Creativity is Dead in Hollywood

[@Rlyeh_The_Dead]

People in the film industry started making films for themselves instead of the audience, then complained when the audience stopped watching.

[@brucenatelee]

Like ordering pineapple, mushroom, and anchovy pizza for yourself and getting mad nobody else wants to eat it.

[@Knlght0fZero]

Personally i'd like to believe that's how movies should be made. The first movie makers had a vision they wanted to see on the big screen. Those were full of passion and talent so people liked them. Now it's minimum effort/maximum budget with no passion, riddled with "the message" to scold the audience. Who would want that, no one, ergo. get woke go broke.

[@tiomoidofangle102]

At one time, 'a Disney movie' meant 'I can safely let my kids see this movie'. Nowadays, 'a Disney movie' means 'I cannot safely let my kids see this movie'.

[@p1rat3ch1ck]

Ugh right? Now it's a movie I need to make time in my schedule after the kids go to bed to watch it first

[@spiralofhope]

@@p1rat3ch1ck ouch, so disney movies are now homework

[@dailywire_memes]

For me there is two reasons: Lazy writing and sticking to specific agendas. Conventions are there to be challenged, so do something different.

[@shanekeenaNYC]

You can have all the sequels you want, just stick to what made your story great in the first place. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, John Wick, the first three phases of Marvel and the 6 Star Wars movies were all basically bangers. If you're doing a show, I would look no further than the first 5 seasons of Suits. Overall, stick to what makes for great storytelling and character development.

[@elminweatherbee7672]

I am fine watching fiction movies, but the authors have to do a minimum of research into the subject matter. I am tired of teen girl bosses preaching morals to grown ups. I am tired of 90 lb. women destroying large men with a punch. I am tired of watching movies about members of the military who have no discipline. I am tired of terrible interpretations of the books that I love.

[@brianthesnail3815]

When they can AI generate actors, voices, script, music and all the scenery then the cost will drop dramatically and films will be churned out as a formula commodity product like fast food. There will be no gourmet dining equivalent in cinema at all. Right now, we are in the chain restaurant formula driven dining equivalent. It's an inevitable race to the bottom.

[@yw1971]

For me it's Nature setting the Human evolution: There are always 2 people with the same idea.

[@freefree1664]

And we need more happy endings again. I like to watch uplifting films that leave me inspired & feeling good. I abhor most genres, but in the romance, drama or comedy realm it's not so common anymore to end it happily. May just be me but even the comedies these days are dark/low brow/immature themes, situations & language etc. I'm so over movies featuring adults acting like immature teenagers so I avoid those.

[@mimishkaz]

I called this bs out when Hollywood released “No Strings Attached” and “Friends with Benefits” in the same year.

[@Momofukudoodoowindu]

Saaaaame.

[@GeekyGirl80]

How about all the Snow White movies.

[@akpred]

I worked at a movie theater in 2000-2005. I noticed it then as a teen. If a 16 yr old is seeing it, you're doing something wrong 😂

[@royalemeraldbuilder5058]

Haha they even did this with A Bug's Life and Antz in the 90s

[@quintonposs3286]

@@royalemeraldbuilder5058 Don't forget Finding Nemo and Shark Tale and Madagascar and The Wild.

[@TheAsylumchild]

This is so true. I remember a few years back, this movie won Best Picture of the Year, Shape of Water. It was about a woman who rescues and falls in love with a merman. Someone on Twitter or Facebook (or some social media), said "I liked the original better". When asked what they meant, they said "Splash with Tom Hanks and Darryl Hanna." People were confused until they pointed out, scene for scene and plot point by plot point, that Shape of Water and Splash were, in fact, the same movie only S.O.W. is a drama with the gender roles reversed. Some of the scenes were exact duplicate scenes!

[@theprodigalson4003]

No wonder I didn’t like it. I thought it was silly to make the fish man from hellboy have a girlfriend and romance

[@sonicleaves]

Oh yeah, I see that now. It helps that I rewatched Splash last year. People probably don't know that movie anymore because it's from the 80's.

[@jmcenanly1]

Daryl Hannah is much more attractive than Doug Jones wearing the Creature from the Black Lagoon costume

[@peppermintpsaki1157]

I found it bizarre. Was it really so difficult for that deaf girl to find a date that she ultimately resorted to finding Scaly McFishPants hot?? 🤨 I saw the bts, the director talked about their intimacy as if it were an inevitable direction to take. No, I saw friendship and mutual liking, the romance and giggity were shoehorned in. It almost seemed like she was taking advantage of him. When she was fantasizing about them having a musical duet number, she was well past the point of projecting her ideals onto a being who simply wanted to eat eggs and not die. And using a relationship as a means to escape one’s humdrum life is hardly healthy by any means. I don’t know about the “scene for scene, shot for shot”, do YOU remember anyone fapping in Splash? A frustrated gay friend? Or the ending? The aesthetics were great, and the way the director played with color schemes as the story “progressed”, is the only thing I liked about that movie.

