Tuesday, May 4, 2010

I need to vent.

All rightly let me just start of saying I hate Hollywood and just the whole entertainment industry.

You have girls, 'singers', dancing around in their music videos wearing next to nothing, with lyrics that insinuate sex, or something along those lines, and guess what these girls (and men) get paid millions of dollars. The music they play is genetic, meaningless, and I hate this word but stupid. I get it, because sometimes I listen to it, it's fun listen to mindless music. But music shouldn't be mindless, music should be something that you hear not only go through your ears but through your veins and your soul. It should be more than words (isn't that a song lyric?). These people, I cannot fathom calling them 'artists', get paid the big bucks when real musicians, real artists barely get paid, but really are very much unknown.

To be honest the music industry does annoying me but for anyone who knows me, knows that I've wanted to be a film director ever since I was ten, so dumb movies annoy me the most. 3D. Pointless. Unnecessary. I'm not just saying this because I cannot see in 3D but because do you really want to have a head fly in your face whilst watching a movie? No, you want to simply watch it. You don't have to literally be in the movie to enjoy it. They didn't do that in Hollywood's Golden Age.

It's not just 3D that gets on my last nerve but also the lack of original material. Oh good guess what yet another movie from the 80's is being remade. Oh cool another sequel. Pretty soon movies made 2 years ago are going to be remade, oh wait they already are! There are no original stories coming out of Hollywood anymore. Sure one gets made every once in awhile but normally not.

I get adaptations, honestly some of my favorite films are based off books and musicals. Remakes are what really bother me though. And I must say when a movie doesn't follow the story of the novel or the musical it makes the film pointless to me.

I for one would love to be in a film studio meeting. I think it would go something like this; "Let's make another horror film remake from the 80's and use that Disney channel girl, but we need to make her boobs bigger." They will grin wide and then throw money in the air while they dance to some mindless pop song. LOL!

Now, I know there are original and unique films still made today, but I'm talking about Hollywood. The big movies. Why are they stupid I ask? Do movie studios think the general public is that dumb? Well I guess since we go and buy tickets to films like this we must be. But they can change that and I think they know that.

You would think after reading this that I wouldn't want to be in the film industry, but I do! I really, really do! I love film. I love to sit down and escape to the world of make believe. I want to be apart of the magic, just not the magic, or lack there of, that's going on now. I know it's a big dream but maybe I could help bring originality back to the film world.

I could ramble more, but I doubt anyone will read past the title, but for those who care what I think about entertainment there you go.

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