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no, even sadder
I only see one movie a year in the theaters.
Last year it was "The Batman"
This year, "The Flash"
I kinda hate that movies aren't a thing anymore. I definitely think the days of indie movies in small theaters is coming to a close. We're left with comic book movies and fast and furious.
Movies aren't a thing because people only go to one movie a year. Go more.
I'm trying to get back into it more. Plus, a lot of local theatres play older films which can be nostalgic. I also can't stand high refresh rate TV's with 24p movies.
This is sad as hell.I only see one movie a year in the theaters.
This year, "The Flash"
I think the opposite. I think the abject failure of DC comic movie after DC comic movie combined with diminishing returns on recent Marvel movies signals the end (finally) of studio overreliance on tentpole blockbusters and the imminent return of mid-sized movies.I kinda hate that movies aren't a thing anymore. I definitely think the days of indie movies in small theaters is coming to a close. We're left with comic book movies and fast and furious.
And that's why I think of those movies as a scam. They're keeping effects houses employed at the expense of the entire rest of the industry, the health of the studios with no benefit to the audience. Maybe once every 20 movies or a couple times a decade it's earned, like an Endgame that's paying off a buildup over a dozen movies leading up to it. But otherwise, I think audiences are over it. No matter how clean the CG is, it just feels less and less real everytime we see it, it gets harder to invest emotionally, and easier to zone out or fast forward.Yeah the original Deadpool only cost something like $60 million. Even those movies can be done pretty affordably if you scale back the useless spectacle and focus on story/character.
I think the opposite. I think the abject failure of DC comic movie after DC comic movie combined with diminishing returns on recent Marvel movies signals the end (finally) of studio overreliance on tentpole blockbusters and the imminent return of mid-sized movies
In theaters, maybe. Or maybe they'll cycle around again in a decade or two. But there are so many other ways to watch movies now, anyway. People who want to make indie movies have so many more ways to get them in front of so many more people now than at any previous point in history.In Metro Detroit we had some smaller theaters close. I mean the type that would show arthouse movies and maybe have two screens max. I don't think there's a market for them like there once was. Not many people will go to a movie to watch a documentary or a movie without a well known actor. That shit is starting to disappear.
Yeah, I saw that Emagine was doing those retro movies. I should get out there and see one or two.
Alamo Drafthouse was freakin' awesome, but that was when I lived in Texas. They did the retro thing plus random grindhouse type shit. They need to open one up in Michigan ... if they don't go defunct first.
Excellent point, did DC have Infinity Gauntlet/ Secret Wars big event crossover in the their comics? I mean I know the Justice league is a thing. I honestly don’t know. The only time I ever collected comic books for like six months happened when the Infinity Gauntlet took place, which was basically most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe tie in.
Does anyone care beyond Superman and Batman really?
In theaters, maybe. Or maybe they'll cycle around again in a decade or two. But there are so many other ways to watch movies now, anyway. People who want to make indie movies have so many more ways to get them in front of so many more people now than at any previous point in history.
As for documentaries, I can't think of one ever made that's worth seeing in a theater. Any I've seen in a theater would have been just as good or better at home if that had been an option back then.
I saw a documentary 1971 about the town I’m from where the largest break in of an FBI building took place at the time.In theaters, maybe. Or maybe they'll cycle around again in a decade or two. But there are so many other ways to watch movies now, anyway. People who want to make indie movies have so many more ways to get them in front of so many more people now than at any previous point in history.
As for documentaries, I can't think of one ever made that's worth seeing in a theater. Any I've seen in a theater would have been just as good or better at home if that had been an option back then.