Can it be true? Are we finally tired of leftovers?
News is that this is one of the worst summers for movie box-office returns in a long while.
I really hope this means that the public has finally had enough of bland, tepid reheats of leftovers that Hollywood found in the back of the fridge and that weren't even that good when they were fresh.
I expect Hollywood to simply turn up the volume on the "tentpole" crap they have in the pipeline for the next couple of years and hope that's enough. I'm really hoping though that the bombast bubble has burst. I'd feel bad for the ordinary folks who make their livelihood working on big-budget movies, but I sure wouldn't mind seeing a spate of gonzo "we have no idea what anyone wants so we'll try anything!" filmmaking, or some big-studio efforts toward shepherding smaller, more interesting movies. Maybe developing some real talent. That would be cool.
I really hope this means that the public has finally had enough of bland, tepid reheats of leftovers that Hollywood found in the back of the fridge and that weren't even that good when they were fresh.
I expect Hollywood to simply turn up the volume on the "tentpole" crap they have in the pipeline for the next couple of years and hope that's enough. I'm really hoping though that the bombast bubble has burst. I'd feel bad for the ordinary folks who make their livelihood working on big-budget movies, but I sure wouldn't mind seeing a spate of gonzo "we have no idea what anyone wants so we'll try anything!" filmmaking, or some big-studio efforts toward shepherding smaller, more interesting movies. Maybe developing some real talent. That would be cool.