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Nov. 11th, 2007 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somedaybitchtomorrow is Veteran's Day. we had an amusing conversation in the costume dept on friday when one of the buyers asked if we had monday off. i laughed and said, "you think Hollywood's gonna honor a holiday that's positive about war? are you kidding?" the key buyer laughed and agreed, saying how it was especially awful when we're at war now.
which brings me to more about why the anti-war films are tanking at the box office. Glenn Reynolds links to the article at Breitbart, where the comments are worth a read. if Hollywood *really* wants to know why their anti-war films are going down in flames, they should read those comments.
the comment that made me laugh the most was when someone quoted Bochco,
individual beliefs about the war aside, what "Hollywood" still isn't getting - Redford, Demme et al, i'm lookin' at you - is that people don't want to be beaten over the head with *your* lecture. make an entertaining film, for fuck's sake, and if you're good enough at it, what you personally believe will seep through in the right way.
take Mash, for example. *still* a brilliant biting comedy, because that's what mattered the most...telling a good story.
someone else in the comments mentioned 24 and why that was so popular....they went on to say it was because the show portrays Americans and the country, however flawed, as good people trying to do the right thing, and maybe Hollywood should take note.
which brings me to more about why the anti-war films are tanking at the box office. Glenn Reynolds links to the article at Breitbart, where the comments are worth a read. if Hollywood *really* wants to know why their anti-war films are going down in flames, they should read those comments.
the comment that made me laugh the most was when someone quoted Bochco,
"...as opposed to this war, which many people feel is misguided....""If many people felt it was misguided, wouldn’t the same people flock to see a movie that reflected their point of view? The reason they flop is because the majority obviously thinks just the opposite.
individual beliefs about the war aside, what "Hollywood" still isn't getting - Redford, Demme et al, i'm lookin' at you - is that people don't want to be beaten over the head with *your* lecture. make an entertaining film, for fuck's sake, and if you're good enough at it, what you personally believe will seep through in the right way.
take Mash, for example. *still* a brilliant biting comedy, because that's what mattered the most...telling a good story.
someone else in the comments mentioned 24 and why that was so popular....they went on to say it was because the show portrays Americans and the country, however flawed, as good people trying to do the right thing, and maybe Hollywood should take note.
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Date: 2007-11-11 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-11 08:09 pm (UTC)the worst part is that they don't recognize their own echo chamber.