Not everyone wants Hollywood to keep revisiting the ’80s.
My post on rallying some new ideas for the movie industry sparked this spirited cry from Di Butler:
I loved the ’80s, every last cheesy part of it, but please quit remaking the movies of the ’80s, Hollywood. You suck at it. I would like to see more quirky Coen Bros flicks, a la “Fargo,” a whole new spate of ’90s style Tarantino films, and maybe even some rom-coms that don’t star women my age (40s) trying to be dewy ingenues. Where are the fresh, quirky girls that can take over for Meg, Julia, Jennifer and Cameron? I love a good shoot-em-up, full-on explosion heavy movie. Where are the fun movies like “Die Hard” – no social commentary, no angst? And speaking of angst, that’s what we have now. Why can’t characters go back to being one-dimensional? Having all this back story can kill a straight-forward movie. Everyone doesn’t have to be depressed or have some tortured past. Let’s just have fun, AKA why real ’80s movies were great.
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Thank you. I stand by every word. We are only at the theatre for an hour and a half, lets laugh, cry, and cheer. Don’t flashback to how the character felt alienated in 3rd grade. And can we have some more fun scores too, please? I can stay at home and carve my wrists, and not waste 20 bucks.