Jesse Thomas7 said:Haha, well... here I go again, standing alone against the entire crowd. Honestly, I’m surprised I even made it through that last round without getting shut down. But look, let’s get back to the actual point before everyone starts trolling me—do you guys seriously believe that movies, on a global scale, haven't just become nothing more than mass-produced commodities designed to be shoved down as many people's throats as possible? I mean, sure, there are always those rare exceptions that break the mold, but for the most part, it's just a product being pushed.
One segment of film production has been focused on pushing content to the widest possible audience since almost 1895.😁 It’s only logical; filmmaking is an incredibly expensive art form, and in any studio system operating on market principles, you have to turn a profit to keep the cameras rolling.
There are plenty of "exceptions," so cinema isn't dying. Top-tier films are produced
all over the globe, and nowadays, it’s actually easier than ever to make a movie on a shoestring budget. We constantly hear about innovative concepts where films are shot for next to nothing. Think American indies, Dogme 95, or Romanian cinema... there isn't massive money involved, it's not treated as a commodity, yet great films still emerge.
Today when you film, filmmakers have access to affordable digital technology and the internet acts as a godsend for promoting their work. As viewers, we definitely don't have to rely solely on the major studios anymore. From that perspective, industrial film production isn't inherently bad; if anything, we audiences often benefit from the coexistence of true art and the industry.