So I thought The Creator was brilliant. I watched it in the cinema, thoroughly enjoyed it and was gobsmacked when I learned it’s budget was only $79 million. It looks better than some films I’ve seen that cost three times that.
But apparently, while it may make that back, it’s unlikely to even earn $100 million globally.
So the answer to the question of why Hollywood churns out the same shite over and over is that, currently, tragically, that is what the masses want to spend their money on.
And that makes me sad.
Risk.
The thinking is if an idea worked the first time, people will want more of it, so it's going to work the second time too.
Plus, it's way easier to get people working together on a project when everybody had already worked together before.
A movie about Risk, the tabletop game, you say?