or not keeping score in a game so you don't leave anyone feeling hurt or left out. People naturally know ther has to be winners and losers, challenges to overcome and real stakes associated with actions. The more you remove those aspects, the less people will connect with the story.
Im no economics professor but homelessness/ starvation existing in a country that can spend BILLIONS on a movie is kinda crazy
so your "not an econoics professor" brain think that it was okay to not employs those
Writers, cameraman, directors, CG Artists, Actor, heck even a Catering man?
it bring value and wealth to those profession,
and not only that, the reason why US Dominate the Entire world because,
the entire world like US Movie or Game,
without those Movie and Game, US won't be enjoying their international influence like today
Basically Movie or Game contribute more to the Economy and Influence,
compared to a spreadsheet job, or speculating stocks.
without Movie, there will be less Influence and more Homelessness.
you can't see the relation aren't you?
if you want to solve the homelessness,
nobody is going stop you from solving it,
what are your excuses? go solve it, why waiting for someone to solve it for you?
see? you're don't have a moral high ground too.
go, roll up your sleeves, feeds people with your salaries, and let homeless people sleep at your house
You are indeed no economics professor.
Well u need take economics classes
How is someone who is mentally checked out going to fix an apartment?
What would your solution be?
its not art anymore its business thats why
Probably why I like so many independent films. Their director's priorities are the stories and characters rather than overblown effects and ridiculous budgets.
@@lea-anne9133 yes I agree there u can actually find what a film is and how something even on a small scale be such entertainment
Yk the saying it ain't much but it's honest work
@@lea-anne9133where do you find those movies?
@@jurassicthunder streaming sites usually or sometimes here on RUclips. Depends what you like watching though🙂
Making motion pictures has been a, "business" since its inception in the 1920s! Just because it's still, to this day, a business, I don't think is the problem here. It's more compicated than that. The Citizens United decision by the US Supreme Court (you know, the decision that said that corporations were individuals with First Amendment rights of Free Speech), as well as the politicization of Hollywood, along with infliltration of the creative arts by Third-Wave feminists, have a lot do with all this, among other forces.
I honestly think we overestimate the effect of tiktok on our attention spans especially when it comes to movies. If a movie is good, it will captivate you enough to sit through it. If a movie is trash, no matter how short, you will zone out. Quality is quality
Attention span problem is real like people get very easily bored nowadays. Thus doesn't matter what the movie is, it is 90 minutes while you are used to watching 300 various tiktoks in that time. Imagine these people trying to read a regular book.
oppenheimer is close to 1 billion collection and most of it is talking
Fair play, but then how do you explain Avatar 2 becoming the third-biggest movie of all time with its 192-minute runtime and godawful recycled plot?
Idk, I do think it's still having a negative effect. I use relatively very little social media (just youtube and quora really) and even I've noticed seriously negative effects on my attention span in recent years thanks to binging on shorts and meme compilations and the like. Movies are my no.1 passion and yet frequently even when I'm watching a really good one I feel the urge to pause it a while and check my phone or whatever. I can only imagine what it's like for people who are on TikTok 4 hours a day...
kids are on tiktok. grown ups aren't.
The disrespects
1. Put agendas in the movie
2. Studios/actors/actresses attacks core fans
Animation has been taking over in my opinion. Attack on titan, One Piece, and Jujutsu Kaisen has been some of the best cinema I’ve seen in the past years. Kinda hard to top any of that at the moment.
Yeah, even movies like across the spider verse. It’s not just attention span, but quality in animation as well
Literally. I’ll will always choose animation over Hollywood
Watchin the DRESSROSA arc rn and Luffy finsta get in Doffy's a**. 😁
Don't forget into the spider verse
I've been wanting game of thrones in the castelvania style for the longest. I'm over big budget productions with actress/ actor constraints. Just make it animated and you can do A LOT.
The death of the dvd market due to streaming really is killing the industry as a whole. Those medium sized films used to be way less risky financially because they'd make equal or more than their box office from the dvd sales and rentals.
I have just about everything I care to own on DVD and Bluray. There is still some old classic that comes alobg every now and then that I like to get, but overall I am done. This is where I go when I want to watch something. I don't have streaming or any of the other stuff anymore.
DVD is still more preferable tbh.
It's the same debate regarding reading over watching movies
Streaming is honestly dead…it’s just that people can’t let it go like a years long cigarette habit. I don’t know a single person that still talks about new shows that they saw on a streaming service.
@salemmattaniah11 You're lying to yourself my friend. Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, Prime, ect. They put out really good series and people talk about them all the time.
You can still support physical media by buying Blurays!
2022 was bad, I never thought 2023 could be even worse.
When will Hollywood learn that: Lectures *_≠_* Entertainment?
Never
Has it? I haven't watched a movie in probably five years... and it's not cause I don't like movies, I just have no interest in seeing a fifteenth Avengers movie.
So you didn't find this lecture entertaining that you decided to watch on RUclips?
@@WaterKirby1994🤓
The Barbie movie would care to disagree. Turns out that people like when a film has a message, even *gasp* a socio-political one, if presented thoughtfully and integrated into an otherwise entertaining film, not just shoehorned in to tick boxes.
South Park just called them out with "Joining the Pandaverse" !
