Jude Law Misses Era Of Mid-Budget Movies

[hewontgo]

Jude Law Misses Era Of Mid-Budget Movies: "The Heart Of Filmmaking" https://t.co/pd9GAFWj2w
- Deadline (@DEADLINE) November 30, 2024

Despite roles in such major franchises as Harry Potter, MCU and most recently, Star Wars, Jude Law is nostalgic for a bygone era of Hollywood.

“I mean, I feel very lucky that when I came into this business, they

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[burntxtoashes]

I agree. It def feels like there's less risks with cinema now? Blockbusters are often reboots/remakes or stuff like Marvel/DC that already has a big fan base, and streaming services seem quite low budget and formulaic with trying to follow the Hallmark/Lifetime model.

It's not mid-budget, but I really miss a big budget romcoms.

[alwayspolaris]

I feel like most of the best romcoms were close to midbudget. They had at most two bigger stars, no sfx, no sets to build. Like Independence Day was $75 million, and She's All That was ~$7 million (these were just the first two I thought of).

I need modern romcoms to a. have messier characters and b. have messier sets. I'm tired of all these bland Hallmark-esque women living in cold, catalog houses. Also they need to quit it with these tradwife endings, I want the woman to have an even better job/be on her way to college by the end of the movie lol.

[deerlike]

Yeah, what's annoying to me is that even blockbusters nowadays are the same-old IPs (usually superhero), whereas back then we'd get blockbuster movies like Phone Booth, or Collateral, or Inside Man: original, exciting stories starring the big names. I guess the political/crime thriller has moved to the television medium now, but I miss those kind of (tautly filmed in the way that only a movie can be) dramatic stories.

[mishane]

Me too!!!! I miss mid budget action thrillers also. So good.

[likeanunmadebed]

my "go-to genre" on Netflix is 2000s movies I did not see when they were in theatres, lol