[wmileo]

"The writing is usually bad for the same reason Red Lobster or Olive Garden is bad — they have to appeal to the greatest number of people to get eyeballs on the screen. And, there’s too much money involved to take a risk on the unproven." Before I say anything, I appreciate your responses. So if there are no risk takers in a business based on risk as well as art, I will continue to have low expectations of today's excuse for entertainment.

To be honest, the only movie I wanted to see was Elizabeth: the Golden Age but I let the critics' mix review talk me out of it. Shame on me to expect something else of interest to come along when I know better. The current offering of movies are so bad, I was considering trying a Red Lobster or Olive Garden in the area instead of going to the movies and then come home to a rental ( but what to rent?).

I will continue to watch TCM and my own collection of Movies.

[durasell]

There are very few movies that can bring me into the theater these days — which is a shame, because the actual theaters have gotten much better here in NYC.

The last movie that I really enjoyed was The Aviator — not to everyone’s taste, but I found it fascinating. However, I did miss 3:10 to Yuma, which everyone said was terrific.