Poll: Most Americans Say Movie Stars Poor Role Models; Half Say Movies Are Getting Worse

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[Sub-Driver]

interesting....

[Hi Heels]

Filed under: The Obvious.

[2banana]

Two words - Mel Gibson

[eureka!]

I hope they don't stop campaigning for the newly founded 'Values Party'. Hehehehe....

[goldstategop]

Too liberal, too expensive and can we say too boring? Hollywood's making re-tread rip-offs instead of coming up with original stories that lure moviegoers into the theaters. You could the nation is getting fed up with the elitist snobs in Tinseltown.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[tje]

This is in the 'Well, Duh!' catagory.... Maybe it's surprising that people are actually recognizing these sleazebags for what they are....

[Millee]

Only 1/2 say movies are getting worse??? Most recent movies have been based on 60/70's tv shows. There hasn't been a original, non-preachy show out of Hollyweird in a long time.

[Zeppelin]

Mr. and Mrs. Smith was entertaining. The premise of "husband and wife trying to kill each other - literally!" was pretty good, and original.

Other than that, I would agree; movies lately have been a bunch of lame remakes or poor attempts at historical and epic films.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I think the Incredibles are decent role models. I wana be buff & virtuous like the dad.

[Mike Bates]

But Kerry said Hollywood represented the best of American values. I am shocked, shocked.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Ff--150]

And this is just now making news???

[Millee]

I haven't seen it, but it does look kind of cute. Although War of the Roses had that killing the spouse storyline.

BTW, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a remake of a 40's(?) movie with that same title. I'd like to see more Westerns.

[wizardoz]

It's mostly sequels and re-makes these days. Michael Medved's Hollywood vs America, details the slide down the hole financially that started a few decades ago. Apparently, though we count their profits in the millions, their expenses are also in the millions and if you adjust the whole thing for inflation, Hollywood has been in a downward slide since the early 1970s.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Personally, I like Tom Selleck and Morgan Freeman.

[God luvs America]

yes- but they are still qualified to tell us how America should be run (sarcasm).

[sgtbono2002]

The first Batman wasnt bad enough they are making another one, and How many times has Zorro been copied. Re-releasing old movies seems to be about the best they can do.

[fr_freak]

I can't imagine why anyone would go see a movie like "Bewitched", but yet, people do. I understand that overseas video sales now account for a huge portion of a movie's returns, so maybe that explains why even the most banal movies still make money.

[Freebird Forever]

I'd like to see more Westerns.

Me too. But how many of todays' marquee names could convincingly portray a cowboy?

Afflack ? Sandler? Stiller? Bwahahahaha

[MoochPooch]

"Hollywood has been in a downward slide since the early 1970s."


I have to disagree slightly. The years 1967-1977 saw some interesting, innovative films like GRADUATE, MASH, PATTON, GODFATHER, FIVE EASY PIECES, etc. The 70s, though lousy in everything else, had a burst of creativity (though, granted, these films in retrospect were way too liberal).

I would pinpoint the early 80s as a time Hollywood really began its relentless slide. I not only saw, but felt, the decrease in quality. By then, sequel-mania & blockbuster fever had taken over.

[LIConFem]

"...Half Say Movies Are Getting Worse"

Most of my favorite movies were made before 1960. It's been pretty much down hill from there.