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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2012 17:39:03 GMT -5
"I do not think Oliver Stone gets JFK made today. Unless they can make JFK fly. If they can't make Malcolm X fly, with tights and a cape, it's not happening: - in New York Magazine.
I can't quarrel with the man..
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Post by erik on Jul 17, 2012 20:37:30 GMT -5
Well, while I do think that Mr. Lee can at times be like hemorrhoids, i.e. a real pain in the a**, when he spouts off, I think he is dead-on about serious hard-edged films like JFK not being able to get a shot in this age of comic-book blockbusters and mindlessly ultra-violent action films. Practically anything, actual documentaries aside, that actually forces the moviegoer to think is relegated to the dustbin (IMHO).
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Post by philly on Jul 18, 2012 7:42:44 GMT -5
Well, while I do think that Mr. Lee can at times be like hemorrhoids, i.e. a real pain in the a**, when he spouts off, I think he is dead-on about serious hard-edged films like JFK not being able to get a shot in this age of comic-book blockbusters and mindlessly ultra-violent action films. Practically anything, actual documentaries aside, that actually forces the moviegoer to think is relegated to the dustbin (IMHO). If they made JFK a vampire-hunter, or a zombie it might have a shot. Thankfully the Saturday Night Live cartoon "the ex-presidents" never made it to the big screen  |
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 20, 2012 19:02:46 GMT -5
I think people are looking more for escapism these days than wanting to know the truth which they cannot or will not handle well.
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Post by erik on Jul 20, 2012 19:58:55 GMT -5
Certainly I can see none of the films that created such a stir in the late 1960s doing the same thing today. That was a time when people paid attention, and were actively engaged, as was Hollywood. A film like, say BONNIE AND CLYDE or THE WILD BUNCH, couldn't get green-lighted by a studio today if they didn't have a lot of gimmicks, and if they didn't have a story that didn't challenge the audience (IMHO).
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Post by MokyWI on Jul 24, 2012 14:46:38 GMT -5
Just part of the dumbing down of America!
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Post by vikingfan on Jul 26, 2012 7:50:46 GMT -5
If they made JFK a vampire-hunter, or a zombie it might have a shot. Thankfully the Saturday Night Live cartoon "the ex-presidents" never made it to the big screen Now see I hink that's one of the few things spawned by SNL that might have actually made a good movie...  Provided it remained animated of course! |
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Provided it remained animated of course!