My Blog: The Sequel to The Remake of the Reboot

There's a topic that has been weighing on my mind for some time now and it kind of hits close to home for me. I have had a serious issue with the whole movie industry in recent years. As an amateur writer (amateur in the sense that I don't get paid yet) I find that the entire movie business has become so lazy in it's approach to what used to be a multi-billion dollar industry. The tripe that they put out each month to make a few bucks is beyond comprehension. For the life of me, I just don't get it. It's seems as though they shun anything new that falls away from their "formula" of making the big bucks. Everything that comes out nowadays is either a remake of a movie from years prior or a sequel to a movie that was successful last year. Movies have become so predictable that its almost sickening. For example, when the Adam Sandler movie "Click" was advertised a few years ago, I predicted the entire film from beginning to end without ever having heard anything about it. I'm not saying this is the case with all movies that come out but the vast majority of films fall into this category. The thing that really bugs me is the rash of movies that are remakes or as they call them "reboots" of movies that were just out a couple years ago. Perfect example, the first "Spiderman" movie was released in theaters back in 2002 with the final film in the series debuting in 2007. Here it is 2011 almost 2012 and they have decided that the entire series needed to be redone. The same can be said for the "Fantastic Four" films that came out even later (2005 for the first one followed by "Rise of the Silver Surfer" in 2007). There have been reports of a reboot in the making starring an entirely different cast due to be released here shortly in the next few months. It appears that original script ideas have become a thing of the past and making films from comic books and novels seems to be the norm. It wouldn't a really big deal if, oh I don't know, if they were actually good. the "Green Lantern" movie was terrible, "Thor" was passable at best but with that you can tell they just wanted to make another "The Avengers" tie-in film. I understand this post has become an outright rant but it just angers me that these movies continue to make money even though they're damn near the same film. I won't even mention the "Scarface" remake they're talkin about doing based on the 1980's movie (which was a remake of a 1930's movie of the same name). Personally, I haven't gone to the show to see a movie since the last "Transformers" movie (my son really wanted to see that one) and will continue to do so until a movie comes along that I feel is worth my time and money. Please don't get me wrong, there are a few movies on my radar I'm holding out hope for: Sherlock Holmes, Mission: Impossible just to name a couple. I'm gonna say one more thing and then I'll end this, How many more "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" sequels do we need before we finally decide enough is enough? Hell I think Dr. Suess had a couple more books they haven't made into movies yet. #HeyKoolAid :D