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Ironically in one way or another, Thunderbolts fits this mold pretty well.

Pretty much.

😂😂 nailed it. In the end, everyone is just desperate for a story that moves them.

Also, you should win things by watching!

Other than the CGI thing I'm thinking we all just want "The Princess Bride."

me personally i like practical real effects not cgi fake ones

Yep, every time I see something like this I immediately hear the No One Knows What They're Doing jingle (from @mikeyface.bsky.social's Movies with Mikey) in my mind

Yeah but you have to admit there are absolutely some folks you shouldn't bet against at the box. Chris Nolan is certainly one.

I am reminded of Roger Ebert's first paragraph from his review for "The Mummy" www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

Reminicent of the great quote by M Somerset Maugham “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

I do, tho.

I LOVED 'The Creator'!

youtube.com/watch?v=nU21...

Make what you want to make, tell the stories you want to tell. Put up on screen the movie YOU want to see. respect the audience you get, don't lament the audience you missed. Most importantly, EVERY film has fans.

Isn't that what AI does? It grabs examples of writing from "all over" so it will grab the most acclaimed pieces of text over, and over, and over, and the most popular, over, and over, and over, and emulate them. Whether it uses academia or raw sales data for selections. It home schools itself.

That is why the best advice to give any young artist is to work on material they want to create, not what they think the audience wants. I believe the former way might lead you where you want to go, while the latter make you a panderer. I also think there is a balance, somewhere, so artists survive.

Like super Mario 2?

Don't forget "AI is gonna be the fix that Hollywood needs", and it's accompanied by the worst AI short film you've ever seen.

“The audience only wants films.”

Really? Because I felt those were pretty heavily marketed. I sure knew about the puppet before the movie came out. I don't think the audience cares about how a movie is made in general. But sometimes the studio gestures wildly at some facet of process and yells "hey! come look at the elephant!"

I just want to see a film and at the end say “that was great!”

Obviously audiences only want films where Tom Holland turns to Jon Bernthal for help with loved ones that have been taken from him

"People love steak!" "People love vegan food!" "Peoppe love pasta!" People love yummy food made by talented, creative people.

I just saw a film with superheroes, with incredible VFX, that was kind of realistic and grounded (as much as a superhero movie can be) and a little bit thought provoking (but mostly distraction).