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There’s zero creativity in Hollywood anymore. TV shows are suffering from this also. Instead of creating something original, everything has to be a sequel, a prequel, or a reboot.

This may be a golden opportunity for independent film makers to rise.

"disappointed in the comfort of their homes" Best line ever.👍

It's got so bad, that we are not watching new shows, we are digging into the past for our entertainment. Like pre 1980's series.

One of the biggest issues is movies starting filming before a script is finished. Marvel would be better off financially if they didnt reshoot a film to death and had confidence in their scripts. It also means you can use more practical effects and in general plan better.

Part of what makes Hollywood's potential recovery such an uphill battle is that blaming the fans for not liking their "content" for so long has left most of them apathetic at best. Many are enjoying the downfall of Hollywood and pray this means the end (or a least a major reduction) of pandering.

Batman had a black Catwoman and Commissioner Gordon and literally nobody cared. If either had a monologue about how tough it was being black it would have been a disaster

What blows my mind is that every year thousands of writers, filmmakers, producers and other Hollywood creatives move there with a truckload of original stories , ideas and content . And every year the big budget premiere projects that get announced are all remakes and reboots .

one of the problems in modern movies is the people making the movie think they are more important than the movie itself, and the audience should care about their views for whatever reason.

Give the fans what they want. No agendas. Make your own characters instead of swapping or give them better characterization. Make everything as original as possible.

A good thing about GoT was they didn’t race swap- the places you saw had the correct ethnicities so it made the cities and locations feel authentic

I'm japanese, In the past decade, the status of Hollywood movies in Japan has significantly declined. About 20 years ago, many Japanese people used to watch Hollywood movies, but now most either don't watch them at all or, if they do, don't discuss them. Personally, despite being a former avid fan, I can't recall the last Hollywood movie I watched in the past few years. I'm not aware of current releases, have no interest, and this sentiment is common among Japanese. Surprisingly, even my parents, who were once avid Hollywood fans, haven't watched any in years, citing that Hollywood films have become uninteresting and intolerable. I share the same sentiment. Recent Hollywood movies are not only boring to the Japanese but also reach an uncomfortable level of unpleasantness. They often feel like promotional videos or propaganda for governments, political parties, and various political organizations. The constant focus on environmental issues, human rights, racial discrimination, and LGBT topics seems designed to attack individuals with political ideologies conflicting with the creators. When did Hollywood movies shift from global entertainment that everyone could enjoy to political propaganda by activists? Americans should stop treating their country's social issues as globally significant and discard the delusion that they are in a position to lecture other countries. The U.S. has only been around for about 200 years and appears socially immature, lagging significantly behind other countries in terms of morals, manners, social norms, civic consciousness, and more. I've observed this in my travels to over 40 countries. While Americans often find other cultures strange, the reality of American society, media, and the chaotic events in American politics seems incredibly strange and abnormal to non-Americans like myself. Recently, the depiction of this pathological and abnormal reality of American society in Hollywood movies might be a major reason why many people, including myself, have stopped consuming American films and media.

The fact that Japan entertainment is more enjoyable than American entertainment is just example why Hollywood in general is dying 😂

Watching Hollywood crumble itself is both entertaining and depressing to watch.

Misuse by overuse of CGI is part of the problem. Hollow visual effects without telling a story that people care about. Political Correctness doesn't tell a story, either.

I honestly don't think they care whether people buy what they're selling. In the eyes of Hollywood, the message is more important than the profit. They just see this as temporary resistance to the messages they're spreading and that eventually when everything you watch and consume are the same quality and substance, people will give in.

The box office as of recent has proven that the good movies that have been made by people that treat movies as art ,and not just a way to make money, are the ones that actually make money

One big thing is that most movies aren’t entertainment, they’re lectures from the writers and directors and it’s blatantly obvious

For me as a viewer, it's totally fine that Hollywood is crumbling. I'm eager for low and mid budget independent films to fill the void with fresh creative ideas. The franchise thing was totally boring even 10 years ago and I have no idea how it was possible to drag on for so long.

Just subbed. I love how you describe topics in your breakdowns. You have passion for this and it bleeds through in not just your choice of words but also your tone. I'm glad I found this channel.

I’d rather pay $10/month and be disappointed at home than pay $50 for one movie and be disappointed

Don't forget the overuse of CGI. It is the unspoken reason Hollywood is in this state. On a bright note, Mad Max has a new trailer, and hopefully it's practical like 2015.