[@gloriathomas3245]

The Shape Of Water has absolutely nothing do with Splash

[@alastorjudge]

1997: Volcano = Dante's Peak 1998: A Bug's Life = Antz 1998: Armageddon = Deep Impact 1998: The Truman Show = 1999: EDtv 2000: Mission to Mars = Red Planet 2005: The Descent = The Cave 2006: The Prestige = The Illusionist 2010: Megamind = Despicable Me 2011: Friends with Benefits = No Strings Attached 2013: White House Down = Olympus Has Fallen

[@isrielyoung4826]

That’s wild!

[@grillinnchillin4009]

Yeah, this is a pretty common occurrence

[@politicallyincorrect956]

2001- :Hallmark movies.

[@misterl0gic]

2019: Shazam and Captain Marvel

[@alastorjudge]

Immaculate = The First Omen

[@NoPowerintheVerse]

I’ve always assumed twin films happened when someone goes around to multiple studios pitching their idea, and one studio picks it up, while another kind of liked the basic premise but not the actual plot, and end up finding another writer to write something with the same premise but a story they prefer.

[@sterlingdennett]

Bring DVD's back. Matt Damon said how it's like a second revenue stream, like re-opening the movie. And the fans want to own the content they paid for, not some license/subscription that can be taken away from you on a whim, or have every copy of the movie on the streaming service altered without your consent.

[@UntakenNick]

Good luck fitting a 4k movie, or even a 1080p one, with a decent bitrate, in 4.7 GB..

[@strykerking]

They have 4K UHD blu rays now, they are great. The market needs support.

[@UntakenNick]

@@strykerking Sure, but you said DVDs..

[@strykerking]

@UntakenNick no, that was the other guy

[@UntakenNick]

@@strykerking My bad..

[@Greekgal101]

There is definitely a shortage of non woke movies

[@georgebailey8179]

There's a shortage of new non-woke moves. We have well over a century of films from before woke came into existence and blighted entertainment.

[@harryballsonya4347]

try other countries... europe for example

[@gloriathomas3245]

What do you define as woke, but I can name tons of classics that would be considered woke today, Audrey Hepburn film The Children Hour or even Metropolis

[@paperglu6640]

well go make one, who's stopping you from making your own movies

[@harsh3948]

@@paperglu6640that’s what the daily wire is trying to do! Help support them

[@kevin982]

There is no original thinking. They are looking at older movies and rewriting them and are releasing them. I hate most movies released today from Disney.

[@harrisd1983]

I believe the main reason for bad movies is that the writers don't read.

[@OG21020]

@@harrisd1983 That and they have no life experiences; suffering through hardships, go among the poor and see how they live, going to other countries to experience other cultures (both rich and poor). How did Tolkien, Pearl S Buck etc wrote their great works? One went through World War I, the other was a missionary living in a foreign country. Most of the young people / adults of today are aimless because they have not suffered the coils of life.

[@SPeeSimon]

"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love me" In case you don't know where the quote is from, it's from the movie Notting Hill. It's about a man falling in love with a movie star. Now they make these 2 movies from a different perspective and call it new.

[@DimWit000]

every movie nowadays feels like it’s a cross between two movies that’s been done before.

[@SCrEenNaMe-i9h]

Also sex scenes which are softcore corn it’s disgusting

[@Lonovavir]

​@@SCrEenNaMe-i9h: In the rare films that have them anymore.

[@royalemeraldbuilder5058]

Tbh the Daily Wire needs to take the same advice with THEIR entertainment (a la Lady Ballers, Mr. Birchum, etc) and focus on a compelling story and engaging characters. Constant, blatant political messaging in entertainment is no less cringe if it skews right.

[@lyingcat9022]

And uhh… Snow White? I think the literally made it to one up Hollywood. I’m all for the competition but they need to stop trying to out reverse-woke Hollywood.

[@BRADLEY_1999]

Let's see if "The Pendragon Cycle" is different.

[@thephotoshopper5908]

I agree. I couldn't even finish Lady Ballers and I have no interest in Mr. Birchum.

[@BRADLEY_1999]

@@thephotoshopper5908 I didn’t find anything funny in Lady Ballers, and I tried my hardest to survive those first two episodes of “Mr. Birchum”.

[@saketkulkarni1238]

Lady ballers was made to mock the far left people. Similarly, Mr. Birchum. Daily wire are making those movies and tv shows which makes far left trigger, i guess to show how they have messed up the society.

