Does no one get excited for movies anymore?

[Artman2004]

There was once a time that I would get excited for movies, and beg my parents to go see them. I would watch trailers of movies and get overly hyped for them.

 

Cut to present day, most movies just kind of look, generic. They have the same bland acting, CGI, and color schemes that somehow look under-saturated and over-saturated at once. I just find them uninteresting. The only movies I'm interested in is movies based on already existing properties like MIB and Ghostbusters, and even those somehow end up being underwhelming.

 

Am I just not looking hard enough for good movies? Am I just watching a few trailers and coming to conclusions?

[hybridial]

There are still interesting movies being made; they are not being made by Hollywood for the most part. A couple of recent movies I went out my way to watch were Parasite and Knife + Heart, neither English language, you might have heard of the first one. It was very good. The latter was a French movie that was a throwback to Italian Giallo cinema and I found much to like about it. 

 

I've developed an appreciation for the art of making movies prior to the advent of CGI technology, and the majority of my favourite movies were made in the 80s, but really every decade going back to the invention of the film camera have their classics. 

 

17 minutes ago, Artman2004 said:

The only movies I'm interested in is movies based on already existing properties like MIB and Ghostbusters, and even those somehow end up being underwhelming.

 

 

Yeah you're not really going to get anywhere with that attitude. If anything the situation is going to get worse for movies like that as Hollywood desperately keeps trying to milk the teats of those big name properties and make worse and more desperate movies each time.

 

[jazzmaster9]

Really the only movies I get excited for nowadays are Marvel movies. Im a little behind on them, but I always try to update myself on news of upcoming releases and developments.

Same with 007 movies Since those are part of my childhood.

 

Other than that, not much interest me or gets me hyped

 

 Also Trailers are notoriously bad at showing what movies are really all about.

Edited March 29, 2021 by jazzmaster9

[seed]

Nope, it just depends on what your interests are.

 

Sci fi and superhero stuff in particular is better than ever now, so plenty of reason to get hyped for me.

[Bridgeburner56]

I try not to get too hyped up about things in general as it can lead to disappointment when they don't live up to expectations. But there have definitely been movies that I get excited for over the last few years. Avengers Infinity War/Endgame, anything by the Coen Brothers, anything by Christopher Nolan (I looooved Tenet) and I am frothy as fuck for Dune. Pushing all the right buttons for me.

[SkeletronMK666]

56 minutes ago, Artman2004 said:

There was once a time that I would get excited for movies, and beg my parents to go see them. I would watch trailers of movies and get overly hyped for them.

 

Cut to present day, most movies just kind of look, generic. They have the same bland acting, CGI, and color schemes that somehow look under-saturated and over-saturated at once. I just find them uninteresting. The only movies I'm interested in is movies based on already existing properties like MIB and Ghostbusters, and even those somehow end up being underwhelming.

 

Am I just not looking hard enough for good movies? Am I just watching a few trailers and coming to conclusions?

looking forward to 3 movies.. MORTAL KOMBAT, KONG VS GODZILLA, and THE BATMAN.

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

Meh, not really

 

Perhaps my brother's generation was the last one that got good stuff to watch...

Edited March 29, 2021 by Lol 6

[Arrowhead]

Hard to get excited when you can't even enter a theatre... :P

[Omniarch]

Bold of you to assume I ever got excited for movies to begin with ;)

 

In all seriousness though, I haven't gotten properly hyped for a movie since I was a child. My attention span has decayed over time, at least for passive media that nonetheless requires your full attention. Youtube videos that can a) be listened to on the side and b) are still easily comprehensible at 2-3x speed (read: most of 'em) are my preferred form of passive entertainment, followed by novels and then anime, both of witch can be consumed in small increments.

 

The idea of sitting down and focusing on a story for two or more hours seems a bit daunting, excepting perhaps a very engaging book. The fact that pretty much none of Hollywood's live-action output piques my interest even a little also plays a role. I'd rather rewatch some classic Dreamworks or Pixar film personally, since they tend to be shorter, better written and all-together more enjoyable than most of the live-action stuff I've seen.

 

Frankly, children's media in general is often underrated, since many people seem preoccupied with the aesthetics of maturity (violence, sex, excessive cynicism and general half-assed 'grittiness') rather than the thing itself. Kids' stuff has to be a bit more subtle with its ideas, at least when its not pandering to a supposedly infantile audience.

[VanaheimRanger]

Since TV series' started becoming more serialized in recent years, and being done on much bigger budgets, I get a lot more excited for that than films anymore.  But I still do get hyped for the MCU movies (and tv now, too, ha).

