tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post6805904653089550143..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Message board morons and "Is Hollywood Dead?"The Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-83809339868192658752011-06-06T18:12:31.832-07:002011-06-06T18:12:31.832-07:00I think a lot of it has to do with peoples general...I think a lot of it has to do with peoples general reverence for all thinks antediluvian. The old great films, or actors and directors, combined with the dross being made now. <br />I love a good old film as much a a more recent one. If you look hard an don't only concentrate on the classics we've built up over the past 60-70 years, I think your average film and the acting contained within is far superior now (90-00's) than at any other period of film history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-59224090675870115292011-06-06T09:53:31.085-07:002011-06-06T09:53:31.085-07:00I feel like this has been true for a while. You ca...I feel like this has been true for a while. You can tell when award season rolls around--the ones up for Best Picture are rarely box office hits and the ones that were, rarely get nominated. There's a bit more of a chance now at the Academy Awards since they allow 10 nominees, but even so, comic book heros and flights-of-fancy films hardly ever make it to the final rounds of these things, even though they may have owned their opening weekend. Critics do not an entire audience make. I completely agree with Mr. Martell--people want to be entertained more than anything else at the cinema.nicoliolioliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020020476015512486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-40550755607484028772011-06-06T08:48:44.272-07:002011-06-06T08:48:44.272-07:00This idea of "test movies" is not a terr...This idea of "test movies" is not a terrible concept. I don't see it revolutionizing the process, but it's one form of script development that does make some sense.<br /><br />Hollywood already does it, to a degree, with re-makes of foreign-language films.<br /><br />I do agree with you on the EDSEL parallel. People might *say* they want something (strong female protagonist), but what they really buy is Twilight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-7785149797429028002011-06-06T05:39:10.677-07:002011-06-06T05:39:10.677-07:00Well that explains the success of The Hangover 2. ...Well that explains the success of The Hangover 2. Critics don't like it (at least the ones I saw didn’t) but it keeps raking in money and now I hear they’re thinking of making a Hangover 3.pi<br /><br />~Darke~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849835587452669592noreply@blogger.com