[@AJ-zr5ls]

I also think it’s worth mentioning how much movie tickets cost these days. Someone said that for their family of 4, it was $75+. It’s crazy!

[@DanielleSantos711]

I recently went to the movies and 4 tickets costed me $47 dollars.

[@royalefairy5002]

I thinks it depends on which country u live in where I’m from u can get tickets for 4 for about 40 dollars

[@drixmcdrixerson]

Yea, the 90s was king for twin movies. Wyatt Earp/Tombstone. Volcano/Dante's Peak. Deep Impact/Armagedon. And then later 2012/Knowing. Some of those are actually pretty good movies.

[@Hiraghm]

All of those were very different takes on the same idea however. Deep Impact and Armageddon were philosophically complete opposites!

[@drixmcdrixerson]

@@Hiraghm And Volcano is completely different than Dante's Peak. I loved Dante's Peak. Way better than Volcano. I do feel like the studio system took advantage of hot ideas in the moment and always rushed projects to production just to beat the competition. And having lived through that, I loved the fact we got high production value popcorn movies to entertain us. I remember there was supposed to be two Alexander projects, but the other bowed out when it was clear Oliver Stone's was too far along. It would have interesting to see that version and compare.

[@faithtinywishes8232]

Oh man, Knowing was such a horrifying movie. I was NINE😂 I shouldn’t have been allowed to see that

[@drixmcdrixerson]

​@@faithtinywishes8232Knowing is way better than 2012. Lol

[@drixmcdrixerson]

Another set of twins I forgot about was 300/and George Clooney's Gates of Fire that would have been based on the novel. I was hyped for that. But we got 300 and never got the other project. I want to say there might have been competing Hannibal projects as well.

[@eon001]

Hollywood gave up on DVD's before fans did. I love commentaries and behind the scenes, deleted scenes etc. I see no reason why they stopped.

[@keyman6689]

Streaming. But when it becomes hard to find your favorite movies on streaming, or they withdraw the licenses on your digital copies, or alter the content, demand for physical media may come back.

[@Cocreatewithus]

I have not given up on DVDs. We still buy them. Besides, we don't have a strong enough internet to do much streaming service. But most movies in streaming are mediocre at best.

[@Pats007]

Ants - Bugs Life The Wild - Madagascar Finding Nemo - Shark Tales

[@theprodigalson4003]

Naw u ain’t gonna do Sebastian the sharks layer like that they’re both just movies about anthropomorphic aquatic life does nemo keep up a facade that he can kill sharks or did u watch it on acid

[@TheEducator89]

He means Shark Tale with Will Smith.

[@seekeroftruth9200]

1991 Robin Hood vs. Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves also comes to mind

[@Pats007]

@theprodigalson4003 Here's a great idea Google the year that they came out and studios that made them.

[@laurajojackson374]

I always saw it as the brand name movie and the cheap knockoff.

[@TriScaleCreations]

Unfortunately, people aren't showing up to the good movies anymore, audiences have been so burned, they're letting even solid movies flop. Look at Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. True, it got overshadowed by Barbenheimer, but the same can't be said about Fall Guy.

[@theprodigalson4003]

All this internet and not a single ad for this. Fall guy sounded similar but I realised I was thinking about the free ps4 game, never heard of this movie or mission impossible they’re not advertising them

[@גקדןרק]

Nah cause movies like Spiderman Across The Spider verse, Guardians of the Galaxy, Oppenheimer, The Mario Movie, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, John Wick 4, etc, were major successes. So I don't think it has much to do with audiences not showing up to watch good movies, even so, it probably only contributes to a small reason why. Plus I saw literally 0 advertisement for Mission Impossible, like none...at all.

[@Alison2436]

the millionth mission impossible isn't a good movie. you've probably seen all of the fast and furious franchise as well 😂😂

[@TriScaleCreations]

@@theprodigalson4003 It is true that there was a problem with marketing, but in the months leading up to Dead Reckoning, I was constantly seeing footage of the bike jump marketed, though right around the time the movie came out, it does seem like advertisements fell off. For Fall Guy, though, I was constantly seeing trailers, so I don't know, maybe the algorithms just targeted me, but it seemed to be getting airtime. I think they could have done a better job by marketing it in better ways... But regardless, you're not wrong.

[@TriScaleCreations]

@@גקדןרק Well, I'm primarily talking about a trend I'm seeing just starting, so some of those movies were already out by the time the trend started. But it's true there are marketing issues, though I'm unsure of how much that applies to Fall Guy, which should have been the flagship return of Action-romance movies that were actually good. That being said, I acknowledge that these could just be flukes or explained by other factors.