I just want fun movies like how they used to make them. Back to the Future is my go to example. A movie about a scientist and his buddy going through crazy time traveling antics while dealing with the problems that brings. To this day its still a joy to watch.
Amen to this. Nowadays investors won't drop even 20 million on a movie that's a newer concept or utilizing a common story line but displaying various characters. They need a sure thing and so far these super hero films have paid out. The tides are turning tho and you can see these films not always succeed. It's unlikely we see any sort of romance films or just a football movie even nowadays
And thankfully it’s Director, Robert Zemeckis won’t let anyone mess with it
Rewatch the original 3 Indiana jones movies!!!!! I was so entertained and kept thinking " oh! They don't make movies like this anymore!"
You nailed it. This industry is set to die. Even if you would explain them what's going wrong they just would look at you as if you were an alien from outer space. Sad.
And there are at least hundreds of films from the past that we could watch again and again and still enjoy. 'Alien', 'Jaws', original 'Star Wars', 'Die Hard', 'Logan's Run', 'Rocky', 'Jurassic Park', 'ET', 'Close Encounters', 'The Exorcist'...
... The Godfather, Slither, Scary Movie 2, Rush Hour 2, Titanic, Planet of the Apes, Lex Machina, The Martian, on and on.
You could see something you've (probably) never seen before like "Nightmare Alley" the original one. My cable Movies channel has film noir night with movies in the style of "The Maltese Falcon" but relatively unknown. It's a gold mine. I could watch "The Petrified Forest" a couple times a year. Don't want to over do it though.
Who cares let them be broke aslong as I don't pay them
The problem is the Producers push ESG nonsense to please investors, while those below them can't log off Twitter and touch Grass.
The video is Incredible, with one thing I would like to correct:
John Carpenter's "The Thing" was actually a remake of 1951's classic "The Thing From Another World".
But it was done right in so many ways.
Based on the novel 'Who goes There' by John W. Campbell/Don A. Stuart
I was just about to comment this lmao. Wasn't the one that came out a few years ago a prequel to Carpenter's film?
Yes it sucked.
Alien is a remake of IT The Terror From Beyond Space.
Possibly the best remake ever? Obviously based in appreciation of the original content, but suffused with ideas meant to add value to and strengthen the experience. Hard to think of many that are even as good as the original, let alone such a massive upgrade.
I love how Hollywood aren't done selling the idea of a strong female protagonist who doesn't need a man, thinking it's still a quirky concept that hasn't already been done to death.
It has nothing to do with “woke”, they’re just bad movies.
I saw someone comment on the most recent Marvel movie trailer something like “ah yes! Another cgi battle on a cgi planet with cgi characters with a cgi plot. Can’t wait!” And that perfectly sums up how the spectacle of being able to create new worlds/effects is being prioritized instead of focusing on stories grounded in reality that people can easily humanize with and connect to.
I think the actual scale spaceship models filmed against the blue screen with the outer space background added later, as with the original 'Star Wars' movies and the original 'Alien' film, for examples, look infinitely better and more realistic than all this CGI crap. They claim that, "Today, we use CGI instead of real scale 3-D models, because it's 'cheaper'". Really? It's cheaper? Then why are movies costing almost a $Half-Billion Dollars to make these days? I think the CGI guys have duped the studios!
I've said since the mid 80s that special effects are like salt and pepper on the prime rib, the story is the meat itself. Btw, the original 'Star Wars: Episode IV', was made for $9 million dollars. Adjusted for inflation, that would be about, maybe, $23 million today, give or take. Something's wrong somewhere.
@@samr.england613are you kidding me? No they didn't, let's no kid ourselves,I agree with the video but let's not lie as if technology hasn't improved since then
@@jeffersonhassan4558 I am not lying, Jeff. Don't kid yourself. Modern space scene CGI looks like plastic candy compared to how they did it with the original Star Wars. Watch the opening scene to Episode IV again, then watch that ridiculous all-out space fight in 'the Phantom Menace'. The latter looked fake. Computer imaging tech has improved, of course it has, but they didn't USE computer imaging tech as much back then with the older films.
Don’t forget women at the forefront.
I think Alita was the last movie I remember seeing with a believable female character who had a progression as a character, sure she was build to be the perfect fighting machine, but she didn't just own everybody until she reached her full potential. She even needed the help of others in order to achieve her full potential but other than being a perfect killing machine she had emotions and real human connections with others (even men which is rare these days). The fact that she was a robot didn't matter as she was more human than so many non-robot female characters you see in films today.
Read the manga. You will get why.
Spoiler: She is not a strong female. "Female Pinocchio with a forward trajectory" is more accurate.
I remember seeing detractors claim the movie only did well because it was aimed at "pedophiles", which was just all kinds of incorrect.
@@SaiyanGamer95 so then holywood should have been in support then? Like when they supported Cuties.
@@cleanerben9636 Hollywood didn't support Cuties. They had absolutely no involvement with it.
Oh the irony of a robot character having more relatability, empathy and likeability than their human counterparts from these newer films is far too good...
Alice in borderland was INCREDIBLE storytelling and incredibly creative
THIS! Season 3 coming soon! Can't wait! WOOT! WOOT! 😊
Actually, ask yourself: why is everything, and i mean EVERYTHING, falling?
Putin will start WW3 & a NWO will begin thereafter.
