are they marketing them thoug?, because the only things i hear about are disney remake bullshit and mcu slop
Mickey 17 was well advertised imo with big names attached. Still bombed.
I liked the movie, but it had no chance. The budget was way too big. It should never have been given such a big budget.
I want more mid-budget original movies that actually have a chance of financial success.
I liked it more than i thought i would. But i hate movie theatres way way more to ever go there.
I didn’t hear about that one almost at all and I go to the theater every week.
I only knew about it because I like the director and go out of my way to look up interesting movies.
marketing to asia, asia loves hollywood movies, especialy action ones. thats why they are making slop.
This is one of the main reasons that I started the trailers community. There absolutely are unique, original films being released all the time, they just rarely get noticed. I hope that surfacing their trailers right along side the big boys will help get them in front of curious audiences.
Thank you for your work on that community!
Another thought, when 80% of cinema movies are based on franchises you don’t care about, you kinda stop following cinema schedules. Movies that are not expected to do well are also given less time in cinemas and worse time slots. I did watch Mickey17 because I knew about it beforehand but usually by the time I learn about a movie I actually want to watch it’s already on its way out of the cinema.
Back when I was a kid, if you didn’t see it in the cinema you’d have to wait 6 months to a year for the VHS to come out and then you’d watch it on a tiny poor quality TV. Cinema was amazing.
Now I have big enough TV and surround sound and I can watch whatever is released a few months later in the comfort of my own home for practically free. The huge amount of content now means unless I really really want to see it in cinema there’s just no point. Most movies aren’t worth it.
It drives me nuts when people complain there are no original movies. If you care enough to complain, you should care enough to be informed about what movies are out
The bigger my TV gets, the less likely I’m going to the cinema. But I do actually prefer original films and I pay to rent them digitally once they release. The FOMO is not as strong anymore, I can wait. Letterboxd will remind me when it’s time.
Movie theaters are really expensive, so I’m not paying attention to what Hollywood is making right now.
They keep dancing around the obvious. No one wants to go to theaters anymore for various reasons; too expensive, people on their phones, people talking, head lice, and oh, too expensive.
So they are just making original movies bcs their franchises are failing and only want an original hit to start a new franchise.
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