[Sergeant_Mark_IV]

I noticed the majority of garbage generic recycled movies are related to Disney. There are amazing movies being made outside of the mainstream circlejerk.

We had some quite nice gems these last years. Blade Runner 2049, 1917, Dunkirk, The Lighthouse, Parasite, John Wick, and others that are really worth the hype around them.

[Hawk of The Crystals]

A depressing thing about me is that i stopped getting hyped for anything a while ago, i feel like games that disappointed me at launch are some what to blame, and also probably cause a lot of my favorite movie series became more garbage with each release.

 

[omx32x]

3 minutes ago, Sergeant_Mark_IV said:

I noticed the majority of garbage generic recycled movies are related to Disney. There are amazing movies being made outside of the mainstream circlejerk.

We had some quite nice gems these last years. Blade Runner 2049, 1917, Dunkirk, The Lighthouse, Parasite, John Wick, and others that are really worth the hype around them.

the sad truth

i want a new tron movie but i dont think today's disney is going to do it justice

[Kurogachii]

Creativity left the chat years ago, now it's all about trends and what's popular, movies that are down to earth are no longer profitable because the kiddies are extremely sensitive.

[Chopkinsca]

2 hours ago, Bridgeburner56 said:

anything by Christopher Nolan (I looooved Tenet)

I still have regrets that I didn't get to experience Interstellar in a theatre. Tenet would have been great on the big screen too.

 

I'm not much of a movie person, so it is rare that I even know what movies are coming out, or playing. Only recent one I cared about was the new James Bond, and that's only so I can say I finally saw a 007 in the theatres.

[Bridgeburner56]

25 minutes ago, Chopkinsca said:

I still have regrets that I didn't get to experience Interstellar in a theatre. Tenet would have been great on the big screen too.

I was lucky enough to see both of them on an Imax screen which was definitely something special

[maxmanium]

Personally, I do enjoy movies but I don't really seek them out on my own, because I feel like I don't have the energy to focus on it.

[Murdoch]

Hype can be poisonous. I would rather keep my expectations in check and be pleasantly surprised or outright blown away than be disappointed because something did not live up to what I built up in my mind.

[P41R47]

every weekend i look to one or two movies.

Maybe old, maybe new.

I don't like the usual popcorn fest that are most films nowdays, like how The Expendables was, or the Fast & Furious serie, and expecially the super-hero cinema.

 

I prefer films that are like books.

Parasite was a really great film i seen recently.

Another one i really liked was Jojo Rabbit, quircky and edgy, but with a great message.

Last weekend i look Mom & Dad with Selma Blair and Nicholas Cage, its was funny as hell, and the concept is pretty good as a satire of these days.

Dolemite is My Name with Eddy Murphy was one of the best blaxploitation movies i seen in a long time. And the message is just amazingly positive.

 

I prefer things that are out of the scope of the mainstream.

One of the best horror movies of the last decade is The Babadook, but almost nobody understand it, when in fact, its quite simple.

The film is full of symbolisms and metaphorical scenes. Also, everything is filmed by hand, and there is no FX involved at all, that alone make it quite interesting.

Hereditary was another great hit on the horror and strange side. Absolutely spine-chilling experience.

 

My favoirite movies are Jacob's Ladder, The Wicker Man (original, not remake), Birdman, I <3 Huckabees, Dead Poet's Society, Cyrano de Bergerac, Citizen Kane and The Seventh Seal.

But probably I can die only viewing Cyrano in my life and just being happy about it all :)

Edited March 29, 2021 by P41R47

[MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai]

32 minutes ago, P41R47 said:

every weekend i look to one or two movies.

Maybe old, maybe new.

I don't like the usual popcorn fest that are most films nowdays, like how The Expendables was, or the Fast & Furious serie, and expecially the super-hero cinema.

 

I prefer films that are like books.

Parasite was a really great film i seen recently.

Another one i really liked was Jojo Rabbit, quircky and edgy, but with a great message.

Last weekend i look Mom & Dad with Selma Blair and Nicholas Cage, its was funny as hell, and the concept is pretty good as a satire of these days.

Dolemite is My Name with Eddy Murphy was one of the best blaxploitation movies i seen in a long time. And the message is just amazingly positive.

 

I prefer things that are out of the scope of the mainstream.

One of the best horror movies of the last decade is The Babadook, but almost nobody understand it, when in fact, its quite simple.

The film is full of symbolisms and metaphorical scenes. Also, everything is filmed by hand, and there is no FX involved at all, that alone make it quite interesting.

Hereditary was another great hit on the horror and strange side. Absolutely spine-chilling experience.

 

My favoirite movies are Jacob's Ladder, The Wicker Man (original, not remake), Birdman, I <3 Huckabees, Dead Poet's Society, Cyrano de Bergerac, Citizen Kane and The Seventh Seal.

