is Hollywood dying off?

Burky126 · 04-09-2014 11:39PM

Snake wrote: »

First goes Robin Williams.. Then Sir Attenborough.. Now Joan Rivers all within what 2 weeks? Conspiracy me thinks. Celebrity serial killer maybe?

The cause...MORTALITY.The bastard!

jill_valentine · 04-09-2014 11:44PM

I think it's just going the way of music. Less big giant stars and big giant films from big giant studios, but a much broader middle class has a chance to emerge in their stead.

That said, I saw the last Captain America movie a while back and I was surprised at how ruddy good it was for a modern popcorn flick, so the age of blockbusters might not be over just yet.

Bipolar Joe · 04-09-2014 11:55PM

Turpentine wrote: »

What, in the 50s? There's been a few good films since then.

Even before then, since literally everything is 3D anyway.

Highflyer13 · 04-09-2014 11:59PM

Watched Braveheart earlier and Saving Private Ryan yesterday and it got me thinking how crap movies have become the last 10 years or so. They just dont make movies like they once did.

Turpentine · 05-09-2014 12:07AM

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Even before then, since literally everything is 3D anyway.

Literally everything except for things that exist in 2 dimensions, like your average film. Or even 1 or 4 dimensions, but I don't want to talk about them.

05-09-2014 12:18AM

Highflyer13 wrote: »

Watched Braveheart earlier and Saving Private Ryan yesterday and it got me thinking how crap movies have become the last 10 years or so. They just dont make movies like they once did.

That is just nonsense. There was also crap movies back then as well as good movies but only the good movies are remembered. In the past while we had Inception, Dallas Buyers Club, Wolf of Wall Street and 12 Years a Slave to name but a few. There is lots of crap movies these days but there is still so many good ones. If you think all the good movies were made years ago you are not watching the right movies nowadays.

FloatingVoter · 05-09-2014 12:24AM

Deleted User wrote: »

That is just nonsense. There was also crap movies back then as well as good movies but only the good movies are remembered. In the past while we had Inception, Dallas Buyers Club, Wolf of Wall Street and 12 Years a Slave to name but a few. There is lots of crap movies these days but there is still so many good ones. If you think all the good movies were made years ago you are not watching the right movies nowadays.

+1. If you ever read a story about the "Golden Age of Hollywood" and all its stars, Bogie, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Kate Hepburn and the rest you see the amount of crap they had to do while under contract. Its unwatchable now. It wasn't always The Maltese Falcon and Citizen Kane.
Fast forward to the 1970s and we have such classics as The Swarm (Michael Caine disowned this..thats how bad) and Caligula (which was bad even when judged as a porn flick).

Turpentine · 05-09-2014 12:34AM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

+1. If you ever read a story about the "Golden Age of Hollywood" and all its stars, Bogie, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Kate Hepburn and the rest you see the amount of crap they had to do while under contract. Its unwatchable now. It wasn't always The Maltese Falcon and Citizen Kane.
Fast forward to the 1970s and we have such classics as The Swarm (Michael Caine disowned this..thats how bad) and Caligula (which was bad even when judged as a porn flick).

He did the same for Jaws the Revenge (but admits to liking the house that it bought). How many films has Michael Caine disowned?

FloatingVoter · 05-09-2014 01:31AM

Turpentine wrote: »

He did the same for Jaws the Revenge (but admits to liking the house that it bought). How many films has Michael Caine disowned?

In fairness he's always been honest about the cash movies. He even admitted accepting Dirty Rotten Scoundrels because they were shooting near his favourite restaurant. And that didn't turn out bad.

porsche959 · 05-09-2014 01:32AM

Bret Easton Ellis often discusses this issue on his podcasts, check out the recent one with Rob Zombie for example:

http://podcastone.com/Bret-Easton-Ellis-Podcast

IvaBigWun · 05-09-2014 01:39AM

Worst "OP compared to thread title" I can remember in some time.

porsche959 · 05-09-2014 01:39AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They don't even party like they used to, where are all the hellraisers gone?

Jack Nicholson was probably the last of them, I think he is more or less retired now though.

Zeek12 · 05-09-2014 01:48AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

When Clint dies they might as well turn off the lights and dismantle the Hollywood sign.

Please don't tempt fate like that

He's one of the last remaining legends (of which there are very few)

As the song says....

Jimminy Mc Fukhead · 05-09-2014 01:56AM

Watched Braveheart earlier and Saving Private Ryan yesterday and it got me thinking how crap movies have become the last 10 years or so. They just dont make movies like they once did.

wendell borton · 05-09-2014 11:04AM

The real problem is distribution as there are decent films out there, the multiplex chains only show lowest common denominator Hollywood while giving anything else a run of only a few days. The smaller indie cinemas have a lot more variety despite having less screens.

paulbok · 05-09-2014 11:35AM

Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

Watched Braveheart earlier and Saving Private Ryan yesterday and it got me thinking how crap movies have become the last 10 years or so. They just dont make movies like they once did.

Just seems to be repeats these days....

is Hollywood dying off?

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