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Why are most movies released post-2000 unwatchable?


GammaGlobulin

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16 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

It seems that the year 2000 marks the divide between some decent Hollywood film-making pre-2000, and what has now become garbage films that are not watchable.

 

Why is this?

 

Pandering to overseas markets? 

 

Dumbing down of content and themes?

 

Fear of offending any segment of the movie-goer market?

 

Lack of reading on the part of the public who watches the new garbage films?

 

Other reasons?

 

Has America completely lost any semblance of having a meaningful culture, these days?

 

We know that there has been a sharp divide in quality which happened 25 years ago...

 

But why?

 

 

Almost entirely a subjective opinion, though I agree with Dinsdale that a black “ Snow White” seems just too counterintuitive. Not having seen it I don’t know how or if they dealt with that inconsistency.

I don’t recall any dwarves in “Snow White and the Huntsman” so no problem with that. I wasn’t really watching though, just glanced up as my wife was viewing it.

I have to say I’ve enjoyed a number of non-US films. Hollywood does not have a monopoly on decent movies.

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There are a limited number of story lines and we are old so we have seen them all many times. I use bit torrent and feel that  most movies are worth exactly what I pay for them 😉 

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4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I though the latest Dune was the best of many. The one with Kyle MacLachlan was awful.

The only explanation I can come up with for your opinion is that you never read the book, which would be essential to understand what was happening.

Reading the book would make you a fanboy which you'd need to be to think the movie was good

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Number of great movies are produced every year but are limited in volume...

 

Hollywood caters to the overall and average movie goer who wants junk and action films...Great acting is beyond the average viewer so Hollywood produces to what the viewers want and can handle cognitively....Could you imagine Americans trying to understand western European films?  more of Fast and Furious Xll....burn baby burn

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9 minutes ago, Anthony mellows said:

Writers,directors of movies nowadays are too self indulgent, and out of touch with what ordinary people want to see. Joker 2 movie a good example.

Part of the problem is we have changed, when i rewatch movie, time and time again it's disappointing 

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They're not unwatchable. Not anymore than pre-2000...and many pre-2000 are excruciatingly SLOW developing, too long and too boring compared to the in-yo-face action/entertainment and usually faster character development from the get-go of today's flicks.

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Hollywood has really gone downhill in the last 15 years. In that period it seems to have been mostly goofy Marvel and Disney crap or remaking an old movie, but this time changing the actors into a more 'diverse' cast. All by design of course. This isn't a coincidence. Sadly many of the other world movie making scenes have gone downhill. Hong Kong, Japan and the UK rarely make anything good thesedays. South Korea just seem to rip off American media in everything they do. And then there is Bollywood and Nollywood, which beyond the unintentional comedy genre produce complete garbage. 

 

Here are a few good Hollywood movies post 2000 that are worth a watch: Gangs of New York, Blade Runner 2049, No Country for Old Men, Drive.. Ermmm I am struggling now. Partly due to my average memory and partly due a lack of quality movies.

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Check out "Nefarious" movie (2023) with Sean Patrick Flannery and Jordan Belfi. Excellent acting and defnitely thought-provoking! The twist at the end is killer.

 

It can be viewed online for free if you know where to look.

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