Ankerson wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:48 am
James Y wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:39 am
Ankerson wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:26 am
James Y wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:19 am
I've heard of The Meg, and remember seeing a trailer for it years ago. Looked straight-up AWFUL to me, so I never watched it. Well, I have seen the very end of it on TV; it was playing on a cable channel I had turned to, to watch a show that was about to start (probably AEW wrestling). From the looks of it, The Meg must have been a Hollywood/Mainland China co-production. Definitely not interested.
Jim
Jim,
It was pretty bad, not worth watching really.
They just have no idea on how to make good movies anymore for the most part these days.
So they remake everything and screw it up.
Or do as you said the Marvel movies etc. Which is just as bad as they are almost all CG. LOL
The really sad part is people go and see them so they keep making that garbage.
Jim
What really cracks me up is when (clearly) younger people see a great movie from past decades and say, "That movie was really good for its time." Or, "That movie was way ahead of its time." When in fact, for the most part, movies have gotten WORSE. There are still good (even occasional great) movies being made, but not by Hollywood.
I actually don't envy Marvel fans who never read the comic books during the Silver Age of comics. I was a Marvel Comics fan decades before being a Marvel fan was "cool". Most of the fans of the Marvel movies have probably never even handled, much less read, a comic book in their lives. I enjoyed the EARLIER Marvel movies BECAUSE I had known the characters from the comic books. But the superhero thing has become way overdone in the movies, and I won't go into the other reasons I tuned out of them years ago. I think the last Marvel movie I watched and liked was Logan, the final Wolverine movie.
Jim
Jim,
Yeah, younger people are clueless...
Yes there are some good, even great movies being made, Top Gun Maverick for one good example.
But for the most part by the time they get done with all the WOKE BS etc. these days the movies aren't even worth watching as the plot and real context is gone. What is left of a bunch of political agenda BS, same with most TV shows these days.
I can't stomach most TV shows and or movies these days..
Jim
I'd like to clarify what I posted: The ones who say great movies were "Good for their time" are clearly very young. Because nobody who was around and actually saw good or great movies back when they came out would ever say that. The individuals who would say that lack awareness on the subject.
For only one example: I've read comments online where someone who watches Enter the Dragon for the first time says, "That was good for its time. Imagine how awesome it would be if they remade it today, with modern budgets!" Uhh, nope. Enter the Dragon reflected the time period it was made in, and was great because of one person: Bruce Lee. And he's been dead for nearly 50 years now. There IS NO OTHER Bruce Lee. There are flashier performers today, but NO ONE in martial arts films today has Bruce Lee's charisma and unique skills, nor his level of ability to set up fight scenes. For YEARS after ETD, the director, Robert Clouse, tried to recapture lightning in a bottle by directing more martial arts films. When in fact, it was Bruce Lee who had made ETD a success, and not Clouse's directing skill.
The only current dramatic TV series I still watch on occasion anymore is Chicago PD. Anything else I watch on TV are mostly nature shows, documentaries, a few (but not all!) shows about paranormal subjects, and pro wrestling (yeah, I admit it!). Pure escapism for me.
Jim