NipkowDisc Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 multi-million dollar cgi for teenagers. the big honcho right now is the avengers age of ultron with hype building for star wars the force awakens. when you greedily cater to a single demographic you're shafting everyone else. I doan hold with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 multi-million dollar cgi for teenagers. the big honcho right now is the avengers age of ultron with hype building for star wars the force awakens. when you greedily cater to a single demographic you're shafting everyone else. I doan hold with it. Movies like "Paul Blart" have not only went to the dogs but been caught by the catcher and euthanized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 LASSIE COME HOME (1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emily Dean Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Well initially I was confused....I thought at first you meant how horrible the movies are today...only time I go to the theatre is to watch the Metropolitan Opera or to a TCM big screen presentation. Then I saw Lassie's picture and thought...why not have movie animals as star of the month... Lassie Asta Toto Trigger and other movies where animals were the feature (maybe not the star) Plus a series of films or information on the big animal trainers of the movies. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Well initially I was confused....I thought at first you meant how horrible the movies are today...only time I go to the theatre is to watch the Metropolitan Opera or to a TCM big screen presentation. Then I saw Lassie's picture and thought...why not have movie animals as star of the month... Lassie Asta Toto Trigger and other movies where animals were the feature (maybe not the star) Plus a series of films or information on the big animal trainers of the movies. Just a thought. I'll tap my foot 3 times in approval of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 In the days of downloading, Netflix "streaming" and other forms of piracy and/or otherwise catering to the convienience of people with limited time or resources to enable them to travel to an actual theater, pay more for a ticket than it costs for many other forms of entertainment, I imagine movie makers have to try to capture some kind of audience, and perhaps the only people with the time, money and inclination to go the"the show" anymore ARE the nitwits who like the lowest common denominator in film making! I really don't know the answer to this. I'm just trying to guess. Perhaps some pncil-neck somewhere had results of some "demographic" study that shows the ones more likely to spend the money, or HAVE the money to spend, ARE the dolts who think these movies are great. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think I have seen or heard this argument every month or so for the past forty years. Reading a lot of film history, I know this sentiment stretches back all the way to the 1910's! And it's just as wrong now as it was then. There have always been films that cater to different tastes. I don't know where you live, but chances are you have a movie theater (or several) that have more than one screen, showing a variety of titles. I live in a smallish town with only one theater with six screens. On those six screens, they are currently showing a comedy, two romances, an animated family film, a knucklehead action film and now the newest superhero film. If I want to travel for thirty minutes, I can go to the nearest larger town, which has five theaters, sporting a total of around forty screens. They carry everything, from the abovementioned popcorn crowdpleasers, to smaller Indies and foreign fare. Now, if you can't find a single title to watch, maybe the problem isn't "Hollywood", maybe it's you. Perhaps you've entered the "kids these days" or "get off my lawn" phase of your movie life. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think I have seen or heard this argument every month or so for the past forty years. Reading a lot of film history, I know this sentiment stretches back all the way to the 1910's! And it's just as wrong now as it was then. There have always been films that cater to different tastes. I don't know where you live, but chances are you have a movie theater (or several) that have more than one screen, showing a variety of titles. I live in a smallish town with only one theater with six screens. On those six screens, they are currently showing a comedy, two romances, an animated family film, a knucklehead action film and now the newest superhero film. If I want to travel for thirty minutes, I can go to the nearest larger town, which has five theaters, sporting a total of around forty screens. They carry everything, from the abovementioned popcorn crowdpleasers, to smaller Indies and foreign fare. Now, if you can't find a single title to watch, maybe the problem isn't "Hollywood", maybe it's you. Perhaps you've entered the "kids these days" or "get off my lawn" phase of your movie life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 In the days of downloading, Netflix "streaming" and other forms of piracy and/or otherwise catering to the convienience of people with limited time or resources to enable them to travel to an actual theater, pay more for a ticket than it costs for many other forms of entertainment, I imagine movie makers have to try to capture some kind of audience, and perhaps the only people with the time, money and inclination to go the"the show" anymore ARE the nitwits who like the lowest common denominator in film making! I really don't know the answer to this. I'm just trying to guess. Perhaps some pncil-neck somewhere had results of some "demographic" study that shows the ones more likely to spend the money, or HAVE the money to spend, ARE the dolts who think these movies are great. Sepiatone I , who am on the slim side, have been labeled a pencil-neck more than once. I could accuse you of lack-of-weight discrimination, but I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 In the days of downloading, Netflix "streaming" and other forms of piracy Netflix streaming is not a form of piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I second your sediments here. LA's post is one of the best post ever related to the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 And speaking of dogs, this is the best dog scene in any movie, ever: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 OLD YELLER (1957) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I second your sediments here. LA's post is one of the best post ever related to the topic. If you are seconding his "sediments", things could REALLY get messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 THE SHAGGY DOG (1959) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I for one am happy about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Now, if you can't find a single title to watch, maybe the problem isn't "Hollywood", maybe it's you. Perhaps you've entered the "kids these days" or "get off my lawn" phase of your movie life. Reminds me of my best friend, good old Mr. Wilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Does everyone here think the overall quality of the movies today is better than most of the classic era? Are remakes done today generally better than the earlier originals? What is the worse job, a portable toilet cleaner or a movie reviewer today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 What is the worse job, a portable toilet cleaner or a movie reviewer today? Well, they both have to deal with a lot of s*** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 GOODBYE, MY LADY (1956) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 GOODBYE, MY LADY (1956) Awww! I may have to put this photo up in my cubicle. I love that film. I loves dogs and this film is definitely a tear-jerker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Awww! I may have to put this photo up in my cubicle. I love that film. I loves dogs and this film is definitely a tear-jerker. Brandon deWilde is one of my favorites. I love GOODBYE, MY LADY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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