I think you’re conflating two different parties of people. I LOVE good content. There hasn’t been much good content released in a decade.
Did you see Free Guy? That wasn’t bad at all.
Dune was pretty good. They seemed to get out of Villanueve’s way to let him tell the story how he saw fit. They were a rare, well-made, nearly unanimously agreed-upon good series of movies.
IMO, it’s Disney funding nepotism in that case. Rather than hiring a creative genius (like a David Fincher or Alfonso Cuaron), they prefer to consider someone that ticks their identity politics focus group numbers BEFORE they think about that director’s talent.
If they hired talented directors rather than their buddies and gave them the freedom of CREATIVE CONTROL (like they would give someone like Spielberg or another auteur) they might be shocked at how much better the content is. But the reality is: the studios make nepotistic hires above the line and, at every single turn, micromanage, withhold funding, and focus-group the production into a stiff, lifeless PC representation of their corporate identity. Marvel/Disney and Netflix are ESPECIALLY guilty of this. Seen that one with Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, and The Rock? What the fuck was that? It was like a whole movie of stupid cameos and dumbass plot twists/plot holes. It felt like it was written by a studio head.
Controversy is actively avoided…and controversy/doing unconventional things is the LIFEBLOOD of good content.
I think you’re conflating two different parties of people. I LOVE good content. There hasn’t been much good content released in a decade.
Did you see Free Guy? That wasn’t bad at all.
Dune was pretty good. They seemed to get out of Villanueve’s way to let him tell the story how he saw fit. They were a rare, well-made, nearly unanimously agreed-upon good series of movies.
IMO, it’s Disney funding nepotism in that case. Rather than hiring a creative genius (like a David Fincher or Alfonso Cuaron), they prefer to consider someone that ticks their identity politics focus group numbers BEFORE they think about that director’s talent.
If they hired talented directors rather than their buddies and gave them the freedom of CREATIVE CONTROL (like they would give someone like Spielberg or another auteur) they might be shocked at how much better the content is. But the reality is: the studios make nepotistic hires above the line and, at every single turn, micromanage, withhold funding, and focus-group the production into a stiff, lifeless PC representation of their corporate identity. Marvel/Disney and Netflix are ESPECIALLY guilty of this. Seen that one with Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, and The Rock? What the fuck was that? It was like a whole movie of stupid cameos and dumbass plot twists/plot holes. It felt like it was written by a studio head.
Controversy is actively avoided…and controversy/doing unconventional things is the LIFEBLOOD of good content.