Why Hollywood is Falling Apart | Video Essay 

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There’s zero creativity in Hollywood anymore. TV shows are suffering from this also. Instead of creating something original, everything has to be a sequel, a prequel, or a reboot.

This may be a golden opportunity for independent film makers to rise.

"disappointed in the comfort of their homes" Best line ever.👍

It's got so bad, that we are not watching new shows, we are digging into the past for our entertainment. Like pre 1980's series.

one of the problems in modern movies is the people making the movie think they are more important than the movie itself, and the audience should care about their views for whatever reason.

One of the biggest issues is movies starting filming before a script is finished. Marvel would be better off financially if they didnt reshoot a film to death and had confidence in their scripts. It also means you can use more practical effects and in general plan better.

What blows my mind is that every year thousands of writers, filmmakers, producers and other Hollywood creatives move there with a truckload of original stories , ideas and content . And every year the big budget premiere projects that get announced are all remakes and reboots .

Batman had a black Catwoman and Commissioner Gordon and literally nobody cared. If either had a monologue about how tough it was being black it would have been a disaster

Part of what makes Hollywood's potential recovery such an uphill battle is that blaming the fans for not liking their "content" for so long has left most of them apathetic at best. Many are enjoying the downfall of Hollywood and pray this means the end (or a least a major reduction) of pandering.

The fact that Japan entertainment is more enjoyable than American entertainment is just example why Hollywood in general is dying 😂

Misuse by overuse of CGI is part of the problem. Hollow visual effects without telling a story that people care about. Political Correctness doesn't tell a story, either.

A good thing about GoT was they didn’t race swap- the places you saw had the correct ethnicities so it made the cities and locations feel authentic

Watching Hollywood crumble itself is both entertaining and depressing to watch.

The box office as of recent has proven that the good movies that have been made by people that treat movies as art ,and not just a way to make money, are the ones that actually make money

I'm japanese, In the past decade, the status of Hollywood movies in Japan has significantly declined. About 20 years ago, many Japanese people used to watch Hollywood movies, but now most either don't watch them at all or, if they do, don't discuss them. Personally, despite being a former avid fan, I can't recall the last Hollywood movie I watched in the past few years. I'm not aware of current releases, have no interest, and this sentiment is common among Japanese. Surprisingly, even my parents, who were once avid Hollywood fans, haven't watched any in years, citing that Hollywood films have become uninteresting and intolerable. I share the same sentiment. Recent Hollywood movies are not only boring to the Japanese but also reach an uncomfortable level of unpleasantness. They often feel like promotional videos or propaganda for governments, political parties, and various political organizations. The constant focus on environmental issues, human rights, racial discrimination, and LGBT topics seems designed to attack individuals with political ideologies conflicting with the creators. When did Hollywood movies shift from global entertainment that everyone could enjoy to political propaganda by activists? Americans should stop treating their country's social issues as globally significant and discard the delusion that they are in a position to lecture other countries. The U.S. has only been around for about 200 years and appears socially immature, lagging significantly behind other countries in terms of morals, manners, social norms, civic consciousness, and more. I've observed this in my travels to over 40 countries. While Americans often find other cultures strange, the reality of American society, media, and the chaotic events in American politics seems incredibly strange and abnormal to non-Americans like myself. Recently, the depiction of this pathological and abnormal reality of American society in Hollywood movies might be a major reason why many people, including myself, have stopped consuming American films and media.

For me as a viewer, it's totally fine that Hollywood is crumbling. I'm eager for low and mid budget independent films to fill the void with fresh creative ideas. The franchise thing was totally boring even 10 years ago and I have no idea how it was possible to drag on for so long.

I’d rather pay $10/month and be disappointed at home than pay $50 for one movie and be disappointed

Give the fans what they want. No agendas. Make your own characters instead of swapping or give them better characterization. Make everything as original as possible.

I honestly don't think they care whether people buy what they're selling. In the eyes of Hollywood, the message is more important than the profit. They just see this as temporary resistance to the messages they're spreading and that eventually when everything you watch and consume are the same quality and substance, people will give in.

I’d rather watch a black screen then watch a Hollywood movie in 2024

One big thing is that most movies aren’t entertainment, they’re lectures from the writers and directors and it’s blatantly obvious

The thing that's most frustrating, as someone who is a feminist, is that the majority of feminists don't consider something like The Marvels as a feminist piece of cinema. It's lazy. these companies take identity politics, strip it down to the basics and slap it in their films with no nuance. Great films that utilise feminist themes in a way that are actually effective include Promising Young Woman, Legally Blonde, Little Women etc. It's all about following the trends rather than creating films that are remotely thought provoking or appealing to their supposed target audience.

