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Post by ANuclearError on May 24, 2024 8:44:20 GMT -5
I see a few mentions of good things happening in independent horror films. Could any suggest if there are similar studios doing good stuff for other genres? I'm usually not a fan of horror. A24, whilst they do a lot of horror as well, is generally a good source of things. Some recommendations: The Iron Claw (von Erich biopic)
Everything Everywhere All at Once Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on May 24, 2024 9:05:51 GMT -5
Can anyone name 10 original big budget movies from the last 5 years?
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Post by schma on May 24, 2024 9:17:46 GMT -5
I see a few mentions of good things happening in independent horror films. Could any suggest if there are similar studios doing good stuff for other genres? I'm usually not a fan of horror. A24, whilst they do a lot of horror as well, is generally a good source of things. Some recommendations: The Iron Claw (von Erich biopic)
Everything Everywhere All at Once Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
Thanks I didn't realize they weren't just horror. I did enjoy Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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Post by pinja on May 24, 2024 10:40:22 GMT -5
There is a beauty in intertextuality and an ugliness in simple copying but it's rather individual where someone draws the line. I like to notice inspirations, story beats and tropes as it makes me feel connected to a common narrative. I don't like thinking: "Wait, it's that movie all over again!"
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 24, 2024 11:07:59 GMT -5
See also, music; I just can't relate to everyone else's complaints about music, because I very rarely listen to the radio. I find a new artist every other week on YouTube, Soundcloud, Spotify, or Pandora. Keep in mind, music goes to streaming just by default. When a movie goes directly to streaming, it's a huge gamble; film studios are heavily dependent upon theaters, which have been closing steadily since the pandemic, so their dependence on 4-quadrant blockbusters isn't just a line-goes-up thing, it's largely about keeping the lights on. Waiting for the majors to give you an exciting movie when independent studios are doing just that on a regular basis (Neon and A24 in particular have been killing it), is like asking Top 40 radio to give you something truly groundbreaking. Honestly, I rolled in here to virulently disagree with the OP, but having seen this post, I think I should probably shut my mouth. It is extremely common for people to say that music all sucks nowadays, and it's just an indication that these people are not actually putting any effort whatsoever into finding the music they want to listen to. If you only listen to the charts - which is a wild suggestion to me, but still - then yeah, you're not going to find what you like unless you like pop music and/or the lowest common denominator, widest appeal, middle of the road stuff. Not to mention that for as long as humans have been recording history, every generation has thought that the next generation down is lazy, stupid, enjoys crap hobbies, and has shit art. I understand that not everyone has the time to hunt out music they want to listen to, but also... that's not actually music's problem, that's your problem. The music has always existed, and with the internet it's now actually easier than ever to find it, if you look. I do think that major studios are becoming more homogenous in what they're producing - sequels and crossovers, and all these mega corporations swallowing up loads of studios so they can just keep making more of those. But the mainstream has rarely ever been the place you should have been going to find good art. Going back to the music thing, I actually have incredibly bad luck hunting music. Spotify's "Discover Weekly" lists keep pushing me farther and farther away from what I actually want to hear, and there have been a couple times I've been able to correct its trajectory, but then after another 5 or 6 weeks it goes off the rails again, and I've just about run out of songs I can use to make it course-correct.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 24, 2024 11:31:15 GMT -5
Honestly, I rolled in here to virulently disagree with the OP, but having seen this post, I think I should probably shut my mouth. It is extremely common for people to say that music all sucks nowadays, and it's just an indication that these people are not actually putting any effort whatsoever into finding the music they want to listen to. If you only listen to the charts - which is a wild suggestion to me, but still - then yeah, you're not going to find what you like unless you like pop music and/or the lowest common denominator, widest appeal, middle of the road stuff. Not to mention that for as long as humans have been recording history, every generation has thought that the next generation down is lazy, stupid, enjoys crap hobbies, and has shit art. I understand that not everyone has the time to hunt out music they want to listen to, but also... that's not actually music's problem, that's your problem. The music has always existed, and with the internet it's now actually easier than ever to find it, if you look. I do think that major studios are becoming more homogenous in what they're producing - sequels and crossovers, and all these mega corporations swallowing up loads of studios so they can just keep making more of those. But the mainstream has rarely ever been the place you should have been going to find good art. Going back to the music thing, I actually have incredibly bad luck hunting music. Spotify's "Discover Weekly" lists keep pushing me farther and farther away from what I actually want to hear, and there have been a couple times I've been able to correct its trajectory, but then after another 5 or 6 weeks it goes off the rails again, and I've just about run out of songs I can use to make it course-correct. Oh yeah I don't use Spotify's recs most of time any more. Even a few years ago they were markedly better. Half the time my Discover Weekly is full of stuff that is in my own library already
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Post by hassanchop on May 27, 2024 17:21:33 GMT -5
I recall people in the 90s very nostalgic about the 60s and 70s in ads and some instances in TV it absolutely has... and the happy days was nostalgic for the 50's... during the 70's... Nostalgia has always been there for like he 20-30 years beforehand. I believe what also contributes to nostalgia back in the 80s-90s for old movies and old pop and rock songs was the introduction of Home Video and compilation albums. But of course there was some push back and disconnect with younger ones at the time like this:
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 27, 2024 17:48:57 GMT -5
Can anyone name 10 original big budget movies from the last 5 years? To counter that question, why are we putting an emphasis on big budget movies to do that? Especially since there are plenty of original movies coming out in all mediums that don’t get as much love because studios don’t think the audiences want them. It’s sort of like expecting network TV to do things that aren’t mostly procedurals, hospital dramas and sitcoms. To find an era where TV didn’t have that, you’ll literally have to go back to when the first channels were starting up and nobody had a single clue what they were doing.