"Everything is only for a season. And Hollywood is no exception. A season could last a few months or it can last for as long as 100 years. Somethings are no meant to be saved. It is the order of the universe and nothing can change that"

The internet has taken a big chunk of the world’s attention away from movies. It wasn’t just the pandemic, it’s been a gradual process since the iPhone came out.

The thing that's most frustrating, as someone who is a feminist, is that the majority of feminists don't consider something like The Marvels as a feminist piece of cinema. It's lazy. these companies take identity politics, strip it down to the basics and slap it in their films with no nuance. Great films that utilise feminist themes in a way that are actually effective include Promising Young Woman, Legally Blonde, Little Women etc. It's all about following the trends rather than creating films that are remotely thought provoking or appealing to their supposed target audience.

Movies like Godzilla Minus One are done by people passionate about the story and how it's translated to film. Movies like The Marvels are done by a committee on which boxes need to be checked off and directed by someone who has no idea what the characters or story is even about. Hollywood isn't about stories anymore. It's all about pandering to that small group of mean girls who threaten to destroy you if you say anything bad about a movie they will likely never see anyhow. In essence, modern Hollywood is about blackmail.

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Remember the scene in Elf, where Walter insisted on shipping a children's book with 2 pages missing..."because who's going to notice? The audience is stupid." THAT is how Hollywood sees their audience too. (also, no one at Disney, Marvel is capable of actually writing a story or script)

Movies have become an abusive relationship these days, you can't even enjoy something good that's new because you're bracing for the slap you know is coming. I didn't even enjoy Andor until my second viewing because the first was me "bracing for the beating" the whole time.

Japanese "Godzilla Minus One" is a perfect example how to make a great blockbuster. Godzilla IP is 70 years old, and yet, the new one absolutely slaps. On a budget of 15 million $ it puts all of 2023 blockbusters to a shame. It looks incredible, has great human characters, great story, emotions, stakes, excellent music, but most of all, it is not a movie about Godzilla. It's an intelligent character driven drama which happens to have a giant kaiju in it. Pure escapism at the highest level of quality. It's not only top 5 movies of the year, it's the best Godzilla movie I have ever seen. Hollywood right now is just not capable of delivering such quality.

Didn’t Netflix build a gigantic studio in New Jersey, movie making is become too expensive in California so it’s being moved elsewhere like South Korea, Mumbai, and other parts of the United States

That was some awesome analyzing 👍. Korean movies are also getting better nowadays.

This is why a movie like Oppenheimer is so extraordinary. That film would've been outstanding even when Hollywood wasn't in such a shitty state, let alone now, when we have 1-2 good movies per year.

I'm a huge fan of Indie films and one of the best films I'm seen in a long time was the Banshees of Inisherin. It was a simple story of two men and their friendship and how it falls apart. Subtle performances, gripping storyline, haunting music and it stayed with me long after I left the theater. That is cinema.

you know, recently I was fed from KZfaq one of those 2024 most anticipated movie feeds. between the sequel, the remake of the remake I could not go beyond the 1 minute mark.

There's such a lack of talent from writers to actors....it gets sickening after a while seeing the same low talent actors again and again. I'd rather see unknowns in film almost always.

You can see why Christopher Lee never got an Oscar. But it wouldn't matter now the award is not worth it.

I can imagine how dissapointed Walt Disney would've been if he was alive in seeing those executives turning his biggest empire to literally something else that he would've never wanted in the first place

I’d rather watch a black screen then watch a Hollywood movie in 2024

The sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. These companies have gone insane

It’s not just the endless revivals, sequels and reboots but the fundamental misunderstanding from those reviving them as to WHY we loved them so dearly that make me so mad. Bob Iger’s bullshit statement of never doing sequels unless there is a story worth telling is just hollow given all the work he’s overseen. I’m just done. The future of the industry is in the hands of independent creators and studios.

RIP SIR Christopher Lee I could listen to that man talk for hours

I loved the TopGun Maverick reference and I agree 100% and I can’t believe Disney as forgotten how to do that after Spiderman NWH. That movie was 2 and a half hours of fan service, yet it was the movie that pulled people back into the cinemas. Where did that go?

Uh! Very good essay. 👍 Well done, very good observations. And remembering what Christopher Lee said (so on point, these days) is most welcome. We used to have actors & actresses who used their brain and were honest - he was one of them.

Barbie and Oppenheimer had the world's largest marketing budgets that told you to go see these films. Top Gun was so good, everyone that saw it said "you've got to go see it." Big difference.

