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To: abb
Every now and then I am dragged by family into a movie theater and I usually end up regretting it. With all the billions of dollars that the movie industry has to spend, why are today's movies so uniformly horrible? Even the much-ballyhooed "Harry Potter" movies are duds in my opinion. My sons dragged me to the most recent one this summer and once again, it disappointed (and yes, I did read the books, which I found to be much better).

On the other hand, I do like watching older movies on the television. Even the run-of-the-mill "B" movies from earlier decades outshine what Hollywood is turning out today. For instance, I was flipping channels one night recently and saw a movie about Annie Oakley from back in the 1930s and it was pretty darn good for a movie that was made almost 75 years ago.

I think the problem with movies today is that they feel they have to follow a formula with the obligatory car crashes, swearing, comedy moments, etc. For example, the Harry Potter movies all feature comedy scenes that aren't in the books. I guess they feel they have to "lighten the mood" for the moviegoers. But it just doesn't work in the context of the dark material found in the actual books.

The best movies being made today are the independent ones where directors are not under the thumb of big-wig movie execs and thus are able to throw out all the formulas and just concentrate on making a good movie. Usually you won't find these movies in mainstream theaters but on Netflix, there are plenty of decent "indie" movies to be found.

16 posted on 09/07/2009 5:49:29 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 12 days away from outliving Judy Garland)
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To: SamAdams76

‘On the other hand, I do like watching older movies on the television. Even the run-of-the-mill “B” movies from earlier decades outshine what Hollywood is turning out today’

Speaking of “B” movies, I’m glad I have a fine selection of top quality biker exploitation flicks I can pop into the dvd player.


18 posted on 09/07/2009 6:23:39 AM PDT by kickonly88 (I love fossil fuel!)
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