As a writer I enjoy an exhilarating and riveting story in any form. I love movies! After my movie package became too pricey I started watching old westerns on GRIT.
Some I recall enjoying as a child on a small black & white screen. Now in color on a big screen television I notice things I didn't back then. One of which is women well into their 40's playing 20 somethings. It made me wonder how they pulled this off on gigantic theatre screens.
Perhaps audiences of that era were more willing to suspend disbelief. I read someplace that during the 1950's the average model was age 35 and a size 10. It wasn't until the 1960's that our society become youth obsessed and anyone over 30 was considered antique.
With the
larger TV screens it's also easier to spot flaws in the character's faces in newer
films. I notice despite my refusal to pay for HD. Often I spot all too
familiar fleshy bumps. I'm tempted to scream at the actors, "Geez, get
those things checked out by a dermatologist!" -- A similar one of mine
turned out to be skin cancer.
My mother
used to say that Hollywood people go to plastic surgeons as often as we visit our
dentists. You can't really fault them for this, their looks are their
livelihood. But skin cancer is another thing altogether.
I have some issues
with many of today's movies. For one, too many actors mumble! Where are the
directors? They're falling down on the job! Why can't these no-talents be
taught to enunciate properly? -- And there is absolutely nothing wrong with my
hearing! Yet no matter how many times rewind my DVR or turn up the sound, I'm
still unable to decipher what was said.
But that's
probably for the best in my case. What's with all this vile gutter language
nowadays? Words have power and can be a tremendous force for good. Movies don't
reflect society they shape it. I can understand an appropriate well placed
profanity, but it should never dominate the dialogue. This is lazy writing! It's
anything but progress and deserves to end.
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