The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs
The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs
But that’s what modern audiences actually want. They want mediocre slop because it doesn’t distract them while scrolling Instagram or TikTok. Modern audiences don’t watch movies anymore, they only use movies as background noise. So why even bother with memorable characters or a real plot? I’m not trolling here or anything, just saying the truth. If I would make films for a living, I wouldn’t make them more complex either. Because it’s only a waste of time, effort and money.
The difference between an artist and someone with money sickness.
That’s why I wrote for a living. If you have to earn money you’re bound by contracts, deadlines, budgets, your client’s demands, the market and so on. If you want to make art you have to do it as a hobby. I know the difference very well, I’ve worked in several fields. Not in film (Those rare occasions as extra or boom doesn’t count, I was young and needed the money) but the principle is the same. I don’t like it but that’s just how things are, it’s how economy itself works.