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Post by darbus alan on May 27, 2024 18:40:47 GMT -5
Can anyone name 10 original big budget movies from the last 5 years? To counter that question, why are we putting an emphasis on big budget movies to do that? Especially since there are plenty of original movies coming out in all mediums that don’t get as much love because studios don’t think the audiences want them. It’s sort of like expecting network TV to do things that aren’t mostly procedurals, hospital dramas and sitcoms. To find an era where TV didn’t have that, you’ll literally have to go back to when the first channels were starting up and nobody had a single clue what they were doing. And even then, a lot of the great movies in cinematic history were adaptations. The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Jaws, etc were adapted from books.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 27, 2024 19:05:18 GMT -5
People who say this can simply…watch more independent movies. I see more original ideas carried out in indie horror now than at any time in the last few decades. The problem is that these people will never watch those movies because they are only interested in what is popular. The problem isn’t the movies…it’s the person. It's kind of like people who bitch about how "there's no good music anymore" but are too lazy to actually seek anything new out.
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Post by Citizen Snips on May 27, 2024 19:42:45 GMT -5
I see a few mentions of good things happening in independent horror films. Could any suggest if there are similar studios doing good stuff for other genres? I'm usually not a fan of horror. A24, whilst they do a lot of horror as well, is generally a good source of things. Some recommendations: The Iron Claw (von Erich biopic)
Everything Everywhere All at Once Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
A24’s had some pretty good ones this year so far in Love Lies Bleeding, Problemista, Civil War and I Saw The Tv Glow (this one has a vague horror slant to it). Neon does a lot of horror as well but also had a great year last year with How To Blow Up a Pipeline, The Royal Hotel and Anatomy of a Fall. Just saw Babes from them, fun/sweet little comedy.
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Post by Hernan on May 27, 2024 20:36:59 GMT -5
I am not a movies/series guy but hearing the fact about many reboots can be a little annoying. Music on the other hand though, my way of discovering new music is watching indie wrestling shows with a slime chance someone uses something either released that same year or a few years back.
I'm wondering, do that thing apply to video games. Don't get me wrong, I know sometimes this is done to get it used to the mechanics used nowadays (a notable difference being the quick time events being rarely used nowadays and/or entirely removed from video game remakes, as seen in Resident Evil 4 Remake). Sometimes a remake can be good or simply a rotten tomato.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 28, 2024 6:37:35 GMT -5
Classic example of people repeating something because they heard someone else say it.
Kind of like the remakes they are complaining about.
Actually, the remakes are often far removed from the originals anyway, they could call them something else, but they are apart of the franchise that they bought into.
In my "Universe" I (along with anyone else in their own universe) can simply choose to ignore them and not even watch them if I choose.
That's the beauty.
They should do a movie filled with scenes, easter eggs and tropes from other films and call it "Hollywood is out of Ideas" and I think it would probably do decent at the box office, as the public will say "It's making fun of unoriginal ideas lol" and then spend their money on the exact thing they're complaining about.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on May 29, 2024 2:32:26 GMT -5
Well, I tried pitching a show where Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny were teenagers. And I was a teenager too. And we were all pirates, but every week we would have different jobs and identities. And everyone said it was stupid!
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