[@manuelsteele7755]

I am much older from Generation X. Many films that had been popular in my youth could not be made in today's political climate: Blazing Saddles, Back to School, Sixteen Candles, Vision Quest, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, etc. One of the exceptions might be "Used Cars" (1980) because the entire plot was to mock the inflation of the time (late 1970s). It definitely would resonate with today's fanbase if a "Used Cars 2.0" came out with "Marshall Lucky" to fight inflation again - lol.

[@gloriathomas3245]

Funny, I'm a Gen Xer and many of those of those so-called films (and TV shows) you're talking about are being enjoyed an audience that wasn't even born when those were made. I know because they're the most consumed and talked about on social media by Gen Z.

[@manuelsteele7755]

@@gloriathomas3245 Yes, the films are still popular by some (not all) Gen Z. For example, the show "Friends" was cancelled by some of the far left woke people with accusations of it being too white, racist, and homophobic. And that was the 1990s "Friends" - not the 1970s "All in the Family" with Archie Bunker. Although there are many of Gen Z who like old films and TV, there are also many who do not. For example, when Jeff Spicoli used a homophobic slur in his beach scene, that would get cancelled by many today of Gen Z. The same goes for a scene in wrestling practice with Vision Quest. M.A.S.H would get cancelled by the woke generation today because the show lampooned sexual harassment and had no female physicians. As for me, I enjoyed those films and shows of my youth. But they won't make them anymore in woke Hollywood.

[@Hiraghm]

OMG... I thought I was the only one who remembered that movie. When I later watched "The Best of Times" I kind of felt like Kurt Russel's character was an older, more subdued version of his character from Used Cars.

[@Cocreatewithus]

Agreed.

[@meleebrawler6462]

Hollywood really needs to get some new ideas ASAP.

[@kevin982]

I don't know about these twin movies because I actively stay away from romantic comedies or love stories. I hate them.

[@גקדןרק]

The only romantic comedies that I actually enjoy are Adam Sandler movies lol. And not even his newwer ones I prefer hos older ones. Like Grown Ups 1, and Grown Ups 2.

[@elminweatherbee7672]

It happens with more than romantic comedies. Remember the meteor crashing to earth apocalypse films? Or White House Down and Olympus has Fallen?

[@kevin982]

@@elminweatherbee7672 Yep,you are so right and those movies I have watched once and never again.

[@Momofukudoodoowindu]

I hate them because they are 90% nudity and sex scenes.

[@JGMGamer07]

Godzilla Minus One is AMAZING, Hollywood needs to learn that Godzilla from its origins has always been a monster heel not a anti-hero LMAO

[@autisticDementia]

@JGMGamer07 Yes, absolutely! In my opinion the best movie that came out last year

[@Snow-Willow]

Oh my gosh it was. I wish I were rich I would have seen it a half dozen times in theaters at least. That movie made me feel a full range of emotions, I laughed, I geeked out like the Kaiju nerd I am, it even had my husband tearing up in the seat next to me at points (while I full on sobbed as silently as possible).

[@gloriathomas3245]

The Godzilla films have always had a underpinning political message to them but of course if you understand Japanese politics its not hard to spot.

[@miriamortega3400]

It was a good movie.

[@AlexLJ55]

I like anti hero Godzilla.

[@coldbrew6053]

You forgot Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down.

[@adamwilson44881]

Tombstone and Wyatt Earp. Also twister and night of the twisters. These are some 90s film examples.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Armageddon and Deep Impact, Deep Star Six and Leviathan, Capote and Infamous, The Prestige and The Illusionist. The list goes on.

[@katrinasutton]

@@norwegianblue2017 Don't forget Volcano and Dante's Peak.

[@johncoe929]

Brett: “Watch this trailer!” KZbin: [cuts to Hillsdale ad]

[@aaronquiambao8134]

Olympus Has Fallen vs White House Down Armageddon vs Deep Impact The Illusionist vs The Prestige

[@alienschmaliens]

I remember "twin movies!".... "Kazaam, and Shazaam." lol

[@kevinmc1111]

What happens is that a script is shopped around and sometimes there is a bidding war. A losing studio will sometimes hire a writer to write another script with the same premise and a very similar plot, and then push production so that the movies will come out about the same time to compete with each other.

[@j.l.6269]

Knight and Day vs Killers… it always puzzled me why they had the same plot and came out the same year but falls perfectly into this category

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Hollywood has been prioritizing agendas and box-ticking over engaging storytelling. Seeing people high up finally acknowledging this gives me hope for more content driven by quality narratives and engaging characters.

[@Lonovavir]

It only took Hollywood a decade to read our comments and somewhat take them seriously. At this rate it'll be the mid-2030s before we get good films again.

