tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post1244153933954167271..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #582: Kids These Days...Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-82657539599500835772010-08-27T19:40:20.218-03:002010-08-27T19:40:20.218-03:00It's a good theory.However I think that there ...It's a good theory.However I think that there is a good bit of affection for Willis, Stallone, AND Schwartzenegger. These guys have been around for decades and they created some long-lasting iconic characters. These guys are hardly ,"has beens",they've never actually been away in the minds of people who like their films. So much for the notion that movies don't need movie stars.Heck even Toy Story 3 had Hanks as the cowboy.je pressmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-70227039158280785592010-08-27T10:08:09.065-03:002010-08-27T10:08:09.065-03:00Ooh, can I be an Edwardian aristocrat? I like mon...Ooh, can I be an Edwardian aristocrat? I like monocles!<br /><br />My own take on the "SPVTW" failure is more wishful thinking than anything else, but here goes:<br /><br />People are tired of seeing losers as the hero. Michael Cena has pretty much built his career so far on being the slacker/dorky/doofus guy who doesn't do much. So, in spite of the unique presentation, the basic story is of a slacker who gets the beautiful girl anyway. Now compare w/ "The Expendables". Nobody's going to confuse it with Shakespeare, but the film is about a group of guys who, admittedly, have a limited skill set (killing people and breaking things) but they are very very good at it.<br /><br />That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.Blast Hardcheesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-37258789042865785362010-08-27T03:49:25.283-03:002010-08-27T03:49:25.283-03:00Well my theory regarding the demise of Scott Pilgr...Well my theory regarding the demise of Scott Pilgrim has to do with assuming, ie; assuming that ALL tweens, teens and twenty somethings would be dying to see this movie. Who was the source of that wisdom? There are niche groups,and movies made specifically for said niche groups...hardly any crossover from other groups.The movie business has become too fragmented.I for one could care less about the travails of teenage vampires, so that even if that kind of movie does big business..well that has nothing to do with me.The same for other niche movies.The kind of general admission,national cinema experience is over. It's every niche for itself. A movie comes alomg once in awhile,like Blind Side,which a broader movie public embraces,but the ,"critics" give it a hard time cause they prefer those dismal bleak made for Oscar attention small budget indie films,which are a chore to sit through.These days critics are often lousy judges of what a good story actually is. Anyhow Furious the real question I asked was,what do younger film fans go to see these days? Aside from movies with zombies, mutant space creatures, super heros,video game action stuff, funny movies featuring projectile vomiting, penis jokes and really plain -faced guys?je pressmannoreply@blogger.com