Desperate Hollywood

In the year of the sequels (2011 has the most number of sequels coming out), it's pretty evident that Hollywood's getting very desperate for ideas. Right now, Hollywood's rebooting classics or just shoving out unnecessary sequels just to get some money. And most "original" movies that came out are basically the same formula (save for movies like Source Code).

Reboot of a Reboot


I have to admit, I didn't watch both Wolfman(men?). But this is just the perfect example of how desperate Hollywood is. Wolfman (2010) bombed in the box office. Yet, they're still rebooting this movie? This doesn't make any sense at all!

Movies out of board games
Apparently, Risk and Battleship are both getting a movie. Remember those childhood games you might have played with your friends and families? Hollywood just wants to make money out everything, don't they?

But I have to admit, I'm not as cynical with this option. I laughed and taunted at Hollywood for making a movie about the founding of Facebook. And The Social Network was one heck of a brilliant movie and made it on my top 10 list last year. I even rooted for it to win for Best Director (David Fincher lost to Tom Hooper).

Ruining everyone's childhood



So, we had Yogi Bear, Alvin and the Chipmunks and the new Smurf movie. And all of them just looks so awful. I've watched Alvin and the Chipmunks and I just hate how it's all cute and no story. I don't even feel the directors saying, "Hey! Let's make a movie about this particular show we watched as a child and pay a homage to it. Remind the audience why we loved it so much as a kid and why we still love it as adults now!" No! They downplay it to cheap slapstick jokes. They made those movies into a kids movie and not a family movie.

But I have to admit, the TinTin trailer (though not my cup of tea as a kid) looks very promising.



Not only that, Hollywood has decided to make sexy versions of our childhood stories like Red Riding Hood. Was it really necessary to sexify the whole d*mn story?! I mean, stop ruining our childhood Hollywood! Not everything's about sex! Seriously!


I think what Hollywood really needs to do is to think of new and creative ideas. And if they really can't, they can always dig out a formula and work on the storytelling. If your story's not original, then rely on your storytelling. Worked for many movies so far.