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"moral majority "

I just went to see Constantine last night, and liked it. It was the first movie in more than 6 months that I have gone to see. Otherwise, we rent or watch old movies on TV.

This is a far cry from what I used to do. I used to go almost every week or two. With the advancement of the moral decay during the Clinton administration, I began noticing that fewer and fewer movies were made that were redeeming. There's the cussing. There's the devil/evil forces crap that can't be stopped by religion for some reason. There's the evil priest. There's the point of view from the killer's perspective, which began long ago, and has intensified over the years. There's the remaking of old movies that studios thoughts should be 'updated' for some reason. There's the gay sub/plot line. There's the abortion/horrible parent plot line. There's the lack of moral core plot line. And, there's the good, simple ordinary life is trite, dull and stupid plot line.

Sometimes I think now that McCarthy was right, and that the Communists, or, at least all those that are truly evil, have taken over control of film making. For going on two generations now, we have witnessed a need to thrill and titillate that reaches beyond the previous level, abandoning what is good in human nature for what is at the very least not so good.

Since when is it a bad thing for parents or anyone to see a just plain good movie that warms the heart and is a good movie?

The night before my father had his fatal heart attack, I took my parents to see The Natural, having bragged about how good it was. I am glad it was that kind of movie, and not something like what is produced now. I am also, I am sad to say, glad he didn't live to see what is happening now. I am also worried that generations of children are growing up thinking all this is normal and all right, and expecting even more, which is a frightening thought.

My 2 cents.

I liked your story about The Natural; I love that movie too.

I think you're exaggerating though the direction Hollywood is going in. At least regarding 'sex and violence', I think there's less in the movies now than there was decades ago. Much of that has to do with the change to a more conservative political atmosphere in the country as a whole, but also because of political correctness - they sort of get it from both the left and the right now. And to be frank, I think blaming Clinton is kind of ridiculous. It was more 'anything goes' during the eighties than the nineties, imo. The eighties was the heyday of the big, violent action movies and the gorey, slasher flick - both of which always included some nudity or sex. Movies are tamer now IMO. But if its the 'themes' or stories you don't care for then it's up to 'conservatives' to make their own movies, instead of trying to restrict what 'liberals' make - and thats unfortunately what many want to do.