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Hi, been researching Hollywood, European + Asian film industrys.

I had a look at, run lola run, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Spider Man 3, Hero, La Vita é Bella and Indiana Jones(good films btw, run lola run was AMAZING!) and theorised that the Asian market will eventually catch up to Hollywood, looking at statistics and stuff.

A Few questions:

1)Do you think Hollywood is dominating the industry or even monopolising the market?

2)Do you think the chinese culture is presented justly in chinese films?

3)Would you go and see a chinese film?

4)When you watch a film like Hero, what do you see in China?

5)Are there many chinese/asian films at the cinema where you are?

6) Do you think the Chinese film industry will ever match Hollywood?

Please answer if you can. This is for a project btw, any comments welcome, thanks guys!
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Originally posted by gianderosa1990
Hi, been researching Hollywood, European + Asian film industrys.

I had a look at, run lola run, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Spider Man 3, Hero, La Vita é Bella and Indiana Jones(good films btw, run lola run was AMAZING!) and theorised that the Asian market will eventually catch up to Hollywood, looking at statistics and stuff.

A Few questions:

1)Do you think Hollywood is dominating the industry or even monopolising the market?

2)Do you think the chinese culture is presented justly in chinese films?

3)Would you go and see a chinese film?

4)When you watch a film like Hero, what do you see in China?

5)Are there many chinese/asian films at the cinema where you are?

6) Do you think the Chinese film industry will ever match Hollywood?

Please answer if you can. This is for a project btw, any comments welcome, thanks guys!
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1. I think movies are made solely to make money, its all about the $$$

2. Nope

3. Yes

4. A bunch of people with small feet kicking the shit outta each other

5. Nope

6. Hell no

1. It's dominating the market in the west.

2. Since all I know about the Chinese culture is from films I don't think I can answer that correctly. Also, hey are mostly martial art flicks. But I suppose they do bear resemblence to the actual period in some ways.

3. If I think it will be good.

4. I must say I don't really think too much about China when watching a film like Hero. I guess I enjoy the exoticness of the situations and places and people in such films though.

5. No

6. In what aspect?

Originally posted by gianderosa1990
Hi, been researching Hollywood, European + Asian film industrys.

I had a look at, run lola run, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Spider Man 3, Hero, La Vita é Bella and Indiana Jones(good films btw, run lola run was AMAZING!) and theorised that the Asian market will eventually catch up to Hollywood, looking at statistics and stuff.

A Few questions:

1)Do you think Hollywood is dominating the industry or even monopolising the market?

2)Do you think the chinese culture is presented justly in chinese films?

3)Would you go and see a chinese film?

4)When you watch a film like Hero, what do you see in China?

5)Are there many chinese/asian films at the cinema where you are?

6) Do you think the Chinese film industry will ever match Hollywood?

Please answer if you can. This is for a project btw, any comments welcome, thanks guys!
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1.
I dont know how Hollywood could monopolise the film industry of a another country, so...,no. Hollywood invests more money into the movie's it makes than any other film industry. Considering that they most always make their investments back, as well as overwhelming profits, is why Hollywood is so dominating. Is Hollywood hindering other countries from making movies? I don't know, but i would highly doubt it.

2.
I guess it depends on the movie. If it is a corny cheeseball martial arts flick (which is made by Chinese filmmakers) Then no. I cannot call very many movies focusing around the Chinese culture, but, Chinese people and Asians in general are being approached with much more respect than they ever have been.

3
I watch Chinese and Japanese Flicks fairly often. The style of filmmaking is, however, sometimes be to different than what i am accustomed too. Sometimes the movies are to cerebral and others, they are to much of a mish mash of genre's. I will not buy a dvd of a Chinese movie unless i have a recommendation from a friend, they are to expensive.

4
When i watch a movie like Hero i see a filmmaker trying very hard to impress the idea of honor.

5
only in the independent theaters

6
If China invests as much money into their film industry, then yes. As for matching the quality, well, Hollywood doesnt own quality, that relies in the writers, actors and directors.

Cheers guys!

A Few answers:

1) Don´t know don´t care as long s good films are out there

2) I havn´t got a clue about chinese culture, so hard to answer

3) Yes, seen a few and they are excellent.

4) I don´t see anything in china, just the film, you have to go to a country to experience it, not see a movie.

5) No, they only show top ones.

6) Don´t know don´t care. Bollywood in Indian is the biggest film industry in the world, they are the ones to beat!!