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CMV:Franchises are killing creativity in popular movies

I enjoy many of these franchises...the Marvel universe, Star Wars, so on and so on, but all these sequels are killing the creativity of new movies. 

I think back to the 80's when we saw hits like Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Terminator, Back to the Future, Die Hard, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times as Ridgemont High, Goonies, Ferris Bueller's Day Off...Hit after hit after hit that seem to be original, or at least present an original take on classic storylines. These films are iconic.

I can't think of a single "original idea" iconic hit move in a decade, and perhaps only Avatar in the last twenty years.

Can you CMV that the focus on sequels and producing the "proven formula" movies are killing the creativity in popular movies?
gpt
How many movies in the 80s were produced that are no longer remembered or that flopped at the box office?  How many movies in the 80s were produced as sequels?  You mentioned Raiders of the Lost Ark--what are your thoughts on Temple of Doom?  Was that creative?

There have been plenty of hit movies this decade that may stand the test of time.  We just don't quite know yet because there hasn't been much time passed.  How about Christopher Nolan movies?  Inception, The Prestige, Interstellar?  Or even some animated movies?  The Incredibles is over a decade old, but that was a hit movie.  There have also been a lot of "true story" movies recently, which require a different kind of creativity.

Hindsight is always 20/20 and we always want to go back to "the good old days", but we so quickly forget that maybe the good old days weren't actually that good.