Thanks for the tip.
“The Military Channel” has great old war movies in its series hosted by Lew Diamond Phillips called “An Officer and a Movie”.
Although there have ALWAYS been commies in Hollywood, the industry has suffered the most in the last few years. The invention of CGI has contributed greatly to this downfall. All of us remember the wonder of the ORIGINAL Star Wars, which was created on a shoe string with painstaking special effects, makeup, and costumes that were a triumph of the art.
Contrast that with the last three Star Wars, with their overdone CGI effects and characters, vapid plots, and Jar Jar Binks.
CGI makes it possible to advance the politically correct agenda without involving the human element provided by actors. It is also very cheap compared with shooting on location, constructing sets, rehearsing the roles, lavish costumes, and wonderfully fun and exciting effects. A REAL explosion is so much more fun than a CGI explosion, but then one has to clean up afterwards.
And when the character is a soulless CGI creation, we don’t have to experience a real emotional catharsis. The “Catharsis” has been a feature of drama since Ancient Greece, and it has been lost in one generation.
I NEVER go to “The Movies” anymore.
If you want catharsis, Film Noir is the ticket! ;-)
There was a time when remakes of old movies were better than the original. The Three Godfathers comes to mind. Three productions over 25 years or so and each was better than the prior one.
Today, remakes suck and “original” movies are even worse.
Thank God of TCM and to a lesser degree The Encore Channels.
I love stunts in movies. I'll get flamed on this thread for saying so, but the James Bond movies with Roger Moore are some of my favorites. NOT because of the deep plots and witty dialogue, but because they have some of the best stunts ever put to film.
Now? It's all CGI. Hard to get worked up over a bunch of pixels simulating a person.