[@ConservativeVeteran]

"Twin films" have been a thing for decades...."The Pirate Movie" in. 1982 and "Pirates of Penzance" in 1983....just on of many examples.

[@pearlgirl7826]

As a movie fanatic, I’ve noticed how things just keep going downhill and they have been for a while.

[@jenlovesbooks]

I worked in the Video and DVD rental business in the UK for about 20 years. Before streaming, there was a system in place where at each step of the way the studios made money from a film. It started with the cinema release, then went to video rentals, then to Sky and video sales, then ended with being shown on terrestrial TV. This took 2 years in total and the film was earning money for the studio as each step was paid for. Video rental tapes cost £69.99 in the 80's and 90's because the film was no longer being shown in the cinema and was not available to buy so if you wanted to see it you had to go to your local video shop to rent it. Of course those further down the line objected to having to wait so things started to change and the film studios were happy to oblige, which became the death knell for the rental business. Now films are in the cinema for a matter of weeks and then go to streaming, no wonder they make no money. I'm not saying that we should go back to the old system because it just wouldn't work these days, it's an outdated business model, but the studios were very quick to run down the whole concept of consumers having a hard copy of their own to keep. Of course, in those days the studios actually made films we were all desperate to see, unlike today.

[@sarahkessler2456]

I’ve always wondered about the Friends with benefits and No strings attached. I have only noticed it then but thought it was odd until today when you pointed out why. Very interesting. No Stings attached won btw 😂

[@taxidancing87]

Until today I thought they were the same movie 😭😂

[@ruby-clairecampbell4507]

I'm hoping we get to see some more original ideas in TV and Film.

[@ShootingStarStudio]

This is why I’m so happy the Mario movie came out as well as it did

[@AngryDuck79]

The first time I noticed this effect was with Dante's Peak/Volcano and then Armageddon/Deep Impact a couple years later. I also remember there were kids movies, like Ants and A Bug's Life that were eerily similar and came out around the same time too.

[@amy8161]

I actually loved the idea of you 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 watched it at 2 a.m. coz I am an insomniac but ended up loving it. It is so much better than the book they adapted it from

[@mikesmotorsportsgamingrevi4814]

I still continue to collect movies on blu ray and d v d and mostly 4k now

[@Greekgal101]

Honestly I think gen z have given up on watching movies our attention spans are destroyed

[@angelikazajac9885]

Not true, all new movies are wack. They have the same agenda and are not relatable to a real viewer. I love watching movies and I watch movies constantly, just not the new ones.

[@גקדןרק]

Nah cause movies like Oppenheimer, Spider-Man Across the Spiderverse, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Mario Movie, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, John Wick 4, etc, were major successes. It's not that we've given up on movies, we've given up on Bad movies

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

I’m gen z, I don’t watch movies. It’s not because of attention span, however, even though I do have ADHD. The issue is _bad_ movies. They’re not compelling anymore. Our generation has all but given up on movies because they require investing roughly two hours of your day to get through, so if they suck and you’re not having a good time, all that time was wasted. When so many suck, you become wary of them entirely. Especially when we have countless hours of all kinds of entertainment suited to anyone and everyone at our fingertips for free, why bother spending the time and money on a mediocre movie?

[@SCrEenNaMe-i9h]

All filled with sex scene that are softcore corn and actresses have no real morals that’s why people dislike Sydney sweeney and others

[@גקדןרק]

@poiujnbvcxdswq Umm, what's your point

[@anthonyluevanos4940]

I met my beautiful future fiancé at Coachella (💍 is coming very soon). She’s the most loving and traditional woman I know. When we both heard you say “I can’t take a movie serious when they met at Coachella.” We both looked at each other and laughed. YOU CAN FIND LOVE AT COACHELLA and IT CAN BE MOVIE MATERIAL 😂 Love you Brett. Keep up the good work!

[@HPTFan]

When a movie is different and superb, it’s a game changer. Can’t wait for better movies.

[@heathmarch2619]

In essence, in a not so old expression, "Who wore it better?" (No longer applying to fashion, but now film and performance). Also, we DESPERATELY need to move from pop culture as story and back to MOVING AND MEANINGFUL stories from literature and novels. To my recollection, most of film WAS focused on this (is not most of former Academy Awards based on such stories?). Stories need to be engulfed in, to be drawn by, to be encouraged by, to be saddened by...experiencing toil, turmoil, struggle, and eventual victory (whether inner or external successes). Even if suffering is shown/expressed, it can move an audience AT LEAST to pity and compassion, if not a desire to help and care.....or, if evil and destructive, to overcome and have victory.