It’s not only the film industry that’s suffering, so is the music industry, modelling industry - basically any industry even minimally related to entertainment. When you skip the whole process (Art and creativity) in favour of profits, you lose the whole meaning and magic of what you’re presenting. Basically art is becoming business.
anything lacking authenticity has become exhausting
Stand up is absolutely booming right now. It’s like the last remaining authentic art form that hasn’t been bastardized
Agreed. Every creative driven realm is hurting. For all of their misses, The Frankfurt School definitely had the ills of the culture industry down pat back in the '60s. The production (that word used intentionally) of culture for profits sake is a race to the bottom. Relegates our civilizations' very art and soul to the same importance as producing a microwave or bicycle tire.
@@tycoleman6041 everything has its own issues
Activists are not artists, it's all woke nonsense.
Modern movie companies are literally the definition “quantity over quality”
@@talak3544 exactly well said ❤
I am just laughing in A24.... "quality over everything else" seems to be their mantra
Even anime has gotten a lot worse over the past 5 years.
@@talak3544so true!!
Same as the video game industry. Then we have absolute gems who put in time and effort, like Rockstar Games.
I think the thing is that everyone has always had short attention spans. It's just that modern movies don't know how to be interesting.
Remember when James Cordon stopped at a Starbucks in Hollywood where all these young Screenwriters hung out? He asked them all what they were writing and every idea was awful. Writing by numbers, tropes and formulas with no strong characters or stories. Berkeley Grads running Ops.
And these are the people running Hollywood now... talentless thoughtless career chasers.
There are no more heroes. Instead, we are inundated with perfectly perfect people who always make the perfect decision so that they can be lauded for that perfection. There are no villains and no Achilles heel to cause the hero to falter. Instead, we watch as our heroes are systematically destroyed and replaced with "modern" characters who are nothing more than watered down replacements for the social justice warriors doing the writing. Everything reads like fanfiction. Hollywood has run out of stories and instead of finding talent and creative vigor, we get preachy perfectionist pacifists who think that the only way to tell a story is by bludgeoning their audience repeatedly with the same talking points set to nonsensical and incongruous soundtracks. It's so boring.
I think the Simpsons nailed it: everyone is the best at everything and no one is better than anyone else.
I think it has been driven by the fact that writers now had too structured of upbringings. They had upper middle class parents that put them through the best schooling and experiences. There's no adversity so they can't write about it. The next Stallone can't even get into Hollywood.
@supermodestmouse Part of me knows that there are certain instances where this is true, but not when it comes to talent. Not when it comes to words. Not when it comes to entertainment. Yes, there is equality in living, breathing, and functioning. However, when it comes to integration of thoughts from words to screen, the best people SHOULD get the best jobs. The most talented have to rise, otherwise its all watered down with no place to go but into the drain.
And these are just my opinions. I mean no harm or disrespect. I simply miss actual discourse.
@@rathelmmc3194 In a nutshell, no real-life trials and tribulations to transcribe into their creative fiction.
I think Wanda from marvel was the perfect recipe on how you can create a super strong female character (the strongest avenger) in the most natural way without feeling like it was being shoved down your throat. They introduced Wanda and it took about 4 years before I even realized she was the strongest one in the group. They never had her make comments about being a woman, none of that. She was there and one day she truly used her power (with thanos) it was perfect. She was the strongest in the group with only real marvel fans realizing that.
Shame she got ruined in Wandavision and MOM
@@fr0ck360 Wanda vision is good what are you talking about? It didn't have all the feminist bullshit but about a dream of a woman want to be loved by family. Anh Wanda become that strong is not something pulling out of the ass but fully developed was a plus for me
@@fr0ck360 definitely disagree Wandavision was good imo. It was the start of marvel launching their universe shit so they didn't degrade that shows early airings
She tried to brainwash a whole town in Wandavision and were expected to feel bad for her. Also Multiverse Of Madness made people give up on her character, people did respect her at one point, but I saw that respect start disappearing after Wandavision and MoM
My problem with vintage dialogue heavy movies isn’t because they lack action. It’s that they been referenced so many times over the decades that I already know the twists and endings without seeing them.
One problem with modern movies is the decline in moral values. I can tell how the writers see right and wrong in their writings. It’s hard to root for the heroes who actions would have made them villains in movies 20 years ago. I concluded that that’s what the writers morally believe and put into their writings in some way.
"This is fine" - Bob Iger, 2024.
I believe it can sum it up in one sentence:
They make movies for themselves now, to pat each other on the back and not for the paying customer.
no it's mind control, anti-man/anti-family propaganda for control of the population
100%
Deadass!
So a cinema circlej*rk?
Ricky gervaise called it out
You know its bad when the videogame industry does better movies than the movie industry 😂
Those days are numbered…. Just wait for gtaVI == 🤮
Pokemon,Mario and FNAF to name a few of the good movies out there
@@4ngerInducingPills and Sonic 💪
@@Carlisho I FORGOT SORRY
nope we're just as pozzed lol
Part of the reason I’m willing to start an anime blind is that you’re likely to see _at least_ a complete arc in the 12 or 13 episodes, with the potential openness for subsequent stories. New TV shows might go for three seasons and not finish their story. That’s criminal to the art of storytelling.
Harrison Ford’s suicide of his characters is just so so sad.
