OT: Rest In Peace Robert Redford

[GlastonTim]

I guess I'm at the age when I hear someone has died, my first thought is "they were still alive?"

I’m at the age that my first thought is I’d pay to live that long!

 

[temery]

I’m at the age that my first thought is I’d pay to live that long!

Become a vegetarian. Someday you'll be on your deathbed, dying on absolutely nothing.

(Stolen from Reddit)

 

[RuffRuff]

off the top of my head, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, Mahershala Ali, Christian Bale, and Denzel Washington are as leading manish as any of the old timers

Not sure it's quite the same - do you think Gen Z and Millenials are rushing out to the movies when one of those guys rolls out a new movie?

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Not sure it's quite the same - do you think Gen Z and Millenials are rushing out to the movies when one of those guys rolls out a new movie?

It’s a pointless comparison because people just don’t go to the movies anymore. Streaming has killed the movie theater business.

 

[superjohn]

Not sure it's quite the same - do you think Gen Z and Millenials are rushing out to the movies when one of those guys rolls out a new movie?

There's still movie stars but it's nothing like it was. The only one who truly feels like old Hollywood is Leo. The major studios just churn out the brainless sequels and reboots and people don't really go to the movies anymore. Even the late night shows which were a whole big part of the industry will all be gone soon.

 

[RuffRuff]

There's still movie stars but it's nothing like it was. The only one who truly feels like old Hollywood is Leo. The major studios just churn out the brainless sequels and reboots and people don't really go to the movies anymore. Even the late night shows which were a whole big part of the industry will all be gone soon.

That’s right - content is consumed very differently these so days with so much static and a general inability to sit down for 2 hours straight. Back then, there was 20 channels and movie premieres with all sorts of promotion in advance. And there was pride put into the delivery. Now, just another piece of content.

Not really a platform anymore for true leading men. Leo might qualify as he’s selective.

When I was a kid I loved watching movies all the time. Have you seen a 14 year old these days? They’d be lucky to watch 1-2 a year. They’d rather have YouTube and tik tok bites of no more than 5 minutes max. It’s kinda sad, a bit soul-less but it is what it is.

 

[Deepster]

That’s right - content is consumed very differently these so days with so much static and a general inability to sit down for 2 hours straight. Back then, there was 20 channels and movie premieres with all sorts of promotion in advance. And there was pride put into the delivery. Now, just another piece of content.

Not really a platform anymore for true leading men. Leo might qualify as he’s selective.

When I was a kid I loved watching movies all the time. Have you seen a 14 year old these days? They’d be lucky to watch 1-2 a year. They’d rather have YouTube and tik tok bites of no more than 5 minutes max. It’s kinda sad, a bit soul-less but it is what it is.

I have to literally fight with my daughter to watch a movie where she isn't constantly on her phone the entire time.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Hollywood just isn't anything like it used to be. They haven't been coming up with fresh ideas for a while now and we mostly just see remakes, formulaic shoot em up action movie franchises, and superhero stuff. Clint is 95 years old and still attempting to make original content as well as the great Scorsese who is 82. Tarantino has said he has one more movie left in him but he already scrapped that movie. Nicholson is the last truly great old school Hollywood acting star and he's been done acting for a while now. Once he passes it feels like that's the end of the golden age for Hollywood and cinema.

It’s less a lack of ideas and more a lack of interest in financing anything that doesn’t spin off exploitable IP. The Kool Aid movie in The Studio hit the nail on the head.

 

[RuffRuff]

It’s less a lack of ideas and more a lack of interest in financing anything that doesn’t spin off exploitable IP. The Kool Aid movie in The Studio hit the nail on the head.

The audience today is trained to like cheap content. It started with reality TV. We've basically trained the brain to enjoy cr@p.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

The audience today is trained to like cheap content. It started with reality TV. We've basically trained the brain to enjoy cr@p.

Well, maybe, but that's not why the movies that we used to go to the theater to see aren't being made anymore.

 

[RuffRuff]

Well, maybe, but that's not why the movies that we used to go to the theater to see aren't being made anymore.

It's part of it. If you can make money selling cheap content, why make big budget stuff?