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.