James Y wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:01 pmAnkerson wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:16 pmJames Y wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 11:31 amAnkerson wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:48 am
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
Jim,
Without Bruce Lee there would be no ETD.
That could never be remade and be as good as the original.
That said there are a lot of movies with actors that passed on and or are very old, movies that could really never be remade.
They have tried to do some and they just plane suck.
These days they tend to miscast a lot do to various political agendas and trying to coddle every freaking body.
It's total insanity really for them to actually think they can make them so bad and with so many mistakes they did on purpose that the movie or TV show would be a success.
But that is what happens when they worry about every political agenda and put them ahead of the plot of what they are trying to do. It's a wreak on a wreak falling off a cliff.
The really sad part is there are people who sit all together in a room and make those choices on how they are going to totally screw it up.
I find that just totally hilarious.
Jim
Yep, it's weird. Bizarre, really. The typical new movie script takes YEARS to become a movie, IF it ever becomes a movie at all. You would think "they" would be smarter with their money, and at least attempt to do things right. But I can only assume that in Hollywood, the people who are in charge are NOT lovers of cinema. Whenever a Hollywood movie is overhyped as "movie of the year," or "the best movie ever," I skip it. I'd most likely have skipped it anyway, but I'll make a point to skip it. Being boring does not make a movie great. Only I decide what I like, not some suits sitting around a table in some Hollywood boardroom.
Jim
Jim,
You would think so huh?
At what, $50 to $100 Million Plus these days for a movie budget?
And TV shows these days with those big budgets too?
Yet still the no brain reality TV garbage is still king.
I can't believe some of those shows have been on for 2 or 3 decades.
Not even going to get into Pro Wrestling.... That is just mind blowing that crap is still on, been going on since the 70's...
Jim