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Zebra 3 · 08-09-2005, 01:18 PM

(Studio Briefing) Universal Pictures distribution chief Nikki Rocco says the studio is going "back to the drawing board" following the box-office failure of the critically praised Cinderella Man. In an interview with USA Today, Rocco remarked, "Good movies are supposed to buck this [downward] trend. You hear how it's all about the product, but we have an excellent movie that people just aren't turning out for. [The problem is] something bigger." Meanwhile, New York Times media writer David Carr has blamed this year's slump at the box office on a tectonic shift in the industry that has increasingly seen filmmaking focused on "the wants and needs of 17-year-old boys on any given Saturday night." In a feature article appearing today (Monday), the day after the critically reviled Dukes of Hazzard posted a $30-million opening at the box office, largely by attracting male teenagers, Carr wrote that he had interviewed several studio directors who declined to speak on the record but who "sounded less like masters of the universe than prisoners of the current paradigm." In the article, Carr quoted David Thomson, author of The Whole Equation, A History of Hollywood, as saying, "In the same way that audiences have lost their taste for film, filmmakers have lost their passion. ... It is not surprising that some of the moguls are giving up as well. They are as depressed and tired of the business as the rest of us." Carr concluded: "The people who built the current version of Hollywood did so by coming up with movies that people felt compelled to see -- not as a matter of marketing, but as a matter of taste. What was once magic, creating other worlds in darkened rooms, has become just one more revenue stream."

Steve M. · 08-09-2005, 01:49 PM

I don't think teenage boys should be allowed to see movies - I was fifteen when I went to see The Cannonball Run, and I liked it - just as I think teenage girls shouldn't be allowed to buy CD's. IT OUGHTA BE AGAINST THE LAW!!

Hollywood should stop making movies based on TV shows, lower its box office expectastions, and think more about quality than quantity.

Steve M. · 08-09-2005, 01:51 PM

Plus, no more action/war/shoot'em up flicks. Lights, camera, NO ACTION!

webuster · 08-09-2005, 02:54 PM

Yeha, quality not quantity is the best way to do- there's just sooo many movies out there, and so many seem similar (judging by the trailers- which is how you decide if a movie looks worth seeing) that you can't choose which ones are good and which are bad! Confusing-too many movies!

Karen* · 08-10-2005, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve M.

Plus, no more action/war/shoot'em up flicks. Lights, camera, NO ACTION!

I don't mind action movies, but I hate war/ULTRA-VIOLENT movies with a passion.

ABlairican Pie · 08-10-2005, 02:47 AM

All right, people, DICTATE to me what kind of movies I should write scripts for.

Can I have Confederate flags on the hoods of the cars?

Rene · 08-10-2005, 02:54 AM

they need to stop makin so many damn remakes of tv shows and old movies

Steve M. · 08-10-2005, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain ABlairica

All right, people, DICTATE to me what kind of movies I should write scripts for.

Write scripts for French-style psychological movies or Sweidsh-stlye existentialist movies. Or is that the other way around? Anyway, we need more arty movies like that. Men should develop an interest in such movies; not only will it enocurage them to employ the unused parts of the brains (i.e., 99% of their brains), but getting into arty movies is a great way to meet women! They love that stuff!

ABlairican Pie · 08-10-2005, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve M.

Write scripts for French-style psychological movies or Sweidsh-stlye existentialist movies. Or is that the other way around? Anyway, we need more arty movies like that. Men should develop an interest in such movies; not only will it enocurage them to employ the unused parts of the brains (i.e., 99% of their brains), but getting into arty movies is a great way to meet women! They love that stuff!

I guess since I'm still in the beginning stages of my screenwriting career, it's easy for me to think of writing popcorn flicks. But I should give that a try. They could become escargots flicks!

08-09-2005, 01:18 PM	#1
Zebra 3 Striped Tomato Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 26, 2002 Location: Bay City Posts: 5,811	What's Gone Wrong with Hollywood? (Studio Briefing) Universal Pictures distribution chief Nikki Rocco says the studio is going "back to the drawing board" following the box-office failure of the critically praised Cinderella Man. In an interview with USA Today, Rocco remarked, "Good movies are supposed to buck this [downward] trend. You hear how it's all about the product, but we have an excellent movie that people just aren't turning out for. [The problem is] something bigger." Meanwhile, New York Times media writer David Carr has blamed this year's slump at the box office on a tectonic shift in the industry that has increasingly seen filmmaking focused on "the wants and needs of 17-year-old boys on any given Saturday night." In a feature article appearing today (Monday), the day after the critically reviled Dukes of Hazzard posted a $30-million opening at the box office, largely by attracting male teenagers, Carr wrote that he had interviewed several studio directors who declined to speak on the record but who "sounded less like masters of the universe than prisoners of the current paradigm." In the article, Carr quoted David Thomson, author of The Whole Equation, A History of Hollywood, as saying, "In the same way that audiences have lost their taste for film, filmmakers have lost their passion. ... It is not surprising that some of the moguls are giving up as well. They are as depressed and tired of the business as the rest of us." Carr concluded: "The people who built the current version of Hollywood did so by coming up with movies that people felt compelled to see -- not as a matter of marketing, but as a matter of taste. What was once magic, creating other worlds in darkened rooms, has become just one more revenue stream."
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08-09-2005, 01:49 PM	#2
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	I don't think teenage boys should be allowed to see movies - I was fifteen when I went to see The Cannonball Run, and I liked it - just as I think teenage girls shouldn't be allowed to buy CD's. IT OUGHTA BE AGAINST THE LAW!! Hollywood should stop making movies based on TV shows, lower its box office expectastions, and think more about quality than quantity.
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08-10-2005, 02:47 AM	#6
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08-10-2005, 02:54 AM	#7
Rene #1 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2004 Location: cali Posts: 1,849	they need to stop makin so many damn remakes of tv shows and old movies
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08-09-2005, 01:51 PM	#3
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	Plus, no more action/war/shoot'em up flicks. Lights, camera, NO ACTION!

08-09-2005, 02:54 PM	#4
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	Yeha, quality not quantity is the best way to do- there's just sooo many movies out there, and so many seem similar (judging by the trailers- which is how you decide if a movie looks worth seeing) that you can't choose which ones are good and which are bad! Confusing-too many movies!