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Hollywood: where have all the writers gone?

Posted by tinear on March 8, 2011 at 09:32:20:
Film after film, the production values are excellent, up to the old world-class standards, but the story lines are pathetic.
There is a singular lack of maturity, overall, as if kids fresh out of film school, with little or no real world experience, are running the show.
Remember the writers strike years ago that roughly was broken by the studio heads, leading to the exodus of skilled, experienced writers? It has become apparent that they never returned, that the tradition was broken.
That, plus the incestuous relationship between the billion-dollar special effects industry and studio financing. Add to that a large population of film goers that have been conditioned to accept game-boy quality stories and you have the current situation.
I know that excellence in Hollywood always was a small percentage of total output, but now it has all but disappeared. If you want innovative and excellent films, you must look to Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, ME, and S. America.
One would hope that, with all the money that Hollywood has, it could turn the situation around. But it goes deeper than just poor writing: the decision-making, the decision MAKERS, seem to be worthless.