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For the last few years franchise movies like star wars, marvel, etc. made money regardless of quality. However now it seems like audiences are being choosier when it comes to these kinds of tentpole releases. I've seen some people online say that the movie/theater industry is losing people in general but I don't think that's the case.

Super Mario and spiderverse made a lot of money. And Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Dune seem to be tracking well. I think the problem is that people are getting sick of the same old stuff and need more than just a brand name to go to the theater. What do you you think?

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[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Marvel is mostly fatigue with some laziness. It's not that I don't actually dislike any of it. I just don't have the energy and desire to keep up all the time. A franchise shouldn't be like a product. They're trying to get more and more mindshare by putting out more and more in a shorter time. It's clear it's losing some quality in the writing (though even the "bad" ones still have redeeming qualities in my opinion, like I'm still glad I saw the Eternals, but it clearly is also flawed) due to not having the cohesiveness in story any longer. Look at the big hit video games that are trilogies. Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West had like 5 years between them (though a DLC was released a year after ZD). Sure it's a different medium, but it still shows that sometimes you need to ensure you put the work in and the effort, plus leave the audience wanting for a bit. Having something new all the time just makes it less interesting to begin with.