I tried to get a discussion going about two quite good RECENT movies, House of Sand and Fog and Cold Mountain, and only one response to each post!
Posts about movies with long dead actors, directors, etc. get gazillion answers.
This is, I believe, a version of "they don't make music like they used to" over on Rocky Road.
C'mon, dinosaurs, get out of your damned living rooms and join the human race: art should NOT be exclusively a lone activity...it is SOCIAL.
Secondly, if you look down your collective noses at contemporary film, and boycott the indies as well as mainstream, you are abandoning the medium to the lowest common denominator.
You want less car chases, gratuitous violence (Jeez, I hope so, anyway...)? Well, try patronizing the producers who're taking a risk bringing you exactly that. (Rant over...)
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Topic - Film Forum? Hell, - tinear 07:04:31 01/07/04 (14)
- Re: Well.. - Jeff Starrs 01:12:13 01/08/04 (0)
- I liked Simple Plan... - geoffkait 09:19:41 01/07/04 (0)
- Let me tell ya a little story - Troy 08:36:06 01/07/04 (6)
- Told ya' not to sneak in. Royalty revenge! 8^) n - albee33 17:17:58 01/07/04 (0)
- One incident and you bag it? C'mon! - tinear 09:18:16 01/07/04 (4)
- It's never just one thing - Troy 10:22:43 01/07/04 (3)
- Here's my gripe about theaters. - dennzio 17:54:31 01/07/04 (1)
- Makes you miss "crying rooms", balconies, and mean-ass litttle ladies with flashlights. n - albee33 18:55:59 01/07/04 (0)
- Those are genuinely horrible movie going experiences, but having read this I'd wager... - Audiophilander 12:10:53 01/07/04 (0)
- House of Sand in Fog, IMO, blew. - rhizomatic 08:19:28 01/07/04 (3)
- Amazing! Your reviewer missed the political allegory of US backing - tinear 09:15:44 01/07/04 (2)
- BK intimidating? See "Sexy Beast"? - albee33 17:15:58 01/07/04 (1)
- Saw it...twice. - tinear 18:36:26 01/07/04 (0)
- Re: Film Forum? Hell, - patrickU 07:58:52 01/07/04 (0)