Hollywood: F*** YEAH!!! CGI!!!! *sniffs c*******
Regular people: Can we have a well written and engaging story for once?
The "strong female character" archetype actually do more harm to women, as we can never actually measure up to their starting point. Eowyn is still my favorite LOTR female character because she knows her limits, but always strives to push past her status to do more in her world. She felt pain, she had fears, but she kept moving forward
Eowyn is one of the best female character arcs in a movie I have ever seen. She does somewhat play the role of "strong female character", but there is a long & in depth build up to her punchline in the 3rd movie. It didnt feel cheesy in the end. We got to see her express genuine fear & sorrow. She had to struggle, just like the people around her, in order to triumph in a tragic situation. Therefore I appreciated he hero moment a lot more than anything in modern cinema.
Before the destined Witch-King moment she even takes out an elephant solo, but she’s not a stone cold badass while doing it, she’s a skilled soldier fighting hard. Really only Legolas gets “invincible combat monster” moments in those movies, and even he freaks out at Helm’s Deep. Damn, those were good movies.
not really. the problem is how unrealistic it becomes. the hunger games was very realistic and showcased no exagerations. thats why the jenifer lawrene helped gross billions of dollars
@@user-du4gw agree, Hunger Games was one of the only "strong female character" movies that got it right by giving Katniss inner and outward obstacles to overcome. I absolutely want to watch the new Hunger Games because I trust the author of the books and her writing. And this was something Hollywood was actually patient on and they didn't decide to run the franchise into the ground by trying to create 10 sequels immediately after the original story finished.
You shouldn't be "measuring up" to an actor acting out a role in a movie. You should be using your brain tissue to make your own path in life and finding out your own identity, not absorbing someone else's identity and forcing it to fit your lifestyle. You end up a shallow husk of a person with no individual character or personality which in turn makes you narcissistic and sociopathic.
I used to love going to blockbuster or the movies for the big new thing, but now theaters don't have anything that interest me, especially with the current ticket prices. I prefer sitting at home and watching 80s movies with a story for the Nth time than spending $30+ to get lectured by a greenscreen
94' was such a great year for movies, and just the 90's in general. So many movies that are still watched and talked about to this day came out at this time.
Whether good or bad, cinema is dying
I was talking to my dad about this the other day he said when he was growing up 70s and 80s films actors didn’t look like models they looked and acted like real people rather than have a pretty face. To me that’s what really stripped away the feeling of movies not to mention back then creativity ran wild.
Marvel pretty much killed movies as a whole. Now every movie maker believes there has to be a universe. Just because youre connecting a popular movie with urs doesn’t mean urs will take off.
9:56 this brings to light something I realized while rewatching Terminator 2 a few weeks ago. During Sarah Connor’s escape of the psychiatric ward, the employees finally catch up to her and restrain her before she eventually comes face to face with the T-800. If the movie were made today, instead of having the employees tackle her and nearly dog pile on top of her just to restrain her, Sarah would’ve single-handedly fought off each person in the room with her bare-fists. The approach made in the actual film is so much more true to life. Even a woman as resilient as Sarah Connor isn’t a physical match for an average man, much less several of them
It's the obvious silliness, absurdity, lameness, ridiculous things they're doing with these almost supernatural female characters that is so nauseating. Kicking men's asses with hardly any effort, men twice or three times their size, with a whole lot more muscle than any woman can have. It's 'dream-wish' for the feminists. (Don't get me wrong, there are some women that could kick my ass, and I'm 225 llbs and 6' 2", but such women are often on male hormones.)
I think she could knock out one or two, but was too scared to fight back when she saw the reprogrammed T-800.
We get it,you want the man to be the hero and save the woman,big whoop
@@kristofgriffin384 yes, he mentioned average man - the average person, no matter if man or woman today is fat and lazy.
@@jeffersonhassan4558 How about a perfect girlboss who fights hoardes of men while at the same time lecturing them about how all men are terrible. Big whoop?
One of the best movies i've watched in recent times was Oppenheimer. I think Christopher Nolan is a treasure to society that actually cares about the artform of story telling and practical effects. Other than him, I don't really get excited about going to the movies anymore.
There's like at least 5 movies every year that's actually worth watching as pure cinema
When she gave him the sloppenheimer
My personal favorite was John wick 4 fun yet fantastic movie
@@SalWare686 pfff
I have been thinking about this for a long time but your video confirmed everything. Very well done.
You gave answers to all my unspoken questions, and I wondered why I lost interest and can never finish a modern movie, I find myself rewatching old flicks and loving it. Documentaries even excite me more
I have no problem with a strong, female lead. I just want her to be strong in the face of diversity; instead of facing no diversity and always being bold and strong.
At first I thought you meant adversity then I got what you were doing 😂 nice
Adversity.
i have no interest in a strong female protagonist. i have an interest in strong characters. if i here another movie described as "the female james bond" i swear to god. No one said rambo was the goth version of disney's tarzan. they were just like wow, this rambo guy is a bad ass. just make an interesting character! i don't want to see the female denzel washington or the male ramona flowers. good character being good character. full stop
They all have the same character arc. Her only flaw is she doesn't realize how awesome she is and the climactic final scene is where it finally dawns on her that she was always perfect and awesome.
yeah more like pretend to be strong @@MakerInMotion
To sum this video: Go Woke, Go Broke!
i read the first letter of the title and instantly agreed with the whole video
Remaking a good movie seems like a waste unless you think you can make it better or re-interpret it in a stunning new way.
