I think you can have great films either way.
Though I prefer things like 2 LANE BLACKTOP to things like TOO FAST AND TOO FURIOUS crap.
On the other hand the EXORCIST is so much better than garbage like CATHY'S CURSE , (which I still enjoy, for some masochistic reason.)
BUT! If I have to choose- low budget, hands down.
I don't need s**t blowing up every 5 seconds.
One of the dullest films I have ever tried to watch (and failed on several occasions) was the remake of Solaris. Big budget, big star, multiple famous directors, and it looks like a soft core porn film but without the porn. I do tend to find low budget easy to put on and enjoy.
I 'd rather watch GAPPA than GODZILLA 1998.
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Quote from: RCMerchant on December 05, 2018, 04:46:15 PM
I 'd rather watch GAPPA than GODZILLA 1998.
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*Shudder* Thanks for reminding me about a film that not only did I not enjoy, but I paid a lot of money to watch and not enjoy.
Quote from: Dark Alex on December 05, 2018, 04:47:16 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on December 05, 2018, 04:46:15 PM
I 'd rather watch GAPPA than GODZILLA 1998.
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*Shudder* Thanks for reminding me about a film that not only did I not enjoy, but I paid a lot of money to watch and not enjoy.
That happens to someone very day around here. ;)
What is low budget in today's Hollywood?
When films today can exceed $300 million in budget. The latest being 2018's Avengers : Infinity War at $316 million. Though, that does not top the cost of 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean : on Stranger Tides, which still holds the record for the costliest film to date at $378.5 million. That is for 1 film, because, if you want to count the total cost to make the Hobbit trilogy, that comes out to $623 million or about $208 million per film.
Of course, if your name is Robert Rodriguez, then in 1992, you can make a little film called El Mariachi for $7225. Even with post production costs of $200,000, with a box office of $2 million, one is looking at a film that made a tidy profit of around $1.5 million, or enough to make a 2nd film.
Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on December 11, 2018, 02:46:37 PM
What is low budget in today's Hollywood?
When films today can exceed $300 million in budget. The latest being 2018's Avengers : Infinity War at $316 million. Though, that does not top the cost of 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean : on Stranger Tides, which still holds the record for the costliest film to date at $378.5 million. That is for 1 film, because, if you want to count the total cost to make the Hobbit trilogy, that comes out to $623 million or about $208 million per film.
And none of them compare to CARNIVAL OF SOULS or the SADIST with Arch Hall jr, or NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD or the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.