Why 99% Of Movies Today Are Garbage (Part 2) - Chris Gore

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[bcsem]

From what I’ve heard, the people who own the rights to the Back to the Future franchise, will never sell them precisely because they know how they will be destroyed. They are adamantly holding on to their creation for dear life regardless of how much money has been offered to them. Good for them, I say. At least someone stands on principle.

[rociomiranda]

I am a Latin American woman. Diversity in movies to me means watching films from different countries, in different languages. I don't expect to see Costa Rican characters in Korean or Middle Eastern films. I don't need to. Humans are the same everywhere and we share similar experiences: parenthood, childhood, love, death. I empathized with Arthur Fleck in Joker. I cried for him. He's a man. I'm a woman. Our countries are different. But both of us are human, and I don't need him to be a replica of myself to feel his pain.

[nunatak]

The irony is, is that the original creators of iconic characters and films would today never be given a chance to pursue their vision given the current mindsets of studios

[PlayboiSparty]

Protect Chris Gore at all costs. This man knows whats up

[NoirNameless]

As a black man, I roll my eyes everytime I hear a beloved character or franchise getting switched because “diversity”. The black Superman announcement really hurt. There’s so many original characters at the disposal and they’re getting left to rot. Also, it doesn’t help when the studios behind these changes outright talk down to the fanbases for not liking them. And it’s really sad what happens to characters when they get swapped just to check a box. Look at what happened to a cool, badass character like Taskmaster in Black Widow. Reduced to a shell of what he’s supposed to be because “diversity”. It’s getting tiresome.

EDIT: Appreciate those who read the whole comment, and understood what I was trying to say instead of unnecessarily attacking with flawed logic. Crazy how people believe you, and the community whose been reading, and watching their whole lives are hateful for wanting originality. We’re living in a weird ass time lol.

[o.r.j]

We need more guys like this in Hollywood. I'm Nigerian and I love Batman and the Flash to death. I don't need a Nigerian Batman to see myself in the character or love the character. I actually love the diversity of stories that can be told from different cultures and points of view other than my own. Its intriguing.

[MatheusManente]

I really miss the time when movies were amazing. I remember watching Spielberg movies, George Lucas Star Wars, Matrix, Lord of The Rings... And I would always leave the cinema thinking "Man, I can't believe how AWESOME those movies are, just imagine how it will be 10 years from now!" - Little did I know that it would turn into a shitstorm of terrible productions.

[christianhaugboelle]

"You have to - as an audience member - have the ability to identify with someone who is not you."

This is so true.

[droth]

One of the most successful sci-fi horror movies of all time, Alien, features one of the greatest characters of all time. You know why it worked? Because they wrote all the characters first, calling them by their last names, meaning every single character was written AS A CHARACTER, not "this one is male, these are absolutely female". They wrote the characters without worrying about their gender, THEN they cast the people to play them.

[GuyCostigan]

This man is speaking what general audiences have been saying to each other for 10+ years now. Glad to see someone on the inside acknowledging it.

[imaginingsbyj.alleyn]

You have to be able to see through the eyes of someone other than yourself. This is the magic of storytelling! You help connect people to ideas, experiences, and perspectives that aren't their own. This is the reason we love stories in multiple formats. We as writers should be connecting viewers to each other, not isolating characters to fit agendas that aren't fixing anything.

[drlee]

There was a scene in Dark Fate where the Androgynous Terminator had the gall while Sarah was in the motel room to tell the female "hero" that she wasn't just the mother of the future, she WAS the future. AT was literally downplaying and mocking Sarah's importance to the franchise. This is the problem with modern Hollywood. It's all tell and no show.

[lightgrey]

"I identify with so many characters that arent me." Sad how revolutionary it sounds today.

[geoffreybrockmeier]

And don't forget to ridicule the fans and call them sexists when they don't like your crap!

[TheExecutorReaper]

I think Furiosa is a great example of creating a original character that feels like a natural fit for the franchise; she is a unique character with a unique story, Not just a female version of MAX. It adds depth to to story instead of making it feel like a more shallow box checking exercise.

EDIT: i made this comment before he got to the mad max part haha;

[crypkripke]

Yes. Yes. Yes. This is so good. Chris is like the prophet of modern cinema storytelling. Studio execs should be listening because he's verbalizing what many (most?) of us are thinking (and some of which we'd be too afraid to verbalize).

[blankadams]

That whole "people can only identify with characters that reflect them" has always confused me... there's a movie in the MCU where viewers of all walks of life cried for a tree that can't say more than four words.

[hunterwolf]

“You need to be able to identify with people are aren’t you” is such a critical part of this. Peolle these days for some reason seem to only be able to identify with people who look EXACTLY like them which is so shallow. I’ve never had an issue identifying with people who are nothing like me on the surface.

[ghost]

"How you can tell a story is good? You can relate to a character if you are different from the character"

Chris is so right! That makes for a good story. I never had to see myself in another character in order to like/love the character and/or the story Why don't people do that these days and especially this generation of people? It requires literal thinking. Movies and TV show these days, the 99% of them don't require you to think about what you are watching.

Yes, a female Back to The Future reboot would not work in anyway. And when she was trying to pitch how a female Biff would work...no, it wouldn't work. The whole physical bullying from a female Biff just would not work an not be believable..

[Candacebbruner]

I've not ever heard anyone speak about Amelie til now. I actually saw this title with my father in theatre, The last time we went to see a movie together. I absolutely LOVED that film! I'm not impressed with costly special effects. Good dialogue, character & story development make (or break) movies in my opinion.