You know, at this point, Im so bitter and cynical about this that I asked this.
We want good movies and our great franchises but
Do we actually deserve them?
What I mean is, does "current year" society deserves good movies at this point? I say we reap what we sow. Our society doesnt really want good movies because you cant bitch about good movies, it doesnt FEED into the holy tier narrative. We dont stand by good values such as family, morality, religion and etc. We stand by degenerate freedom, extreme freedom with no restrain to the point no one knows what to do with so much freedom anymore but want to do shit like legalize pedophilia. Movies and entertainment NEED a good base for them to be built on. For example, George Lucas made both star wars trilogies that spoke about current times and exploring sort of a gray area with them (especially the prequels), he grew up in a post war (and even current vietnam war) america so he gave a story american society wanted, needed and deserved it. He wasnt preachy, of course, he still told a story first.
Today however? I say its the case we have TOO much freedom and peace. We need to artificially create new boogeymen to be scared of. We lack cause, meaning. And because of that, so does our movie and entertainment...they feel like they NEED a cause and current world significance when the story should always come first. Marvel just made a tranny kid super hero...was that because someone had a genius plot with a main character that just happens to be a tranny? No...its obviously another political move the masses will praise for being soo "current year".
So I ask you, my friends, do we deserve good movies at this point? Now yes, we did have some diamonds in the rough, like Joker...a movie that actually tells a story that just happens to reflect well on today's political climate in a mostly unbiased fashion. But we got so much shit to the point that I doubt Joker really compensates for it. I hope Joker brings forward more movies of its kind but the cynical within me doubts about it. I hate "current year" ... to the point I much rather we suffer much more for our "sins", I want it to be punished. When I say ''we", I obviously do not refer to people like us, those who actually bother to look beyond the edge of the picture society forces upon our eyes, insisting thats reality, I refer to the masses that allowed it to get this bad. As the joker says "you get what you fucking deserve" and I agree with that sentiment.
Now I want to be proven wrong so keep that in mind before you judge me. Its just something Im pondering at this point...
"Do we, the current year, deserve good movies?"