[Thebaddog]

Could be. Too bad most of the money still comes out of wallets with testosterone. I think that the game is up for Gollywood for a lot of reasons. Will Smith thinks he's cool, but cool was way better with Bogart and Grant and the Duke. He can try, though.

[Tail Gunner John]

"cool was way better with Bogart, Grant and the Duke"

When I want to see a movie it might be one I saw years ago but a second or third viewing of Liberty Valence or Treasure of Sierra Madre certainly beats the crap hollywood has been making recently.

Also TV has never been better. My daughter bought entire seasons of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Combat and Paladin for me for Christmas. For the cost of one month of cable you can have forty hours of Andy Griffith dvds. Now thats entertainment!

Of course the a$$holes currently in hollywood get none of my money.

[Melas]

Well, I agree about Smith, but not about the old guys. I've never been one for movies that came from my parents generation. Bogart, Garfield, Grant, Cagny etc all leave me cold. I like John Wayne in the few non-westerns he did. As for the westerns, I just never cared for them.

[purpleland]

Could be. Too bad most of the money still comes out of wallets with testosterone. I think that the game is up for Gollywood for a lot of reasons. Will Smith thinks he's cool, but cool was way better with Bogart and Grant and the Duke. He can try, though.

*I like Will Smith (in the TV play *...Degrees...*) and think he is very talented compared to the Brad Pitts teen-types, pie-faced DeCapriosos, et al. These little guys are not men nor do they represent manliness, cannot even "act" manliness. The maturity of Bogart, Grant and Duke set their credibility. Who in the heck wants to watch little boys who haven't grown up to be men? It's all contrived crap on the casting couch. BORING! Doesn't relate to life.

Rather read a good book, or even a mediocre one.

Merry Christmas and have a joyous holiday.