Quote Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe View Post
Some people can't appreciate an actual story that builds. Not everything needs to blow up every 10 minutes. Our attention span is for 10 minute intervals now, it is hard for people to actually pay attention for 2 hours. Fast & the Furious or the Transformers are crap movies. They are just cool to watch the special affects or stunts but as far as an actual plot, there isn't much there. Transformers seems like they write the script as they go to match whatever Michael Bay wants to blow up. Ok, getting off my soapbox now.
Well said, and totally agree. Just think if a film like The Godfather was released today, how would it be received? And Blade Runner 2049 is a great example of that phenomenon in today's cinema culture: it's being overwhelmingly praised by reviewers, yet it is bombing at the box office because people don't want to be challenged to think when going to the movies.