Rule of Thumb
NPR commentator and screenwriter John Ridley has reviewed the old bromide that Hollywood movies tend to perform okay during bad economic times. Not that bad economic weather is "good" for the industry, but it doesn't seem to hurt either. On top of which hard dark times tend to produce better films. As F.X. Feeney explained to A.O. Scott four years ago.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 23, 2008 at 3:49 PM
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Sabina E
says ...
let's see we have:
no country for old men, juno, the dark knight, there will be blood, we have some VERY GOOD films, but we also have a huge overload of crappy remakes, awful remakes, sequels, adaptations (The Smurfs, anyone???) and awful crappy actors who are only there in the first place because of their looks (and not talents).
oh yeah, and the movie starring ugly chihuahuas, too.
yep, people tend to go see movies more in bad times.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE, ANYONE????
Posted by Sabina E
at October 23, 2008 4:04 PM
comment #2
Sabina E
says ...
ANDDD we have lots of musicals, too like the HSM franchise
*barf*
Posted by Sabina E
at October 23, 2008 4:05 PM