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Re: Good Hollywood movies/what happened?

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No there are still excellent films being made. Problem is that there are SO many more films being made each year. Just like the dreadful junk they made in the 50's we now get four times the dreadful junk. The B monster movies today are certainly better than the B monster movies of yester-year.

There is no question that money plays a part but Ben Hur versus the Gladiator. Personally neither is particularly great...or even good. The fact that the Academy Awards don't help matters by picking Gladiator, Titanic, LOTR, A Beautiful Mind --- don't help. Though I respect the attempt in Titanic and the visuals(for the most part) and the attempted idea of having an invented story to follow.

The effects often overshadow the story. Frankly there are only about 7 core stories available. All movies sprout from those 7 stories. Tey've been done. You get mix and matches today and some like Pulp Fiction rise above what it copied. Then again Pulp wasn't Hollywood. I would say Goodfellas but it wasn't Hollywood either really.

Depends on your definition of great. Perhaps Platoon or JFK. And of course Spielberg is a separate ball game. Jaws, Raiders, E.T., Schindler's List, are all masterpieces. Star Wars could be viewed as revolutionary I suppose.

Just because the topics are not all heavy drama doesn't mean they aren't great. Philisophical depth is better in books - Hollywood prefers making masterful entertainments not film art. There is room for both at the cineplex.


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