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This comment further proves that American movie industry does some work to promote itself abroad. “Local stuff” are terrific in Brazil (where I live) and I rea
by rpgbr 4y ago
This comment further proves that American movie industry does some work to promote itself abroad.
“Local stuff” are terrific in Brazil (where I live) and I really enjoy European movies. I watch American movies, but most of them are hard passes — super hero movies, for instance, are formulaic and often very bad movies.
If you grew up watching mostly American movies, it takes a while and some effort to get used to different movie making styles. This can be quite hard (hence the heavy promotion of American movies), but it’s liberating.
- throw_m239339 4y agoI think US shows definitely are better when it comes to production value because Hollywood big bucks. From a cultural and artistic standpoint, these are often just giant, vapid ads with characters that often feel completely fake to a foreign audience.
- 1123581321 4y agoThere are tons of small budget and artistic films made in the US.
- throw_m239339 4y ago> There are tons of small budget and artistic films made in the US. There are tons of small budget local movies abroad as well, these aren't the ones that are mass marketed in western media.
- 1123581321 4y agoDefinitely. We’re blessed to live in a time when it’s relatively easy to watch great films from all over the world.
- jjgreen 4y agoOften, but then pretty-much any cultural exercise is mostly crap; the point is rather who makes the good stuff, and the US does make some great films (and has done since shortly after the French invented the medium). There are usually 2-3 US films in the Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10, for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_du_Cin%C3%A9ma%27s_Annual_Top_10_Lists#2020s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_du_Cin%C3%A9ma%27s_Ann... Disclosure: Not an American.
- KptMarchewa 4y agoIt's arrogant to assume every US movie/TV show is indistinguishable from Marvel.
- rpgbr 4y agoAmericans produce very good movies and TV shows! I'm specially fond of golden age (1930–1960s) movies, but also like more contemporaneous stuff. However, right now Marvel blockbusters are their prime product, one can say the face of made in the US cinema. And that's… sad.