[circlecity]

"At least part of the problem is that Hollywood doesn’t make many good movies."

Roger that. I've enjoyed movies all my life but everything coming out is the same rehashed pablum (comic book movies, sequels) or preachy liberal art house films. For the last decade my preferred option has been to rent flicks, then I realized I wasn't finishing any of the movies I rented. I'd get bored and put it on pause after about a half hour, figuring I'd get back to it, but I never did. Even now the last movie I can recall that kept my interest from beginning to end was that movie about the conscientious objector in WWII who refused to carry a rifle but won the CMH for his bravery as a medic during the Pacific campaign.

[kiryandil]

the conscientious objector in WWII who refused to carry a rifle but won the CMH for his bravery as a medic during the Pacific campaign

Desmond Doss was awarded the CMH - you don't "win" the Congressional Medal of Honor, because you're usually dead if you are awarded it.

Just keeping it honest around here for our former Freeper comrade Chapita.   

[unlearner]

“Even now the last movie I can recall that kept my interest from beginning to end was that movie about the conscientious objector in WWII who refused to carry a rifle but won the CMH for his bravery as a medic during the Pacific campaign.”

Hacksaw Ridge. Great film. Another Mel Gibson accomplishment.

Being a great filmmaker now means being an outcast in Hollyweird.

Same with patriot and expert filmmaker Clint Eastwood.