[@Lt6798]

Hey Brett! I know this is kind of weird to put in a comments section (lol) but I’ve noticed since your most recent off the clock episode that you’ve been looking pretty exhausted, and the videos since then (while I enjoyed them!) have been kind of repetitive in their thematic elements. We’ve already talked about Hollywood and makeup and marriage countless times in the last couple of months. No hate here, I’m just genuinely concerned about whether you’re okay cause girl you look like you need a break. Also, I would love some more off the clock episodes hehe. Maybe one about horses? Or your fashion choices? Okay, signing off now, byee!

[@DC4260Productions]

Next thing you know, we'll start seeing DVD players in antique stores. Even though my family has owned a smart TV for a fair while now, I still get a bit weirded out by the streaming services (and I'm only 23). We still keep a DVD player and lots of DVDs, but rarely watch them. As for present-day Hollywood and modern films in general, I've pretty much moved on from them. Regardless of what side it comes from, I don't want political messaging to interrupt a good story. One of my favourite films is Forest Gump.

[@Luke13579]

White house down and Olympus has fallen is another one I didn't even realize until now

[@theprodigalson4003]

How can u not bro my memory has combined the both of them

[@absolut_dre]

Eveyone knows about Jamie Foxx needing Gerard Butler to have his back, while Morgan Freeman was acting president as the Secretary of State.

[@evanboll4651]

Isn't one a sequel to the other? Or is my memory just completely whacked?

[@Luke13579]

@@theprodigalson4003I would have combined them but I watched the other 2 and I believe there’s a 3rd Olympus has fallen

[@Luke13579]

4th*

[@vanzan3560]

Oh Brett. I was onto this whacky Hollywood trend long ago. Try Volcano & Dante's Peak (1997) or Armageddon and Deep Impact (1998) . Now for the part where someone even older sites 2 more examples from another time.

[@yorkfranklin2801]

The movie prices are to high but the popcorn and other stuff sold at theaters are rediculous,

[@arcaylan]

-No strings attached and Friends with Benefits -El Dorado and Rio Bravo -Leviathan and Deep Star 6 -Star Trek and Star Wars -Flame of Recca and Ghostfighter -Top Gun and Iron Eagle

[@ThePointAfterPod]

I honestly agree, Hollywood right now feels so cookie cutter and I miss movies that made me go “wow”

[@dhruvgeorge]

Another twin film example could be 'Flags of Our Fathers' and 'Letters From Iwo Jima', but this worked well because it told the same story from different perspectives

[@rumrunner8019]

The solution? *Foreign films* Godzilla Minus One had better characters and a better story than 99% of Hollywood crap that's been coming out the last few years.

[@faithtinywishes8232]

It was crazy good, I was surprised to leave the theater feeling like it was worth it

[@nicolemangum5023]

Okay, The Idea of You was actually really cute 😂😂😂😂 And the only reason it worked was because of Anne Hathaway. She totally made the film, IMO. My husband and I were talking about Hollywood recently and I think that the agendas are affecting movies, but I also think that there are no A-list actors and actresses anymore and I don’t know why. 15/20 years ago, there were so many actors: Denzel, Angelina, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Afleck, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Leo, Christian Bale, Gwenyth Paltrow… I could go on!! Now, I can only think of 2 “popular” actors, Timothy Challamet and Sydney Sweeney, neither of whom are that great. Has streaming ruined movie celebrities? I don’t know…. But I want to go back to the days of epic movies that we o looked forward to for months after watching the trailer.

[@ptyleranodon3081]

Volcano v Dante’s Peak Armageddon v Deep Impact The original Fast and the Furious v Gone in 60 Seconds ( I think we all know who won that one)

[@captainconstitution4238]

Other movies made within a year or 2 of each other with VERY similar storylines and in some cases scene for scene similarities include: Twister/Night of the Twisters, Volcano/Dantes Peak, Arachnophobia/Attack of the Bees, The Munsters/The Addams Family, Jungle 2 Jungle/Little Indian Big City, In Time/Timer, Heavy Metal/The 5th Element... There's a long list. I know I'm forgetting like 6 or 7 at least. This has unfortunately been going on a while. Interesting point though, The Adam's Family and The Munsters was the only one that was unintentional. They were both conceptualized by different people in the same year but completely unbeknownst to themselves until both aired simultaneously on TV and even the executives were like "holy sh!t"

[@Mag4Elf]

Not gonna lie… When Brett said there was a rumbling in Hollywood, my mind went, “Rumbling! Rumbling!”

[@cardinalsfan9610]

The thing is, there's often two movies - similar in premise - that come out around the same time. Wyatt Earp and Tombstone in the 90s are good examples of this.

[@walkersmithson5096]

Afternoon Brett

[@Gold-Aibo]

“This is milf summer apparently” 😂

[@JabezGill]

Unfortunately, Daily Wire’s movie/tv content is C+ at best so I think we are going to be let down by Pendragon and Snow White.

