On a question of movies - and is the game over?

[Booster]

I'm puzzling over this pretty hard, and I hope maybe someone can enlighten me. Is there such a thing as a good movie? A good TV show? I used to like them both when I was a kid. Now, however, I find myself less and less motivated to watch movies, no matter how good they are. How do you think, is this normal? I'm starting to see it as a business thing, these people, actors, they're into movies and stuff to make money, but for me does it make any sense to watch the motion on the screen? I mean I understand it's all kinda BS, maybe sometimes interesting, but still a fake. I know how these movies are made, and I'm quite disappointed in them. You know, when the T3 comes out, I don't even wanna watch it, even for free.

So what's your take on these issues? how do you think?

 

[conjur]

Plenty of good stuff out there.

I thought Red Dragon was a good movie.

I enjoyed Matrix: Reloaded.

I look forward to watching CSI on TV each week (maybe being in Hi-Def helps 😉 ).

Just avoid the over-hyped, sugar-coated crap and you'll be fine

 

[Schadenfreude]

It just sounds liek you're sick of the mass media blockbuster claptrap. There are movies made by people other than the ones living in Hollywood, you know.

 

[Booster]

WO-HOO! Looks like I've scored some.

Yep, I have to agree. Maybe I been watching too much TV. Just need to relax, breathe fresh air. That's the key I think.

Heck, just noticed I turned Diamond here. How on earth could I post so much? I'm completely lost. I hope I didn't make a nef here. But then I wouldn't be a Diamond member, on the other hand.

Strange, when you turn Diamond you don't seem to feel any excitement. So what's next? Lifer? In 7K posts? Oh man... I don't think I'll ever have 10K posts. Guess I have reached my final status here - that's quite important. I'm not ever going to be anyone but a Diamond member from now on till I completely cease posting one day. So that's it. Game over I guess 🙁

 

[Booster]

So what do you think of this, if anything?

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
It just sounds liek you're sick of the mass media blockbuster claptrap. There are movies made by people other than the ones living in Hollywood, you know.

Agreed. I enjoy some of the blockbusters (Matrix Reloaded, for example), but I also enjoy a lot of the movies that didn't get so much attention (Memento, for example). There's a lot of great underappreciated movies out there.