Has Hollywood lost its creativity?

[ukali1066]

The last film I went to the cinema to watch was The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford....there's been nothing to attract me back since

 

[Mr Vim]

Well thank goodness we do not have a 3D theater up here.

I agree with James that Hollywood was never creative, for I believe it is a right combination of acting talent, directing, editing, music and screenplay that make a great movie. Looking at this from a statistical standpoint, that is a lot of different areas where things can and do go wrong.

And then there are people's opinions. I did not like Avatar, a lot of people did.

And I'm curious, does Hollywood include the TV networks? If so, then Mad Men is surely a successfully creative product and they film out in the Los Angeles area. I do not watch much TV, but I'm sure there are other studio run shows that people in this thread love.

 

[Pompidou]

For creativity, you really have to look for individual names, more than anything. I think Disney Pixar puts out a quality product that oozes creativity from every pore, but I don't think they're technically Hollywood. The last live action movie that I thought was creative, that I saw in theaters, was probably, well, I'm not sure. I saw Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, and the creativity is debatable. It's certainly a very creative Robin Hood movie - like nothing you've ever wanted to see. On the other hand, it's the same old cookie-cutter pseudo-historical epic that Ridley Scott could make in his sleep. For better or worse (better for me because I like the genre), Scott is becoming a one trick pony, so I can't really give Robin Hood creativity points there. Still, he didn't try and retell the same story that's never been done better since Errol Flynn's The Adventures of Robin Hood.

 

[sportell]

In response to Pompidou, this link seems to hit the nail on the head...

http://blog.collegehumor.com/post/420217177/tim-burtons-secret-formula-its-like-a-normal

 

[Doctor Strange]

Mr. Vim, re Mad Men, etc., see this piece from yesterday's NY Times wondering why it is that TV seems to be consistently producing better (that is: interesting, thoughtful, adult-oriented) stuff than movies these days.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/movies/12scott.html

 

[Chas]

The answer to Hollywood is the art-house, repetory theatre. One day it's a film noir festival, then it's samurai movies.

 

[Derek Cavin]

To me the comedies are more about shock and feeling uncomfortable. I don't find that funny. Much of the rest seems to deal with the fringes of society and often far too dark for me. I see 1 or 2 movies a year at the theater and maybe a half-dozen on TV (via DVD).

 

[Chas]

You mean like Mike Myers and his cavalcade of penis and poo jokes?