But probably I can die only viewing Cyrano in my life and just being happy about it all :)

Dude how can you not like the wicker man remake, it has Nicolas Cage punching women in a bear suit.

 

Also Hereditary was dope, both fantastic and horific movie.

[SlayerOGames666]

Streaming services have dumbed everything down, I guess.

[Doom_Dude]

I'm kinda out of the movie loop as I haven't been paying attention lately. I wouldn't mind a new Riddick movie (Look forward to Riddick 4: Furya) or a Conan film.

[leodoom85]

I'm one guy that shows absolutely no interest in movies by now. Before, I had interest.

[Rytrik]

3 hours ago, Chopkinsca said:

I still have regrets that I didn't get to experience Interstellar in a theatre. Tenet would have been great on the big screen too.

 

Tenet was great on the big screen, especially when wearing my Etymotics concert earplugs. Earplugs because that movie was loud in IMAX. 

 

It was also nice to be only 1 of a handful of people in the theater :-)

Edited March 30, 2021 by Rytrik

[Jello]

The last time I really got excited about two movies was Doom and the new (well, back then) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I actually convinced people to go with me to see them. Very shortly into each one, I got the very distinct impression that they weren't enjoying them. And neither was I. I think those were the moments that stopped me from getting excited about movies in the future. They could've, and should've, been very good, but they just weren't. I'd rather just play Doom and watch the original BBC series of Hitchhiker's Guide.

 

I mean... genetic mutations? What the actual fuck. They're supposed to be demons, that is an absolute hallmark of the Doom series: there are demons. I could've put up with the squad thing if there would've been demons, instead of this ham-fisted genetic mutation plot. And a guy in a wheelchair turns into the pinky, and his nickname was pinky. It was like someone looking back at you and wryly winking while they're taking a shit on your face.

[Caffeine Freak]

8 hours ago, Artman2004 said:

There was once a time that I would get excited for movies, and beg my parents to go see them. I would watch trailers of movies and get overly hyped for them.

 

Cut to present day, most movies just kind of look, generic. They have the same bland acting, CGI, and color schemes that somehow look under-saturated and over-saturated at once. I just find them uninteresting. The only movies I'm interested in is movies based on already existing properties like MIB and Ghostbusters, and even those somehow end up being underwhelming.

 

My 2 cents on the current situation:

 

I think a LOT of people feel exactly the same as you, and have for quite some time. Hollywood fell in love with big, epic fantasy/comic book movies around the turn of the millennium, and once they tasted the outrageous returns those movies could generate, they never looked back. It's a big part of the reason they find themselves in the quandary they're in right now---an entire generation of moviegoers have been raised on such films, and at the same time, the theaters were able to keep older moviegoers returning to the seats year after year by continuously milking pre-existing IPs *they* had grown up with. Hollywood kept repeating this formula, year after year, for the past couple decades, convinced it couldn't fail. But nothing lasts forever. There's a reason theaters had been struggling for years even prior to Covid, and it wasn't just because streaming platforms kept everyone home.

 

Nobody gives a shit anymore; plenty of older people are tired of seeing their beloved franchises run into the ground, and younger audiences are yearning for something new---or alternately, are too young to really remember a time when Hollywood was willing to release anything original or controversial, and so the movies they've grown up seeing in the theaters don't cause them to yearn for anything better. Some moviegoers are so attached to pre-existing IPs that they won't bother with other things. 

 

tl;dr: my unresearched, layman's analysis is that Hollywood is in a decline caused by years of playing it safe and returning to the same well again and again, and people are tired of the same old thing, and Hollywood will never escape that decline unless it wants to start taking risks that aren't contingent on bringing some comic book-type shit to the screen and hoping that it generates at least half a billion dollars.  

[Mr. Freeze]

I don't like movies. I don't like the format. I enjoy the newest nerd movie or occasional left-field movie but in general I never gave a crap to begin with.

[Chezza]

A big disruption is happening in the industry thanks to the popularity of TV series and video streaming platforms such as Netflix and Youtube. This coupled with Hollywood trying to capture the Chinese market and milk performing ips to the extent they're squeezing blood from a stone has messed with the status quo of Movies = highest quality of video entertainment.

 

In a way I embrace the diversity in platforms, breaking the monopoly of the market but I must admit I'm a bit disappointed that it has become quite rare to look forward to a movie, even rarer to come out loving it.

[MFG38]

Last movie I remember getting legit hyped for was The Amazing Spider-Man and it ended up being a minor disappointment.

[Vic Vos]

I don't even remember the last time I went to a cinema.