I want to say it means a lot to me, but it doesn't. To me, it's all about form and technique. If the material of the story itself fails to subvert my expectations that's actually alright and comfy. Sometimes it's a great idea to jostle the viewer and shake them out of their comfort/expectations, when that is appropriate (which isnt always the case), but even the most unexpected and creative pitch won't save the film from unchecked nepotism, globohomo, indian cgi, shoddy production ethic, etc.

If the film is being done well, it can be Hamlet again for all I care- for all audiences at large care, I think. It could be the 13th spider-man origin story, but if it does it better than Raimi it will basically take over all the others. Hollywood sniffs money and doesn't seem to have a problem with juicing up glaringly unoriginal ideas with hundreds of millions of dollars, which leads me to believe that my viewpoint is not only shared among people, but is an observation of an innate truth about storytelling as a whole: that there are about 12 ancient core human stories that have been retold since truly ancient times, that we love and are doomed forever to play at the form and technique of these stories, and that our inability to expand on this core repertoire of stories reveals something about our attempts at "true" never-before-existant products of creativity; it's vanity, it's us grasping, reaching, etc at something just outside of our reach. (grasping at being The Creator, I think).

I want to say it means a lot to me, but it doesn't. To me, it's all about form and technique. If the material of the story itself fails to subvert my expectations that's actually alright and comfy. Sometimes it's a great idea to jostle the viewer and shake them out of their comfort/expectations, when that is appropriate (which isnt always the case), but even the most unexpected and creative pitch won't save the film from unchecked nepotism, globohomo, indian cgi, shoddy production ethic, etc.

If the film is being done well, it can be Hamlet again for all I care- for all audiences at large care, I think. It could be the 13th spider-man origin story, but if it does it better than Raimi it will basically take over all the others. Hollywood sniffs money and doesn't seem to have a problem with juicing up glaringly unoriginal ideas with hundreds of millions of dollars, which leads me to believe that my viewpoint is not only shared among people, but is an observation of an innate truth about storytelling as a whole: there are about 12 ancient core human stories that have been retold since truly ancient times, and we are always playing at the form and technique of these stories, and that our inability to expand on this core repertoire of stories means that our attempts of "true" never-before-existant products of creativity are actually vain and grasping (grasping at being The Creator, I think).