The List: [http://www.imdb.com/list/ls073600053/!] Hi everyone, this is my first ever Reddit forum thingy (sorry don't know what to call these things yet) and I was wondering from you guys and girls what your thoughts were on my list of the best films (thus far) of 2015 and do you think the current state of cinema is going into a downwards slope or is it the beginning of a new renaissance for film? Now I may not have grown up during the 80s or even the early 90s but I sure can appreciate the many incredible films that were released back then; The Terminator, Back to the Future and Indiana Jones in the 80s and Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption to name a few from the 90s. But this begs the question is film getting any better? Now lets look at whats come out so far thats note worthy in 2015 that has succeeded 100 million at the worldwide box office and have been critical successes: Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road and Spy are the only films that have been both very successful and the box office and have also received relatively good reviews from critics and audiences alike. Now lets look at all the films that have received mediocre/ semi-good review scores and were successful at the worldwide box office: Jurassic World, Furious Seven, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Fifty Shades of Grey (I could go on for a while but I wont). Now all these films without exception have had lots and lots of criticism, whether it be good, bad or mediocre one way or another these films have been criticised for being (for the most part) bad. Another thing is that their all remakes, squeals and/or a copy/adaptations from another form of art whether it be a book, TV show, video game, painting or short story. Is this really the state of film nowadays? Has all the original ideas gone down into a drain never to been seen again? The worst thing about this whole thing is that even still we'll flock to the cinemas and see films that are 'okay'. Films shouldn't just be 'okay' we should be able to walk out of almost every film and say "Wow, that was amazing! I've never seen anything like that before" instead of "Yeah it was alright". Film is an art form and an art form that needs to be appreciated in every aspect of the word. So we're currently at the end of July and 1 day away from August and so far this year we've had pretty much for the most part had nothing but blockbusters and remakes. Now 'we' the audience are lead to believe by the buzz, news and mainly trailers that the remaining films yet to come out during 2015 are going to be good e.g. the new Star Wars, Spectre, Fantastic Four, The last Hunger Games and the Hateful Eight again just to name a few. Now out of the films I just listed how many of them are original ideas? Thats right just one; The Hateful Eight being the only one. So again this begs the question is film going into a downwards slope OR are we about to go through another film renaissance throughout the remaining moths of 2015 and 2016 and until at least 2020 or is yet to come/ is coming? Sorry for any grammatical errors by the way (if theres any). :)