6 Annoyingly Repetitive Movie Trends Ruining Modern Hollywood

4. Dystopia

We get it: the misdemeanours of modern humanity are destined to have consequences. Overpopulation, war, financial inequality, greed, and a desire to €˜play God€™ as it were, are destined to leave our descendants scrapping for supplies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. That is the message dystopian films hold at their core. A message of head turning worth, yes, and a foundation for many interesting stores, undoubtedly, but once again over-exposure is in danger of spoiling the sub-genre. As the years have passed and one dystopian film has followed another, we have been left with a mass over-saturation of these often very de-saturated pictures. The term €˜post apocalyptic€™ has become an all too convenient prologue to setting up a cinematic world removed from the one we currently inhabit. They€™re often beautiful and diverse in their scale as a result, but is it all too much doom, gloom, and narrative crossover? For every Mad Max: Fury Road, which uses the idea as a springboard to tell a tale of humanity and redemption amidst a backdrop of jaw-dropping stunt work, there are sadly all too many Elysiums and Oblivions, bogged down in hollow scripting and recurring thematic notes. Recent Examples: The Hunger Games Series (2012-2015), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Divergent Series (2014-15), CHAPPiE (2015), The Rover (2015), The Purge (2013) & The Purge: Anarchy (2015), The Maze Runner (2014), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), The Giver (2014), Snowpiercer (2013), Oblivion (2013), Elysium (2013), Dredd (2012)