We don't want to be preached to, we just want a good film.
Specifically, a good story. (With plausible characters, however fantastic.)
@@samr.england613 agreeed
I hope our culture changes soon, the era of political activism by people with hero complexes is getting very old fast. Hopefully just like the 60s people will grow out of it.
@@Jim90117 60s? Never. The late 90s and early 2000s would be good. In the 60s women were always portrayed as weak and submissive to men. Every female movie character from the 60s were typical damsels in distress, horrible.
Or do you mean that we should grow out of this era like people grew out of the 60s? In that case, dont even respond to this comment.
@@morikibbutz2734I think its the last one. By the late 70's we were starting to see more proper female protagonists and characters.
I'm born in 2005 and my favorite movies are all from 1995 to 2005 (it's just a general time frame). Its crazy how these older movies are so much better than the newest movies that came out recently.
As well as music and everything else… after eyes wide shit it’s been a free fall
@@user-wc3kz7dn1q that's-when-the-mass-hysteria-took-off...liberals-went-batshit...and-they-100%-control-Hollywood...they-changed-from-entertainers-to-"influencers"-overnight-and-without-hesitatation-they-used-that-power-of-influence-for-evil.
Omg yes to that! I would take a 90s movie like Demolition Man over all the marvel movies and extended crap universe combined .
Something about born in 2005 is just funny asf 😂
@@A3421 why? 😂
The cinemas where I live have closed permanently this year (2023)
The one thing you didnät mention is that all movies are getting longer, but no one has the time or energy to constantly watch 2-3hour movies all the time
Some genre films are traditionally liked by a certain group of people. By trying to make them 'liked by everyone' by forcing incongruous elements, they end up making them liked by almost no one.
Easy, we don’t want to be preached or lectured at.
It is sad what they have done to modern villains in their stories. One of the few exceptions in recent years comes from Rogue One (a rare Disney success in Starwars and using a known villain in Darth Vader) you honestly really get the feeling from the rebels at the end when that red lightsaber ignites of “oh fuck”. It’s such a shame we can’t see more of that with previously unknown villains not having to bank on previous successes and notoriety to elicit the same reaction from audiences.
Title should be : Why every "Disney" movie flops ?
We've reached the point where technology isn't the bottleneck anymore, its the lack of creativity from the film producers.
You mean the writers. Although producers do suggest directions the writers should take, granted.
@@samr.england613 There are plenty of talented writers out there, many of them even working for these huge companies. But unfortunately, their creativities are stunted because of the company's agenda. Imagine what kind of movies could be produced if these writers, even just for once, received unrestricted creative freedom.
Nope. Close… but…. Nope.
The issue here is that you have ideology > creativity.
This happens when you have both existential and ontological crises…
@@deezhamad3891not really in the case of Disney, Disney is the definition of giving writers and directors freehand to ruin projects,in their case, it's the opposite,the investors needs to get involved more
The lack of technology meant that only the best and most creative directors are able to create certain shots, like the back to the future hoverboard using camera angle tricks.
Nowadays even 3rd rate directors can use cgi to make anything they want to "fly", which ends up making it an empty scene with no unique camera angles
It has become so expensive to take a family to the movies that it is becoming (at least for my family) more of a 'once in every great while' kind of event, as opposed to going once or twice a month.
A child to let is $8 and an adult is $12-14. It’s really not expensive. Whether you buy food and drinks is your choices. But to actually go is super cheap entertainment.
Our local cinema is $7/kids, $13/adults, for a 2PM Monday showing (bump adults up to $16 for non-matinee). Two adults, two kids -- $40 for a matinee is becoming increasingly harder to stomach in this economic climate. I also hold the opinion that it is super expensive to do -anything- right now, so maybe this is an apples to oranges type of argument. @@truthteller4442
@@truthteller4442not in all countries. Inflation rates are different in each country
@@Nae_ex Sometimes and in some cases, but not really. Inflation, right now, is hurting the global working and middle classes, all over the world. What's left of the middling classes, anyway. (And don't give me any bs about inflation hurting the upper classes or the rich. They just have to go with 2 wild lobster tails instead of 3.
There aren't many second run theaters anymore, either. Those places allowed me to take my daughter to the movies more
The South Park Panderverse methodology of making movies doesn't work.
It should be mentioned that remakes aren't a new thing. Ben Hur was a remake, so was Scarface.
The difference is that the original was often silent and in black & white, and seem lacking in professional polish. So a remake could add something different or new.
But what could remakes of Ghostbusters, The Thing or Robocop accomplish that the original didn't?
The downfall of Hollywood might be a blessing in disguise, because it gives film industries of other countries the chance to finally break Hollywood's dominance in entertainment. If Hollywood movies suck, let's watch a Korean drama, a Japanese anime, a Bollywood action adventure or a European black comedy. Plenty of choices.
TDW has released nothing but bangers
I agree, Parasite is a great example. Amazing movie that caught me off guard. Similarly, there are lots of amazing Bollywood movies too.
I've been consuming nothing but western media for so long, and now it's gotten rather exhaustive...
