In your opinion what are the biggest problems in Hollywood cinema right now?

[StevenHarvey1990]

The biggest one for me is movie trends. This is everything that is wrong with film-making. It's more of a problem now than it ever was IMO. Any time a movie comes out and is successful all you get is a barrage of countless imitators or idiot execs coming out with shit like "we need one of those" or "we need to make our very different movie more like that" or "this story is totally R but we can do a PG-13 one and cut its balls off", like that one hit is the only movie anyone knows how to make or think anyone wants to see. My big belief is that "variety is the spice of life".

All anyone ever wants to do is copy what worked in the recent past. One example is the, "Oh Marvel made money, because they have a Cinematic Universe, we'll do that too" attitude. NO NO NO! First of all, Marvel are not a success because they have a Cinematic Universe, they are a success because they know how to make good ****ing movies with their characters! Can't you copy that you clowns? A good movie, there's a novel idea!!

Someone mentioned it in the 'Terminator 6' thread that someone involved in the "creative process" (I use that term loosely) said that for Terminator: Genisys they wanted to emulate Marvel and make the movie more superhero-y. What the ****! Honestly, I'm glad the movie shit the bed! How can you be so dumb and be trusted with so much god-damn money! Superhero movies and Terminator are worlds apart. WORLDS APART! I see comments like this all the time, so I don't doubt someone involved with Terminator franchise said that at all. Always putting the cart before the horse! Announcing trilogies and sequels left and right BEFORE your steaming pile of disaster is even released etc. Thinking people actually give a shit about an Aunt May movie. Seriously these people need a good hard slap then fired. Dumb shits!

Within this problem the biggest example is the Horror genre! God, it seems there is only room for one sub-genre at a time. As a Horror fan I like all sub-genres as do most fans of the genre. But noooo, we can't handle variety according to these imbeciles running studio's and green-lighting movies. It's so plain to see. Late 90's, early 00's post-Scream all the Horror you'd see was Slashers and poor rip-offs and imitators of that film. "Hey look, that worked because it was a Slasher" never mind the fact that it was a great Horror film. Then that dies down, not because people were sick of the sub-genre but because no-one had the nuts to do anything different, they'd just copy Scream. After that a guy called James Wan comes along. He smashes it with another great film that'd virtually create a new sub-genre with Saw in 2004. Thus the imitation game starts again! We're inundated with nothing but copycat films. Hostel and the like. That movie with Elisha Cuthbert, Captivity et al. All the while not being offered any counter programming, no 'original' Creature Features or Slashers to break the monotony. The 'torture porn' trend burns bright and fast and dies from fatigue and a lack of creativity rather quickly. Then Paranormal Activity hits and by Christ's beard I'm sick to my back teeth of its imitators and cheap cash- ins. Oh and another thing, why on earth aren't there more Horror movies released around Halloween time? Like, the one time of year when even casual Horror fans are craving something scary to go see! "I know, this Horror film will play best in the middle of August". IDIOTS!

This is my biggest hate with modern cinema. There are far too few trailblazers (or even sensible people like Jason Blum) and far too many idiotic sheep and glad-handing businessmen and women calling the shots when they haven't the foggiest ****ing idea on the creative side! Get your shit together Hollywood!!!

PS. I'm not talking about 'Indies' because for the most part they do have the nuts to try something new and/or innovative. Sad thing is, most lot of them are crippled by budget restrictions and bad acting. Then the the good ones a la Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon are overlooked because of a lack of marketing etc.