>spend 1 billion dollars on a movie's special effects, casting, and marketing>but they can't spend a small portion of the budget on a team of good writers to make sure the story is good>for movies to have a good story nowadays, they have to be based off of books>and that's if the team of hollywood writers doesn't completely butcher the work of a single writerWhy is it like this? Can't they just find and pay good writers? I promise movies can still be successful and beloved if they don't have crazy special effects or ryan reynolds, just tell a good story.
>>219938144I feel exactly the same way. I believe it’s the rampant cronyism. I will continue to cite Prometheus as one of the best examples of this. The original script was really good, but then someone clearly wanted Damon Lindelof to get paid, so he was brought in to “punch up” the script into the utter idiocy we got.
>>219938144>team of hollywood writers doesn't completely butcher the work of a single writerMost of the time these """"writers"""" want to tell their own stories, so they latch on to existing IPs and co-opt them for their own purposes.
>>219938144It's easier to make good special effects compared to writing a good story >for movies to have a good story nowadays, they have to be based off of booksPlenty of good original movies, but do you watch them?
>>219938520>Plenty of good original movieslol no
>>219938801The real problem is that filming tech has advanced to such a level that what once would have been instantly eyeballed as “b” and even “c” movies (with “b” and “c” level shitty scripts) can now pass themselves off as higher-grade productions. That’s why I actually keep a list of writers/directors to watch and others to steer clear of. Using Prometheus again as an example, I only gave it a chance because Spaihts and Ridley were involved. I know that Ridley will always produce a film that’s nice to look at, but the final product will still rely on the writer. If I’d only seen Lindelof’s name alongside his, I’d have never bothered to watch it for any other reason than to relentlessly mock it.
>>219938801So you’re not watching them
>>219938801Get out of the bubble of blockbusters and past the small barrier of subtitles and you may actually find something to like.
>>219939042>>219939034They are all the product of current culture (lack of), current trends, current industry, etc etc... therefore they are all bad
>>219939494You're just proving my point, there are good original movies but you refuse to watch them
>>219939632No you are proving my point. All modern movies are bad, you just set your standards on the current shit.
>>219939494Lemme guess, you like to throw around 'pretentious' like candy.
>>219939916Stop guessingyour modern media are just bad ad unappealing
Writing is actually the cornerstone of art and true creation.It's one men building a world, and it's characters.Everything else is dressing that stems from writing, acting, directing, they are all branched out of the writer's visionMaybe, MAYBE music and foley is also creation, as that's independant from the writing.But you are mistaken that "this is the easy part"Everything else is the easy part
>>219941026yep
>>219938144>they have to be based off of booksthey stopped doing even that, its hamfisted agenda
>>219939632>>219939034Give me 2 examples
>>219947174NTA, but I can give a good bunch from the last decade.
>>219938144Now they just have AI write it all and save lots of money! Like Alien Earth
>>219938144Sometimes I wonder if it’s a purposeful attempt to demoralize the masses. It’s insane how far quality standards have fallen. And as bad as it is in film, music is even worse. The films they churn out certainly aren’t good, but at least they pass the time. The music that gets pushed the hardest is outright unpleasant to listen to.
>>219938144Everyone is desperate to justify their own existence, and very few have the talent to do so. Executives can’t just let a good, established story be told. They have to put their own spin on it, make it theirs. Hack writers who can’t get their own work published staple their ideas onto an existing IP, making it completely different from the source material. Nepotism has gotten insanely out of hand, and we’re facing a competency crisis like never before in the entertainment industry. And everything failing scares Hollywood so much that they won’t risk original stories anymore, even if there are good ones out there.
>>219938144>good storyNah, they would rather tick off all the checkboxes while making the story as safe and bland as possible.
>>219948031what streamsite is this from? movies2watch is down for some reason.
>>219938144because it's money launderingquality films can be created for less than 1% of 1 billion, if you wanted to do that
