Box office in the 80s was driven by stars, today it's driven by characters

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Mar 22, 2019
11:59:29pm

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Tare

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Why is cinema the way it is today? I don't watch hardly any movies anymore.

777

3/22/19 11:18pm

Let me get off your lawn before I reply to your post

Beggar

3/22/19 11:22pm

Surely, this can't be an old man rant. It seem plenty of people my age and

777

3/22/19 11:25pm

It is a case of culture vs. uncultured. It is why most adults and teens stop

Q-grr

3/23/19 12:09am

Yeah, if you look at my post below showing the top grossing films of 1958,

777

3/23/19 12:32am

I feel the same way as you, and it makes me wonder if I'm prematurely

Y05

3/23/19 5:11am

Better off Dead. Full movie. Enjoy.

Division Bell

3/22/19 11:26pm

"I want my $2!!!"

Q-grr

3/23/19 12:12am

I’m a little confused. Isn’t back to the future a sci-fi fantasy?

Mikey

3/22/19 11:26pm

Does anyone shoot lasers out of their eyes?

Division Bell

3/22/19 11:27pm

It's more sci-fi comedy

Bert609

3/23/19 5:31am

Just take those old videos off the shelf, I'll sit and watch 'em by myself!

statguru

3/22/19 11:31pm

Today's movies ain't got the same soul

Tare

3/22/19 11:41pm

Not like an old-time western show.

SierraCoug

3/22/19 11:50pm

The 80’s was a great time for movies.

cougarnerd

3/22/19 11:31pm

Somewhere in those last 30 years it became cool to be a nerd or a dork...

CoachSpeak

3/22/19 11:32pm

I did most of that stupid stuff too (even convinced myself I was so much cooler

fattycoug

3/22/19 11:58pm

I actually enjoy most of the comic book/super hero movies as well...

CoachSpeak

3/23/19 12:18am

So what drew you into these films? Obviously I think I'm in the minority here,

777

3/23/19 12:56am

2019 Best Picture Nominees. Only one meets your description. Lots of good

Tare

3/22/19 11:36pm

A few thoughts...

KingDave

3/22/19 11:41pm

This is really interesting to look at the top grossing movies now compared

777

3/22/19 11:45pm

I'll go one further....here are the highest grossing films of 1958.

777

3/22/19 11:56pm

Box office in the 80s was driven by stars, today it's driven by characters

Tare

3/22/19 11:59pm

You can make an argument that the majority of those movies are pretty flawed, as

fattycoug

3/23/19 12:01am

What I'm asking is why are they all centered around the same genre? Where is

777

3/23/19 12:05am

One thing I find baffling is why movies are so much longer today

KingDave

3/23/19 12:12am

And not only that you’d think that a longer movie would be able to...

CoachSpeak

3/23/19 12:22am

One thing that has also affected filmmaking is cable television

KingDave

3/23/19 12:32am

A lot of comedies in 1988, those tend to be shorter, also

777

3/23/19 12:23am

I think we’re still into comedies, but not pure comedies

KingDave

3/23/19 12:27am

Yeah, movies now don’t limit themselves to single genre. A film can be

Jay Rick

3/23/19 12:33am

This is probably what turns me off to these superhero films. I've never really

777

3/23/19 12:40am

That was probably my least favorite comic book movie of all time

cougarmanguy

3/23/19 1:20am

Yeah, romantic comedies peaked in the 90's with Tom Hanks. I wonder if they

777

3/23/19 12:37am

I think the 2000’s went to raunchy romantic comedy

cougarmanguy

3/23/19 1:22am

But if people don’t think there is a market for it

cougarmanguy

3/23/19 6:40am

I saw the new lego movie with the family recently and it went on like a nightmare

cougarmanguy

3/23/19 1:16am

Try Aquaman. Holy crap that movie is a full hour too long.

Jay Rick

3/23/19 4:32am

That’s pretty interesting actually. I wonder if special effects have something

Jay Rick

3/23/19 12:21am

Yeah, i think the general population might be getting their drama and comedy fix

777

3/23/19 12:26am

Honestly, tv has proven to be a way better medium for complex

Jay Rick

3/23/19 12:35am

I prefer BBC. Much less F-bombs

Bert609

3/23/19 5:34am

China. And everywhere else.

legiaourbana

3/23/19 4:36am

Wait, I thought we were talking about good movies, not about high-grossing or

chilango

3/23/19 6:57am

I blame it on the cult of spandex. Super heroes sell. Cinema does not.

PluPerfect

3/23/19 1:05am

I don’t mind the comic book movies. I just wish there were more options

cougarmanguy

3/23/19 1:12am

Great stories are tv series now not films.. that’s where the talent is

cougfanz

3/23/19 2:45am

Super hero movies are the worst, originality is all but dead.

Cabadapeste

3/23/19 4:33am

There are plenty of good movies out there, I don’t know what you are talking

chilango

3/23/19 6:54am

I guess the main point is why are the 10 highest grossing films the past few

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