This movie predicted the future…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Hollywood is in trouble. Box office sales have plummeted the last few years and with the rise of streaming services, things have never looked worse for the movie industry. But Jim Carrey saw this coming back in 2001 in his movie - The Majestic. The Majestic is about a man (played by Jim Carrey) mistaken for a long lost soldier in a small town. The presumed father, Martin Landau, is a movie theatre owner and together they attempt to revive the theatre and bring the town together. The Majestic has a lot to say about the movie industry and gives some absolutely crucial advice for theatres struggling to stay open.
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Real comment time, I think one huge issue is that movies cost so much so for our family to go is the price of purchasing two movies at our house. It’s hard to justify a one time viewing for that price.
Yeah prices have gotten out of control, but I think that’s due to the other factors resulting in few attendees. Fewer attendees results in higher ticket costs.
@@deaninreallife Tell Hollywood to make movies like Godzilla Minus One, and not be afraid of a low budget. Roger Corman knew how to sell tickets!
The Majestic is a phenomenal movie, so glad it's finally getting the credit it deserves.
Right?!? It’s so underrated. What’s your favourite part?
This is why Blumhouse and A24 are killing it. They allow directors to be creative within a tight budget.
we get movies like Longlegs and Trap. Bad movies that can still make their budget back.
But we also get Get Out, US, and Pearl which can make 20-40 million on a low budget.
Very true. What’s your favorite A24 film? Mine is The Florida Project.
This video just showed up amongst my other suggestions, and I am GLAD that I clicked. Thank you, you actually said most of what I think, and you chose a great movie to use as a backdrop for it all. I'll check out some of your other videos, and subscribe :)
Awesome. Thanks for check it out. Any other factors you think I should have added?
Frank Zappa, by the way, speaks in an interview about why music in the 60s and 70s was so great. And he says that the cigar-chomping producers took risks and all there is nowadays is hip punks who claim to know what the audience wants, but they're playing it safe and the end result sucks.
You wanna see some good movies? If yes - get rid of social media, paid youtube "reviewers" and entertainment journalism. Get rid of trailers, commercials and online publicity stunts. Get rid of hype, streaming, fan-baiting, fan-service and corporate takeover. And when you put writers in the writers' room, lock the producers out of there.
And no more test screenings. Did you know that the original Die Hard test screening had audiences laugh when they saw Bruce Willis' name, prompting the company to remove his name and face from all of the advertisement? So absurd to think now, in hindsight, that Bruce Willis would be a hard sell as an action hero... Johnny Depp, Leo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Robert Pattinson, they were all perceived as pretty boys with no acting skills until the proper visionary gave them direction and TOOK A RISK. Most of my favorite Hollywood movies I grew up with had really bad reviews, including The Majestic. Just goes to show the public don't know a good movie when it hits them. Interstate 60 is my favorite Hollywood movie and hardly anyone has ever heard of it... and it's good because it was original and had amazing writing and wonderful acting. Nowadays most movies suck cause they lack all of these things.
This is so good!!
Agreed
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Movies used to be accessible, and some people don't have any consideration for the rest of us who are trying to watch the movie, I've seen kids with iPads watching cartoons, cellphones on, people just being annoying and loud, it has become frustrating and the main reason why I kind of stop going to the movie place.
That’s a big problem for sure. What do you think theaters could do to fix that problem?
@@deaninreallife enforce the rules, remove the bad apples...
@@BlueTearDconnor makes sense. They’d need more workers though.
Very good video - thanks
Appreciate that!
Hollywood's been here before. The mid 1960s and the old guard was dying off and not admitting it and thus kept cranking out tired things like big budget historical dramas and musicals that nobody was going to see anymore. "Paint Your Wagon", anybody?
Enter the counterculture with "The Graduate", "Bonnie and Clyde", "2001", "Easy Rider" and "The Wild Bunch". Suddenly American films were relevant again. Movies were again being made for an audience that was most likely to go to the movies. AKA the American youth.
The problem today is that it's no longer about the American, but instead the Global market. Hence, endless, mindless, pointless "movies" with guys (and gals) in tights throwing each other into buildings. The big studios are now focused in terms of a global return on its investment and thus movies that simply show things in a simplistic, black and white, good versus evil, formulaic, beat-to-death, story arc that is told almost exclusively visually are what they produce for a global market than, say, the next "Chinatown" or "Schindler's List".
So everyone else who isn't paying $100.00 a couple to go out to the local cineplex is now instead sold a "hunting license" aka "streaming services" to hopefully find the next "Breaking Bad" or "Game of Thrones"- y'know something for people who like a little nuance in their viewing experience. But as production costs escalate even there, you can expect cheaply made "reality" shows and the like to soon invade the home viewing arena as well. All this while subscription prices inexorably continue to climb. So yeah, what to do? Well, buy and own your own movies: DVDs, Blu Rays, 4ks, all with a pile of players, all kept in a cool, dry place until needed. Screw 'em until the conglomerates wake up and start making what people actually want to see again. That is, without constantly paying for a subscription and hoping that the show or movies they love will still be there the next time they want to see them. Be your own Movie Mogul. Own 'em already and watch "The Kid Stays in the Picture".
