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In Reply to: This is NOT about intelligence posted by Victor Khomenko on July 08, 2000 at 06:40:02:
For you to condemn over 90% of the movies produced by Hollywood is just silly. Come on, there are lots of very good movies made ranging from adventure-filled and fun (The Mummy remake) to sentimental (Titanic) to comedic (The Muse) to traditional/heroic (Saving Private Ryan). And there are even some excellent quasi-documentaries produced by the likes of HBO! (From the Earth to the Moon series comes immediately to mind).Give me a break. If you can't find a wide variety of enjoyment of excellent entertainment from movies released, I'm saddened for you.
Yes, there are lots of turkeys as well, but this is like condemning all music because of The Beastie Boys or Spice Girls (sorry to the BB and SG fans, but you know what I mean).
***For you to condemn over 90% of the movies produced by Hollywood is just silly. Come on, there are lots of very good movies made ranging from adventure-filled and fun (The Mummy remake) to sentimental (Titanic) to comedic (The Muse) to traditional/heroic (Saving Private Ryan).Yep. All of these I put in the trash category. So sue me. At best they are one notch below mediocre.
***And there are even some excellent quasi-documentaries produced by the likes of HBO! (From the Earth to the Moon series comes immediately to mind).
Remember, I have reserved that 2% for decent stuff. I loved the HBO's "barbarians at the gate".
***Give me a break.Given. Take a break.
***If you can't find a wide variety of enjoyment of excellent entertainment from movies released, I'm saddened for you.
Don't be. There are plenty of good movies out there that I have not seen yet. I am afraid my life is too short. They usually are not from Hollywood, though. SOme are.
***Yes, there are lots of turkeys as well, but this is like condemning all music because of The Beastie Boys or Spice Girls (sorry to the BB and SG fans, but you know what I mean).
No, this is like condemning The Beastie Boys.
I presume you are NOT equating Hollywood with world movie production, or are you? Hollywood produces probably 80% of world movies, but only 1 or 2% of good movies. Their fault, not mine.
Back to watching good movies.
is what AA is about. I think that if you check the world for output of movies, you'll find that the number one market (total volume) is actually India.Movies, like any form of art, is very much a matter of taste. After reading your posting, I have a sense of what you don't like but not much insight concerning your likes. Is it that you don't like movies in general? What might come up on your approved list? I provided a number of pop movies as examples of what I found to be enjoyable entertainment. To this we can add more "serious" movies but the point is simply that we are in strong disagreement as to the merits of movies. Obviously, this isn't going to be resolved but I'd feel as if I knew more about your position if you were to elaborate.
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