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anuarnor
post Mar 27 2019, 11:52 PM

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QUOTE(seiferalmercy @ Mar 27 2019, 10:47 PM)
Ever wonder why stupid movies like the transformer series and local zombies became box office ? Because our people have low taste in movies, resulting in low quality movies being produced. Forget quality lah.
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Tx series were international hits. Also ever wonder why hollywood bother to churn films like white chicks etc.

The truth is most people in the world dont care about director's artsy fartsy whatever. People watch what they enjoy, and hollywood made what people enjoy.

There are markets for art or intelligence films but you wont be swimming in cash.
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post Mar 28 2019, 03:24 AM

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QUOTE(lucifer_666 @ Mar 28 2019, 03:08 AM)
Tell me if we're allowed to make a movie which suggest corruption in the police force, the government and semi-realistic portrayal of the the underworld. Or movie suggesting corrupt political dealings.

At least Indonesia has The Raid and its sequel, which may be fictional and not be the best, but good enough that Hollywood would wanna make their own adaptation. Do we have one of equal? We have the story of the Carrian Group, if anyone bother or dare to make a movie out of it.

If J. K. Rowling is born local, Harry Potter won't see a the light of day because "sihir & tahyul" and religious bodies, NGOs and political parties will make noise. And our authors are busy writing cheap romantic novels. Just go to MPH or any bookstore & look at the best-sellers ranking for local publications.

And obviously James Wan made his mark in the industry abroad, not locally.  Why is that?

But then again, maybe Malaysians indeed are simplistic & shallow as you have suggested. Only sex crossed their mind when people speak of censorship.
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Two issues that shouldn't be mixed up. 1 . (restricted) freedom of making movies 2. Commercial viability of said movies.



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