13 Things Hollywood Always Gets Wrong About Film Fans

10. Hot Naked Bodies & Explosions Don't Sell Tickets Anymore

Hollywood needs to realise that it hasn't been 1987 for a long, long time. For all of our attempts to negate it, we have somehow managed to evolve as a culture, possibly even maturing along the way. We, as a society, no longer need pointless nudity or big BADABOOM explosions to entice us into the theatre - and you can probably blame the internet for that. It used to be exactly what would get your 13-25 year-old demo in a seat, paying good money (or through the classic 'Sneak In' approach) to kick back and patiently wait for Sharon Stone or Demi Moore to run about topless as mass explosions are set off with no visible flames around them. But with cable TV and the worryingly unpoliced Internet working 24/7, they no longer need to pay to see copious amounts of naked bodies or ludicrous explosions. So it is completely OK if you stop. But if your mom won't pay for your broadband, you probably shouldn't be concerned with this invitation, because Hollywood will still crank out movies with nothing more to offer than women stripping to their bare minimums during that ultra-important exposition scene, while Arnie hangs in the background... smirking as he levels another factory. Heck, even if they did stop doing it completely in film, you will always have Game of Thrones, which is more than keeping its end up.
 
Posted On: 
Contributor

Husband, father and a lover of all things film, Aaron strives to see a movie from a fan's perspective, not just a critic's. He is also the producer and co-host of The Hollywood Outsider, a weekly movie & TV podcast. Follow him on Twitter @H_Outsider