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Oh those poor innocent Hollywood studios, it's so unfair when critics just get paid to endorse movies--at least it is when those movies are getting made by your

by briga 7y ago

Oh those poor innocent Hollywood studios, it's so unfair when critics just get paid to endorse movies--at least it is when those movies are getting made by your competitor. Maybe if the big studios weren't so focused on pumping out sequel after sequel after remake after lowest common denominator designed-by-commitee movies they wouldn't have to worry about this. Netflix is simply making better movies, and if these studios want their awards they're going to have to compete for them.

robbyt 7y ago
Better movies? On Netflix? Are you sure?
- afthonos 7y ago
  Well, a movie they made earned universal acclaim and the Academy Award for best picture last year, and they’re in good shape this year too, so…yes?
  - dplesca 7y ago
    Roma did not win the Oscar for best picture, but it did win other 3 oscars: Directing, Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film.
  - paulintrognon 7y ago
    What is this movie please?
    - lkramer 7y ago
      Roma won a bunch of awards in 2019. In 2020 stuff like The Irishman, or maybe Dolemite is my Name could be in the running.
      - fock 7y ago
        and still those movies would have been produced anyway, because they come with a nametag. maybe not with glorious sets and co, but with some direction. compare that to all the telenovela/80s-B-Movie-style crap, which makes up 80% of the content.
        icebraining 7y ago
        In fact, as far as I can tell Roma was already made (paid for by Participant Media), before the distribution rights were sold to Netflix.
  - fock 7y ago
    one movie. but they're not selling you one movie for ten-ish $s? They sell you a big package of crappy and less crappy TV-shows. Basically about the same as public TV here (Europe)
  - np_tedious 7y ago
    Green Book won the award for Best Picture last year. It was not made by Netflix. I do think Netflix has made a lot of good (and less good) content. But that statement is simply untrue
    - Bishonen88 7y ago
      2019 is still the current year. 2018 was won by Shape of Water: https://oscar.go.com/news/oscar-news/best-actress-2018-frances-mcdormand-wins-2018-oscar https://oscar.go.com/news/oscar-news/best-actress-2018-franc...
    - afthonos 7y ago
      My bad. I thought Roma had won.
- blondin 7y ago
  it has become mental for me at this point. i tend to skip anything done by netflix studios... it has to do with the rate at which they are pumping out movies, shows & documentaries. most of them are not very good. but netflix has some of the best standup comedies ever and that sandra bullock movie wasn't too bad. even though it's scorcese, i am not interested in irishman at all...
simias 7y ago
>Maybe if the big studios weren't so focused on pumping out sequel after sequel after remake after lowest common denominator designed-by-commitee movies they wouldn't have to worry about this. This is a common sentiment on the internet but it seems pretty clear that regardless of what people say they like they do go see these endless sequels en masse and they're (for the most part) hugely successful. The reason Netflix doesn't do that to the same extent probably more has to do with the fact that it's a relatively young company who simply doesn't own old IPs to remake and reboot so it's cheaper to make new things. Look at Stranger Things for instance, they seem fine milking it.
- behringer 7y ago
  The statement is especially ironic given the cookie cutter format all Netflix shows seem to share.
  - hexmiles 7y ago
    I have to ask: what does mean "cookie cutter format" in this context? I assume few/short season.
    - mrunkel 7y ago
      cookie cutter format means that they all conform to one of a limited number of molds. ie, this is your teen learns about sex movie, this is your young man discover super power movie, this is your boy meets girl movie, etc. I'm not sure if it's a fair criticism, since Netflix seems to have the same amount of variety as non-Netflix cinema has, but hey, everyone is entitled to an opinion.
      - behringer 7y ago
        It's that exactly. Every netflix exclusive has this weird formula of pandering to a target audience. Then putting a twist ending at the end of every season whether it needs one or not. Very few netflix exclusives break out of that and when you find one that does, it just so happens they picked it up from somewhere else! But yeah, 8/mo, hard to complain. The shows they are throwing out are still good as are the hollywood movies/shows :)

by briga 7y ago

robbyt 7y ago

Better movies? On Netflix? Are you sure?

afthonos 7y ago
Well, a movie they made earned universal acclaim and the Academy Award for best picture last year, and they’re in good shape this year too, so…yes?
- dplesca 7y ago
  Roma did not win the Oscar for best picture, but it did win other 3 oscars: Directing, Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film.
- paulintrognon 7y ago
  What is this movie please?
  - lkramer 7y ago
    Roma won a bunch of awards in 2019. In 2020 stuff like The Irishman, or maybe Dolemite is my Name could be in the running.
    - fock 7y ago
      and still those movies would have been produced anyway, because they come with a nametag. maybe not with glorious sets and co, but with some direction. compare that to all the telenovela/80s-B-Movie-style crap, which makes up 80% of the content.
      - icebraining 7y ago
        In fact, as far as I can tell Roma was already made (paid for by Participant Media), before the distribution rights were sold to Netflix.
- fock 7y ago
  one movie. but they're not selling you one movie for ten-ish $s? They sell you a big package of crappy and less crappy TV-shows. Basically about the same as public TV here (Europe)
- np_tedious 7y ago
  Green Book won the award for Best Picture last year. It was not made by Netflix. I do think Netflix has made a lot of good (and less good) content. But that statement is simply untrue
  - Bishonen88 7y ago
    2019 is still the current year. 2018 was won by Shape of Water: https://oscar.go.com/news/oscar-news/best-actress-2018-frances-mcdormand-wins-2018-oscar https://oscar.go.com/news/oscar-news/best-actress-2018-franc...
  - afthonos 7y ago
    My bad. I thought Roma had won.
blondin 7y ago
it has become mental for me at this point. i tend to skip anything done by netflix studios... it has to do with the rate at which they are pumping out movies, shows & documentaries. most of them are not very good. but netflix has some of the best standup comedies ever and that sandra bullock movie wasn't too bad. even though it's scorcese, i am not interested in irishman at all...

simias 7y ago

>Maybe if the big studios weren't so focused on pumping out sequel after sequel after remake after lowest common denominator designed-by-commitee movies they wouldn't have to worry about this. This is a common sentiment on the internet but it seems pretty clear that regardless of what people say they like they do go see these endless sequels en masse and they're (for the most part) hugely successful. The reason Netflix doesn't do that to the same extent probably more has to do with the fact that it's a relatively young company who simply doesn't own old IPs to remake and reboot so it's cheaper to make new things. Look at Stranger Things for instance, they seem fine milking it.

behringer 7y ago
The statement is especially ironic given the cookie cutter format all Netflix shows seem to share.
- hexmiles 7y ago
  I have to ask: what does mean "cookie cutter format" in this context? I assume few/short season.
  - mrunkel 7y ago
    cookie cutter format means that they all conform to one of a limited number of molds. ie, this is your teen learns about sex movie, this is your young man discover super power movie, this is your boy meets girl movie, etc. I'm not sure if it's a fair criticism, since Netflix seems to have the same amount of variety as non-Netflix cinema has, but hey, everyone is entitled to an opinion.
    - behringer 7y ago
      It's that exactly. Every netflix exclusive has this weird formula of pandering to a target audience. Then putting a twist ending at the end of every season whether it needs one or not. Very few netflix exclusives break out of that and when you find one that does, it just so happens they picked it up from somewhere else! But yeah, 8/mo, hard to complain. The shows they are throwing out are still good as are the hollywood movies/shows :)