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What is wrong with people??!!
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A perfect reason why we should license people to procreate...
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Originally posted by: canofhumdingers
well, for the last few years it seems those of us who still have decent taste in entertainment have been asking what the crap happened to the film industry... where are the "Casablancas" and "Seven Samurais" of today? Why does hollywood give us nothing but mindless garbage? Here, we've found our answer.....
well, for the last few years it seems those of us who still have decent taste in entertainment have been asking what the crap happened to the film industry... where are the "Casablancas" and "Seven Samurais" of today? Why does hollywood give us nothing but mindless garbage? Here, we've found our answer.....
Horse shit. Pure horse shit.
Casablanca - 1942.
Other films released in 1942 - Sabotage Squad, Secrets of a Co-Ed, The Night Before the Divorce, Not a Ladies' Man, Panama Hattie, Happy Circus Days...remember those? Me neither.
Seven Samurai - 1954
Other films released in 1954 - She Couldn't Say No, Fangs of the Wild, Tooting Tooters...classics all!
Films released in 2006 - The Departed, Akeelah and the Bee, The Black Dahlia, Flags of Our Fathers, Hollywoodland, The Illusionist, Monster House, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Superman Returns...and yeah, for every one of those there's a Dungeon Siege or You Me and Dupree...
My point is, Hollywood has always made shit but you only remember the bad ones in your lifetime. Ever since the first frame of film ran through a camera there's been White Chicks or Poseidon Adventure.
But we love them because every now and then they get it right, and 2006 is no exception.
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At this point I would just like to air a particular gripe of mine:
STOP SAYING "THE FILM INDUSTRY" WHEN YOU ONLY MEAN FUCKING HOLLYWOOD!!!!!
Thank you.
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Films released in 2006 - The Departed, Akeelah and the Bee, The Black Dahlia, Flags of Our Fathers, Hollywoodland, The Illusionist, Monster House, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Superman Returns...and yeah, for every one of those there's a Dungeon Siege or You Me and Dupree...
ok... flag of our fathers isn't even out yet.... POTC2 sucked, Superman Returns was decent, but not great. haven't seen the others, so i won't comment on them. but none of the ones you mentioned that i did see come close to some of the classic films like Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Catch a Thief, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lawrence of Arabia, Roman Holiday etc.
sorry to ruffle so many feathers.
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Originally posted by: canofhumdingers
geez, i was making a quick joke at that stupid woman's expense.... didn't expect so much backlash. yes, i'll concede that Seven Samurai is clearly not from hollywood, but i was just trying to think of a couple of good movies off the top of my head.
ok... flag of our fathers isn't even out yet.... POTC2 sucked, Superman Returns was decent, but not great. haven't seen the others, so i won't comment on them. but none of the ones you mentioned that i did see come close to some of the classic films like Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Catch a Thief, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lawrence of Arabia, Roman Holiday etc.
sorry to ruffle so many feathers.
geez, i was making a quick joke at that stupid woman's expense.... didn't expect so much backlash. yes, i'll concede that Seven Samurai is clearly not from hollywood, but i was just trying to think of a couple of good movies off the top of my head.
Films released in 2006 - The Departed, Akeelah and the Bee, The Black Dahlia, Flags of Our Fathers, Hollywoodland, The Illusionist, Monster House, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Superman Returns...and yeah, for every one of those there's a Dungeon Siege or You Me and Dupree...
ok... flag of our fathers isn't even out yet.... POTC2 sucked, Superman Returns was decent, but not great. haven't seen the others, so i won't comment on them. but none of the ones you mentioned that i did see come close to some of the classic films like Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Catch a Thief, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lawrence of Arabia, Roman Holiday etc.
sorry to ruffle so many feathers.
Didn't ruffle my feathers, man. I'm just pointing out that there has always been bad movies, no one remembers them.
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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Didn't ruffle my feathers, man. I'm just pointing out that there has always been bad movies, no one remembers them.
Originally posted by: canofhumdingers
geez, i was making a quick joke at that stupid woman's expense.... didn't expect so much backlash. yes, i'll concede that Seven Samurai is clearly not from hollywood, but i was just trying to think of a couple of good movies off the top of my head.
ok... flag of our fathers isn't even out yet.... POTC2 sucked, Superman Returns was decent, but not great. haven't seen the others, so i won't comment on them. but none of the ones you mentioned that i did see come close to some of the classic films like Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Catch a Thief, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lawrence of Arabia, Roman Holiday etc.
sorry to ruffle so many feathers.
geez, i was making a quick joke at that stupid woman's expense.... didn't expect so much backlash. yes, i'll concede that Seven Samurai is clearly not from hollywood, but i was just trying to think of a couple of good movies off the top of my head.
Films released in 2006 - The Departed, Akeelah and the Bee, The Black Dahlia, Flags of Our Fathers, Hollywoodland, The Illusionist, Monster House, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Superman Returns...and yeah, for every one of those there's a Dungeon Siege or You Me and Dupree...
ok... flag of our fathers isn't even out yet.... POTC2 sucked, Superman Returns was decent, but not great. haven't seen the others, so i won't comment on them. but none of the ones you mentioned that i did see come close to some of the classic films like Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Catch a Thief, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lawrence of Arabia, Roman Holiday etc.
sorry to ruffle so many feathers.
Didn't ruffle my feathers, man. I'm just pointing out that there has always been bad movies, no one remembers them.
Hopefully the prequels will be that way.
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But on topic....that call was so retarded I actually lost bowel control. I stand by my motto...."most of the world is retarded"
Hey look, a bear!
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My point is, Hollywood has always made shit but you only remember the bad ones in your lifetime. Ever since the first frame of film ran through a camera there's been White Chicks or Poseidon Adventure.
No doubt there, man....but there was always some really awesome movies coming out that made the bad ones bearable. Not sure we have the good films these days to offset the bad ones.
Certainly The Departed, Flags Of Our Fathers are examples of great films....but they are by no means really great. There's always really awesome films and then great films released during the year along with all the crap. We don't get really awesome films anymore and we barely get great films.....I'd say we get just under great films along with all the crap.
That make any sense?
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I'm a teenager and I love film (especially the framing, the way music is used, suspense, overall style, and so on). I would become a movie director and try to start making great movies again if I thought it was possible. But from what I've read, movies are a really political thing and you can't just walk in, get complete creative control, and make a classic. If I could actually do that, then I'd go into film in a heartbeat.
Everything's just so smooth and slick and stupid now, with very few exceptions. Everything seems just so disengenous, in my opinion. Movie music also really stinks now compared to before. Possibly because more and more composers are just plugging away at a synthesizer in real time, and not even necessarily writing down their music. (I know J. Williams, Howard Shore, and others are not like this, but still..).
A lot of it is probably that people have changed. How successful would "To Catch a Thief" or "Vertigo" be if they were released today? Not very. And yet they're classics.
Maybe part of it is that what a lot of people find funny in movies today... I don't find funny. He said the F word three times in a row! Ha ha! Ha! Hmm...
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I really wish that I could go into movies, because I have so many ideas- it keeps me awake at night, stringing all the shots together in my head. But directing isn't considered a "real" job, like an engineer or a doctor. Oh well....
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
V For Vendetta showed us the Wachowski Bros. could still direct.
V For Vendetta showed us the Wachowski Bros. could still direct.
Sadly, they didn't direct that movie.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Sadly, they didn't direct that movie.
Originally posted by: sean wookie
V For Vendetta showed us the Wachowski Bros. could still direct.
V For Vendetta showed us the Wachowski Bros. could still direct.
Sadly, they didn't direct that movie.
Well they can still write MAYBE?
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