"Everything is only for a season. And Hollywood is no exception. A season could last a few months or it can last for as long as 100 years. Somethings are no meant to be saved. It is the order of the universe and nothing can change that"

The internet has taken a big chunk of the world’s attention away from movies. It wasn’t just the pandemic, it’s been a gradual process since the iPhone came out.

Don't forget the overuse of CGI. It is the unspoken reason Hollywood is in this state. On a bright note, Mad Max has a new trailer, and hopefully it's practical like 2015.

Movies have become an abusive relationship these days, you can't even enjoy something good that's new because you're bracing for the slap you know is coming. I didn't even enjoy Andor until my second viewing because the first was me "bracing for the beating" the whole time.

The problem with Hollywood is the same problem with video games. You don’t need to make good content to make money.

Remember the scene in Elf, where Walter insisted on shipping a children's book with 2 pages missing..."because who's going to notice? The audience is stupid." THAT is how Hollywood sees their audience too. (also, no one at Disney, Marvel is capable of actually writing a story or script)

Japanese "Godzilla Minus One" is a perfect example how to make a great blockbuster. Godzilla IP is 70 years old, and yet, the new one absolutely slaps. On a budget of 15 million $ it puts all of 2023 blockbusters to a shame. It looks incredible, has great human characters, great story, emotions, stakes, excellent music, but most of all, it is not a movie about Godzilla. It's an intelligent character driven drama which happens to have a giant kaiju in it. Pure escapism at the highest level of quality. It's not only top 5 movies of the year, it's the best Godzilla movie I have ever seen. Hollywood right now is just not capable of delivering such quality.

This is why a movie like Oppenheimer is so extraordinary. That film would've been outstanding even when Hollywood wasn't in such a shitty state, let alone now, when we have 1-2 good movies per year.

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Didn’t Netflix build a gigantic studio in New Jersey, movie making is become too expensive in California so it’s being moved elsewhere like South Korea, Mumbai, and other parts of the United States

Movies like Godzilla Minus One are done by people passionate about the story and how it's translated to film. Movies like The Marvels are done by a committee on which boxes need to be checked off and directed by someone who has no idea what the characters or story is even about. Hollywood isn't about stories anymore. It's all about pandering to that small group of mean girls who threaten to destroy you if you say anything bad about a movie they will likely never see anyhow. In essence, modern Hollywood is about blackmail.

I can imagine how dissapointed Walt Disney would've been if he was alive in seeing those executives turning his biggest empire to literally something else that he would've never wanted in the first place

you know, recently I was fed from RU-vid one of those 2024 most anticipated movie feeds. between the sequel, the remake of the remake I could not go beyond the 1 minute mark.

There's such a lack of talent from writers to actors....it gets sickening after a while seeing the same low talent actors again and again. I'd rather see unknowns in film almost always.

Barbie and Oppenheimer had the world's largest marketing budgets that told you to go see these films. Top Gun was so good, everyone that saw it said "you've got to go see it." Big difference.

I'm a huge fan of Indie films and one of the best films I'm seen in a long time was the Banshees of Inisherin. It was a simple story of two men and their friendship and how it falls apart. Subtle performances, gripping storyline, haunting music and it stayed with me long after I left the theater. That is cinema.

I used to love going to the movies on a Saturday night. I didn’t go every single week, but at least twice a month. I haven’t been in a year at the time of writing; I don’t like Marvel Comics, or kids’ films, and that’s all my local cinema shows these days.

The sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. These companies have gone insane

It’s not just the endless revivals, sequels and reboots but the fundamental misunderstanding from those reviving them as to WHY we loved them so dearly that make me so mad. Bob Iger’s bullshit statement of never doing sequels unless there is a story worth telling is just hollow given all the work he’s overseen. I’m just done. The future of the industry is in the hands of independent creators and studios.

You can see why Christopher Lee never got an Oscar. But it wouldn't matter now the award is not worth it.

Personally, I don't even remember the last time I went to watch a movie at a local theater.

A man will die but not his ideas but marvel died with Stan lee

RIP SIR Christopher Lee I could listen to that man talk for hours

It's not the progressive messaging I have a problem with. It's the fact that it's so clearly insincere and profit-focused.

"They just wait at their own home to be disappointed" LOL

Disney right now is like the Soviet Union in its final years. The question isn’t if it will fall, but when it will fall.

We’ve gotta start blaming ourselves as consumers here too, bro. We don’t have to see remakes, reboots, bad franchise films and sequels to things that don’t need them every year, but we do anyway over things the original things we claim we want more of like The Creator, The Holdovers, etc. Hollywood doesn’t keep doing this for nothing. They’re doing it because we show interest in what we claim we don’t want more of very often. That has to change, but it won’t, sadly.

Godzilla Minus One being made on 15 million dollar budget AND being one of the best movies of the year really puts what you've said about the inflated budget of films in sharp contrast. Same with the FNAF movie (while not as good); movies can be made for less and can be so much more.

