Hollywood Produces More of Same as Box Office Dwindles

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• ken | March 27, 2011 3:44 AMReply

  ^I'd go farther than that, Mark. I'd say Hollywood is still stuck in the 1960s. Judging by content (Superheroes, chase movies with lots of explosions, and now Westerns) we are in desperate need of originality.
  
  I'm just glad that the author of this article did not put down "Sucker Punch" because it has lots of female characters, unlike other reviewers who would chop it down immediately, whether the film is bad or not.

• Obvious | March 27, 2011 2:30 AMReply

  Hey Hollywood, the Country is diversifying. Since you enjoy throwing away money, keep making films with the same faces and the same superficial mono-racial standards of beauty. A look at the iTunes movie trailers page on any given day shows only one group of people at any given time. With the recent census report it's no wonder the movie's are losing money except for the Summer Blockbusters. Latinos would rather stay home and watch Univision, African-Americans would rather avoid the theater and wait for the next Tyler Perry film (even when they know it's bad), Asians can't catch a break unless the character demands martial arts skills. It's sad. It's 2011. And the films slate still looks like we're back in the 80's. There actually seemed to be more diversity in the 70's. Hollywood is regressing and with this generation of kids who increasingly see the world as multi-racial, the omissions are jarring.

• Mark | March 26, 2011 9:01 AMReply

  Snyder's 'films' are completely soulless - he's the wrong man for the Superman job.

• Richard Tarle | March 25, 2011 11:53 AMReply

  Anne, I agree with Fellman -- summer is the true test when young folk come out.