Proof Hollywood has run out of ideas
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Some argue it wasn't good. 
But I'm not one of them.
But I'm not one of them.
^ The sequels were shit, though ...
Says the guy with an avatar from the 17th Bond movie.
Exactly.
Here's what I see....when Hollywood does something new or different, and it doesn't have lot's of 'splosions or action...people don't go and see it regardless of how good the writing. Then when these movies end up winning at the Oscars, people are bitching that some mainstream pablum lost to some artsy fartsy bullshit that only the snobby critics liked.
Really, it's just that Hollywood isn't making specific movies that some people want.
They're making what sells.
Also as a film buff, I will repeat the point that remakes are not new. No newer than the amount of threads proclaiming that Hollywood has run out of ideas. The three different versions of The Maltese Falcon (yes Satan Met A Lady is a remake of it) occurred exactly six years apart. 1931, 1936, 1942.
What it boils down to is this: "When Hollywood makes sequels, remakes, and adaptations I'm not interested in it's evidence that they're creatively bankrupt. But when they make sequels, remakes, and adaptations that I am interested in, well, that's just great and they should continue to do so." 
Yeah, I know a lot of people feel this way, but I love all three of them. I would go as far as saying that At World's End is my favorite.
Plenty of cop/lawyer/doctor shows get cancelled - it's just part of the overall high churn rate of TV. But nobody around here cares when some generic cop show gets the axe, compared with something original and interesting that stands out in a mob.
Cop/lawyer/doctor shows are at saturation levels. You'd think Hollywood would try something different in the hopes of grabbing an audience that is hungry, not satiated. How many cop shows can a person watch in one week, anyway?
Oy! We can hope for better than Avatar in originality can't we? Magic Whitey Saves the Noble Savage - we've seen that story a few times before, right?
Ah but here are two other "insane" ideas they've tried:
Pirates of the Caribbean - What, a movie based on a theme park ride??? They have completely lost it!
Gladiator - That stuff went out of fashion in the early 60s! [Cue the joke from Airplane.]
Or the pathetic GI Joe cartoon that it sprang from. With the tiny action figures. Whatever happened to the big Joe? Now that's reality, that's the source material as far as I know...