Movies began their downward slide in 1968 (some say it was earlier with “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!) after the death of Bobby Kennedy. In the hysteria to place blame TV shows, comic books, pulp fiction, guns and movies were blamed.
When the dust settled, Tv dumbed down to kid shows, comics changed their formats, pulp fiction changed to less lurid covers.
MOVIES got a pass as they said they would regulate themselves with a RATINGS CODE. G-M-R-X.
Then G-GP-R-X
Then G-PG-PG13-R-NC17.
HOT DIGIDY BOYS! The HAYS code is dead! If you got’em make em!
Movie scenes were reshot to add lots of sex and blood. The most vile plot lines were created. And it has only gotten worse over the years.
Glad I got a large library of 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 1960s movies which are very adult oriented without offending the kids.
Give me a RANDOLPH SCOTT western any day.
Did you know that if you buy a pre-1968 movie from Walmart on line you are required to check a statement that you are aware the movie is UNRATED?
Indeed. That’s why when I do “Movie for a Sunday afternoon”, I generally try to pick films I find that were made prior to 1968 and are usually either conservative or at least not strongly anti-conservative.
“Did you know that if you buy a pre-1968 movie from Walmart on line you are required to check a statement that you are aware the movie is UNRATED?”
Did not know that! Of course, a lot of them would include smoking which of course gets today’s libs to have a fit.
30s/40s/50s/60s movies? Gee whiz, what have you got against 1920s films?
(I say with tongue-in-cheek, having just watched the Helen Holmes railroad drama, “Webs of Steel” (1925) the other night).