Why are movie sequels the only type of movies were seeing lately?

[Tyrone]

God, if I could make a list of them I'd faint probably lol. Why are the majority of movies recently almost all been sequels? Of course we have some original new ideas but there minor compared to the reboots, uneccesary sequels ect.

Is this because of new young directirs, have they ran out if ideas and going the easy way? What's up with 2012 eh.

[Booshoe]

Don't worry, I'll save the movie industry by the end of this decade.

[danman]

Cos the producers are scared to take risks and are looking for easy cash for a simple rehash

[Kasuma]

That's why I rent foreign films.

[BlueDesert]

You are SO RIGHT.
Hollywood is about MONEY $$$$$. The studios are all run by money men whose only goal is too make money. Rather than look for new,interesting scripts -they all feel safer re-making something that's been done before and made LOTS of money. They figure if they continue making sequels and re-makes they are assured the money will pour in just like it did for the original film. They have no integrity and no creativity.
There are thousands of interesting scripts floating around Hollywood that no studio will ever bother to read. It's a shame.
The other thing we have to face realistically is movies are made for teens and 20-somethings. They don't have the greatest taste in movies. Their main interests are vampires,werewolves,car chases,bloody chainsaws, exploding heads and hot babes in bikini's. Kids have NO interest in something that might make them think. If they actually had any intelligence they wouldn't be wasting time on Facebook and Twitter.

When I was in college I took a film appreciation course. I that we were going to see cool movies. We DID see cool movies,but they were all foreign films where you had to read subtitles. I never thought I'd go for it but I fell in love with foreign film. I'm smart,I can read and I don't mind reading. Foreign films are (generally) so much better than American made formula movies. Interesting stories that are not reduced to the dumbest dialogue possible. There are great foreign films in every genre-from Sci Fi and horror to great,hard hitting dramas. No matter what kind of films you like there is something there for you to enjoy.
Lazy people always give the excuse-I don't want to read subtitles. I want to be entertained. Their loss.
The bottom line is as long as kids go to see a Twilight movie 5 or 6 times in the theater Hollywood will keep churning out the same crap over and over. Sadly,there is no chance that kids will smarten up and demand BETTER movies.