That was some awesome analyzing 👍. Korean movies are also getting better nowadays.

When you have the person playing Snow White saying the movie is not about love and how that fact is “really wonderful” and you have a whole generation who ate that up the love aspect of movies and want their kids to too, you severely misjudged the situation.

My mom has hated watching movies and tv for the past 20 years. I introduced her to Korean dramas this past year and she’s hooked on them. The Asian markets are already dominating the comic book market in America. I think the movie and tv industries are next.

Uh! Very good essay. 👍 Well done, very good observations. And remembering what Christopher Lee said (so on point, these days) is most welcome. We used to have actors & actresses who used their brain and were honest - he was one of them.

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You can only remake the same story so many times and then it needs to be put away. Some movies told a story so well, and were made so well, that they should not be remade , even the first time.

You know what was the best movie I saw all this year? Godzilla Minus One. While it definitely has problems, the character work in that movie was fantastic, paired with phenomenal visual effects for Godzilla and excellent sound design and a soundtrack. That movie was made for supposedly 15 million dollars(or 33 million dollars) from a director who has a background in VFX, animation and has directed some successful hits in Japan. And he was heavily inspired by movies, like Star Wars, Jaws etc. classic Hollywood movies. It says a lot when foreign cinema is able to produce better material than modern Hollywood. Because modern Hollywood right now is failing because of belief: it believes it is a necessity when it isn't. Hollywood is a luxury. People don't have to watch your movies. They have RU-vid, TikTok, anime, manga, video games. Plenty of other things. When you take the audience for granted and produce stuff that doesn't make them want to come back, it will eat at your profits. And to be clear; I do NOT want Hollywood to fail. I want it to thrive and we can get good stories or even decent ones again. But it won't happen unless Hollywood starts recognizing its own problems, attempt to fix them, and start producing quality stuff that gets audiences to come back. Godzilla Minus One made me want to see it again. That rarely happens nowadays.

Stop making remakes that don’t or can’t capture the original stories, stop making sequels that rehash the same characters and stories, stop casting based on anything other than talent and merit, stop letting people direct because they check DEI boxes, expand the writer pool and take more chances on unknown writers who have new stories to tell. All of this would be a good start.

If Hollywood had just one of these problems, no creativity, rampant wokeness, terrible scripts, unlikable actors, they could get away with it. But having all of that at the same time? I'm amazed they sell any tickets outside of reviewers.

Why would Disney release the Haunted Mansion in the middle of July and not October.

A major problem is how the industry is now run by executives who don't care at all about art, but only money. These people are extremely detached from the audiences.

I loved the TopGun Maverick reference and I agree 100% and I can’t believe Disney as forgotten how to do that after Spiderman NWH. That movie was 2 and a half hours of fan service, yet it was the movie that pulled people back into the cinemas. Where did that go?

I mean, just the fact that massive producing companies choose to fund the current mediocre star trek series rather than the Orville is proof of that disconnect.

It’s quite fitting that George Lukas sought to be financially independent to make the movies he wanted to make, and created the iconic Star awards franchise. Then, as soon as a corporation like Disney got hold of it, it slowly started to crumble…

Really well done video. Seeing someone roast the shit out of Hollywood and how disconnected from the real world they are is in my top 3 forms of entertainment.

The game industry is following the same script.

When I decide to watch a movie, the first thing I look for is the director of that movie. Like this year, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Hayao Miyazaki names are guaranteed for good movies because they treat movie as an art form, not a business model.

For Halloween this year I went to my local inderpent cinema to watch The thing (1982) and there was more people there watching that then any of the IP films playing that day. Proof if a good film is playing people wll watch, even if it came out 40 years ago.

I’ll go and take my wife and kids to the theaters. The only thing that keeps us from going is the constant flow of garbage movies with zero quality. And also, why would your #1 goal be to DIVIDE AND PISS OFF A FANBASE?! This is the kind of stupid shit that’s destroying my favorite franchises 🤦‍♂️

Fast and furious 77, Godzilla 400, transformers 66, Batman 5476, remake, remake, remake, no original ideas anymore. most movies now defy the laws of physics with scenes like the ones in Hobbs and Shaw. They are so unbelievable it is ridiculous.

Instead of letting audiences decide what they want to consume and five it to them, , the studios are trying to dictate what they audience should want.

At this point I love seeing Hollywood fall and I hope they keep failing because at least they will reach a point where they will have no choice but to listen to fans and actually make films and TV shows that people actually want to watch.

Godzilla minus one is a perfect example of a entertaining movie with a good message about grief, family, friendship and comments on war Go see this movie totally worth your time

It’s eating itself. It’s all self-referencing. Everything is either a remake, a sequel, a prequel or based on an old tv series or iconic character or consumer product. And then crapping out “productions” that it then picks up and eats again to crap out another.

