so movies are getting to be ridiculous. Not the actual films [who can pass up such classics as house of wax and big mamma's house II] which are getting less and less interesting, but the institutions that create and distribute them. Hollywood used to produce upwards of 150 movies a year (sometimes MUCH more) … they are now producing under 60 (sometimes much less). This wouldn’t be a bad thing… if they were movies worth watching. Instead they wait till a filmmaker who pays for a whole fuckin short [or sometimes feature length] so they can view at their leisure at any film festival they choose. Then they can pick it up, buy it, distribute it, and make all the money they like off it w/out putting any effort into the process.
easy way out? Yes. But it’s an effective business model and it’s kept them from bankruptcy this long. But how do they have the right to bitch about copyright infringement? It’s not the director or producer of the movie that bitches because in most cases they want their work to be seen no matter how it is. Eventually people will profit off this approach. The people bitching the most are the studios that just bought the flick for cheap and are inflating any price they can.
__ [response to that lame ass PSA at the beginning of DVDs now, showcasing petty theft and comparing it to illegal downloads]___
they say that they are losing business [and no shit. Grosses are way down and films are tanking cause no one's going to see them] because people are downloading and burning all their hard-bought product. NO ASSHOLES. STOP. YOU’RE MORONS. Take a sec to move your jaguar from the firezone and think about things.
is it really the 10% of folk that are dropping your profits so consistently every year? Is it those people that have access to burning software, compression software, download software, codecs, patience, and the skills to make all of them work? Is it because these people have malice toward the film industry and are looking to destroy it from the bottom up?
or… is it the fact that you have cut production. Or because half of the movies created and distributed by you are remakes or sequels of movies no one gave a shit about in the first place [again house of wax and BMH II come to mind]. Or because you have the “unrated” version on DVD within 4 months anyway. Or maybe it’s just cause more people want to pay attention to Lohan’s latest car crash or Paris’ latest fuck session instead of going to the theater to see any of your flicks.
SHUT THE FUCK UP OR MAKE DECENT MOVIES. I have downloads to start and a couple flicks to burn on my roommate’s computer so I’m too busy to listen to you bitch.