What the Hell Happened to R-rated films?
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people want nothing but realism now :(
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The big budget action movies of the 1980's became the superhero movies of today over the course of a decade or two. I think The Matrix is where it really started to change from straight-up action movie (generally involving a police officer, detective, or a soldier) to fantastical hero movie (usually a superhero, but almost always someone with extraordinary powers).
The everyman hero has given way to the fantastical, elitist hero. Someone that no one can possible become, but that every one wishes they could be. It's still a power fantasy, but these days it's a more elitist one. Whereas it used to be about the common man overcoming great odds, it's now about the extraordinary being overcoming fantastical odds.
Interesting thought, I never considered this. But you're right, the everyman hero as a protagonist is pretty much gone. In 'The Matrix' this at least made sense since the story mostly took place in a virtual reality, but I sure do miss characters like the original John McClane in todays action movies.
shareNonsense. There are no superheroes in the Fast and Furious franchise.
shareI have to admit every time I see this type of story all I can think of is what happened to the wonderfully entertaining B sci fi pictures if the 50s. How come the only big bug nuclear fear mongering movies of the past are no longer made.? Well the answer is tastes change the holiwood machine changes along with these tastes
shareI do agree with you to a certain point (it's kind of obvious, after all), but I also believe that huge corporations (to which all major studios now belong) have the power to model and orchestrate the demand for those tentpoles to a degree with gigantic marketing campaigns. It's a bit like when the I-Pad was introduced by Apple. There was no need or demand for such a thing (and many analysts thought this redundant gadget would fail), but Apple created the demand by showing through incredibly smart - and huge - marketing campaigns (and by the sheer power of their brand) how cool this thing was. Soon everybody wanted one, and it will probably be the same with the I-watch. Once the big studios realised how much money could be made with comic-book movies (and, perhaps more importantly, how much additional money could be made via merchandising), they started to concentrate the majority of their efforts in those kinds of films. When you look closely at most releases these days which are not based on a comic-book, a young adult novel or a video game, you'll find that they are in nearly all cases independent productions (who managed to ge at distribution deal with one of the big studios).
share..to the OP..many things happend..
- first off, nothing beats the great 80's flicks and 90's action thrillers. Predator, Commando, Lethal Weapon, Above the law, Cobra, cliffhanger, Die Hard, Code of scilence..etc. they can never dupilcate how special the 80's generation was.
- Arnold and Sly got old lol.. however, Escape Plan was so much fun, a real throw back to the action flicks, and a solid story line too.
- comic book movies happened. Every year we get at least 4 comic movies now. Some are better than others, some more realistic. Super hero movies will never end anytime soon.
- people got sick of the action hero one liners.
- the next best action hero now is Dwayne The Rock Johnson. and that's not a bad thing. I just wish the Rock would stop doing those fast and furious movies lol.. And like Arnold and Sly, the rock can do comedy too.
- as far as Sci-fi goes. There will always be cheap sci fi movies, like the Total Recall and Robocop remakes, and big bugeted ones like Alien Convenant. Sci-fi never went away.
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The answer is simple. Since Columbine theaters have started enforcing the NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED rule, which by the way is not a law, its just a guideline.
So once the industry knew that teens couldn't get into R rated movies anymore , they made everything PG-13.
Teens have the biggest disposable income so the industry almost now single-handedly only focuses on that market which is why when you reach my age (40's) there is just nothing to watch anymore.
Its all crap for kids.
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I was watching this later ep of Always Sunny and they said it was cuz shows are made for streaming and young people so they had to skew to a PG crowd cause R movies simply don't make money anymore. Thundergun 4 lol. Great ep. Hollywood is a business and R movies simply don't make money anymore. Mostly. You always have your occasional Deadpool or John Wick.
shareIn general Hollywood started going for as wide an audience as possible for their films which means keeping them to a PG-M level. Although it may work to some degree with the Marvel films it also makes a lot of films boring.
shareThey seem to be making a comeback. Ffs, look at Oppenheimer.
sharethe number of r rated movies released is way down. Heck, we almost never get mainstream R rated comedies anymore. Oppenheimer was an easy one to allow the R rating, because it mostly wouldn't appeal to the younger viewer, but that is now the exception rather than the norm. They like PG13 because it widens the spectrum of ticket buyers.
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