Rebooting Movies.

[chadizzy1]

Recently, it seems 90% of what's coming out is a "reboot", "reimaging", of a previous movie. It's okay somtimes - because some I'm actually into.

But is it just me, or does it seem like nobody is as creative as they used to be - in that they have to resort to remaking movies by better writers than themselves?

Or is it a talent to be able to take an old movie and put a new spin on it?

[VBSnus]

Or is it a talent to be able to take an old movie and put a new spin on it?

And to make you feel like you've never heard the story before. Like O Brother Where Art Thou.

[GENERAL BILLY]

I feel like "movies" are a dying form. That is why there is the big push for 3D, it is a reason to leave your house and pay 10.00. I think most of the best things are now on TV. The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, these are more important works of "art" (sorry if that sounds douchey) Than what is getting released in theaters.

[Redbeard]

I have to agree. Most of what you see coming to theaters anymore is a new movie version of an existing franchise (Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Transformers, Where the Wild Things Are) or a sequel (Saw II-XCVIII, Star Wars I-III).

Seems that there are precious few original ideas left in Hollywood, and even fewer studios willing to take a risk on new ideas.

I lament the death of film as an innovative art form.

That being said, there's still quite a few unoriginal ideas I've thoroughly enjoyed (O Brother, Transformers, Lord of the Rings, among others).

[tom502]

I rarely like anything made after 1990.

[justintempler]

Risk vs. Reward.

If you're a movie studio executive why invest millions of dollars in some new untried idea when some 25 year old with a videocamera is going to upload a CAM version to the net the same weekend you release it in theaters.

With the formula crap they're atleast guaranteed profits on the merchandise crap that ties into their movie.