I watched an interview with Ron Howard the other night in which he was talking about his movies; a reocurring theme in the interview was his - and other directors' - penchant for including a "message" in their movies. I think that is what has torpedoed the movie industry.
What happened to good old entertainment for entertainment sake? Are movies produced only to reinforce the gibberish kids are being taught in public schools?
We get enough dosage of gay rights, civil right, global warming and every other cause imagineable on the TV every night, it would sure be nice if there was a place we could go...say, the movies...to get away from the "indocrintation".
I hear what you're saying, but I think to a large extent, it's always been that way. (And let me say it's one of my pet peeves when someone says "It's always been that way" to explain away some rampant moral failing we see in the world today.)
What I really mean is that "High Noon" with Gary Cooper had the message "A man's got to do what a man's got to do". And "Spartacus" had a message. And "The Wizard of Oz" had a message. And "Casablanca" had a message.
Yes, the movies were more artful, and the messages were much better. What we see now is just propaganda by anti-Western, anti-Christian, pro-Communist snobs. It's all gone downhill and I give Hollywood very little money because of it.
But once upon a time, the messages favored our side.