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Hollywood has turned into a cesspool of stale ideas....

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Posted on August 16, 2019 at 22:37:26
TWB
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 I was thinking that it would be fun to go see a movie at the theater.... There isn't one damn thing playing that even slightly interests me.... Guess I'll have to wait until closer to Christmas....

 

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RE: Hollywood has turned into a cesspool of stale ideas...., posted on August 17, 2019 at 02:39:31
dean_martin
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 Specialty theaters all over have their summer film series going on now. Surely,you can find a Hitchcock film or The Wizard of Oz somewhere near you. Plus, the summer season is usually for lighter fare.

 

November , posted on August 17, 2019 at 07:24:20
grantv
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 My girls are excited about Frozen 2.

 

counting my blessings, posted on August 17, 2019 at 17:42:06
beach cruiser
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 I'm just the other way, I'm having a great time. Going tonight to see old cartoons.

With this kind of stuff, movies, I never know until I go.

I recently had my preconceived concepts shown again to be a fools prison, when I went to a tiki fest and they kicked off the double feature with Gidget goes Hawaiian . Not a movie I would normally bother about, but I trusted the venue , live and learn , right? I really came out to see ifI could get a cool tiki mug, not for the movie, but I figured it could be a fun memory.

It was a blast. I know most of the fun was generated by the crowd, the phony surf scenes had everybody howling right from the start, and the scripted parts were run with such a great cast,(introducing debra wally, with carl reiner, peggy cass, etc. the whole thing was just a lot of fun. I didn't stay for the elvis movie, blue Hawaii

I suppose the music and party drinks at the tiki fest beforehand loosened up the crowd. At one point the scandinavian jazz band had a crow singing along. Nature is so great.

That band saved the experience for me. Everything else was kind of silly and fun, but these guys were capable of artistic statements, and did them well. They were stuck out in the valley for weeka, in heat and smog, being flown in to record a jazz composition. It was lucky for me they decided to hit the scene where I was. The island music was just some jokey white guy with a uke, kept it moving, family style tourist trade stuff, no band, one acoustic bass

 

RE: Hollywood has turned into a cesspool of stale ideas...., posted on August 19, 2019 at 19:38:11
Bill the K
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 Unless you like old sensational mass killings

Bill

 

no kidding......., posted on August 21, 2019 at 14:56:17
NuWave
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 as the people who don't like guns, they sure do cram enough of 'em into films and the tv trailers.

 

RE: Hollywood has turned into a cesspool of stale ideas...., posted on August 22, 2019 at 08:58:32
BillH
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 Summer is probably the worst time to see new movies, as it is so kid-oriented.
But yes, Hollywood ran out of ideas years ago. Thus all the remakes and sequels.

 

RE: Hollywood has turned into a cesspool of stale ideas...., posted on August 23, 2019 at 14:37:13
fantja
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 Yes. The industry is in a sad state.

 

Sad state indeed! (nt), posted on August 23, 2019 at 15:41:29
TWB
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 NT

 

Stale ideas and 'Angel Has Fallen' . . . , posted on August 24, 2019 at 14:46:32
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 If you have seen two thousand American films you pretty much know the stereotypes, the heroes who become villains and villains who become heroes. The story's twists and turns and how it will end. To Wit: 'Angel Has Fallen'. The difference is ACTION. That's what we 'Muricans do BEST. You can shove most anything in the Murican face as long as it is peppered with lots of ACTION. Of course, that takes budget and that is what separates our industry from the rest of the world.

PS. Has Danny Huston EVER played a good guy? Let me know.

 

+1, posted on August 26, 2019 at 18:17:16
Jay Buridan
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 It's just crap coming out of Hollywood. IMHO, it's much the same with pop music, hip-hop and rap (aka the new minstrel show.)

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

You have called me? , posted on August 30, 2019 at 21:01:51
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 :-)



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Yup, stay away from Hollywood. Try Canada . . . , posted on August 31, 2019 at 15:03:54
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 Stale would be preferred to comatose.

 

It used to be a colossal stupendous cesspool in hollywood, posted on September 1, 2019 at 15:53:41
beach cruiser
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 So I guess things are looking up.

Recently had a Canadian embassy official introduce a canadian film, I liked it. Don't remember the name, but do remember his acknowledgment of the indigenous peoples land that made his government possible, that was new to me.

 

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