We're halfway through the year, and this has been one of the worst in recent history. Box Office numbers are way down, and with good reason. So what's going on? And can this year be saved? Andrew, Morgan, Lou, and Erik take a look at what 2010 has brought us so far and what to expect over the summer.
RC #46: 2010 Movies = FAIL! (so far)
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I disagree – there have been some pretty good summer movies.
For example (not technically made for this summer, but released in America for the summer):
Micmacs, from the director of Amelie.
The Secret in Their Eyes, which won an Oscar.
Lots of great foreign films on Netflix instant. Tell No One, Red Lights, Let the RIght One In, etc…
Fair enough on the first two. However, though I could be wrong, the ones you listed on Netflix weren’t 2010 theatrical releases. That’s how we were basing the list.
Also—and again, I could be wrong—wasn’t Micmacs an indie and/or limited release? We weren’t counting independent or foreign films either. Just mainstream, Hollywood films.
I’ll concede that there are some good indie or foreign films out this year, and that this may be the PERFECT year for people to start expanding their horizons a little bit and to start checking them out.
Ah, didn’t realize the point on major *Hollywood* releases.
I don’t remember why I mentioned Netflix instant. I thought I heard someone on the podcast say that the choice on Netflix wasn’t that good.
I agree with that Hollywood has been in a creative rut since, seesh, for a long time.
There’s a chicken and egg situation with foreign films and indies don’t get wider distribution. You can’t get more people to watch them if there not out there, but you can’t get them out there if more people don’t watch them.
The selection on Netflix Instant Watch isn’t great. But it’s getting MUCH better than it used to be. And they just signed a deal with… umm… one of the smaller studios to get new movies at the same time as the pay-TV schedule.
I agree about the chicken/egg situation. Seems the only way to get indie movies seen is to put a big-name actor in them. And foreign films are even harder to get noticed here in the U.S.