We're watching White Christmas tonight with Bing Crosby.
I do, however, enjoy hiking around the Hollywood sign.
Posted on 12/19/2023 4:02:19 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
“From 1933 to 1966, people of faith were one of the predominant forces in Hollywood. During that period, the Roman Catholic Legion of Decency and the Protestant Film Commission (which started several years after the Legion of Decency) read every script to ensure that movies represented the largest possible audience by adhering to high standards of decency. As a result, MR. SMITH [went] TO WASHINGTON, IT [was] A WONDERFUL LIFE and THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S rang out across the land!”
Consider the movies of the year in 1965 and 1966 respectively had Christian themes: “The Sound of Music” and “A Man for All Seasons.” But then the Church left Hollywood, and by 1969, the movie of the year was X-rated, “Midnight Cowboy.”
I’m personally done seeing movies of any kind. There is absolutely no movie that I could be made that I would be interested in seeing. My entertainment habits have completely changed since Endgame.
Im with you. Everything has already been done. Enough great films already exist, that it would take a lifetime to watch.
Modern movies always feel too long.
Anyone know what happened to our man on the inside, Max?
I agree. We often watch older movies.
Considering that there are so many great older movies to watch, and considering there’s only 24 hours in a day ,and we all have lives to live, it’s easy to just not pay attention to the current stuff that’s coming out of Hollywood.
Given that most movies are lousy remakes, who can blame you.
What they make now is trash.
Although, I wish this declining trend would continue and it causes them to leave Georgia, once and for all.
Nothing like propping up a dying industry by stealing money from the taxpayers.
I am also done with Hollyweird. Endgame and Spiderman No Way Home were the last films I’ve watched, but not in the theater, I watched them from home.
Cry me a river.
I’m not sure if I’ve seen a new movie this year. Nothing worth watching at all. At least last year we had “Top Gun Maverick”.
I have never seen "Midnight Cowboy" and probably never will. I assume it's about midnight, but it is probably not about a cowboy.
We're watching White Christmas tonight with Bing Crosby.
I do, however, enjoy hiking around the Hollywood sign.
There are thousands of the highest quality movies and TV shows now available to you that were made prior to Hollyweird. I’ll bet there are hundreds you’ve not seen yet. No reason to give up on film entertainment. Just don’t watch the garbage made in the last fifty years.
There have been a few good films in the past few years. A couple of years ago, I saw “The Darkest Hour,” a movie about Winston Churchill, which has no nude scenes, sex scenes or profanity—and it even features a cat! And there have been a couple of good documentaries, “2,000 Mules” and “Police State” that appeared in theaters over the past year.
Thanks for the virtual hike! 😊
Go woke, go broke.
Its a start.
I’ve been rewatching Gone With the Wind this holiday season.
Crosby was a hard core, irredeemable alcoholic who beat his wives and kids
I checked the movies at our local 6 plex theater. They always seem to be....Three or four super-hero movies, a horror movie, and a kid animated movie.
Last time I was there was in 2010 for the remake of True Grit.
Wanted to see Napoleon but I can wait till it hits the TV in the next month or so.
Something I noticed last night. Barbie is on the pay channels. It is also on the free HBO channels. I thought it was at the theaters just last month!
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