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What's Keeping Adult Audiences Away?
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Just yesterday I was joking around about predominance of "tweens," and today The Hollywood Reporter is saying that they're all that is keeping the industry afloat. High-profile movies like State of Play and Duplicity are faltering at the box office and suffering from soft openings. Mature films starring mature stars just aren't proving as profitable as Zac Efron and fast cars and no one knows why. Is it the reccession? Is it the marketing? The subject matter?
I don't buy that it's the reccession, exactly. I can't pretend to know much about the economy, but if adults lack the disposable income than the kids do too. Now, it's possible that adults are being tighter with their own entertainment and keeping to Netflix and Hulu, but handing money over to their offspring so that they can have some fun with Vin Diesel. Certainly, the ongoing success of Monsters Vs Aliens would suggest that a lot of families may hold out going to the theater until it's a film that everyone can see and enjoy.
Personally, I think it's a combination of subject matter, money, and motivation. Over the years, I've watched my relatives become more and more reluctant to go to the movies. They rarely feel that it's worth the trouble or the expense to see just any movie. It has to be an event, or have the stamp of reliability. It doesn't surprise me that Gran Torino had a bigger and splashier run than State of Play or Duplicity, because I know which film my relatives would consider to be the better value, regardless of critical opinion.
I don't buy that it's the reccession, exactly. I can't pretend to know much about the economy, but if adults lack the disposable income than the kids do too. Now, it's possible that adults are being tighter with their own entertainment and keeping to Netflix and Hulu, but handing money over to their offspring so that they can have some fun with Vin Diesel. Certainly, the ongoing success of Monsters Vs Aliens would suggest that a lot of families may hold out going to the theater until it's a film that everyone can see and enjoy.
Personally, I think it's a combination of subject matter, money, and motivation. Over the years, I've watched my relatives become more and more reluctant to go to the movies. They rarely feel that it's worth the trouble or the expense to see just any movie. It has to be an event, or have the stamp of reliability. It doesn't surprise me that Gran Torino had a bigger and splashier run than State of Play or Duplicity, because I know which film my relatives would consider to be the better value, regardless of critical opinion.
What Turned Your "Tween / Teen" Crank?
Filed under: Fandom », Family Films », Brad Pitt »
For better or worse, we're living in a generation dominated by the "tweens." Granted, I think this is largely the media and movie industry being reminded that the young exist, have a little disposable income, and like soft, safe movies with Zac Efron and sparkly vampires. I don't mean that as dismissively as it may sound. Adolescence is an awkward thing, as I'm sure we all remember, and while I don't want the tastes of 10-13 ruling studios for the next ten years, it's good to cater to them with a movie or two.
Thinking back though, I'm at a loss as to what ruled my tween / teen years. I was an odd duck though, focused on Renaissance Faires and all things medieval, so the only thing that looms very large is Braveheart. I also remember being quite impressed by Legends of the Fall and Brad Pitt's long, tousled hair. I believe he and Mel Gibson were my first pin-ups, which I'm sure explains a lot about me to this day.
Though I know I was hideously out of touch with my demographic, I wonder if my generation is a "lost" one of 20-somethings that escaped being pigeonholed into a particular taste and demographic. Casper was about as gently gushy as we got. There was no in-between like Twilight, you had to jump straight from Disney into Tarantino. It was eye-opening and kind of scary, and makes me empathize with those who enjoy a chaste stepping stone of Hannah Montana and Edward Cullen. I know I was too young to see some of that stuff ... but then again, I also turned out just fine.
Thinking back though, I'm at a loss as to what ruled my tween / teen years. I was an odd duck though, focused on Renaissance Faires and all things medieval, so the only thing that looms very large is Braveheart. I also remember being quite impressed by Legends of the Fall and Brad Pitt's long, tousled hair. I believe he and Mel Gibson were my first pin-ups, which I'm sure explains a lot about me to this day.
Though I know I was hideously out of touch with my demographic, I wonder if my generation is a "lost" one of 20-somethings that escaped being pigeonholed into a particular taste and demographic. Casper was about as gently gushy as we got. There was no in-between like Twilight, you had to jump straight from Disney into Tarantino. It was eye-opening and kind of scary, and makes me empathize with those who enjoy a chaste stepping stone of Hannah Montana and Edward Cullen. I know I was too young to see some of that stuff ... but then again, I also turned out just fine.
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