[@jenniferh5667]

Im so glad you changed your mic. It used to be so hard to listen to. Great video today ;)

[@rachey5148]

Unfortunately the creative people with the capabilities of making amazing films are now too busy with other agendas to truly write enjoyable stories. Though DW is trying, there are just less of these types of creative people on the right

[@UNSAMU3L]

2000's/2010's movies/TV shows were so much better. Yeah there was still book adaptations but also original stories like The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl, Lost, Breaking Bad, La La Land, even animated films ranging from Ratatouille and The Incredibles ( Sorry these are kinda bad examples ) Those made a impact in Hollywood where are those ideas now. It really does take good writing and amazing director skills to make it happen. But no one wants to make the effort

[@Strobobel]

Armageddon deep impact; Dante’s peak and volcano

[@graceful1537]

A California Christmas - Falling Inn Love - A Perfect Pairing - Christmas Inheritance. idk why but something about these four movies just makes me think of it as the same premise with different characters and setting.

[@M_and_M-y5k]

It's become a trope to subvert other tropes

[@Kmb33831]

This has been a thing for years. I ran into someone from high school at a wedding over a decade ago and he said studios do this on purpose Look at Book of Eli vs. the road Or Friends with benefits vs No Strings Attached vs Love and Other Drugs. There are SO many examples of this. It’s how studios compete.

[@Kmb33831]

I totally posted this comment before watching. Hilarious. One of my examples was in the video.

[@goldenknightsfanatic]

It's just a glitch in the Matrix

[@princessjamaimarecta1765]

Growing up in the 90's and 2000's, my parents would take me and my younger sister to the movies to bond and my dad would always ask us what the moral message of the story because movies back then had substance but then now you can't really do that. But im glad Angel studios are bring back those kin of movies like "Sight", which people should go and watch if they have the chance

[@FirstSon-jo8bh]

I am honestly scared for my future children because of things like this that are put in children’s movies and shows

[@theprodigalson4003]

Teach them to have their own ideas and to question all that they hear, even things you say to them, as we’re all biased. If you can teach them that one thing and give them a safe place to develop and grow those ideals I believe they will be okay. Educate them that there are things that will change and the world you raise them for may not be the one they’ll find themselves inhabiting. I believe they’ll be okay, don’t tell them that your worldview is the be all and end all, I was surprised when I got here as it wasn’t the world my father said it would be

[@Snow-Willow]

So don't watch those ones with them. There's at least 100 years of movies to pick from, it's not hard to just pick the good ones and raise them on those. That's what we do with our Littles.

[@peppermintpsaki1157]

The irony is: they play it safe as a means to bypass the risk of loss. But, as they’ve already proven, they’re losing anyway. AND, it’s fooling oneself to believe one is avoiding risk by playing it safe, because that choice is it’s own risk. So many potential and possibilities they noped out on that they could’ve otherwise benefited from.

[@taxidancing87]

As a writer myself I've learned that creating a story to please everyone often backfires. Being bold and unafraid of what you really want to say will get you unexpected praise.

[@Chelsea_Mom]

Good entertainment comes from DW. That’s about it for now 🤷‍♀️

[@BRADLEY_1999]

Past Daily Wire+ releases (Lady Ballers, Mr. Birchum) say otherwise.

[@גקדןרק]

They have a movie called "Shut In" I remember watching it with my cousins and my sister. We all really enjoyed it and I was genuinely surprised when I saw that it was made by DailyWire, at the time I had no idea that they made movies I just know them for their commentary channels on KZbin (Candace Owens, Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, etc) It was honestly a good watch, I recommend it.

[@גקדןרק]

@@BRADLEY_1999 They have a movie called Shut In, I recommend it

[@TheOfficialPatriarchy]

Some other twin shows I personally noticed in the past: The Warriors & The Wanderers (1979) The Howling & Wolfen (1981) Deep Star Six & Leviathan & The Abyss (1989) Antz & A Bugs Life (1998) Hart of Dixie (Series 2011-2015) & Virgin River (Series 2019- current) ...Not only the same plot, it even has the same town doctor in both and his character is exactly the same in demeanor.

[@rarebrockstark6219]

Brett, I'm high as fuck. Your voice is making me float bro. I can feel the fibers on my chair escape my grasp

[@Es24688]

For one of my college papers, I wrote about the push and pull of society influencing Hollywood vs Hollywood influencing society. Many times writers said they wrote about things they had personally experienced, but you can also see where they would get preachy even in the 60s. If you watch shows like Andy Griffith and Dick Van Dyke, you can find examples.

