Posted on 12/24/2005 9:57:16 AM PST by abb
I can't wait to see BrokeBack Mountain, it got FIVE stars in our local liberal rag [The Hardly Courant]. That will get people back to the screens, a 5 star picture!
I think The Godfather was re released back in 1996 or 1997 or so. I think it did ok.
I have a friend like that. I cannot convince him to watch movies like the Maltese Falcon (one of the best films ever made and far too complicated for today's audience). I wonder if he fast forwards past the Kansas section when his kids are watching the Wizard of Oz.
You forgot all the classic belches from that GREAT comedian Adam Sandler.
How arrogant these producers/directors are to think they could top the original!
I DETEST remakes of ANY film.
The problem is that they always remake a good film. A good remake of a poor film might be reasonable.
I doubt it. The real killer is the increasing quality of home theaters. There is very little reason for me to go to a theater anymore. My home theater delivers a better experience.
I asked for the low-carb popcorn. They gave me a tub of butter.
Wasn't bad, either.
Haven't seen it, may someday rent the DVD......
Adding to your great analysis... I am rejecting many films because of I cannot separate the star's role from their political/sexual/moral/environmental/whatever agendas. An example is the current George Clooney "Sarina" film. I love action movies but I won't see it in any media format.
I have taken baby steps with my friends. I convinced them to watch Raging Bull.
I quit going to theatres when they stopped allowing a "smoking balcony".
My movie going days are over. So is the money given to Hollywood.
The five star ratings are made by a bunch of fag critics. Gay agenda movies are sure to get the entertainment industry celebs to have multiple orgasms.
It's a sad state of affairs. Considering that I nearly grew up in Takoma Park's old Langley Theater. With its rocking plush velvet seats, balcony and superb sound system.
Spoiled rotten through many showings of "Dr. Strangelove", "The Magnificent Seven", "The Conversation", "The French Connection", "The Godfather" and double billed "Bonnie & Clyde" and "Bullitt".
Even the no-budgeted films I saw at various Armed Forces theaters and drive-ins throughout seventies and eighties
(Many of which are now considered cult classics) were a much more enjoyable experience compared to today's obnoxious crowds and cinematic cookie-cutter dreck.
Is it any wonder that my DVD collection is mostly B&W, Noir and films from more than three decades ago?
I've seen two films at theaters this year. "Sin City" and "Batman Begins". Both at Matinees and with adult audiences. Both are excellent translations of comic to film. Much more the exceptions than the norm.
Jack.
Like always, they've missed the point. The article mentioned ticket prices as being a big complaint for patrons, that theater operators won't even consider reducing.
But it's the combination of a high price for the ticket and the low quality of the product. I only see matinees (usually one or two a month) and still often feel like I've been robbed. I won't even touch the popcorn anymore - $6 or more for a tub of stale cardboard.
If I really want something, I don't worry too much about the price. But I'm not rich. Spending lots of money on something I won't enjoy just doesn't make sense.
Hollywood thinks the solution is to make more Queer Agenda, Gangsta ethnic hyperviolent, and comic book derived trash.
Brokeback Mountain and Get Rich or Die Tryin'?
The multiplex movies are dying, absolutely dying, with this spiritual sewage.
post 29: perfect analysis!
OR...perhaps Hollywood will take a leaf from the RIAA's playbook and sue people at random to force them to go to the movies.
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