It's not the progressive messaging I have a problem with. It's the fact that it's so clearly insincere and profit-focused.

The problem with Hollywood is the same problem with video games. You don’t need to make good content to make money.

Personally, I don't even remember the last time I went to watch a movie at a local theater.

Disney right now is like the Soviet Union in its final years. The question isn’t if it will fall, but when it will fall.

Really well done video. Seeing someone roast the shit out of Hollywood and how disconnected from the real world they are is in my top 3 forms of entertainment.

Godzilla Minus One being made on 15 million dollar budget AND being one of the best movies of the year really puts what you've said about the inflated budget of films in sharp contrast. Same with the FNAF movie (while not as good); movies can be made for less and can be so much more.

Holy cow I love this channel! Rings so true to me. Thank you mate. Greetings from Oz to Oz ;D

We’ve gotta start blaming ourselves as consumers here too, bro. We don’t have to see remakes, reboots, bad franchise films and sequels to things that don’t need them every year, but we do anyway over things the original things we claim we want more of like The Creator, The Holdovers, etc. Hollywood doesn’t keep doing this for nothing. They’re doing it because we show interest in what we claim we don’t want more of very often. That has to change, but it won’t, sadly.

My mom has hated watching movies and tv for the past 20 years. I introduced her to Korean dramas this past year and she’s hooked on them. The Asian markets are already dominating the comic book market in America. I think the movie and tv industries are next.

"They just wait at their own home to be disappointed" LOL

Went here after watching your review of Dune part two. Lmao. Dune part two single handedly saving Hollywood

When you have the person playing Snow White saying the movie is not about love and how that fact is “really wonderful” and you have a whole generation who ate that up the love aspect of movies and want their kids to too, you severely misjudged the situation.

You can only remake the same story so many times and then it needs to be put away. Some movies told a story so well, and were made so well, that they should not be remade , even the first time.

The game industry is following the same script.

Thank you! This is a top quality production.

You know what was the best movie I saw all this year? Godzilla Minus One. While it definitely has problems, the character work in that movie was fantastic, paired with phenomenal visual effects for Godzilla and excellent sound design and a soundtrack. That movie was made for supposedly 15 million dollars(or 33 million dollars) from a director who has a background in VFX, animation and has directed some successful hits in Japan. And he was heavily inspired by movies, like Star Wars, Jaws etc. classic Hollywood movies. It says a lot when foreign cinema is able to produce better material than modern Hollywood. Because modern Hollywood right now is failing because of belief: it believes it is a necessity when it isn't. Hollywood is a luxury. People don't have to watch your movies. They have KZfaq, TikTok, anime, manga, video games. Plenty of other things. When you take the audience for granted and produce stuff that doesn't make them want to come back, it will eat at your profits. And to be clear; I do NOT want Hollywood to fail. I want it to thrive and we can get good stories or even decent ones again. But it won't happen unless Hollywood starts recognizing its own problems, attempt to fix them, and start producing quality stuff that gets audiences to come back. Godzilla Minus One made me want to see it again. That rarely happens nowadays.

For Halloween this year I went to my local inderpent cinema to watch The thing (1982) and there was more people there watching that then any of the IP films playing that day. Proof if a good film is playing people wll watch, even if it came out 40 years ago.

What a great essay. Can I interview you for my show?

upward failure = the Peter Principle, which states that people will more often than not promote themselves to a level of incompetence.

Why would Disney release the Haunted Mansion in the middle of July and not October.

A major problem is how the industry is now run by executives who don't care at all about art, but only money. These people are extremely detached from the audiences.

Its good too see Christopher Lee talking sense. His HAMMER Dracula movies were great. I encourage everyone too give the oldies a chance 30's thru the 80's. Start with Orson Welles "The Third Man".

It’s eating itself. It’s all self-referencing. Everything is either a remake, a sequel, a prequel or based on an old tv series or iconic character or consumer product. And then crapping out “productions” that it then picks up and eats again to crap out another.

I’ll go and take my wife and kids to the theaters. The only thing that keeps us from going is the constant flow of garbage movies with zero quality. And also, why would your #1 goal be to DIVIDE AND PISS OFF A FANBASE?! This is the kind of stupid shit that’s destroying my favorite franchises 🤦‍♂️

At this point I love seeing Hollywood fall and I hope they keep failing because at least they will reach a point where they will have no choice but to listen to fans and actually make films and TV shows that people actually want to watch.