Honestly I hate technology it ruined everything kids don’t look up from their game most of the time everything’s on your phone
I wish we could go back to a good time like the 90s or something where people didn’t stay inside all the time.
And I’m saying this as a 15 year old
Wouldn’t be a bad idea to focus cinemas on low budget creative movies and the odd *BIG* movie . If studios branched out to the more creative low budget movies that would reduce the overall cost and give more creative artists somewhere to get a start and would drive people into the cinema . They should also be Cinema exclusive for the running period. With the correct marketing this model would do good (I think anyway*)
I often go to small arthouse cinemas that luckily still exist where I live. If you talk about the movie experience, those big cinemas don't even give out tickets anymore, just qr codes or receipts. I used to collect my movie tickets. Now the only thing that reminds you of your movie night is the ridiculous popcorn bucket you paid 20 dollars for (or more, I'm not from the US, I don't know). In addition to movies getting worse is that tickets get more and more expensive. Deadpool was 30 euros in IMAX, I paid half that for Dune II. And people here still talk about movie tickets being below 10 euros not so long ago. The price increase is wild. I still go to the movies but I only watch movies in cinema where I know I'm gonna love it. For movies that are "just okay" I'll gladly wait for the streaming release one or two months later. Back in the day (sounding really old) we had to wait a year or so for the VHS/DVD release.
Edit: and btw here in Germany cinema revenue has tripled since 2020 so it may not be about the movies at all but about cinemas, ticket prices and things like this.
Funny. No wonder the revenue tripled since 2020... Everything was closed during Covid. You have to take that into account and you didn't. 2023 was 9,3% under the 2019 revenue with 12,5% higher ticket prices.
I hear ya. Those popcorn buckets have jumped the shark. I think prices are so high because fewer people are attending. Maybe if more folks were at the movies they’d be cheaper???
*Cinemas are drivin away hardcore cinema goers by not takin care of cinema ettiquette,* people use their bright phones through more than half the movie, talk very loudly, let their kids run around... long term hardcore cinema goers will wait to stream at home, that magical experience of cinema has been killed by cinemas themselves.
They think ticket prices and big movies are the main problems, no, they stopped carin about the movie-goin experience, they barely have any staff around, no ushers to keep on top of issues.
People now only go cinema for "event viewing" once in a while. Many of us used to go 2 or 3x a month until bad behaviour at cinema put us off after years of nothin bein done about it. Hear the same thing from USA to England.
Great points! Quality service is a key problem!
I still need to watch this one
You absolutely should! It’s a little corny but still so good!
I actually liked this movie.
Nice! What’s you favourite Jim Carrey movie?
This is so well done! I miss the magic of going to the movie theatre. But our town has the absolute worst one and no one wants to go there. It’s dirty, smelly, uncomfortable, and unattractive. Which is sad.
Thanks Pam! And I hear ya, my theater is a big chain one and it still has a lot of those problems.
@@deaninreallife Banks seem to control to many Theaters.
My daughter is 11 now and have no intrest at all in movies, and she probebly never will be. The next generation will be even harder to reach with full lenght movies
My oldest son is around that age, I started showing him classic movies like Jaws and ET and that seems to have helped.
Problem for me, there's no movies I get excited about.
The only times I think where I was truly tingling to watch the magic and wonders of what I'll be watching, was The Matrix, Avengers and Batman Vs Superman (and Justice Leauge, before I realised how WBs utterly destroyed it).
Batman Vs Superman I watched 4 times in the cinema! One of my favourite movies ever!
I hear ya. Looking at the rest of the year, I only see ya few I’m excited about. Any on your must see list left this year?
@deaninreallife The only definite, go-to a movie and pay money for next film is The Batman 2.
I would of included Joker 2, but it looks to me like they've ruined it by adding 'Harley Quin' also making it a musical!
They'll be loads of movies I'll watch and vaguely be excited for, but goto the cinema and pay money, nothing immediately jumping out at me otherwise. You?
@@dylangeorge7956 yeah I think the only movie I’m super excited for is Gladiator 2 and maybe Sonic 3 just because my sons love him so much.
@deaninreallife I've just told AI to give me a list of 50 movies in next two years, and my original comment stands. All the movies just look... so uninspiring. I saw Matrix 5 in the list! I loved the Matrix 'TRILOGY' any more, na.
I'm a massive DC Synder fan, so my interest in movies has taken a massive hit since Warner Brothers destroyed that fan journey.
I liked Sonic 1, and really most animations, but not cinema worthy for me.
Everyone in Borderlands was poorly cast. The movie should not have been made.
I mean at this point, that’s a definite. Who do you think would make for a better cast?
hollywood went woke, went broke
People keep repeating this but no, it's not the reason at all. barbie is "woke" and was a massive hit. Hollywood went money hungry, afraid of risk, playing it safe for so long that people get bored of the 100th reboot, sequel or spinoff.
@@sm0k1nggnu_ No.
@@sm0k1nggnu_ that too
I think there is some truth to this, but I’d say they went boring. No more pushing the envelope. Everything is so cookie cutter.
@@deaninreallife yes this is 100% true, movies are expensive and they don’t dare trying to risk anything, it’s all about the shareholders, sadly