Subj : Re: Old Vs New Movies
To   : seeLive
From : hyjinx
Date : Sat Mar 19 2022 22:55:46

 se> On 27 Feb 2022, The Millionaire said the following...
 se>  TM> What's your perspective on this subject?
 se> We just watched the old 'To catch a thief' with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
 se> it was wonderful to see a good old Hitchcock flick...
 se> And, then there's 'The Matrix' and 'Blade Runner', the truly epic 'Lord of
 se> Rings' and all the other amazing modern movies... 

I seem to feel that with the exception of a couple of handfuls of movies, the
last decent movies were released around the turn of the millenium. Don't get
me wrong, some of them are perfectly palatable, in the same way that going
for a McDonalds after a night out on the turps is not unpleasant at the time.
But it's all very over-produced, for the money.

For me, the movies of the 80s and 90s were often cheesy yes, but boy, did
they have some great stories and genuinely heart warming moments too. I have
a hard time thinking of better movies than Back to the Future, Indiana Jones,
Star Wars IV-V, basically most of the Spielberg stuff and that sorta era. The
Matrix part 1 was kinda like a final curtain call on truly original epics.

Change my mind!

Cheers,
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
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