Non-franchise films you'd recommend

**Barkworm** · 05-21-2023, 04:32 AM

If you have read some of my posts since I returned to the forums, you will have noticed my deep disgust for everything that's a sequel, reboot, re-imagining or any adaptation really. Like anyone who'd post on a message board about a franchise, there are several sequels and adaptations I have thoroughly enjoyed but in recent years it's become a huge problem in Hollywood. Right now, there is ONE film in the American box office top 10 that's doesn't belong to one of the categories mentioned above - 'Hypnotic' by Robert Rodriguez. And it seems like it's going to be a gigantic failure.

I'm really out of touch with modern pop culture so can anyone recommend any recent films that are actual originals? I'm talking about popcorn entertainment, not Palm d'Or candidates. If it's smart, that's a plus but I'd love to see some original films that are just entertaining which are not about geriatric childhood heroes or the billionth adaptation of the same tired sh*t we've seen before.

05-21-2023, 04:32 AM	#1
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,759	Non-franchise films you'd recommend If you have read some of my posts since I returned to the forums, you will have noticed my deep disgust for everything that's a sequel, reboot, re-imagining or any adaptation really. Like anyone who'd post on a message board about a franchise, there are several sequels and adaptations I have thoroughly enjoyed but in recent years it's become a huge problem in Hollywood. Right now, there is ONE film in the American box office top 10 that's doesn't belong to one of the categories mentioned above - 'Hypnotic' by Robert Rodriguez. And it seems like it's going to be a gigantic failure. I'm really out of touch with modern pop culture so can anyone recommend any recent films that are actual originals? I'm talking about popcorn entertainment, not Palm d'Or candidates. If it's smart, that's a plus but I'd love to see some original films that are just entertaining which are not about geriatric childhood heroes or the billionth adaptation of the same tired sh*t we've seen before.