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Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
To put a finer point on things, when a Hollywood production "sucks" it has failed its mega budget, mega stars and mega hype.
When an independent film "sucks" it has failed to get the best out of its limited resources, its part-time actors and its genuine artistic intentions.
To see a low-budget story derivative, badly told and badly executed pisses us off - we could probably do better, we think to ourselves (before pausing to remember the time and effort involved).
But to sit through a Hollywood blockbuster with similar failings pisses us off even more. Something about that old chestnut... money. And the thought of the cocaine-snorting fat guys in suits responsible for it all, rather than the over-enthusiastic film-school geeks.
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A failure is a failure, does it really matter if it cost 5 million or 5 grand? Point is it sucked, if a movie with the guy down the street is bad and a movie with Tom Cruise is bad, then they're both bad,doesn't matter why.
Where do you think indie filmmakers are trying to get to? Hollywood, walk up to any indie guy/girl and offer 'em a hundred million dollars,twenty million dollar lead of their choice ect. ect. and odds are they're going to take it.