Movies, Box Office. How Important Is it?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by dolphinc

I have to agree with your statement, some of the best movies I have ever seen generally do not even break 50mil at the box office but movies like TF2 and Avatar (No flaming needed) rack in huge money basically for their visually effects alone.

People seem to lose focus on story and acting in place of the WOW factor in special effects. So when Hollywood makes crazy money on mediocre films it's sends the wrong message that great screen plays need not apply.

JMO, which should mean EVERYTHING...

That's just this generation, it's not just movies. It's also TV shows and video games, kids these days go ga-ga for pretty girls and special effects, they could care less about game-play/writing and story or character development. I can't complain though, I do enjoy a lot of those brainless action movies myself.