(December 5, 2014 at 6:11 pm)Alex K Wrote:(December 5, 2014 at 3:15 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Surely no one actually expects reasonable plots out of a Hollywood "blockbuster", much less accurate science?
The vast majority of what comes out of the major studios is utter crap,
I agree. But why? So often I wonder why 100 million were spent on fx, another 100 mill on famous actors, and apparently 5$ on the script. Why why why?
Because that's what they think sells (and they're probably right).
I rarely see new movies any more, and almost never in the cinema - I may have seen four movies at the cinema in the last 4 or 5 years, and with the pablum that Hollywood has been putting out, I can't see that changing.
I will note that the cinema I usually to, in addition to having state-of-the-art projection and sound, *also* serves kick ass beer. Strong beer. At least when I do go to the cinema, I'm able to get my mind into an easily entertained state.
Most of the shit coming out of Hollywood isn't even worth the bandwidth to download free. I'll watch this one, because dinosaurs, fuck yeah, but that's about all it's gonna have going for it for me. Aside from the cost, I hate like hell to have two-three hours of my life that I'll never get back.
