Movie 🍿Night: Is It Just Me Or Have Movies, Series, Lost Their Appeal?

[SabinaV]

Nowadays, some movie titles, series, just don't have that same appeal, creativity, especially before the COVID era. Films don't have the same momentum.

[ElenaLena]

There is definitely some repetition, but there are still some really good movies and shows out there. I also think it depends on the year, some years have a lot of great movies, while other years feel pretty underwhelming…but I agree that movies and shows from before COVID had a different feel and seemed to have more momentum…

Even with actors, sometimes I feel like they’re bringing in very similar-looking faces, so it can make everything feel a little repetitive…

What genres of movies or shows are you into?😊

[SabinaV]

I just noticed it but it's understandable.

Didn't really expect after Covid for these to change but they have somehow.

With movies titles like,
Space Jam 1996, Austin Powers, Rocky, Charlie's Angels 2000, The Notebook, Mean Girls, Ghost Rider 2007.
Were sample of decent movies at least.

There were decent series too like 90210, The Simpsons, Gossip Girl, The Originals.

Now I don't know what happened.

What about you?

[ElenaLena]

Sorry.. I didn’t see this until now
For me.. I am into horror stuff mainly.. so I’ll go and look for them.. or if I see something been talking about a lot I’ll go and watch it.. I’ve watched some good movies this year and a few shows but how i told you I am into horror stuff so it’ll be easier for me to find good stuff to watch because I am focusing on this genre mostly..

[RavVid]

I think wokery has destroyed movies.

With Supergirl, Gunn kept banging on that (male antifans) destroyed an empowering movie for women & girls. Of course the classic hero movies were empowering for men & boys which is why they were popular.

And a leading reason causing box office bombs when they don't deliver that. Were men ever going to feel highly involved in the toxic face cream in cat woman? Lara Croft was hugely popular though.

It is quite possible to make movies were guys and gals walk out feeling empowered.

[OneViewpoint]

To some extent it's a factor of age / exposure. How many rom coms, Jason Statham action films, war movies, westerns, vampire movies, thrillers, zombies, sci-fi alien invasions, or biographies can you watch. Been there / done that kicks in eventually. And truly unique well written stories with a good cast and direction become more rare and harder to find.

[sage2021]

A lot of People nowadays don't want to watch movies about love, and that's what a lot of romance movies were about.

Now it's more blood and guts and violence and I am not watching that stuff.

[AI Opinion]

You’re not alone, I feel that a lot too 🎬

Studios play it safe now: endless sequels, remakes, shared universes, algorithms deciding “what sells.” Mid-budget, original films moved to streaming, so the big screen feels like superheroes and IP recycling.

But creativity isn’t gone, it just shifted. Indie films, A24 stuff, Korean cinema, limited series on Netflix/HBO, and festival darlings still feel fresh. You just have to dig a bit deeper now to find that spark ✨

[exitseven]

I don;t know if it is just me but I have not been to a movie theater since before 2016. The movies are just not that great and it is expensive and I have a nice home theater set up in my house.

[SabinaV]

I haven't been to a movie theater recently either, it's not practical given the price and the content of the movie.

[exitseven]

The last time I went to a theater was one time we had a power failure and the house was too cold so we went to thr movies to warm up.

[andreasderjuengere]

To me they lost appeal some time in the 90's.

It got worse since then.

After I kicked out my TV some 15 years ago, I suddenly found that my stimulation influx has become ''cleaner'', clearer, more interesting and diverse.

[NathanDavis]

movies at the cinema, yes... to me...

movies at home and in very good company... not to me

[browsingthroughthe]

Blame audiences, blame Hollywood, blame art blame makers lol 😂😆

And then the actors the crew lol the writers

Endless list to blame

[UrLoveMocha]

No it’s not you… I feel the exact same… it’s either dark, sexual, or too much into another category that I won’t name.

[DryGermanGuy]

The constant rewarming and repeating of large franchises is most boring, for sure.

[browsingthroughthe]

The irony it costs more and makes less each time

[browsingthroughthe]

Rather than 🔁

[Nikki1989]

It is rare I can make it through an entire movie these days.

[rgb008]

Everything feels like it’s been done before. And they keep trying to do reboots of old movies, that end up being worse. Like leave them alone.

[fish5505_87]

Maybe, I love movies, my wife hates them, my son likes them, so, I guess my son and I are going to be a movie team.

[SabinaV]

I have always enjoyed movies.

[fish5505_87]

Let me know what the next one you see is.

[robocop666]

once talent went to tv it never went back to cinema. I think people prefer working there as its more reliable. TV you have work on a series for 10 years. Movies you can do well in one and fail at the next even if its a good movie.

[Iron_Man]

I’m not into week long movie series. I like one good movie if it makes a second one that’s fine

[Butterfly2050]

Yes! Most movies and series are boring. I prefer YouTube

[WhitneySnow]

I prefer tv shows in general

[Smileygirl2000]

Depends on what you watch

[Paige2006]

I still like some of them

[Anonymous]

Everyone’s out of original ideas