I saw the Robocop (2014) remake on telly the other day. I couldn't help but wonder why the movie even existed. Its production values were vastly higher than the original, but it was just a completely boring movie. It's like the Total Recall remake. They just have no soul. There's just nothing there in terms of writing. Nothing witty, no great lines. In the original a guy rips his face of revealing his skull, and collapses. Completely daft to be sure, but it was funny. There's a creative spark that current films just don't seem to have. The characters have no personality. The actors have no charisma. Let's face it, Arnie is not a great actor. But he does have onscreen charisma.<p>There's just a different level of acting in the original Total Recall. Arnie, Ronny Cox, the growling Michael Ironside, Sharon Stone. The other supporting actors bought something to the table. With the remake? Nothing! Colin Farrell was boring, and his wife was leagues behind what Stone portrayed.<p>Maybe the problem is with the film certificate. RoboCop was a 12A, so I guess the executives thought "to hell with the writing, writing is hard."<p>Hollywood occasionally gets it right, I guess. Joker (2019) was pretty good, despite being a 15. I thought it was a very cohesive film in the way they chose characters like the dwarf, why Fleck committed the murders he did, and how the whole thing developed. You could tell there was a whole lot more thought put into the script.
It's hard to find the Chinese Hollywood market but Fast and Furious 9 earned US$135 million at the Chinese box office opening weekend 2021. Hollywood sequels do very well in China.<p>DVD's and Blue Ray have plummeted, but streaming is up. Over all home market is up.<p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/08/the-death-of-the-dvd-why-sales-dropped-more-than-86percent-in-13-years.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/08/the-death-of-the-dvd-why-sal...</a><p>I would have thought Behind the Candelabra would do better in a streaming market. Compared to buying super hero movies.<p>Behind the Candelabra had no cinema release in the US, it was released straight to HBO.
He really explained it clearly and simply. But while I understand his answer, I don't understand the question, lol. I might not be old enough. I think the film industry has evolved incredibly because of technology, and I'm happy because of that. I'm the kind of person who goes to the cinema and sees all the movies that are out. I love it.
Why isn't technology reducing the costs to make these movies as well?<p>Why does it cost a hundred million?<p>Is it because actors are paid millions for a few months of work?<p>Maybe that's the real problem.<p>Previous to technology the limited number of movie stars and rock stars had a more or less monopoly because the entertainment was funneled through a very few channels.<p>Now entertainment is democratized and widely available.<p>Maybe the real reason is that these people aren't willing to work for reasonable wages.
You won't see Gone with the Wind remade any time soon. Nor will you see The Song of the South. Because they are considered racist. Society, culture, laws, language, philosophy all changes.