What Will It Take for Hollywood to Grow Up?

[Hume]

There are core aspects of the human experience that, I’m afraid, can’t be effectively captured in superhero stories. It’s unavoidably relevant that the narratives driving so many of these movies were developed by comic book creators who were producing stories written for children, marketed to children and sold to children.

Opinion | What Will It Take for Hollywood to Grow Up?

Even R-rated movies are childish now.

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[Althea]

There are core aspects of the human experience that, I’m afraid, can’t be effectively captured in superhero stories. It’s unavoidably relevant that the narratives driving so many of these movies were developed by comic book creators who were producing stories written for children, marketed to children and sold to children.

Opinion | What Will It Take for Hollywood to Grow Up?

Even R-rated movies are childish now.

www.nytimes.com

Hollywood needs to grow up? They're marketing to the biggest audience. Kids. They see that the only movies that break box office records are the ones that kids want to see. Parents will spend the money on an outing with the kids.

Adults will simply wait a few weeks for streaming if anything new gets their attention.

Which is why movies in a theater will soon be a thing of the past.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

They've turned to make believe and superhero stories because they no longer can put together a story that parallels reality or history that society can use as a touchstone.