[@memoryremain]

Just a friendly reminder that Anne Hathaway proclaimed on The View in 2022, “Abortion can be another word for mercy.”

[@SCrEenNaMe-i9h]

Actresses are disloyal for money they have no real morals

[@CK-kide]

I just watched the trailer of your new movie/show pendragon and it's ✨️incredible✨️

[@Northerner-Not-A-Doctor]

Brett, darling, to know why Holywood movies are all the same just watch what non-Americans noticed about it long ago. Watch those short YT videos: - Soviet Tourist Describes 1930s American Life - Horrified Soviet Tourist Describes California and Hollywood (1936) - Chinese Perspective on 1950s American Life

[@monamorgan9452]

Hallmark has been remaking TV movies that are only remakes of bigger Cinema movies, and family movies aren’t to be found.

[@cc_films]

I love Brett's videos, but in a politest way possible she doesn't understand film, aside from her review of the Barbie Movie

[@EduardoGrassoTV]

I remember getting these sets of movies almost back to back in the 90's: - Vulcano / Dante's peak - Armageddon / Deep impact

[@Twisted-YT]

Make Brett notice this comment !

[@JGMGamer07]

No

[@marshadowmarmar]

no

[@sorenhansen3288]

No

[@belindakonadu5465]

Yessssss

[@devilgames2217]

It's funny how she never read the comments here.

[@TheBluntATP]

Oh, I've been noticing twin films FOREVER... several years ago it was really apparent in seasonal Rom Coms

[@mkygod]

Upgrade and Venom were action movies came out the same year too with similar plotlines and curiously identical looking lead actors.

[@dragonrings14]

I've always heard this being called "sister movies" but I guess "twin movies" works too. Been around for as long as I can remember. I first noticed it with Antz and A Bugs Life. I thought it was odd even as a kid that two animated movies about ants were released at the same time.

[@kimbarbeaureads]

The Prestige and The Illusionist were the first movie twins I was ever conscious of.

[@Cocreatewithus]

The other day i was sitting across the street from a tiny village movie theater. What was playing? Garfield. Yes, another Garfield remake. No creativity left, and this is going to flop because today's kids have no idea who Garfield even is.

[@rosaliefullmer4957]

Armageddon and Deep Impact. Ants and A Bugs Life Mirror, Mirror, and Snow White & the Huntsman. To my understanding there is going to be another set Snow White twin films coming out in 2025.

[@helloiamsomebody1999]

I want more movies like “In Time” and “predestination” the 2010s made me excited to watch movies. Now I’m extremely particular about what I’m willing to watch in a theater

[@OpenExhaust]

They were doing this as far back as 1993 with "Tombstone" and "Wyatt Earp"

[@ontheraggedy]

Olympus has Fallen v White House Down made me first aware of “twin films”.

[@brucenatelee]

Twin films is why Bug's Life and Antz was confusing for me as a kid. 3D CIG insects, namely ants, in anthropomorphic depictions. Found it weird that two Hercules movies came out the same year, one of them being Dwayne Johnson and the other having almost no resemblance to Hercules, then I learned there was a 3rd one I never saw.

[@mymomcallsmeblake]

Love how you’ve been following your color season analysis with your outfits ever since that episode :)

[@StacysMomm]

I am a writer on wattpad and I can’t tell you the amount of stories that were harry styles fanfics and transformed into movies on Netflix or Hulu or just stories in general. A lot are adopted into movies for Netflix or television shows.

[@jim2386]

This happened before with No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits the same year

[@Jetsparx373]

Here's another examples Bull from 1997... 1997 had both Deep Impact and Armageddon. Deep impact had an ensemble cast and had a lot of emotional beats that followed several groups of characters as a comet was approaching Earth. Armageddon classic Michael Bay mayhem and spectacle, and sure Steven Tyler's song was definitely a freaking earworm for that year.

[@smbarone2000]

The Disney director is just reiterating what Dean Koontz said about good story writing. He’s absolutely spot on. It’s evitable that you’re going to have a message, but you shouldn’t hit people over the head with it. I think you just explained for me why we keep seeing Hollywood regurgitating remakes. I think of all the books that have come out where I have thought they should be made into movies. They won’t make money if they sacrifice art.

[@luvmy61]

I still can't keep the illusionist and the prestige straight. In 2006 I know I watched them both but the story lines are so twisted in my mind. I had no idea this was intentional. So strange.

[@priscillabullard4581]

White House Down and Olympus has fallen are also twin movies

[@cheltzen]

Are we not going to address the OUTRAGEOUS process at the box office? Families and high school kids just cannot afford to drop $100+ on a weekend activity. We just wait for it to come out on streaming because even a $20 Amazon movie rental is more affordable than a trip to the big screen.