Honestly this is what I am thinking. Currently, watching more animes than ever before. Most Hollywood movies sucks nowadays
I love watching movies from 10+ years ago. It’s a refreshing breath of air to know you’re not going to have any one dimensional agendas shoved down your throat. Back when the goal was good story telling over ticking boxes to virtue signal.
Spot on. I have been complaining about this for years. Rolling my eyes at every modern movie. I can guess what is going to happen in every one of them. All the characters are so hollow and everything moves too fast, sometimes even just completely missing even building a character arc at all. Maverick was horrifyingly awful. People said it was so good. We couldn't get further than 15 minutes, and that was long...but we wanted to give it a chance. Thank you for putting this together so well, thorough, and digestible for the ticktock crowd.
there was a time when 90 minutes is a normal length for a movie. 2 hour movies are considered long.
I feel like people have become very desensitized to movies and music in general, heck maybe even entertainment as a whole.
I feel like the detox movement will explode in 2024, among men and women.
I’m one of them. Nothing moves me anymore. No art. No music. Only the art and music I create makes me feel anything anymore.
They gotta show half the movie screen playing subway suffers
This year is a really good year for gaming though.
***saturated not desensitized
We have seen everything
Another reason- anime/manga
I don't think Hollywood or any other industry can make something remotely close to jujutsu kaisen or attack on titan in their next 10 lifetimes
A great man once said: “everything woke turns to shit”. There’s your reason. Not to mention every actor/actress is trash
With great wokeness comes great brokeness
You couldn't pay me enough to watch a Disney TV show.
Remember the Woke she Hulk. Watched 1 episode to see if it's really that bad and believe me it's one of the worst hours I've spent on God's green Earth!
Oh who said that.. what a legend!👏🏻
@@Kushagra.jno you're just a misogynist
It isn’t bad to show other stereotypes or demographics in media, but the entertainment industry has milked it dry to the point of causing a lot more outrage in the culture / identity war. They should focus on making actual movies rather than causing chaos.
12 angry men is one of my favourite examples of what it takes to make a good film
2 Reasons:
1) Accountants are making
creative decisions.
2) Said accountants hire bad
"creatives" to cut corners and
save cost.
See Disney Star Wars.
And yet there are still movies like the Oppenheimer, where it was very long conversation based and so many people enjoyed it nonetheless. There is still hope in the cinema and in the viewers, there are still plenty of us who are waiting for the real crative movies. Let those fools in holywood produce trash, it seems to me, like there is a chance for a new wave of independent studios. Fingers crossed that great movie renessaince is around the corner, I cannot stand all the trash everywhere anymore.
Oppenheimer is also hollywood trash, just a different coating.
You are forgetting Barbie and yet how mission impossible that had no messaging since you all said the movie was anti woke flopped
Indie movies are also flopping,cough cough the northman,beau is afraid, asteroid city
Oppenheimer was one of the best films I’ve seen in years cause of the story telling
I’d say Oppenheimer and Atomic City were exceptions. Dune 2 would have been as well. Good movies seem to have largely shifted to streaming services and adjusted to much smaller budgets.
I’ve always been a fan of movies (ideally horror) growing up. My family inadvertently designated me the movie selector when we are to have movie nights, literally any movie reference I can call out, and the list goes on. Since about 2017 I’ve slowly backed away from movies due to lack of interest but I thought it was maybe because I’m just getting older and idk “maturity”, and it would make me feel bad because I know I love movies but nothing at all is appealing to me. So to now see this and read people’s comments I’ve come to realize it isn’t me, it’s the studios! They’ve ruined it all, nothing is original, nothing is entertaining, everything is corny and or predictable. This is a very depressing time my love
Good horror movies are few and far between, as are scifi movies. Each rarely done well. Although, I'd bet mule butts to navy beans that you're a fan of the original 'Alien', yes? Scifi-horror at its best!
@@samr.england613 tho I do love a good sci-fi, I’m more of a slasher gal 🥹. And I do completely agree, good horrors are a thing of the past! For a second I really thought they were on the up and up because a lot a big name directors started taking on the genre. But then they brought the same recycled, cgi, jump scare bs as with everything else. No substance, or enticing plot, just pretty pictures and popular faces
@@_salzberri Good horror movies were rare in the past, too. From 1970 to '80, I can only think of three off hand- The Exorcist, The Omen, and The Shining. Btw, the ORIGINAL Tales From the Crypt, 1972, a medley of four or five short stories, was pretty good. If you haven't ever seen it, I recommend it if you like good horror. Joan Collins is in one of them, and Peter Cushing, aka Governor Tark in original Star Wars, is in another.
@@_salzberri In original Tales From the Crypt 1972, the one about the Monkey's Paw is REALLY creepy!
@@samr.england613 loool give the time period a little more justice. There were a lot more than three. What about Texas chainsaw massacre, Amityville, children of the corn, hills have eyes, nightmare, Halloween, Carrie, Poltergeist, Pet Cemetery, jaws (tho technically it’s not technically horror but you get me). Also thanks for the recommendations! I’m gonna seriously start watching tonight lol
Not all movies flopped hard...
Barbie, Super Mario, Spider-Verse 2, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour, Oppenheimer and Five Nights at Freddy's did very well with a concise budget (I mean link not making so many late reshoots like Indy 5 that costed like the budgets of some of these movies combined).
