Hollywood gone dry?

Oh I agree, Hollywood has gone dry! Just yesterday me and my hubby were talking about how lame Hollywood is because they can't seem to do anything original anymore . What annoys me is when they think that certian classic movie have to be remade . I heard that there maybe a remake of Alien and The Nightmare On Elm street movie is being remade. To me, these movie's do not need to be remade, they are classics! Instead of remaking the classics why don't they keep on the trend of making novel's into movies? There are tons of great fictional books out that are awesome and would make great motion pictures. Look how successful the recent Dan Brown & Stephenie Meyer novel's are now because of they were made into motion pictures and look how popular these movie's are because they were based on popular novel's. Of course turning a novel into a movie isn't anything new in Hollywood but it's a way better option then rehashing what has already been done film wise many times over.

Good day.. I think movies of today specially the sci-fi ones deal more with graphics and creativity than the storyline itself. Investing in graphics is more bankable than in storyline. I still believe there are still good movies which is based on their original script and bank their investment on good actors and actresses. Example of these recent movies were In pursuit of Happyness, The reader and Australia.

as of the moment we don't much yet the loss of quality film in hollywood being affected by this global crisis also. but i fear that it may soon affect the movies the produce and also the budget they will spend on those movie making the movie not that good as it is now. i just hope that US can still be able to deal with crisis and get to be still the number producer of good quality films worldwide.

Completely agree and that's why I rarely watch any of the modern tosh which comes out of Hollywood. What I find even more disappointing than the prequels & sequels is the consistently bad remakes of classic films which seem to spew from the Hollywood volcano on a regular basis. Why can't they remake a film which isn't a classic rather than spoiling so many great films. Maybe the problem is that many of the creative forces behind modern movies have themselves grown up in the golden age of cinema and all they can do is rehash what they have already seen as they lack the ability to be original or think for themselve!