Modern movies and why they are often so terrible.

[Ron H]

been watching some old Barney Miller TV shows

Always enjoyed Barney Miller. MO, most comedy shows try/tried to force-feed the humor I didn't find with that show. A few others I enjoyed, among the masses I didn't. No critic, but the old Dick Van Dyke show, Cheers, and Seinfeld, I found funny, as did some episodes of Friends. The 'comedy' just sort of flowed in. Being a slap-stick comedy fan, the Three-Stooges and Marx Brothers always cracked me up. That was a different 'venue' sort of the stage being set for what it was to just set back and the slap-happy. Laverne & Shirley was a funnier show than Happy Days, MO. Then there were the Airport movies with Leslie Nielson and Robert Stack, long known heavy drama actors thrust in comedic roles, I found as a real hoot.

 

[SteveSS]

Even though the F&F movies have a lot the faults you have mentioned in spades but a lot of the stunts are real! I don't mean you can drive a car off an airplane and land it on a road but they do really roll a car off an airplane and follow it with parachutists with cameras. When the top movie stunts of the decade are listed there are a bunch of F&F movies on that list.

Now as far as a chick beating up a group of dudes I hate that. BUT....one of my most favorite movies is Sucker Punch. It's all girls but it's total fantasy with exceptional art direction and music. I F-king love that movie. I've seen 6 times and I'm not sure I really understand it. There; are lots of different interpretations on the net.

 

[Mackman]

When watching a new show, as soon as a character does something unsurvivable, but they take in stride, I change the channel.

 

[Kern Dog]

Last year's Maverick/Top Gun was a winner because it embraced old school values.
This year's choices seem really limited. I have not seen Oppenheimer or the Sound of Freedom but if I were to go see anything, it would be them.

 

[kiwigtx]

The trend toward remakes with all female replacements sucks too. Ghostbusters?
Oceans 8?
Pick something original, write it with skill and people will come to see it.

Maybe they should try 'Porkies' with all female cast......trouble is it would be littered with pink-haired freaks wearing strap-ons.

 

[Kern Dog]

20 some odd years ago, I used to compare how many movies that I had seen that were OSCAR nominated. That number has dwindled to zero in the past few years. It isn't because I don't like movies, it is because I don't like the movies that are being made.

 

[kiwigtx]

That is a great movie because it told a story without preaching any of the modern junk.

I am getting really sick & tired of the whiny voices that women have developed over the past few years......officially it's known as 'Vocal Fry'.

Where the voice is slowed down to reach lower tones ...predominantly women. Dragging words out in unrealistic length.

I joked with my wife the other night that some women try to say 'pint' and it ends up being a gallon. She thought it was funny at least.
Programs like 'Teenage Vampire Diaries' that she's watching on Netflix is famous for it. Apparently, the vocal fry was popularised by the Kardashians....'nuff said.

Like that stupid bint on HGTV....the latest 'wife' of Tarek El Moussa .....the adverts really grate with me "I know real estate....I know high end luxury.....woooooooowwwwwwww" If Tarek has any brains, he'll get shot of her realquick.....divorce will be cheaper in the long run.

(BTW ....I commented on TV shows as I hate going to the cinema these days....too many whipper-snappers playing with their phones and yapping over the movie)

 

[Cranky]

The last show I went to see was Baby Driver. It was good....went to the cheap show so it was good enough for the money lol. TWD.... those kind of shows don't do anything for me but this past week I've been watching some old Barney Miller TV shows. I remember thinking it wasn't all that funny when it was on back in the '70s but I wasn't paying that much attention to TV anyways back then.

Maybe they should try 'Porkies' with all female cast......trouble is it would be littered with pink-haired freaks wearing strap-ons.

 

[Cranky]

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I am getting really sick & tired of the whiny voices that women have developed over the past few years......officially it's known as 'Vocal Fry'.

Where the voice is slowed down to reach lower tones ...predominantly women. Dragging words out in unrealistic length.

I joked with my wife the other night that some women try to say 'pint' and it ends up being a gallon. She thought it was funny at least.
Programs like 'Teenage Vampire Diaries' that she's watching on Netflix is famous for it. Apparently, the vocal fry was popularised by the Kardashians....'nuff said.

Like that stupid bint on HGTV....the latest 'wife' of Tarek El Moussa .....the adverts really grate with me "I know real estate....I know high end luxury.....woooooooowwwwwwww" If Tarek has any brains, he'll get shot of her realquick.....divorce will be cheaper in the long run.

(BTW ....I commented on TV shows as I hate going to the cinema these days....too many whipper-snappers playing with their phones and yapping over the movie)

Had a buddy that used to keep change in his pockets for throwing at the ones on their phone and yapping but he was using quarters. Told him nickels were cheaper and still have plenty of weight to them.....

