1. DVD Sales
Instead of paying $8.00-$10.00 to go somewhere else and watch a movie, some
people have decided to pay another $5.00-$10.00 to purchase a DVD which contains
special
features and other cool tid bits inside. In addition, many people have massive
TV screens and movie projectors that they can make their own mini movie theatre
at their own home.
2. Remakes
This year’s trend in Hollywood has been remaking old movies that had great
success in the past. Some examples of these films include: “Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory,” “The Dukes of Hazards,” “The
Honeymooners,” and “War of the Worlds.” All of these movies
have already been made before. A difference in these remakes finds that the new
actors of today’s Hollywood are playing the title roles. More importantly,
there’s a lot of glitz and glamour added to the film with computerized,
special effects.
There’s a huge problem with doing remakes…most of the movie plots
do not work in today’s era. For example: in the plot of the movie “Charlie & the
Chocolate Factory” involves a rabid hunt for five golden tickets hidden
inside a chocolate, “Wonka Bar.”
The plot for “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” worked in the
1970s, but not in 2005. (Sure…Kids go really crazy over chocolate these
days…Instead, the movie should revolve around kids trying to find the special
Sprite bottle and they get to visit “Thirst’s” [a hip-hop puppet]
mansion filled with bling-bling and other accessories).
In addition, many of these remade movies were produced in the 1970s and 1980s
with low budgets causing creativity in set designs and photography. Today, these
remade films have just used up millions and millions of dollars creating special
effects which eliminates some of the creative aspects of making a film.
More importantly, many people who have already seen the original film know how
the film ends. Allowing for a film to become too predictable and being boring.
3. Commercials
According to one statistic, the average American sees about a thousand advertisements
daily. Now, many of the previews last over 20 minutes before the actual movie
begins due to movie previews and commercials.
Okay, the webmaster pays around $8.00 to watch a movie and another $4.00 for
a bucket of popcorn. That’s already a lot of money. Hopefully, I can just
walk into the theatre to watch the “Feature Presentation.” All of
a sudden, the webmaster is watching commercials for “Starburst,” “Coca-Cola,” “Ford,” and
a cosmetic company.
Many people are just tired of being advertised at constantly for products over
and over again through the television, radio, and newspapers. Now, there are
actual advertisements at the movie theatres! There’s something wrong with
that…I PAY MONEY TO JUST WATCH A MOVIE AND TO AVOID MY TIME BEING WASTED
BY BEING ADVERTISED AT.
Hopefully, the webmaster is not the only person with these concerns about the
movies.