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I don’t see many non superhero or non franchise movies coming out of Hollywood. It sure sounds like the moneymen’s influence: why not milk a sure thing?

by rmk 3y ago

TrackerFF 3y ago
Yes, there's a reason why, excuse the expression, capeshit movies have dominated the cinemas for the past 10-12 years. MCU movies probably pay for a lot of other high-quality movies - but they rely on those franchise movies to bring in the bucks. The good thing is that most serious movie goes can easily ignore these movies, if they want to. The negative thing is that, well, those movies really do dominate they cinemas, and will get first priority on pretty much everything. I'm from a small rural place, and back home they would screen nothing but the latest superhero movies for 3-4 weeks straight, when they got released. Other movies would either get passed on, or get screening time much later in the season. More often than not it was the former.
- nebula8804 3y ago
  What that shows is your market is so small and costs have grown enough over the years that if it weren't for the addressable market of the superhero movies, they wouldn't be showing anything in your region at all. Maybe the big chains might exit your market regardless. AMC almost went bankrupt(they were saved by meme investors). Regal did go bankrupt. Hell even Alamo went bankrupt (but emerged successfully to live another day). How much time do you think is left? As AMC continues to decline they will chop the rural areas first. You'll be maybe left with mom n pop outlets that may not be worth dealing with from the point of view of the distributors(we'll see). Ive said it before but i'll say it again(and get downvoted again). Living in a rural region confers many benefits one of which being likely low taxes...but another way to look at it is you are still paying a tax, just in other ways.
pnt12 3y ago
This month, there were Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan and Asteroid City by Wes Anderson. It does show that HN is a website for techies and not for cinema enthusiasts; there's good stuff out there, but you won't get to it if you only scratch the surface.

I don’t see many non superhero or non franchise movies coming out of Hollywood. It sure sounds like the moneymen’s influence: why not milk a sure thing?

by rmk 3y ago

I don’t see many non superhero or non franchise movies coming out of Hollywood. It sure sounds like the moneymen’s influence: why not milk a sure thing?

TrackerFF 3y ago

Yes, there's a reason why, excuse the expression, capeshit movies have dominated the cinemas for the past 10-12 years. MCU movies probably pay for a lot of other high-quality movies - but they rely on those franchise movies to bring in the bucks. The good thing is that most serious movie goes can easily ignore these movies, if they want to. The negative thing is that, well, those movies really do dominate they cinemas, and will get first priority on pretty much everything. I'm from a small rural place, and back home they would screen nothing but the latest superhero movies for 3-4 weeks straight, when they got released. Other movies would either get passed on, or get screening time much later in the season. More often than not it was the former.

nebula8804 3y ago
What that shows is your market is so small and costs have grown enough over the years that if it weren't for the addressable market of the superhero movies, they wouldn't be showing anything in your region at all. Maybe the big chains might exit your market regardless. AMC almost went bankrupt(they were saved by meme investors). Regal did go bankrupt. Hell even Alamo went bankrupt (but emerged successfully to live another day). How much time do you think is left? As AMC continues to decline they will chop the rural areas first. You'll be maybe left with mom n pop outlets that may not be worth dealing with from the point of view of the distributors(we'll see). Ive said it before but i'll say it again(and get downvoted again). Living in a rural region confers many benefits one of which being likely low taxes...but another way to look at it is you are still paying a tax, just in other ways.

pnt12 3y ago

This month, there were Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan and Asteroid City by Wes Anderson. It does show that HN is a website for techies and not for cinema enthusiasts; there's good stuff out there, but you won't get to it if you only scratch the surface.