Cinema is Dead!!!

Bob on the Bob - Cinema is DEAD!!!! by Bob

Cinema is dead, or at the very least is dying. I cannot remember the last time I went to see a film pay at the cinema that was actually worth the ticket fee. The rise of the Hollywood blockbuster is, of course, to blame for this!

Oh, how I HATE what films such as Jaws and Star Wars have done to this art form. Cinema used to be something that made an audience think and feel. Now, now it is simply there for entertainment. Why? Is it because people are morons? Is it because filmmakers now only think about money? Well yes. Yes to both of these.

It pains me that I am slightly too young to remember the days of when cinema was a respected art form. Gone are the days of the true auteur. It is rare that we see the films of Godard, Fellini, Jonas Mekas and the likes at the cinema anymore. Now we must sit through the utter shite that is mainstream cinema. 

Cinema reminds me a lot about vinyl, in the sense that we are killing it by just giving into to what the people with the money want. The more you support the likes of Spielberg and Lucas, the more you are just handing the film industry over to the fat-cats with the money. The people who are driven by money and don't care about art. 

Cinema is dead. Can it be revived? Probably not. But I hope it does. 

Bob.