The Oscars forgot that movies matter
Washington Examiner,
by
Jessica Kramer
Original Article
Posted By: tisHimself,
2/9/2020 3:08:49 AM
I used to love the Oscars. The Oscars and election night were my “Super Bowls” growing up. I would print out the list of nominations, see all the movies with my cousin, and then vote for my favorites and which movies I thought would win. In sixth grade, I wrote that I wanted to be an executive producer — that’s how much I adored movies. I saw the medium of film not just as an end to be loved for its own sake but also as a means to change culture and direct people’s attention to the true, the good, and the beautiful. They say politics is downstream from culture.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 2/9/2020 3:26:37 AM (No. 312655)
So true. Movies stopped being about entertainment long ago. Junk like Chariots of Fire or Ghandi, that no one went to see, won all sorts of awards. The move industry no longer understands they are for entertainment, not preaching their political ideologies.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Trigger2 2/9/2020 3:44:03 AM (No. 312657)
Movies now depict the demonrat party - gore, stupidity, sleaze, greed, criminal corruption, power, etc.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/9/2020 5:04:10 AM (No. 312679)
Movies and people matter. Hollywood used to have a few good actors who set good examples and created heroes for us once in a while. Now both are garbage.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 2/9/2020 7:58:41 AM (No. 312754)
I agree with #1. Movies used to be for entertainment. Now few are and all the rest seem to be about making social and political statements or artsy fartsy fishing for oscar nominations. Personally, I go to see a movie for entertainment purposes, buy some overpriced popcorn and escape the crazyness for a couple hours. I do not go to a movie to get lectured about what an evil a person I am for being born or for believing in such things as faith, family, honor or truth.
Hollywood is entirely not capable of creating original movie scripts anymore. It is a bunch of worthless sequels and remakes of old movies. So, this is where it's at and I am sad about it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Goose 2/9/2020 8:18:22 AM (No. 312773)
The Hollywood that once made a movie like "Sullivan's Travels," has forgotten the point of that movie. Sullivan wanted to make relevant movies, so he abandoned the privileged live to experience the real world and ended up on a chain gang. There, he learned that his fellow inmates were able to escape from their situation and be uplifted by watching a movie that made them laugh. A light went on for Sullivan. No more relevant movies. He vowed to make movies that make people laugh.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
marbles 2/9/2020 9:30:13 AM (No. 312849)
#5 And the reason Sullivan wanted to make funny movies was because laughter was all that some people had.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
red1066 2/9/2020 11:12:52 AM (No. 312969)
I went to the movies for the first time in more than 20 years last week to see 1917. While the movie was good, the lead up to the movie was a study in what is not entertaining. There use to be a short or some upcoming attractions before the movie started. Instead, I was greeted with over a half hour of video game playing on the big screen where one could use their phone to participate. It was boring and just plain irritating. Now I know why I haven't been to the movies since Saving Private Ryan came out.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 2/9/2020 1:34:20 PM (No. 313113)
I read and enjoyed Little Women as a book when I was a teen, and nobody pushed me to read it. I wouldn't see the movie if you paid me.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 2/9/2020 1:37:23 PM (No. 313116)
Total agreement, #7. The hideousness of the "trailers" for the other movies that are "coming attractions" was totally appalling. NONE of them would I want to see, or let any young people in my control see, EVER. Hideous, trashy, destructive, and I cannot remember any names of these terrible things.
I try to come 20 minutes late to movies now days to avoid these hideous trailers.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
NYbob 2/9/2020 1:47:18 PM (No. 313126)
The first movie I saw was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Definitely a message movie and even as a child under the age of 10, I knew what Nemo was saying, but the movie was spectacular and the political message was great because I saw the whole range of human reactions to war, the need for war and the tragedy of war.
I thought all movies would be as great. Then it was obvious how contrived villains or simpleton plots would be contrived to make heroes out of oppressors. Hollywood has always cut corners with the truth or simply invented things that never happened. That isn't entertainment or education. It is brainwashing by a media made by people with beliefs that have been refined to the point where almost every thing they do is the complete opposite of the ideals and traditions of the the USA.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
HammerDax56 2/9/2020 6:50:09 PM (No. 313324)
What’s up with all the comic book movies? I don’t get it. Mechanical creatures and miles of dark fantasy footage that resemble a video game.
And they’re all sequels!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 2/10/2020 10:24:35 AM (No. 313853)
"Movies" don't matter that much to me any more. I stick with the tried-and-true TV shows and movies I grew up with as a kid. IF I happen to notice a recent release that catches my interest due to historic or personal significance, I'm discerning with my money and I'll read reviews to see if the movie is worth my time. More times than not I'll just spend my hard-earned money educating myself by buying and reading a book. TV and the movies have become evil and decadent.
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