Dear random big movie company,

The other day, I sat in a theatre, watching flashing lights on a screen

With mind-numbing sound

And I thought

When did creativity die?

I can’t pinpoint it 

Find exactly when creativity started being optional when creating art

And I hate it

Because these flashing lights, these thousands of frames

Painful dialogue that I can predict 

Music that doesn’t even flow properly 

They’re dry, meaningless, 

soulless

Remake after remake, uninspiring 

The same thing over and over

Rinse and goddamn repeat 

Cartoon now live action 

Movies not needing a second, third, or fourth add-on

Yet getting one anyway

Any time I sit in a movie theatre 

Popcorn in hand, perfectly buttered

The theatre seat kind of uncomfortable, but just right 

Tickets far too overpriced 

I hate it

Instead of high emotion and sitting on the edge of my seat

Dying to know what happens next

Blown away by unimaginable visuals and blessed by songs meant for the heavens 

I’m hit with ruined characters and a predictable risk-less plot 

I’m hit with creatives being denied what they originally intended 

I’m hit with you big money assholes flaunting the amount of money you’re going to make

And I hate it

Gods, I hate it so much

You cooperation's milk nostalgia factor and reuse old material 

Hitting us with so-called, 

REVOLUTIONARY NEVER SEEN OR DONE BEFORE IN 789K RESOLUTION WITH 65000 SOUND QUALITY COSTING 50 BILLION DOLLARS 

And it’s just Toy Story 15 or Frozen 2 live-action remake

With the whole cast being actors and actresses who are household names 

Who have no acting skills but they’re pretty 

With a basic story that completely ruins the characters' whole character arc

And no ounce of human creativity and expression inside 

Just pictures on a really big screen

Costing me 100 bucks

And everyone will clap at the end

I hate it

Why?

Why does this happen? 

How do you keep getting away with this?

Because it’s so easy

It’s something you know the audience will buy

You’ve seen the numbers the first time it happened

The way the watchers loved it the first time

So obviously, if you reuse old material, especially if it’s significantly older 

Then people will buy 

The money will flow in

Because the people won’t care what they’re watching

If there's that character they love

a couple of action scenes

a really hot actor 

And some overdone CGI

Then the audience will blindly enjoy 

Creatives aren’t allowed to take risks

Because that risks money

And audiences aren’t allowed to experience something new

Because they’re scared 

I hate it

I hate it so much because eventually all we’ll be watching is AI slop that one random money-hungry white guy generated with a single sentence 

And no one will want to create anymore 

No one will create anymore 

I used to hate the Snow White cartoon 

Now I wish you would take risks like that again

Sincerely,

A very angry and creative future director