Now I will quote you but only to give my opinion on movies today. I do think there are a few decent movies being made but it nothing like the movies of the 1930s-1950s its not even like the movies of the 1980's Example: Compare the first 3 Star Wars movies to modern Star Wars movies... wait there is no comparison blech.. and I am not looking forward to the latest Indiana Jones either. Look at the movies that get nominated by the Oscars double blech! Personally I find most modern movies out as having CGI without plot, cash in sequel fever, trite anit-heroes, shockfeasts just to shock you, language/scenes added just to get a higher rating and a greater leaning towards immoral points of view. There are decent movies out there but it's all going downhill over all.
) for 25 cents, btw... ), but they just weren't... I don't know.. great. To me.
No, it's not. I find most old movies to be rather cheesy, really, especially comedies. Some were pulled off well, like "Harvey" (which I recently picked up on VHS (what? what's VHS? Is it like an 8 track?
A lot of them I like. But I'm just saying that they didn't necessarily "make 'em better in the good ol' days, yessiree..."
). Like Jackie Chan stunts? Jackie is a Buster Keaton fan and has copied stunts Keaton did some 60~80 years prior (you know when medical care wasn't what it is now ). Some modern movies are just worse remakes of old ones anyway "You've Got Mail" is "The Shop Around the Corner" which has been remade multiple times. Want some serious old films? Try "12 Angry Men" or "A Man for all Seasons". <sarcasm> ), we're also going to rule out romantic comedies.
Also, if we're going to rule out sex comedy and toilet comedy (the two greatest kinds
). There are certainly a few modern movies I do like, the Pixar ones, the Spider-Man movies are decent, Batman Begins is much better than the last few Batman movies too. The Lord of the Rings Movies could be considered akin to the original Star Wars trilogy someday but I think Star Wars was better. As for a serious modern movie "Luther" was good but I liked it because of the history from which it was derived, its actors were merely passable (with the possible exception of Albert Finney who is once again an old actor). Also movies still don't make any more sense than the old ones (this just having been reaffirmed by watching Vantage Point). I have thought perhaps the passage of time had relegated many bad movies to obscurity thus making the amount of good movies only seem greater because only they survived, however, I keep finding good old movies and bad modern ones. To some degree it is certainly taste but at the very least...I tried to stop being off topic but you've all pulled me back in
I know. I already said multiple times there were bad ones it's just the percentage of good to bad was better.
I tried to be fair and think of modern actors I considered "great" when I posted but could not think of one. Most of the modern ones I consider good had their heyday in the 80's which goes to my point about movies being better even then, Terminator 2 Good!, Terminator 3 Bad!, Indiana Jones 1 Good, Indiana Jones 4 (I have yet to see it but what does Harrison do gum the Nazi's to death
A. The movie code used to remove more of the immoral content than it does today.
B. Plot ideas were not as retreaded as they are today becuase old movies did those ideas first (and most of the time better).
I will say special effects and fight chorography have improved but with shallower plots and character development why care if protagonists are victorious? Media today is largely glitter, window dressing and shock material. It is worth noting that many of the actors of yesterday were themselves not any more moral than the ones of today.
). Please understand I wouldn't call the majority of movies of today B I'd just call them bad but then you only hear about the small percentage of movies with the most hype. This site http://www.movieweb.com/movies/releases/year.php?2008 lists 921 titles that release this year alone most of which sound pretty stupid, bad and/or immoral (looking at site, what's this?..., , , why, why WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/26/4826/summary.php. curls in little gerbil ball in corner of room ). although I understand why you would think so . You see I've posted this discussion numerous times, long thought upon it and feel a bit passionate about it as I feel it's my duty to inform people of what they are missing. So many great movies are overshadowed by the excessive marketing tripe put out for new ones. New is not always better any more than old is, yet I find people reluctant to watch a black and white movie simply because to them old = boring. What we put before our eyes changes us and none of us has the perfect character of Christ to resist it. With most of the populace only or disproportionately viewing modern media I dread what they are changing into, thus my drive to inform is kindled..
