Yeah, it really worked for the Fast and Furious franchise but so many movies came out bland and boring
Comment on Beijing and Hollywood are decoupling as Chinese audiences favor domestic productions
wjrii@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
While it may be emblematic of changing geopolitics that could literally cause World War III, in isolation I’m not sure this is a bad thing. Trying to please everyone (particularly CCP censors) can result in bland or nonsensical storytelling even by the standards of popcorn movies.
Getting at the universal via the specific is rarely bad advice for writers trying to create compelling narratives.
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I was thinking the same thing. There was that period of time where every movie was very obviously trying to appeal to foreign markets with things like prioritizing action over dialogue scenes, making LGBTQ scenes easily able to be cut, or token characters, and it would be nice to have movies with one less studio mandate interfering with the creators.