Hey moon, hope you see this. Movies are a product of their time. The culmination of whatever attitudes, technology, and themes were prevalent at the time. It's why nostalgia alone can't carry a movie - because it's not backed up by the environment that originally produced it.
Movies made in the 2020's will reflect the levels of technology and attitudes of the time period no matter how far back they go.
The 90's weren't the result of the movies that came out in it.
The movies that came out in the 90's were the result of the decade itself.
It should be obvious, obviously.
@@serpentstudios1376hello
The recent five nights at Freddy’s movie had a budget of around 25 million and still broke records with how good it did. Well of course this is mainly due to it being a major video game and book series. But still this movie was still very well made and did not need a bigger budget.
Meanwhile "Arctic Dogs" was a critical failure but me and my friend enjoy it a great deal, and he even seen it in the theater. it became a Christmas movie for me now.
It was a movie made to please the fans of the game and especially its lore, and they actually gave a shit. So of course it did well
That's what blumhouse is known to do.
That's horror movies for you. One of few genres where low budget always pays off.
@@nobodyimportant281 No, high budget horror movies are usually bad because they lose in the draft
Not sure why you kept showing Bladerunner 2049 - Gosling's character was determined to do his own thing, overcome his internal struggles, and uncover the truth, despite his female boss' wishes. The virtual girlfriend was just a dystopian, futuristic take on romance, if that's the trigger here. It was one of the rare modern throwbacks to old Hollywood IMO.
Agree I feel like he didn't really watch the film
Old Hollywood is movies from the 1940s/1950s 🧐
You forgot to mention BLADE RUNNER 2049 is also a masterpiece of a movie
No matter how qualified CGI director are, the actors still need to act. All previous mcu actors are great actor and massive fanbase. Downey, Brolin samuel Renner cooper these are Oscar nominated actors. They can pull any franchise in top of the list. But these new actors their acting is just horrible. If the mcu only hired these new people who has only 4 or 5 years of acting experience then the franchise doomed to fail.
This good content keep up man!🎉
When you ponder on the greatness of T2, we'll begin to notice how overindulged first world writers are so self-obsessed they have no ability to write a selfless protagonist.
Every main character is a shoehorned self-insert where they're the hero and the victim.
Haven't been to a Movie in at least a decade and haven't watched TV since '99 except for hurricane info when I lived on an island. I still use a VCR and DVD/CD player. People have lost their minds so I moved to a cottage on a lake where I will die eventually. It is rather terrifying seeing how drastically a TV controls my family as an unintended consequence.
Probably long before you die, that lake cottage will be surrounded by five subdivisions, with an 'easy-access' freeway nearby. :(
Same here. It's not years but DECADES ago. Love my DVDs
Mannix
Rockford files
A-team
Gilligan's Island
Hawaii 50 ( old version)
Dallas
Sanford and son
All in the Family 😊
I live in the middle of a major city, but I threw my tv in the garbage 20 years ago, best thing I ever did ;p
I remember when a movie made $250-$350 million at the box office, that movie was seen as relatively successful. Nowadays that’s just the budget for most films Hollywood is churning out: And then there are marketing costs that aren’t included in all of that. This means most movies have to hit damn nearly $1 billion at the box office just in order to be seen as a “success”. All because the Budget Bar has been set too damn high
I greatly appreciate moon, my god this lad always nails it
This video is basically every episode of The Critical Drinker’s “Why Modern Movies Suck” series and its points put into one 17 minute video
Bravo Moon
Literally if you need an honest movie review he's the number 1 choice for it, he'll mostly just share his opinion instead of giving dumb excuses like how shit ragnarok I'm kinda glad someone like him stays honest in his videos if it's abt shitty movies instead of being a desperate fan trying to cover up their mistakes
Fact
Ugh Critical Stinker I dislike that guy
Maybe we need a Critical Drinker / Moon crossover video.....we just had the Drinker with Ben Shapiro this weekend talking about the new Dailywire production of Snow White......come on do it!!!!!
You're pretty much right. (Love the Drinker!) But this guy did have his own personal take and analysis on the subject.
I think Harrison Ford was a carpenter doing the doors at Lucasfilm when they were doing Star Wars script readings. They didnt have a Han Solo and so Lucas, who had known Ford from American Graffiti, called him in to read the part; and then decided to keep him for Solo, and then also use him for Indiana Jones.
Ford probaby worked towards being an actor but he had to do other things - like carpentry - to pay the bills, and that life experience shaped him as an actor to being the everyman, the Gosling before Gosling (who also put in his time, but in the industry).
what about chris pratt lol
A little known fact is that Ford was "weed guy" for about half of Hollywood.
People are BROKE…that’s why. We have other things to focus on like going to work to try to pay for insanely priced everything. A movie just isn’t on our minds anymore
So long as cash keeps controlling creativity scope for soul touching spectacle on the silver screen remains just a dream.
Something I rarely hear being mentioned is how recent movies seem to lack any original and memorable musical soundtrack. From the trailers right way through until the final credits, we're given the same cookie-cutter drums, percussion, vocal chorus-type effects, shouts, downers, piano chords, synthetic strings etc. Great franchises like original Star Wars, Jurassic Park, LOTR etc all have instantly-recognisable and purpose-written soundtracks that enhance the storytelling and immerse the audience into their world. I can't think of a single non-reboot movie made in the last 10 - 15 years that does that.
