Less Than Half of This Summer's Movies Have Been 'Original' Story Ideas: Is Hollywood Getting Lazy?
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2012/08/07 18:00:00
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"The Dark Knight Rises," "The Amazing Spider-Man," "Total Recall" ... most of this summer's movies were kind of familiar, weren't they? That's because less than half of the flicks released this summer have been original story ideas, according to RottenTomatoes.com, Yahoo's The Daily Ticker reports.
"It's the studios' best interest to use an idea that people already are familiar with," RottenTomatoes.com's Matt Atchity says, according to Yahoo! "And if you go with something that is a remake or reboot…or a sequel to something that people already like, that gets name recognition out there. And it's a big step on the way to marketing your movie correctly."
Depressing as it is to feel like you are seeing the same-old movies and franchises again and again, it's a formula that works. "The Dark Knight Rises" has grossed $547.3 million so far, and "The Amazing Spider-Man" has coughed up $655 million, Yahoo! reports.
Bringing a new idea to the pubic is an expensive (and potentially) disastrous experiment, but we'd like Hollywood to keep trying. Do you think the show biz world is getting lazy?
Bringing a new idea to the pubic is an expensive (and potentially) disastrous experiment, but we'd like Hollywood to keep trying. Do you think the show biz world is getting lazy?
Top Opinion
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smitty 2012/08/07 18:26:56
Teachers not challenging young minds to think, just try and get curriculum out and enhance the materials so the students pass the ACT’s and the school get good ratings.
Dumb-Down >> Dumb-Ass>>Graduate.