I think there should be a rule at this point an IP can only get one reboot every 15 years and it has to be won in a director competition because this is ridiculous! It feels surreal how many reboots and remakes they make and they are usually always for the worst.
So are you tired of them to?
Went to through the entire effort of making an arr pirate ship only to realize there is jack to watch, and I would rather just spend $12 to see a movie in theater once a year, since that’s about all I ever see something new worth watching.
As usual the most useful thing that has come out of it is just getting easy access to old and foreign media which otherwise impossible to access online anyway, so now my career of sailing the high seas turned into yet another media archive collection.
The real crime here is people paying cash money to see this slop in theater. I mean I guess $12-15 is not that much, but why not use that for a different movie or even a better form of entertainment? I feel like people settle for mediocre value way too much, or find it valuable enough despite some genuinely excellent alternatives to choose from.
I feel like part of this is cultural, part is economic, and part is just statistics.
Culturally, it feels like everyone is more fatigued and stressed out. And when you feel that way, you want things that are familiar and comfortable. So if you want to go out to see a movie, you want to see something you know is going to make you feel good. Hence, you will choose Kung Fu Panda 4 rather than a psychological thriller directed by and starring no one you’ve ever heard of. Kung Fu Panda 4 might not be good, but you at least got some good feelings seeing some characters you are familiar with interact on-screen.
Economically, theatres are struggling. After all, why go to the movies when you can just watch a movie on netflix without putting on pants? Small, independent theatres are combatting this by diversifying their offerings and making the theatre experience more community-focused. They are hosting live shows, open mics, and films for niche comminities, and include time for social mixing around the theatre before and after. But large corporate theatres which are designed exclusively to churn people through a movie-watching assembly line, which have binding contracts with major movie studios, have to make blockbuster movies happen. So they do this by appealing to the lowest common denominator. Kung Fu Panda 4 might not be the biggest in terms of ticket sales, but it is a much safer bet than the aformentioned psychological thriller. So large corporate theatres pressure the large corporate movie makers to make what they are comfortable selling.
Finally, there is pure statistics. Again, netflix. You’ve rallied. You’ve remembered there is more to life than sitting on the couch. You’re gonna put on pants, goddammit! So what are you gonna do now, with an untempered spirit, the whole world in front of you, and a fully-clothed ass?
I dunno, fucking take a ballet class or something. Learn a martial art. Play tag with strangers in the park - or in a corporate office (they don’t like this). Take pictures of the moon through a telescope. Get slapped in the face by a sexy stranger in a dance club. Slap a sexy stranger in the dance club (I bet they liked it). Go find other pants to wear on other days of the week! So many options!!!
So if you are going to break free of your screen, put on pants, and go outside - why would you pay money to go right back inside and stare at a different screen? The answer is obvious - the modal person who watches movies in movie theatres is very boring, and Kung Fu Panda 4 is what they want to watch. Of course, there are plenty of not-boring people who go to the movies - but they attend far less frequently, and are less predictable in their tastes. Hence, the industry caters to people who see watching corporate movies as something worthy of putting on pants for - boring people.