A Hit of B.O. (and a little not-so-subtle film suggestion)

Ok, so I said before that I don't like remakes, and unfortunately, that seems to be the route that Hollywood is taking with much of the offerings that have come out recently and are continuing to come out for the foreseeable future. People have talked about this subject over and over again, particularly saying that originality is dead and that there are apparently no more new ideas. Of course, the film industry is a business and it seems that studios are sacrificing art and great storytelling for dollars (i.e. The Twilight Films...I've seen two and that is more than enough for me) and it's no secret that they've been doing that for a very long time. But in addition to the remakes and the reimaginings and the reinterpretations and whatever other word you want to slap on after "re", there are also tons of sequels coming out as well.


Just this past weekend, seven of the top twenty films at the Box Office (B.O...GET IT?!?) were sequels (yes, I am counting Vampires Suck as a sequel because it continues to showcase the same amount of garbage that all the other spoof movies from these same writers have thrown up[pun intended] at the box office). Obviously, an original idea is harder for a studio to put money behind because it has not proven itself to be a contender at the box office. Sequels build off of tried-and-true formulas, and there certainly are some really good ones, including this summer's Toy Story 3. However, in most cases, the sequel tends to fall far from where many originals shined. At least I think so in my oh-so-important opinion. But this stuff is what most moviegoers have to work with. So, where's the originality?

Well, there has been some this summer, and the golden example is Inception. This original idea from the Nolan brothers (I hope they start to become referred to this like the awesome Coen Brothers, but not like the Wachowski brothers, who I think are a little overrated) has shown that audiences are willing to pay the big bucks for a unique movie-going experience. And so should you!


I said good day, sir!
-E