Posted on 08/11/2018 5:39:59 PM PDT by Rummyfan
For years, I have been pointing out that the movies are undergoing a phenomenon that occurs to all moribund art forms: they are separating into content appreciated by intellectuals and content that people like. Art forms go through life cycles, are born, thrive and die just like everything that comes from the hand of mortal man. Sometimes, an art form will have a second flowering, other times it is replaced by a new technology that renders it somehow obsolete. But in any case, at its peak, an art form's best work and its most popular work are often one and the same. Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens thrived with both the public and the critics when their art forms were in the flush of health. Willem de Kooning, Beckett and James Joyce were admired by the elite but not the people.
Movies at their height (1939) produced a list of Oscar nominations that included Gone With The Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Stagecoach, every one both a box office hit and a critic's darling, not to mention an enduring classic. Not one of the nominees for 2017 made the B.O. top ten and the winner, Moonlight, was a slice of life so slim it was barely visible.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
If they want to assess their popularity they should tape them and then sell them on pay-for-view.
Pull the plug no one cares
Number 1 tip... Don’t watch it.
Here's a tip. Don't watch them!
I have a bottle of Blantons I’m waiting to open on the day of the Red Carpet Massacre.
1. Most scene cuts (AKA shortest stretches of dialog, benefiting both ill-prepared performers and audiences of limited spans of attention .)
2. Greatest number of interplanetary warfare-invasions-explosions divided by characterization ratio. (Makeup and costumes do not count as characterization for this one.)
and... 3. Least cohesive plot and most confusing and hasty and unconnected denouement. The competition within this category is truly daunting.
Today’s films are geared for 14 years old. I have a rule of thumb - I won’t go see it if it has explosions, automatic weapons, fake martial arts, car chases (last good one was Bullitt) and big bald guys with earrings.
Best film I’ve seen this year is “Death of a Nation”!
pretty soon they are going to have to have swimsuit contests to attract an audience
Tell (1) joke about Trump and get back to some self deprecating humor, with a lot less SJW preening and faux moral outrage.
Make it fun again...
It’s become like watching Ellen near the end her show in the 90’s.
Now, she is back being brilliant and funny as hell and some some broken, one note, cymbal...
Time isn’t the issue either.
Make it fun again...
#12 There will always be a party pooper to wreck the show.
Plus the movies are made using templates and rote acting.
I swear I saw someone insert a quarter in the back of Tom Cruise in his latest Mission Impossible movie and he was off running.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.