Went here after watching your review of Dune part two. Lmao. Dune part two single handedly saving Hollywood

Tremendous summary of Hollywood today. Congratulations on a job well done!

Judging by the words of Bob Iger, Disney is past the point of admitting the problem. What they have to start with is obvious to pretty much anyone paying attention: cut the budgets, be more subtle about politics, and stop hiring cast and production teams based on racial/gender quotas. Whether that is going to happen, we will see in a few years.

But according to the "bean counters" no Hollywood movie has ever made a profit no matter how much money it brings in but now it's real

R.i.p Christopher Lee.

The barbinhimer was such a great play. Two movies completely different that would have competed with each other actually helped each one. Everyone I know has seen 1 or the other. I hope we get more of that. It was the first time in awhile I went to the theaters and seen so many people all having fun.

Well said, Christopher Lee. The man was a *real* legend.

I never thought Hollywood would never gone down hill in any way.

upward failure = the Peter Principle, which states that people will more often than not promote themselves to a level of incompetence.

You are correct in that Top Gun Maverick is what Hollywood needs to study. A legacy sequel where the hero is still the hero, he still has something to teach the younger generation, the characters are all treated with respect, it was made to be on the big screen and not streaming on your laptop, it had the balance between drama, comedy, action, romance, & internal conflict. I liked Top Gun, but I thought Top Gun Maverick was great.

I couldn't agree more with this entire video. Once i saw the trailer for the fourth planet of the apes, i was so hyped, but then, remembering that the last few movies I've seen (Thor love and Thunder and Jurassic World Dominion) I've lost most faith in Hollywood studios making anything relatively unique or interesting.

What really baffles me is that it’s as if they stopped liking making money.

I think the biggest factor here is that TVs at home have become bigger, better and many spend hundreds on auxiliary speakers.

It not even just movies that are worsening 1. Video games are getting worst and just money grabs 2. Food quality is getting worst and not as good as it use to be 3. Music is getting worst 4. Children cartoons are getting worst (we had prime Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney, boomerang Etc Etc) the shows the kids have to watch now is terrible…we had shows that you could still watch in adulthood because they were that good 4. We had 106 and park, mtv, vh1, and bet when they were hits 5. Even commercials were worth watching back then and they had jingles that stick in your head 20 years later 6. Cities use to really go all out and decorate for Christmas now they do the bare minimum Now everything is soooo terrible and not creative in a good way anymore… I swear I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like after 2014 that’s when everything started to decline

Mate you video hits the nail on the head ! Sadly…100% accurate on every single word mentioned. I feel so lucky that I was a teenager in the 80’s and got to watch a blockbuster almost every week.

I agree with everything you've said. I don't watch modern movies anymore.

I hope Hollywood never recovers, in my opinion nothing of value would be lost.

Yup, pretty much nailed everything wrnog with Hollywood. The change is coming but i don't think it will be a bright one. Not to mention everyones favourite Bob says and I quote: “I think I don’t want to apologize for making sequels. Some of them have done extraordinarily well. And they’ve been good films too. I think there has to be a reason to make it, beyond commerce. You have to have a good story. And we have made too many. That doesn’t mean we’re not going to continue to make them.” I don't see a reason to make Frozen 3 & 4, Toy Story 5, Inside Out 2 & Zootopia 2 but Boby here thinks its a good idea.

Hollywood is dead to me... Great video, your explanation of the current state of the entertainment industry is spot on...

SO many people complained about the Velaryon casting in House of the Dragon btw. When the teaser first came out, most of the discourse I heard was about how the show became 'wOkE'.

Sir Christopher 💙

The issue really is the disconnect between the audience and the industry. We have executives who care more about money than making a good product, we have creative teams who actively hate what they are working on, actors/directors who feel they can run their mouths and an industry that seems intent on rewarding failure.

I am sick of being told by actors, movies, documentaries, and the media that I am a horrible racist sexit mysognistic planet killing scourge. I went to a big UK flower show last Summer and all I wanted to do was browse the show gardens and look at pretty flowers and plants. However one of the main exhibits was a full-size plane crash - nothing at all to do with flowers - there was luggage thrown around, seats hanging out of a ripped open fuselage, kids toys and kiddies bags strewn around (v upsetting) - and written in thick black letters on the fuselage was "HOMOSAPIENS". Yep. I went to a goddam FLOWER SHOW and was told that I was a plane crash, a disaster, a horrible thing that has happened to our world. Just ridiculous. So when they emailed me the "how was the show, send us your feedback!" message, boy did I send them some feedback. They lost my custom, I'll never go back. And I think I last went to a movie theatre - was to see TG Maverick. Before that I can't remember when I was at a cinema.

I can tell you in my house ( we’re a typical American family of various European ancestry) changing classic Disney movies is sacrilegious! And I’m sure Walt would NOT approve!

Nice video. You did leave out the over reliance on CGI though.