Films used to be art or story for arts or stories sake portrayed

>>83966043
There's seemingly always vital stuff out there if you know where to look. But you're right that film is mostly dead now.

I mean, make no mistake, it was always a business, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Motown was a business. It's the standard being lowered though. Probably a market getting too streamlined and investors demanding ever more expanding profit even if it means the same superhero movie for eternity, but at the same time, they'll do what sells, and somehow the culture got more retarded... in my opinion because you always need an inspired / gifted few to lead and give the people what they don't expect but will appreciate. Only the gifted can do that, not hacks working on a calculated formula.

Rejecting the cult of the genius / auteur I think was a big mistake. There used to be a bit more trust in gifted specialists to make decisions, whereas now it's a boardroom working with focus groups. That's why wherever there are no mediums opening up, the creative move there, and it's still a business too, but they are making what they make out of actual love for the art form. Once the hacks and investors come in that gets fucked up, and all the fucking peasants just eat it up.

>>83966149
>they'll do whatever sells *and that might just as well be quality material, but somehow the culture got more retarded

>That's why wherever there are *new mediums opening up

>>83966043
>So why do you still watch this bland, boring and predictable garbage that is nothing more than an ad when there is so much more out there already that you haven't seen that you will gain far more from?
I don't.

90% of the time I am re-watching old kino or finding old kino I haven't seen yet. Then I wait for the approximately 2-4 movies per year that aren't utterly derivitive garbage and watch those.

I refuse to pay for capeshit and the like. If you pay for it, they will keep making it.

>>83966043
>So why do you still watch this bland, boring and predictable garbage that is nothing more than an ad when there is so much more out there already that you haven't seen that you will gain far more from?
bane?