New age of movies coming in?

Hello it's that annoying guy on the internet who over analyzes everything, but tries to keep it calm. So as I was on vacation this past week, I started thinking about "The Last Jedi" once again, and I loved the movie, but I was shocked to see their was such a split in the audiences, some saying it was bad, and others saying it was good. I do think the movie has problems but it has been talked to death, so I won't go over them.

Instead, I went back to a review when TLJ came out, between a reviewer I watch, and his girlfriend. The first thing the girl said was "The more I think about this movie, the more I like it." and he said "The more I think about this movie, the less I like it." Now the wheels in my head have been turning and what I came to the conclusion that we may be seeing a new age of movies coming in, ones that won't split audience decisions so heavily, but first let me give a few examples of movies that have come out recently that have a ton of split opinions.

Let's start with one movie that got me noticing this was "Man Of Steel". I acknowledge it had a ton of problems, but I still enjoyed it for what it's worth, but so may people were hating on this movie, and were getting beaten back with those who liked the movie. This hit a chord with me because usually theirs at least a majority over the other, but even the critics seemed split on the movie.

Others I noticed were "Beauty and the beast", "The force awakens", "Star Trek", "The Shape Of Water", "La La Land", and our most popular culprit now "The Last Jedi".

Now granted their have movies that have come out before and audiences were spilt on it, but it seems audiences are split on more movies than ever before in history. It seems like a weird shift.


Now the question is "Why Are Audiences becoming so split?" I have two theories: One is people are tired that nothing is original anymore at least most popular movies aren't that original. I'd say while that is an issue, I doubt that's the true case. Case and point: "Hotel Artemis" tried to advertise that it was completely original, but audiences didn't seem to care, resulting in lack luster box office sales, and meh reviews. Now I could be totally wrong by just pointing to one movie, but "Hotel Artemis" was the big movie to use the marketing strategy of "WE ARE ORIGINAL". My other theory I think is a little more stronger: Audiences don't want original, they want new stuff done well, even if it's a remake.


While I know Cinephiles were split on this, audiences fell head over heels in love with "Mad Max: Fury Road", by being a movie that didn't rely on ABC storytelling, and being mostly silent and letting the action tell the story. Audiences went nuts for this movie, and surprisingly, it pulled out 6 Academy Awards. Yes, the award show that is notorious for not picking the best, couldn't ignore just how good this movie was made, and even gave the movie a nod for "Best Picture", and "Best Director", and I think this is what audiences want.

George Miller did everything new with "Fury Road", while still being true to the original, and almost everyone ate it up. I think movie going audiences want these types of movies, where they're high budget, and experimental, but not too over the top. Most of the movies I mentioned above I've heard as playing it safe, even if their was some experimentation in these films. I think audiences want too see big risks, and big films that take these risks, and that's ushering in a new wave of movies that'll usher in a new age where the artist will get to speak louder than ever before.

Now this is all just speculation, and I could be wayyy off, but I think it's alright to speculate every once in awhile. Let me know what you think down in the comments. Maybe you think we'll just be getting the same movies we are getting nowadays, or maybe you think theirs a new age of movies where the money speaks louder than the artist. I wanna know what you think, so let me know, and let's have some interesting discussions. Thanks for reading, and have a great day!