I have not been interested in going to the movies for some time now. The market for films in America continues to separate into increasingly more homogeneous sub-groups. On one side, traditional cinema, where story, acting prowess, themes and dialogue are the key metrics. These movies/shows/films/pictures/series/whatever are essentially only released to streaming platforms anymore. On the other side, the blockbuster titles. The only media deemed worthy of theatrical release; these movies are either reboots, sequels of other successful (or semi-successful) movies, or general DC/Marvel comic book hero shit. Let’s look at the article “The Most Anticipated Movie Releases: Coming 2023” by the blog site Social Junkie.
Babylon – Original
M3GAN – Original
Kraven The Hunter – Comic Book
The Last Voyage of the Demeter – Original
Knock At The Cabin – Original
Magic Mike’s Last Dance – Sequel
It’s All Coming Back To Me – Original
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania – Comic Book
Cocaine Bear – Original (I’m intrigued)
Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves – Original
Creed 3 – Reboot+Sequel
The Haunted Mansion – Reboot
Aquaman 2 – Sequel
John Wick Chapter 4 – Sequel
Scream 6 – Sequel (Too many)
The Super Mario Bros. – Original
Heart Of A Lion – Original
Renfield – Original
Last Train To New York – Reboot (of a foreign film)
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 – Sequel
Fast X – Sequel (STOP)
The Little Mermaid – Reboot (These live action Disney remakes are so bad)
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Part One – Comic Book
Transformers Rise Of The Beasts – Reboot (How are we still doing Transformers?)
The Flash – Comic Book
Indiana Jones 5 – Sequel (Harrison is old)
Madame Web – Comic Book
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part 1 – Sequel (Tom Cruise is also old)
Barbie – Original
Oppenheimer – Original (Actually stoked for)
The Marvels – Comic Book
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Reboot
The Meg 2 – The Trench – Sequel (Didn’t realize anybody watched ‘The Meg’)
Blue Beetle – Comic Book
The Equaliser 3 – Sequel (Didn’t know there was a 1 and 2)
A Quiet World – Sequel
The Exorcist – Reboot (This has to be like the 8th reboot of this movie)
Paw Patrol The Mighty Movie – Original
Dune 2 – Sequel
Saw X – Sequel (STOP)
Imaginary Friends – Original
Trolls 3 – Sequel (Why?)
The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes – Reboot (This title is such a GoT ripoff)
Wonka – Reboot
The Tigers Apprentice – Original
Peter Pan & Wendy – Reboot
Disenchanted – Original
Legally Blonde 3 – Sequel
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Sequel (Dumbfounded they made a sequel to this)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Reboot
Pinocchio – Reboot
Gremlins 3 – Sequel
Totals:
Movies listed: 52
Originals: 16
Sequels: 17
Reboots: 12
Comic Books: 7
So 69% of new 2023 movies are unoriginal ideas? Nice.