And the worst thing is you have to watch the whole damn movie to see it.
I think they feel obligated to put Titanic on the list because it made such a ludicrous amount of money.
Count me as someone who prefers older movies to new ones. Most movies today are inferior remakes of films that were done better the first time, endless sequels, or festivals of gore and/or political correctness. I live in fear that some nitwit will want to remake Casablanca with Tom Cruise in the Bogart role, Sandra Bullock as Ingrid Bergman, and John Travolta as Claude Rains.
I remember being home from work with the flu one night back in the nineties. I decided to watch a PPV movie. I checked the schedule and Village of the Damned was showing. It was the nineties’ version, Christopher Reeves’ last film before his terrible injury. I’d always loved the original 1960 version. It had a low budget, and only one well-known star (George Sanders), but it was a very well done, creepy sci-fi thriller. So I took a chance and watched the re-make. It was awful. Yes, it had big stars, grandiose special effects, and wide-screen color. But it was so politically correct that it killed the entire idea of the movie, which was that the invading aliens were super intelligent, but since they lacked consciences they were mere automatons. To fit the PC template, they had to make the lead alien kid a girl (it was a boy in the original), they had to make the American military look sinister, they had to mock the idea of a young girl remaining a virgin (the only one in town was a half-crazy girl who was tormented by her Christian fanatic father), they had to recap every evil the white man has ever committed, and they even threw in a lecture for legalized abortion. Cap it off with ridiculous levels of pointless violence and the film was pure trash. I’m not someone who knee-jerk objects to all violence in films. Certain types of films, such as war or crime pictures, require such material. But showing people getting killed in gruesome ways for no other reason than because it’s “cool” indicates a lack of talent on the part of the filmmakers.
Not all movies today are bad. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is excellent. I even liked National Treasure. It isn’t a great film but it was good, clean fun and (for a change) treated American history with reverence. Secondhand Lions, Master & Commander, and some other modern films are very good. But there’s also an unbelievable amount of garbage today. Insulting garbage, rather than old-fashioned harmless schlock.
There may never be another era like the Golden Age. I’ve amassed a big collection of DVDs from that era. I can watch a film like Gunga Din, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Song of Bernadette, Pride of the Yankees, or the original Frankenstein over and over and not get tired of them. And check out classic Japanese cinema, such as the works of Kurosawa, Ozu, and others. It’s well worth your time!
Morning coffee spew. . .thank you. . .must clean monitor now!
I, too, hated Titanic. It was far inferior to “A Night to Remember.”
I agree about Titanic, worst move I ever saw.
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Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Titanic will go down as one of my favorite movies. Sorry, but I feel it was epic filmmaking! I rate a movie on the "won't turn it off" factor, --meaning, when you are surfing the remote control and you land on one of these films, you don't keep surfing. You watch it to the end.
In no particular order:
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan
Goodfellas
Gladiator
Braveheart
Silence of the Lambs
OK, some of those are more than 10 years old, but those are my top made in the recent time.
Of course, Lawrence of Arabia is the best film ever made.
Did you get permission to use my brain? I don't think so!
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