Hollywood has become a dreary group of narrow minded scolds. No thanks. https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadline.com/2021/04/2021-0scars-tv-ratings-academy-awards-low-abc-disney-1234744135/amp/">https://www.google.com/amp/s/dea...

One reason to break up the studios is because they produce bad generic movies with little artistic riskiness and then mask declining quality with scolding. Lower quality is a result of market power. https://deadline.com/2021/04/2021-0scars-tv-ratings-academy-awards-low-abc-disney-1234744135/amp/?__twitter_impression=true">https://deadline.com/2021/04/2...

I didn’t love Minari or Nomadland. They were fine. Some strong ‘this is a Very Important Movie’ vibes.

This should be a moment of immense artistic creativity and weirdness. We’re living in a science fiction dystopia/utopia with endless wars and Wall Street gambling crypto-hustlers everywhere. It’s a storyteller’s dream! Where are the great films?!!

Martin Scorsese had it right. Consolidation led to big media Marvel films, which have destroyed filmmaking. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/martin-scorsese-marvel.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/0...

The problem is very simple. Disney bought Fox, distribution and production consolidated, so now there are a few kingmakers who are super cautious in picking which art gets made and distributed. https://www.google.com/amp/s/prospect.org/api/amp/power/time-to-break-up-disney-monopoly/">https://www.google.com/amp/s/pro...