Is it me or are the movies that are being made these days,
becoming more and more pathetic?
One of my favourite R & R activities is sitting down for
a couple of hours, feet up, drink in hand in front of a screen to take in and
absorb, what I hope to be a good movie. Preferably one that leaves an
impression on me and keeps me thinking about how good it was for days after it’s
viewing.
Unfortunately, I’m finding that good quality story-lines are
a rarity these days. Out of every ten that I watch, I’m lucky to come across
one that is decent enough to recommend. Even when titles have been advertised
as ‘brilliant’ ‘wonderful’ ‘inspiring’ impressively executed’ etc, they turn
out to be nothing but big disappointments. What we’re shown in the previews are
snippets of the best scenes and most of the time, the ONLY good scenes. The
rest of the movie is pitiful and stale. I hate it when movies lack dramatics
and intellectual stimulation and since I’m big on romance, if there is none,
then I walk away disappointed. There’s got to be at least a little ROMANCE!
Obviously, movie makers are ignorant of our needs. I
understand that they need to make a buck just like the rest of us, but supplying
crap after deceiving us is the same as robbery. They really do need to find
themselves some good screen writers who can deliver what we’re expecting.
In the last week I have watched movies which include a man
and a woman meeting up in random hotel rooms on business trips. The entire
movie was based on scene after scene of sex in 28 different rooms spanning over
a number of years. WTF! And stupid me sat through it from beginning to end
waiting for something dramatic to happen, but nope, no such luck. Luckily the
movie was slightly shorter than most, however, 82 minutes still seemed like an
eternity.
Another one was about a peculiar couple caravanning . Their road
trip somehow turned into a bizarre murdering adventure. It was supposed to be a
comedy but instead it turned out to be 88 minutes of ridiculous and twisted twaddle
with gruesome scenes which turned my stomach (I detest movies with gory
content!) and the romance side of it was just as sickening.
And let’s not forget to mention the ‘could have been wonderful
movies’ which have terrific story-lines but the acting is appalling. These
movies with potential, seem to star at least one well-known actor/actress (obviously
to suck us in) who are foolishly coupled
with one or more dreadful fellow actors. It does nothing but bring the movie
down. Instead of enjoying the storyline, we’re too busy scorning the casting
crew for their harebrained choice of cast. It’s a crime to partner great actors
with incompetent ones who lack the ability, and clearly, the personality to act.
Great plots are ruined beyond repair when idiotic producers and casting
directors have no idea of how to do their job properly.
What a waste of the movie-goers money.
Have you noticed that these days, cinemas are nowhere near as
crowded as they were years ago? If we’re expected to fork out almost $20 to
watch a movie, we expect that it’s going to be better than mediocre. It’s no wonder
that most of us wait until movies are released onto DVD before watching them.
If Hollywood would like us to spend precious relaxation time and money watching
their shows, they’d better lift their game and start spitting out quality flicks
instead of garbage.
Until next time...
Ciao’ for now.
M.C.
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