Less Than Half of This Summer's Movies Have Been 'Original' Story Ideas: Is Hollywood Getting Lazy?

Getting?

A lot is very unoriginal....

I don't get why, all those amazing writers out there, there are so many ideas that could be used and made into fantastic films with the write direction and screenplay, why all these lazy cheesy plots?

There are many good theater productions coming out though, maybe I'll start to going plays more and less to movies.

I guess you could call it lazy.... Or they are just more interested in money than art.

Not many good stories are being made these days in or out of Hollywood. The last original movie I renember seeing in a long while was the time travelers wife.

Hollywood would rather spend money on a known money machine then take a chance with a total unknown.

If there is any lack of good original movies, it is because of good old fashioned greed.

Too many remakes... Where's the originality!

They keep bringing back movie from 10 years ago, or either making unnecesary sequels. It's lazy, and stale on their part, and they're still making money

Of course getting implies that this is a new development.

A lot movies coming out a revamp of old ideas,book and movies so Hollywood is getting very lazy.

Pretty much since the 70s ended, originality in cinema has been diminishing considerably with nary a rebound in sight. But I'll hold on to hope and enjoy the few unique films still being released, even if they are consistently overshadowed by the tripe.

Because hollywood thinks the public want to continue seeng the s.o.b (same ol' bullchit') remade over and over again. "Oh no we don't "
We want something original with a good plot, an interesting body of real acting and intriguing enough to hold our attention and curiosity without giving us hints of the ending at the beginning of the movies. Stop doing repeats and or remakes it's beginning to suk' really bad.
Sorry that vote was for yes not no"

I stopped going to the movies because of the reruns.

How many times do I need to see Peter Parker get bit by a radioactive spider?

It's insulting.

Lazy, greedy, and stale. Kinda like a lot of companies these days.

They have some super talented writers in hollywood so why on Earth are they recycling the same thing over and over again?

I had someone once tell me that we, as theater-goers, owe it to them to watch their movies. That might explain a few things.

I don't see how we owe to them to watch their crappy movies LOL

Neither do I. It was such an asinine statement, I never forgot it.

some people when they talk you just can't help but wonder "Do they listen to themselves"

Very lazy...

The talent pool of writers and producers is very weak.

DUUUUUUHHHHHH1!!! DOES THIS QUESTION EVEN NEED TO BE ASKED???

Sooner or later it becomes more difficult to come up with new concepts, just like in music and things become redundant

Then the march of technology enables NEW ways to tell the same old stories and those scripts they can't gaurenteed a return on are shelved once again.

There's a reason they're doing what they're doing, everyone assumes that Hollywood has run out of idea but really it's a chess game...
If you released all good movies {trust me they have plenty of scripts sitting in a script vault} then they really would run out of good movies, they have to make the bad with the good, have you ever had 5 movies come out at once? I can't afford that! I've missed many movies because there was more than one good movie out at the same time, not only that but studios move movies so that way they don't compete.
If DKR came out at the same time as Amazing spiderman and Avengers and other anticipated movies they wouldn't make nearly as much as they do.
If you walked by and saw DKR and Dora the explora the movie I think it would be a pretty easy choice.

Dark Knight was garbage btw

As is the gaming industry, I used to be a gamer. But I gave up on new games. The only thing they improve is graphics (Spiderman, Battlefield 3). Now I have just one game on my pc, which I play with friends when we feel like it.

You play indie games? I play a ton of indie games, and the variety and innovation make the occasional military shooter or similar cliche a lot more enjoyable.

I have, just dont have that many time on my hands. With indie developers you often get a game that doesnt look that good, but is focused on gameplay.

I wouldn't say indie games don't look as good. They are just focused more on Aestetics with less Graphics. In many ways This:


is many times more beautiful, evocotive, and compelling then this

well want lazy dark knight rises number one at the box office even terrorists are showing their stuff now that's lazy

The writers in Hollywood haven't got an original THOUGHT in their heads...they either remake old movies, or use popular author's book or comic books... they do NOT come up with ANYTHING. big FAIL

OMG! Glad someone put it up! Where are the creators????

They've been lazy. Whenever the first remake was made and became successful, you know one person in Hollywood was like, "Aha! We can just keep doing this with other movies!!"

Same idea, different reactions.
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Hollywood has some terrible writers I say. Hardly no original story lines.

But Ted was original, right?

Seems like every idea has been done, over and over. I can't remember the last movie I saw that was a truly original idea. Maybe The Matrix?