 

[MarPar]

Had a buddy that used to keep change in his pockets for throwing at the ones on their phone and yapping but he was using quarters. Told him nickels were cheaper and still have plenty of weight to them.....

 

[padam]

Maybe they should try 'Porkies' with all female cast......trouble is it would be littered with pink-haired freaks wearing strap-ons.

Yeah, I don’t think it would come out too good if they made it now.

“More wool than a sweater factory “.
Is there any left?

 

[Southbranch]

Movies today of a genre try to be bigger (explosions, gore, sex) then the competition. Sequels more of everything, history is changed to make it more exciting or romantic. Disney's "The Finest Hours" the true part was he saved the sailors on the cargo ship, the rest made up.

 

[Ron H]

Can't think of many sequels that were as good or better than the original; but a couple good ones, MO, come to mind: The Godfather flicks, and Indiana Jones series (the early ones). Almost forgot there was a sequel I believe, of American Graffiti, well cuz it was forgettable. Gives me a glimpse of what sort of quality goes into making a good movie and lack thereof, with crappy ones...well, more often than not.

 

[SteveSS]

I rewatched Patton the other day since I'm stuck in bed with the kidney stones deal. Damn, it was good! It won all the academy awards that year and that was back when the Best Picture was actually something you could stand to watch. I texted all the young people on my list and told them to watch it, it's free on YouTube. It reminded me I have an art print from an artist friend who gave me it 20 years ago. I need to get it framed. Surgery tomorrow on the stones, wish me luck.

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

@SteveSS, OUCH!! Stones are NOT fun (those who never had them, BE GLAD!!). SURGERY, not good either. BEST OF LUCK & SPEEDY RECOVERY STEVE!!!
John

Big fan of TORA TORA TORA & Hunt for Red October (great book too)

 

[patrick66]

As an actor who has done stage plays as a teen, and commercials, short films, "art" films and a few features as an adult, I am really disappointed in the quality of film in general. With that said, there are actors, crew, writers, producers and more that bust their asses off in putting together something that they put their hearts and souls into. Whether that work is any good or not, or if it's something people are going to want to watch, is another story. I've been in a handful of films that are just plain bad. Even I don't want to see them more than once! I've been in a few that were really quite good, without relying on effects or other techno-nonsense. Since the C-19 Plague-a-thon, though, I've really had zero desire to do acting of any kind. The Marvelverse is a great example of CGI being the star of the show, not the actors or the acting.

I understand the SAG actors and writers going on strike, and it's much, much more than money involved. AI is a very real threat to the industry as a whole. Let's say you get hired on as an extra, or an actor with a small speaking part for a project. The studios want to pay you $200 for your one-time work. What the studios want to do afterwards is have full and free use of your image and voice, in perpetuity, to do what they want with them. Without ANY recompense to you! Your image and/or voice could be added in any film or commercial without your consent or knowledge, and have no recourse against the studios or the producers. This of course, is WRONG on every level. Having AI write scripts is yet another bone of contention. So much wrong with all of that and more!

Always remember, there are only twenty or so plot lines in movies and books. That's all. Boy meets girl, girl meets boy, boy meets boy, girl meets girl. City risks total disaster and only one guy/girl can save things. You get the drift. The problem is the so-called "re-imagining" of classic TV and film! I reference the hideous "Snow White" stupidity. Ruining great, classic films for the sake of wokeness.

 

[Ron H]

AI is a very real threat to the industry as a whole.

Yes, AI concerns me for a ton of reasons. And the ability to re-image such as putting another person in place of another is so deftly done now. Just MO, AI seems to be an ability that could get out of control leading to catastrophes and our INABILITY to ever keep control of it...

 

[moparedtn]

I am getting really sick & tired of the whiny voices that women have developed over the past few years......officially it's known as 'Vocal Fry'.

I had to go look that one up to see if it's what I thought it was - yep, it is.
Agreed, that's annoying as hell - I suppose they're doing it to appear somehow what, more intelligent or some such?
To me, it's just an indicator of how high on the vapid scale they rank.

What annoys me even more though, while we're at it...
I don't know what it's called, but I equate it to the old "valley girl" speak, in which younger folk insist on
mispronouncing words like teenage girls do (and I've seen people in their 40's do it, so....).
Example: the word "button".
Simple word, two syllables - usually pronouced something like but-tin or but-ton, right?
It's the ones that put an intentional short pause between the syllables and drop a letter or two out that annoy hell out of me:
buh-un or buh - tin.
I'm telling ya, it's like the return of the valley girls...

 

[69hemibeep]

I can't watch martial arts movies where they run thru the air and across ceilings.

 

[Kern Dog]

Good point. Modern movie fight scenes are so unrealistic, they are not entertaining to watch. Hundreds of punches thrown but no swelling of the face, hardly any blood.
This reminds me of the Clint Eastwood movies...Every which way but loose....Fun movie but how could someone take that many punches to the face and not have a fat lip or swelling anywhere?