John Williams really spoiled us.
Film scores are what drove us to see films as the surround sound is magnificent don't waste those speakers on bullets and bangs..well said
Dune
Maybe not marvel movies with the exception of the eternals that was praised for their soundtrack
I cannot even name any composers any more, aside from Hans Zimmer who seems to have changed the world of movies scores into continuous generic pulsations as opposed to beautiful compositions. John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, John Barry...some of the greats that defined movies with their incredible compositions.
The reason is almost entirely Larry Fink.
I just realized that I don't really go to the movies that much as I used to anymore. This video answers my questions. I never realized how many movies I've been disappointed after leaving the theaters. I really hope the writers start caring about characters and the storylines in the future.
There’s always been a fight between what directors and creative types want, and what the studio wants. These movies need one creative person driving the storyline. Feels like the studios corporate masters have their fingers into these movies too much these days.
You're right. Way back in 1975, the CEO of 20th Century Fox, after being lobbied for more funding for the original 'Star Wars', said, "I'm sick and tired of hearing about this Lucas kid and his 'science' movie."! hehehehe
The studios are being paid billions of dollars to push propaganda
Except for when it's Rian Johnson or Taika Waititi for example...
Cough cough watch indie films then cough cough cough
@@princealmighty5391 Sigh! Sigh, sigh...
Sad thing is. I love classic movies and tv. But pretty much no one from my generation does. I don't know why, but from an early age they always managed to pull me in. I always get so engrossed and enveloped in the stories and the characters, as well as the actors performances. Some of my favorite classics are Twilight Zone, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Murder on the Orient Express, and Andy Griffith. Just to name a few. They are so good. I wish more people could see that. Oh, one more show... Columbo. Amazing.
I honestly would put the blame on social media, for peoples lack of interest in good story telling. It takes time to build a proper world, and a fair bit of patients to get immersed. But with peoples attention spans today. That is almost impossible. We have to thank things like TikTok, RUclips Shorts, and even the convienience of Streaming Services for the massive decline in attention spans. If we didn't have these things. I'm sure more people would be able to actually enjoy a good show when they see it. Instead of getting bored cause of the lack of visual comedy, and action.
I feel like the biggest problem today is that viewers have too many options for what to watch. Back in the days of the shows you mentioned, that was all that was available to watch on TV. Social media and 24-hour streaming services have created a colossal distraction for viewers who might otherwise enjoy older TV shows and movies, but they won't give them a chance because they don't have to.
@@dmcs5150 Yep. Exactly. Thanks. That was said perfectly.
@@Group-935 I prefer older media like the twilight zone too. It just something about that slow pace built up. I love that 50s and 60s vide.
@@dreamteam2320 Yes... Same here friend.
You said it perfectly. I was born in December of 2000. I often say I grew up in the dying age of DVDs, VHS tapes, and such. My family raised me on the good stuff. I would watch old movies like Pollyanna and TV shows like The Beverley Hillbilies with my two Grandmas. (Paternal Grandma still has all of Beverley Hillbilies on DVD.) I would watch movies like The Live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1990 with my Dad, along with Dead Poets Society, Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg, and The Princess Bride.
I have been a bookworm my entire life as well. I love reading a good book. You're also right about streaming and social media. It has completely destroyed attention spans. I wish people could remember what a REAL story, with a world to escape into, was like. I hope people realize this before it's too late.
i literally enjoyed these "fxck around and find out" era of Hollywood, and damn i hope they found it out good
7:19 I'm 20 I definitely feel this. My favorite movie of all time is Breakfast At Tiffany's from 1963. I much prefer older movies because I feel its worth my time to watch. Modern movies are insipid and soulless. Older movies have incredible writing and an equally amazing story full of fun likable characters. One example of this is The Breakfast Club (another one of my favorites) and I can't even begin to imagine my generation or the next generation being able to sit down and watch it. Its a shame really
Walter jr ?
You like breakfast.. So do I
well, there's a bit of survivorship bias there (there have always been bad movies, they just don't get the promotion or preservation efforts the good ones get because, well, they were bad), but yes, the number/percentage of Good movies in recent times is a lot lower.
Mind you, we've also finally got video game movies that are actually good (not great, but good) movies rather than intolllerable garbage in the last couple of years, so there's that?
Yes, it is.
@@pikminologueraisin2139😂😂😂😂😂 HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA . YES. your comment got me laughing so hard
Political views not storylines anymore.
Leftist propaganda*
15:08 Personally, I think Newt did go through a hero’s journey.
At the start he didn’t trust people, didn’t think he could connect with them and wanted to stay out of conflict. You could tell the changes.
However I would say the ending film couldn’t have been better but that’s largely Ember Heard’s fault.
Most "movies" are merely very long trailers about the real movie. Which you will never get to see. Except maybe next time. Except next time it is just another very long trailer. Well - may NEXT time. Or perhaps never.
Slightly off-topic, I like how Monsterverse is one of the cinematic universes that hasn’t “fell off” yet.
One thing I appreciate about Monsterverse is that they gave audience what they want which is Entertainment, not lectures