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I frankly think it's too late.

I think they've successfully rewired the American demographic to only want Iron Man 8 and the Minecraft-Star Wars crossover. I talk to people in my family and they just cannot show any interest in films outside these major franchises. I think even something like Oppenheimer was only popular because Nolan did it and they know him from Batman. It's like their brains are broken to the possibility of anything else or a new story.

But also theaters suck now, people show no consideration for others in the audience.

The bigger my TV gets, the less likely I’m going to the cinema. But I do actually prefer original films and I pay to rent them digitally once they release. The FOMO is not as strong anymore, I can wait. Letterboxd will remind me when it’s time.

They keep dancing around the obvious. No one wants to go to theaters anymore for various reasons; too expensive, people on their phones, people talking, head lice, and oh, too expensive.

Have they tried putting a tariff on them to motivate the public?

China's announced reduction in big studio releases can place a positive influence on original/independent films.

Back when I was a kid, if you didn't see it in the cinema you'd have to wait 6 months to a year for the VHS to come out and then you'd watch it on a tiny poor quality TV. Cinema was amazing.

Now I have big enough TV and surround sound and I can watch whatever is released a few months later in the comfort of my own home for practically free. The huge amount of content now means unless I really really want to see it in cinema there's just no point. Most movies aren't worth it.

Movie theaters are really expensive, so I'm not paying attention to what Hollywood is making right now.

The Ballad of Wallace Island is really funny. Y'all should go see it.

This is one of the main reasons that I started the trailers community. There absolutely are unique, original films being released all the time, they just rarely get noticed. I hope that surfacing their trailers right along side the big boys will help get them in front of curious audiences.

Tbh, I don't even hear about any movies anymore unless something happens, like Snow White bombing. I run an ad blocker, so most of what I get is just word of mouth.

Hollywood needs to step up their game

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It drives me nuts when people complain there are no original movies. If you care enough to complain, you should care enough to be informed about what movies are out