In the depressing and repetitive part of Los Angeles called Hollywood, where creative minds think all-too alike, writers, producers, and directors all converge together to plan out their next summer blockbuster. One director has a brilliant idea: make the last film in his closing series be a two-part finale. “Genius!” all of the other directors and producers shout as he announces his next marketing scam.

Today, Hollywood is infamous for having the same plot for each movie only with separate actors or settings; it is just how the market is, and we keep buying into it. Look at “Call of Duty” video games, for example. They release the same game every year and no one even notices it, or is it that they just do not care?

We truly live in a recycled market.

Unfortunately, this trend hits the movie industry the hardest. In light of this, movies – like “The Hunger Games, Mockingjay, Part 1” – have taken to a new trend, stretching one novel into two movies to show how a series ends.

“Harry Potter” was infamous for being the first notable book series to use this tactic.

Provided it marked the end of many people’s childhoods, it was significant because of the effect this series has had on people’s lives. The “Twilight” series mirrored this concept and of course, this weekend millions will rush to see the new “Hunger Games” whom also has a two-part finale. The book-to-movie trend oddly ties in with the two-part finale trend. Now everyone is trying to follow in Harry Potter’s model.

Hollywood is clearly running out of ideas. With so many sequels being released along with remakes, reboots, book-to-movies, horror titles, superhero films, and the plot-less three-hour explosion festival (see entire “Expendables” series), it really is a miracle when a movie trailer pops up that varies from same tired crowd.

Two-part finales to movie series has a side of irrationality because since most movies are book adaptations, is the fact a book possibly cannot fill an entire two-hour film. There is not enough content or storyline for a two-part movie in some cases.

Hollywood needs to stop going to the same writing scheme ideas or turning any teen novel into a movie. The objective should be to find new content and writers. There are so many creative minds and original ideas, that movies should aspire to be cutting-edge stories, and a not re-hashed, drawn out showcase of special effects.