[philadweller]

I am so bored with movies and TV shows being filmed in Manhattan. Manhattan is becoming so trite.

The tipping point came when I saw the previews for "Don't mess with the Zohan." Another irritating Adam Sandler flick which looks like a "Borat" ripoff. Just what the world needs right?

Don't get me wrong NYC is my hometown and I love her dearly. Hollywood seems to film everything in NYC. I am missing movies filmed in LA. I never thought I'd ever say such a thing.

I would like to see more flicks filmed in Montreal, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Portland and Boston.

Is anyone else feeling as bitter as me?

 

[Chrissib]

I'd like to see Hollywood-Movies in Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Moscow, Warsaw, Athens, Madrid, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei...

 

[storms991]

Don't get me wrong NYC is my hometown and I love her dearly. Hollywood seems to film everything in NYC. I am missing movies filmed in LA. I never thought I'd ever say such a thing.

Aren't most Hollywood movies filmed in Hollywood?

 

[philadweller]

"Aren't most Hollywood movies filmed in Hollywood?"

No but I was referring to the film industry in general. Recently I have been seeing Bucharest in film which impressed me so much.

Would love to see something on location in Jo-Burg, Durban, Tirana, Rekjavik, Istanbul, Nuuk, Sofia, Lagos, Tehran, Beirut, Moscow, Marseilles, Valencia, Belgrade...anywhere but Manhattan.

 

[ZZ-II]

I'd like to see Hollywood-Movies in Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Moscow, Warsaw, Athens, Madrid, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei...

indeed, that would be great..totally agree

 

[philadweller]

I am a very curious person. If I discover a city that I've never heard of I want to know everything about it. Unfortunately the US film industry bounces back between LA and NYC.

Doesn't Europe have its own film industry? Why would you want Hollywood to portray European cities? They will use all the "obvious" and cliche sites...Eiffel Tower, Red Square, Big Ben..bleh bleh.

 

[lear1]

U.S. iconography in general is running out of inspiration. Sequels after sequels are produced, without any vision or style.

New images from around the world are badly needed.

 

[ChrisZwolle]

Aren't most Hollywood movies filmed in Hollywood?

Yeah, they build some streetscenes in the studios. Like Friends.

 

[philadweller]

"U.S. iconography in general is running out of inspiration. Sequels after sequels are produced, without any vision or style.

New images from around the world are badly needed."

Amen!!! Could not have said that better. I also am so sick of many of the actors in Hollywood. If I see another picture of Jack Black I'm gonna hurl!

I want to see Siberia in films. Hollywood is so friggin' corny. I'd rather sit in a courtroom to witness a murder trial than see a blockbuster film.

If I see another film about NYC getting destroyed by monsters, ice ages, aliens, tsunamis or tornadoes I will self implode.

 

[LtBk]

Hollywood needs new leadership to survive.

 

[Blackpool88]

I'd rather sit in a courtroom to witness a murder trial than see a blockbuster film.

That would be literally more interesting then any film!


You should watch 24 hour party people, Its set in Manchester in England!!

 

[LuckyJ23]

Stop watching Hollywood movies and watch indie and foreign movies...

 

[OakRidge]

I actually like it when they show the real LA in film.

 

[PD]

I would rather a good movie over a good location although a good location canhelp to make a good movie.

But not always, take the Bourne series. I think they were trying way too hard, like now im in paris and now im in prague.

 

[ArchiTennis]

Aren't most Hollywood movies filmed in Hollywood?

I think so.

Here's a shoot in downtown L.A. being portrayed as N.Y...nypd and all

flickr savemejebus

 

[Ian]

Man if you want to see the rest of the world, watch foreign cinema!!!!! Very easy... :nuts:

Don't you have some good foreign cinema channels????

 

[Taller Better]

Coming from Philly you probably have some rivalry with NYC, but to be honest, I can't imagine getting bored with New York. I've been there many times and there is always something new and exciting going on.

 

[philadweller]

"Coming from Philly you probably have some rivalry with NYC, but to be honest, I can't imagine getting bored with New York. I've been there many times and there is always something new and exciting going on."

Actually, I moved to Philly from New York and before that was in Boston. I am certainly not tired of my visits to NYC but am sick of seeing so many shows and movies filmed there. I would not say that there is a rivalry between NYC and Philly. Maybe a streak of jealousy here and there but most Philadelphians love a NYC fix. On the other hand a good deal of last years real estate transactions in Philadelphia were the result of purchases by New Yorkers. The cities are too close and too different in size to be proper rivals. There used to be more of a rivalry.

 

[Golden Age]

Is anyone else feeling as bitter as me?

The elephant in the room of course is the movie "Sex and the City", the ultimate fashionista guide to the Big Apple. Does this mean NYC will forever be associated with Wasps, Peach Magaritas, Stilleto-Sororities, Lexington Avenue? Not exactly, the influence of movies only goes so far. If anything, series like Seinfeld, Friends, etc. or Woody Allen flics have, on average, boosted NY's image rather than hurt it, so what's not to like?

 

[trainrover]

I would like to see more flicks filmed in

Pittsburgh! -- it fascinates me to no end....I love it there. (Balt & NO are worthwhile too.)

Is anyone else feeling as bitter as me?

I wish I could catch just what it is about the way NYC's being miscaptured.....but as it is, I recently hooted reading that Hollywood's-burning headline....