Part 1: Entertainment or Just Business?
As a movie buff, especially a fan of action, the beginning of May is an exciting time: All of the summer blockbusters hit the multiplexes. I simply enjoy the movie going experience so much that I even drive a long distance, sometimes up to 45 miles, to go to a movie theatre where I will get the optimal sound and picture for the movie I want to see. Now, living in the Los Angeles community, it’s not very hard to find a theatre nearby, but everything has to be perfect for this time of year for me. There’s only one problem: The movies themselves!
It seems as though Hollywood has forgotten the old phrase “quality over quantity.” Producers and movie companies believe that the more they spend on a movie, the better it will be. One of my favorite action movies of all time is El Mariachi, and that cost what, maybe about $5 and a bag of peanuts to make?? Yes, I love the technology and CGI that is being used in some movies today, but that doesn’t cut it. Hello!? Speilberg!? You wait 19 years for a new Indiana Jones movie and this is what you give us? Can I put in my vote? No need for Indie 5!
Look, it’s not that I’m upset at these companies and just start putting in negative reviews as a result of my overall disappointment. On the contrary, I happen to have loved a few movies I have seen recently, like Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda. But do you see my point? Disney / Pixar / Dreamworks – they all know what the viewers want still with animation, but live action movies? We’ll be lucky to get anything that’s one notch above The Incredible Hulk, Hancock, Zohan, Meet Dave (wow!), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian…should I go on (Iron Man has been the only exception this summer)?
In order to fill the horrible void I feel inside due to the unusually high amount of catastrophic movies being made this century, I go to 104inc.com. Since 104inc has over 2,000 websites, I can automatically just type in 104movie.com or 104flicks.com, or even, 104entertainment.com, just in case I want to find out about Angelina Jolie’s twins (hey, “we all go a little mad sometimes”). 104Inc provides a service, and that service is information. In any 104Inc website, I get my “fix” from movie articles, entertainment news, and am even able to attain company profiles and information for some of these movie studios. Maybe I should just pick up the phone and call them, let them know Hollywood seems to have lost some of its shine and glamour. Oh well…all I can say is, “Batman… Hollywood needs you!”