8 years. Thats all there has been in this century. 8 years that have turned only a couple of really great movies. The Lord of the Rings...yeah. Harry Potter...before the 5th one came out...sure. But, now, we have newly recaptured idea that is ripping the hearts and draining the blood out of people all across this nation. Literally! What is it? Vampires. Twighlight...True Blood...Underworld...Van Helsing...My Gym Partner is a Vampire. (I sware I saw it on a TV schedule line up). What is this sudden interest in vampires?!
The answer is quite simple. This country's movie industry is running out of ideas. So, they are taking from the old and making them new. The Hulk? It sucked, because they used a pretty-mich no-name like Eric Bana. The Incredible Hulk? Better, because they used Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. The Punisher? Again, a pretty much no name. (Although, Rebecca Romeign was pretty hot at one time). The Punisher, Warzone? A no name, but people like it more because it follows the comic book character more.
Comic Book and Novels have become a forefront for movies in the 21st century. Where have all the good ideas gone?
Kyle Weaver
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I would hardly say that "The Hulk"'s troubles were due to the casting of Eric Bana. In fact, I would argue he carried that movie. The idea that the movie tanked because he wasn't a legitimate movie star doesn't hold water with me. More times than not, genre films do better when audiences are able to separate the actor from the role. In cases where a major movie star is used, the audience has a hard time seeing a character on the screen versus their favorite celebrity.
Hulk did poorly because it was a bad. The casting was excellent, in my opinion, but the choice in director was a poor one. Ang Lee is a fantastic director for brooding pieces that require much introspection. "The Hulk" is not one of those films. The action pieces were fine, but the ending spiraled into disaster.
But to answer you question about why no one can come up with new ideas- there is no answer. The fact of the matter is that story tellers have been borrowing the same themes (love, deception, horror, etc.) since storytelling began. That's fine to me. You just have to accept that film is nothing more than a new medium in which these stories are told.
Jason Herbert
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