A movie is a story. If the story is good, we're all ready to accept imperfect VFX, SFX, sets, costumes, props and so on as long as they're in service of a good story.
So the story is the problem.
The problem is the story is very often the problem in modern movies. So my feelings about that WGA strike are very mixed. The industry has seen an influx of young, inexperienced, at times obnoxious writers, whose union insists "you'll hire them in greater numbers, for longer time, at higher salaries".
I'd say:
Attention, Hollywood: the WGA isn't working, so please stop using it.
> The industry has seen an influx of young, inexperienced, at times obnoxious writers
Yeah.
Young and inexperienced isn't that big a problem. But obnoxious certainly is a problem.
The biggest problem is these people know nothing and they are very preachy in their writing. It makes it miserable to experience. No one likes to be preached at by the young and inexperienced.
Yeah, oh my god the new Top Gun could have not been more in your face "look how cool and good the American military is facing evil vague but unspecified foreigners." Or how new romance movies are like "wow city life is miserable, soulless you should move out to this idilic countryside." And the ridiculous amount of movies that basically exist to ego stroke middle aged white dudes, like yes I get it you saved America or whatever using the your old man wisdom. Oh, and my favorite "isn't the nuclear family great, so great that you should put up with toxic familial relationships -- they can change just try harder."
At least in the dad movie category they've switched to the hot girl half his age being the protagonist's daughter instead of love interest.
The sad state of affairs is that it might. You need to study more what deal WGA forced on the industry in 2007 and it’ll explain a lot of the garbage Hollywood produces these days.
A movie is a story. If the story is good, we're all ready to accept imperfect VFX, SFX, sets, costumes, props and so on as long as they're in service of a good story.
So the story is the problem.
The problem is the story is very often the problem in modern movies. So my feelings about that WGA strike are very mixed. The industry has seen an influx of young, inexperienced, at times obnoxious writers, whose union insists "you'll hire them in greater numbers, for longer time, at higher salaries".
I'd say:
Attention, Hollywood: the WGA isn't working, so please stop using it.