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Seems like every 3rd post on this board is someone saying "man, I hate Hollywood!" or "Hollywood is dying!" or "I wish Hollywood would just burn to the ground" or something like that. Seems a bit much to me. Can anybody here think of a convincing arguement against Hollywood, or why one should hate Hollywood?
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The money involved in these Hollywood films is so vast, that fatcat producers dare not make a single mistake in the crafting or marketing of their latest baby to their target audience.
This means big Hollywood films are mechanical, formulaic and glossy but with empty hearts (some might say, mirroring the target audiences themselves...).
As an example of how cash registers mean creative censorship, consider how test audiences can dictate the outcomes of filmed stories - it is wonderful but rare when a director will win the fight to keep his original darker vision intact in the face of idealistic souls who want the leave the cinema unchallenged (the producer will always side where the money is, unless he takes a gamble with successes like
Seven).
This argument is based upon a typical big budget/A-list production.