Why are there so many Hollywood reboots?

You don’t have to drum up interest in a new concept, story or character because there’s a ready-made audience there for the taking. Remakes, reboots and sequels do, precisely because they are already properties familiar to audiences and which some people will feel an emotional attachment to already.

Why does Hollywood keep remaking old movies?

The answer is money. Hated though the idea may be, remakes, reboots, and adaptations regularly bring in millions of viewers to the box office (or, more recently, subscribers to the small screen). Audiences keep spending money on them, sometimes to the tune of over a billion dollars, so Hollywood keeps making them.

How do so many bad movies get made?

It’s much more typical to make a bad or mediocre movie — as it is to write a bad or mediocre script — than to truly succeed, either commercially or in terms of quality. Finally, a lot of movies get made because someone very powerful wants them to.

Why are they making so many remakes?

Prequels, sequels, reboots and remakes tend to be so secure that they can be usually be reliably counted on to make up any shortfall over more risky or daring projects, giving the studios to take a chance on films or series that may otherwise not see the light of day.

Why do movies have bad plots?

Plot holes are either the result of bad writing, bad editing, or audiences that are engaged or enraged enough about a movie to pick apart every little nuance and detail. Let’s get something straight — no screenplay is rock solid. Any great cinephile can find an apparent plot hole, big or small.

What makes a bad movie bad?

Sometimes a movie is bad because the original story is being twisted on its head so hard, it makes it practically indigestible for fans all over the world. Bad movies can grow to become laughable cult classics like the previously mentioned films The Room and Cats.

Does Hollywood have a diversity problem?

Hollywood still has a long way to go, according to the Hollywood Diversity Report from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): The share of female and nonwhite characters on-screen has risen quite steadily over the past few years, but also quite slowly.

How often are remakes of movies made?

Remakes are nothing new. “Robin Hood,” for instance, has been remade 11 times since its 1912 debut. Using Wikipedia’s List of Remakes as a guide, PBS Idea Channel reminds us that not only are remakes more common than you think, but more of them came in the years between 2002 and 2011 than in any other 10-year period.

Why are there so few movies about Africa in Hollywood?

If Africa is featured, it’s dangerous and untouched by civilization Hollywood’s stereotypical depictions of black people mostly refer to black Americans. Tropes that are about Africans are rarer, partly because few Hollywood movies have African characters.

Why do movie companies keep making movies that tanking at box office?

Aside from earning a healthy profit for movie companies hoping to cash in on an already faithful fanbase, there’s also a chance of making a successful movie or TV franchise based on an original that tanked at the box office — think “Ocean’s Eleven” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”