The fact that they're on the fifth POTC isn't a good thing. It shows that hollywood will just milk all the money they can get instead of producing good stories. The late Pirates of the Carribean movies have been pretty terrible.

When I was a teenager movies like Nightmare on Elm st. and Hellraiser were pretty scary flicks. Today, those movies are like late night comedies compaired to films like Saw and The Hills Have Eyes. Everyone is desensitized. Todays generation is like we want more movies and we want them now (same can be said for video games). This is why everything is rushed, over the top action, blood, gore, and poorly written.

Exactly what i would say when it comes to this same thing about games :hehe: Movies i don't really care about :shrug:



You mean the one where you could see the fishing line holding a miniature UFO over a city backdrop? (Or was this a "that's the joke" thing that i missed? :blush:)

The only genre where I can barely find any good films is comedy. Hangover was the last comedy movie I found funny.

QFT

Video games are either getting crappier or there is just more crappier ones out there. (No offence devs)

Have you heard of something called The Golden Age of Hollywood? I think you'd be surprised to learn that back in the day studios were pumping out formula-adhering, quickly produced, shallow scripted films faster than game devs pump out Halo copycats today.

Actors signed a contract. And that contract could last anywhere from a couple of films to two decade's worth of films. The studios were more interested in milking as much money out of the actors' presence as possible. They weren't interested in unique scripts.

This happened in and around the 50's, by the way.

Error. Does not compute. :bonk:


It does depend on time of year. Most of the good movies come out in summer or just before the awards season.

Ugh.... another one of these http://evilbender.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/farnsworth.gif?w=460 threads. Though this year so far has been remarkably slow, nothing I want to see. Hell even the big summer flicks coming don't look all that appealing.

Yes, I do.

1990
Dances with Wolves
Ghost

1992
Unforgiven
A Few Good Men
Scent of a Woman

1993
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father

1994
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

1995
Braveheart
Apollo 13

1996
The English Patient
Fargo

1997
Titanic
Good Will Hunting

And I omitted many many good films.

Here we go:
Shakespeare in Love
American Beauty
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Chicago
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
Crash
The Departed
No Country for Old Men
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker

We went from multiple masterpieces in one year to mediocre movies or at best good movies winning best movie or one rare masterpiece a year.

Although this last year was nice. Except Inception was almost winning Best picture.

When there's money around, there's no ambition to be found, and vice versa.

I think it was in the 70's in Hollywood that there's a small money issue, but the 70's gave out some movies that are now considered classics, so...
Yeah, let's hope they get poor over there again, then some really nice movies will come along.

Memento
Donnie Darko
Pans Labarinth
Waltz With Bashir
Persepolis
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (<--- Haven't seen, family thought it was good)
City of God (Again not seen)
Hot Fuzz

etc.

You haven't been watching enough films maybe?

Actually I'm 19...


agreed. The animated movies have been the best ones I have seen for awhile. I will agree that true grit was good (I saw that on some other post), but I mean meh.... I guess it takes a lot to entertain me at the moment. Sometimes I will think a movie is awesome, then other times I will watch the movie again and think... What the heck? Kinda like Avatar. baha!

Kinda reminds me of Jay Sherman's rant on Hollywood---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOUqaVp1Gg8 . Skip to 2:20 for his essay.

I'm not saying there aren't quality movies. I can add many more to your list. Only in comparison, we are not getting the same amount of timeless quality blockbusters and epic movies we used to get.

Those are my lines buster.... :stare:

no-good, elderly-impersonating, still-wet-behind-the-whosit, whipper-snappers.... *shakes IV stand*


:P

Lately?

Movies always slope downhill, until the abominable snow monster catches them, that is.

That's about all I can muster up.. I've never really "got" why people calling things downhill never seems to die.

I don't see a downhill slope on movies. I think Movies today are just as good as movies from the 80's or the 90's, heck maybe even better due to technology.

Movies never had any slight elevation to lower from. I dislike the majority.