How we watch movies and TV shows have changed wildly over the years. Just like how what has been popular to watch on those “Devices” has changed over the years. Look at the Russo Brothers for examples of this, they were the directors behind some of the biggest movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
However, if you were to ask the Russo Brothers what they feel about those who say that you “have to watch a movie at the theater”, they make their thoughts clear:
“I hate to be juvenile on that level. We love everything about classic cinema, but we’ve never been precious about that in any way, shape, or form,” Anthony told in an interview. “What has always excited us most is [the question], how do you move it forward? This is part of our philosophy in terms of not being precious about theatrical distribution. How do you get away from the old models? How do you reach audiences that haven’t been engaged before? That’s all the most interesting stuff to us.”
“Auteur filmmaking is 50 years old at this point. It was conceived in the ’70s. We grew up on that. We were kids, it was really important to us. But we’re also aware that the world needs to change and the more that we try to prevent it from changing the more chaos we create. It’s not anyone’s place to reject the next generation’s ideas. We’re in crisis right now because everyone’s at war with each other. It’s sad to see, as guys who grew up loving film. A thing to remember, too, is it’s an elitist notion to be able to go to a theater. It’s very fucking expensive. So, this idea that was created — that we hang on to — that the theater is a sacred space, is bullsh*t,” Joe Russo added.
He went on to note that with streaming services, you can pay it for the price of a movie ticket at times, and get access to a bunch of stories versus only getting to see one. Heck, even with Netflix being OVER the amount of one ticket, their service grants you so many movies and TV shows (and their originals) it vastly outpaces what movie theaters can do. So basically, if you like watching your shows or movies on a streaming service? By all means!
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
