Why on earth does Hollywood make such awful comedy movies? UPDATED2 — Page 3

If you doubt Eddie Murphy's talent as a leading man in comedies, I suggest you check out "The Nutty Professor" remake, "Trading Places", or the more recent Netflix vehicle "Dolemite is My Name".

I do not think they make that many comedies, romantic comedies or dramas anymore. Adult pictures seem to be made for cable and streaming platforms. I think the demographic for major movie viewing skews towards younger people since there is more money to be made and the films tend to be action or fantasy oriented.

There was time when they were so commonplace: Father of the Bride, Postcards From The Edge, Pretty Woman, Baby Boom, While You Were Sleeping, Annie Hall, Four Weddings and a Funeral and one of my favorites, Defending Your Life....now they are very infrequent....I think the last one I saw was Long Shot which was solid but not in the ranks of the afore mentioned pictures.

I did not realize we were including films produced by streaming services.

Updated On: 6/15/20 at 02:59 PM

CT2NYC said: "SmoothLover said: "I did not realize we were including films produced by streaming services."

Every movieon my list, including DOLEMITE,had a theatrical release."

But they were not all made by Hollywood studios. But your list was quite complete and I admit that I remembered Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Which I adored after my original post. I thought about Late Night but remembered it was produced by Amazon.

Seems you could have avoided calling the original post stupid....rather mean on your part.

Updated On: 6/16/20 at 11:52 PM