Studios Blame Everyone But Themselves For Movies That Suck

ForbiddenOnion said:

It's tough to say because there isn't really a single answer. The quick reactionary answer would be that more big budget movies need to bomb, and bomb hard. Like King Arthur. Studios MIGHT see enough bombs as a sign of a shift in audience tastes and start backing away from the huge budgets. But, at the same time, bombs might be attributed to the individual filmmaker and not the stories or characters themselves. Look at Spider-Man, rebooted twice in less than 20 years because Sony and Marvel know the character is profitable and popular. Doesn't matter if the movies sucked, they can blame that Marc Webb or whichever poor schmuck they give the job to.

Another thing is for more filmmakers to say no to franchises. Look at Jordan Peele, his passion project was a sleeper hit and now everyone is knocking on his door to do some kind of franchise movie. And yet, he is sticking to his guns and turned them down. That's a level of integrity you don't anymore. Not that I can blame a guy like Gareth Edwards for doing Godzilla and Star Wars. I myself would gladly sell out and write a franchise movie given the chance. But for Peele to turn that down, that could be something that will affect future filmmakers. Some of them might be less willing to do a tentpole and the studios might, MIGHT be willing to let them do more personal projects just to have them under their roof. Who cares if so-and-so isn't doing a DC movie, at least hes doing a Warner Bros movie. But who knows? I'm just a humble basement dwelling screenwriter.
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The long and short of it is the only thing that will really create change is for audiences to stop seeing these ****ing terrible trash movies. Let the studios know you don't wanna see pandering bull****.

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Grey said:

Personally I always thought RT was a joke. Their critic score rarely lines up with their user score, and i'm far more interested in what the general audience thinks than a "professional movie reviewer" who has to continually justify their job.

In the end I always make my own decision, and don't put much stock in ratings. A movie can mean different things to different people, which is why I feel an averaged score from a large (public) rating pool is a bit more telling, but none of it guarentees what your experience of a film will be until you watch it. I largely avoid trailers these days too, because they can't seem to stop spoiling the whole film.

IMO.

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