Watching movies and tv shows have always been a great way to pass the time. It can also be a time to hang out with family or friends. You can enjoy a good movie within the comfort of your home, or you can decide to go out with a few friends and see a movie in theaters. Either way, you still have a great time as long as the movie is good. I suppose you can have a great time talking about how bad a movie is too.
In today's world, movies are easily accessible thanks to companies like Netflix and Hulu. However, a common theme I am seeing with movies and tv shows is that they lack individualism and creativity. No matter what production company is creating a film, it is hard to miss the fact that most films are missing individuality.
Within the last few years, there have been so many reboots or remakes of old classic movies or shows. These remakes and reboots tend to ruin the old classics, but people still go to see them in the hope that they are as great as the original. Most of the time they do not rise to the standards of the original movie or show. There is a reason that those movies and shows were so loved when they first came out. They were new and interesting. Now, the movie industry wants to either put a darker twist to it or remake them because they can't think of any new ideas.
I am tired of seeing, yet again, another version of an older movie. The filmmakers, writers, etc. get paid so much money when they make a film, you would think they could at least come up with a creative plotline. Now, I'm not saying they haven't come up with innovative movie ideas recently, but they seem rather sparse. Another common theme to find with movies and a tv show nowadays is that they take a book and make that into a movie. There's nothing wrong with that necessarily, but to me, it can be rather tiring to see that, once again, a book is being made into a movie. I am the type of person that believes the books are also better compared to the movie.
Taking a book and turning it into a movie seems like an easy move for the film industry because they don't have to come up with a new idea. They already have the whole story written out. I just think that these high paid screenwriters, producers, directors, etc. should be able to have an original thought when it comes to a new plot. These people have talent, that is why they are in the business in the first place. People don't want to keep seeing the same things over and over again; especially if it just continues to ruin the classics.
Some will argue that there is better technology that can be used to recreate an old movie and make it better. This is nice in theory, but most of the time the audience would rather just leave the classics alone. There are some movies that are great to watch simply because the CGI was terrible. I just think that you shouldn't mess with other creations. They need to start having their own. All in all, I am just disappointed that most of the things seen on tv are simply remakes of old classics when there is so much potential for much more.
