A few weeks ago I came across this article complaining about the lack of originality in nowadays movies, particularly those from Hollywood and/or famous studios. It stated that, in this current era where a Blockbuster typically costs millions of dollars to shoot, studios would rather play it safe with sequels and/or already visited themes, characters, etc...
Examples of sequels are too easy to find: the hangover, fast & furious, etc etc... Re-visited characters are now blooming now with lots of new movies around Marvel characters which had already been to the big screen. I won't even get into repeated themes.
What really annoys me is when we see a supposably different movie copying some distancing trait from another already successful series of movies. The Tourist immediately comes to mind; while watching it it was impossible not to see the resemblance of the main character's way of moving/speaking with another of Johnny Depp's roles, the famous Captain Jack Sparrow. Now this is, in my opining, both maddening and unnaceptable. From the commercials I've seen, it seems like The Lone Ranger will follow the same path. This is particularly sad because Johnny Depp is a remarkable actor totally capable of accomplishing different and solid roles.
Of course there are exceptions, and hopefully there will always be some really innovative and original movies for us to watch. Let us just hope they get a fair share of the total budgets.
Filipe Baptista de Morais
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