Nice video. You did leave out the over reliance on CGI though.

The best comment I heard until now, congrats. Unfortanly here in Brazil things are indeed very much worse. I would like to know how is it on other countries and culturas because here, ... shit, nothing last.

It’s quite fitting that George Lukas sought to be financially independent to make the movies he wanted to make, and created the iconic Star awards franchise. Then, as soon as a corporation like Disney got hold of it, it slowly started to crumble…

I couldn't agree more with this entire video. Once i saw the trailer for the fourth planet of the apes, i was so hyped, but then, remembering that the last few movies I've seen (Thor love and Thunder and Jurassic World Dominion) I've lost most faith in Hollywood studios making anything relatively unique or interesting.

I showl can’t see myself sitting still in a theater for hours anymore. 3yr lock down gave us time to adjust to watching movies at home.. doin chores 😂

14:52 what is the movie?

The barbinhimer was such a great play. Two movies completely different that would have competed with each other actually helped each one. Everyone I know has seen 1 or the other. I hope we get more of that. It was the first time in awhile I went to the theaters and seen so many people all having fun.

Tremendous summary of Hollywood today. Congratulations on a job well done!

Instead of letting audiences decide what they want to consume and five it to them, , the studios are trying to dictate what they audience should want.

Well done, on point

Mate you video hits the nail on the head ! Sadly…100% accurate on every single word mentioned. I feel so lucky that I was a teenager in the 80’s and got to watch a blockbuster almost every week.

Yup, pretty much nailed everything wrnog with Hollywood. The change is coming but i don't think it will be a bright one. Not to mention everyones favourite Bob says and I quote: “I think I don’t want to apologize for making sequels. Some of them have done extraordinarily well. And they’ve been good films too. I think there has to be a reason to make it, beyond commerce. You have to have a good story. And we have made too many. That doesn’t mean we’re not going to continue to make them.” I don't see a reason to make Frozen 3 & 4, Toy Story 5, Inside Out 2 & Zootopia 2 but Boby here thinks its a good idea.

Love Christopher Lee's voice 👌🏿😎

I mean, just the fact that massive producing companies choose to fund the current mediocre star trek series rather than the Orville is proof of that disconnect.

Well said, Christopher Lee. The man was a *real* legend.

You are correct in that Top Gun Maverick is what Hollywood needs to study. A legacy sequel where the hero is still the hero, he still has something to teach the younger generation, the characters are all treated with respect, it was made to be on the big screen and not streaming on your laptop, it had the balance between drama, comedy, action, romance, & internal conflict. I liked Top Gun, but I thought Top Gun Maverick was great.

When I decide to watch a movie, the first thing I look for is the director of that movie. Like this year, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Hayao Miyazaki names are guaranteed for good movies because they treat movie as an art form, not a business model.

Hollywood is dead to me... Great video, your explanation of the current state of the entertainment industry is spot on...

Judging by the words of Bob Iger, Disney is past the point of admitting the problem. What they have to start with is obvious to pretty much anyone paying attention: cut the budgets, be more subtle about politics, and stop hiring cast and production teams based on racial/gender quotas. Whether that is going to happen, we will see in a few years.

Can't argue with this particular essay.

R.i.p Christopher Lee.

Wow. That video was so good! - As a lifetime professional filmaker of 40 years, making films with tiny budgets because that's the only option I had, it is so satisfying to hear someone else pouring out my heart. Thank you Sir Overlord! :-) I'm officially inspired.

The issue really is the disconnect between the audience and the industry. We have executives who care more about money than making a good product, we have creative teams who actively hate what they are working on, actors/directors who feel they can run their mouths and an industry that seems intent on rewarding failure.

That slap made me chuckle. :D

If Hollywood had just one of these problems, no creativity, rampant wokeness, terrible scripts, unlikable actors, they could get away with it. But having all of that at the same time? I'm amazed they sell any tickets outside of reviewers.

As someone who majored in animation and foresaw the decisions Hollywood was making that it was on a path to self destruct, this video covers just about every concern I’ve vocalized in the last 8 years or so. Stepped back knowing the inevitable was going to happen, I think the pandemic was the last straw.

I honestly felt that removing the little people from projects was wrong and took opportunities away from little people who want to act...

I never thought Hollywood would never gone down hill in any way.

I agree hollywood movies are falling apart so hard now and I hope one day this problem stop in the industry so we can have amazing movies again and great video Movie Overload :]