Unit 1 Assignment 1 Film Analysis
Introduction
Hollywood has officially given up on new ideas and we have no one to blame but ourselves. We blindly give our money to these studios and in return we either see the same old recycled plot we've seen a million times or something that’s been made for the purpose of selling merchandise. What started of as quality story writing has become a way of getting a quick cash grab from fans and the general movie going audience.
How it started
This all started when movie studios such as fox and sony saw a potential audience in these types of films i.e adaptations. Although films such as jaws were based on books, filmmakers did not have the initial intention of making multiple sequels and to make money, but to make the best movie they could so that they could cater to their target audience. As time went on studios began to release more and more of these types of movies which made copious amounts of money. Films such as the shining and the shawshank redemption are perfect examples of the filmmaker only having the intention of making a truly great movie and to create and adaptation which …show more content…
But the thing is, a lot of these films which are produced aren't even memorable. I mean do you guys even remember that there was a King Kong or power rangers movie that came out this year, yeah I didn't think so. Because of this, Hollywood has in fact started to lose money because of all these unnecessary properties being produced and made annually. This occurred last just last year when Paramount Pictures lost $450 million dollars due to films such as Rings, Ninja Turtles, and Zoolander 2, doing extremely poorly in the box office and being barely able to break even. But notice how all three of these films were either unnecessary sequels or reboots from properties which had originally come out during the 1900s and early 2000s? Which brings me to my next
Hollywood has officially given up on new ideas and we have no one to blame but ourselves. We blindly give our money to these studios and in return we either see the same old recycled plot we've seen a million times or something that’s been made for the purpose of selling merchandise. What started of as quality story writing has become a way of getting a quick cash grab from fans and the general movie going audience.
How it started
This all started when movie studios such as fox and sony saw a potential audience in these types of films i.e adaptations. Although films such as jaws were based on books, filmmakers did not have the initial intention of making multiple sequels and to make money, but to make the best movie they could so that they could cater to their target audience. As time went on studios began to release more and more of these types of movies which made copious amounts of money. Films such as the shining and the shawshank redemption are perfect examples of the filmmaker only having the intention of making a truly great movie and to create and adaptation which …show more content…
But the thing is, a lot of these films which are produced aren't even memorable. I mean do you guys even remember that there was a King Kong or power rangers movie that came out this year, yeah I didn't think so. Because of this, Hollywood has in fact started to lose money because of all these unnecessary properties being produced and made annually. This occurred last just last year when Paramount Pictures lost $450 million dollars due to films such as Rings, Ninja Turtles, and Zoolander 2, doing extremely poorly in the box office and being barely able to break even. But notice how all three of these films were either unnecessary sequels or reboots from properties which had originally come out during the 1900s and early 2000s? Which brings me to my next