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Creativity Lost

There was a time when Hollywood was a source of creativity and inspiration. Characters, stories, settings and visuals so engrossing that they would bleed into other media and avenues and inspire content creation in those areas. But sadly, Hollywood has lost that Midas touch. Movies are either adaptations from other mediums or reboots or retelling of older movies and stories. Relying mostly on the feeling of nostalgia to drag people into the cinema seats.  Take the last "normal" year that we had seen, 2019, the top ten grossing movies were as follows: Highest-grossing films of 2019 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Avengers: Endgame Disney $2,798,800,564 2 The Lion King $1,663,943,394 3 Frozen II $1,450,026,933 4 Spider-Man: Far From Home Sony Pictures $1,132,927,996 5 Captain Marvel Disney $1,128,462,972 6 Joker Warner Bros. $1,074,251,311 7 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Disney $1,074,144,248 8 Toy Story 4 $1,073,394,593 9 Aladdin $1,051,693,953 10 Jumanji: The Next...