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Movies SUCK today for these reasons:
1. They are written, cast and filmed for the foreign market, where 75% of the profits exist. The more action and explosions the less sub-titles and therefore more people around the world can watch and understand the film.
2. Movies are filmed today with the DVD release in mind, often filming DVD-only Bonus scenes during principal photography. Therefore there is an internal economic pressure to "fill out" the movie, stretching it too long so there's reason to buy the DVD. This makes the plot, pacing and last act bloated and overwrought.
3. Studios know the only metric that truly determines a film's success, failure or break even is the Opening Weekend box office. Period. So hype the fuck out of a film and get as many asses in the seats that first weekend and the rest is gravy. Besides, what are people going to do? UNwatch the movie and get back two hours of their lives? Hardly.
And I won't even go into the socio-political reason for so many explosions in Hollywood films today. Let's just say the Gov't "supports" such an environment, where constant violence and war help de-sensitize the population.
Blah blah, movies suck today. Carry on.
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