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What a feeling. 'Flashdance' was one of the 80s films that passed me by. I've watched quite a few I missed over the last few years as there is virtually nothing worth watching from the last ten years or so. I enjoyed 'The Breakfast Club' and 'War Games' very much. Maybe I'll give 'Flashdance' a go if only to see the lovely Jennifer in action.
Haven't seen it myself, though might've caught bits of it without realising, when visiting friends. She's certainly hot-to-trot. But nothing worth watching from the last 10 years? I've thoroughly enjoyed most of the Marvel and Mission Impossible movies. I wait 'til they come out on DVD now, I don't bother going to the cinema.
I think you've hit the nail on the head there, Kid. Marvel and Mission Impossible. What else is there? Don't get me wrong, I like a good superhero movie as much as anyone else but have they heard the phrase 'less is more'? Just more and more of the same old CGI and increasingly woke churn-out. Remember when superhero movies were a thing of wonder? The 70s Doc Strange, Doc Savage, Spider-Man, Superman, Captain America, the 80s Flash Gordon, the Flash. They were a thing of wonder even if they did have Blue Peter special effects. They were a joy to behold. Nowadays, films are visually stunning but lack substance. Where are the blockbuster films of yesteryear? The Citizen Kanes, the Casablancas, the African Queens, the Lawrence of Arabias, the Chariots of Fires? I have to admit, I don't rate today's film stars. I much prefer the Golden Age of Hollywood, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Fred Astaire. I'd rather watch classic movies now than anything new that comes out. I prefer a good story and acting over action and CGI. There are the occasional ones like No Country for Old Men and The Wolf of Wall Street but on the whole, new movies don't do anything for me. There is a YouTuber I watch called The Critical Drinker and he does gloriously cynical reviews of new movies which I thoroughly enjoy. Wasn't it David Bowie who said that the 21st Century had been a disappointment so far?
Well, it was for Bowie I suppose, as he didn't see as much of it as the rest of us. The only good superhero film of the '70s was Superman the Movie, I thought all the other ones you mentioned were sheer pants. And I'd argue that Marvel movies have substance (some more than others, admittedly). Civil War posed an interesting question as to whether it would be justified to wipe out millions of people if world peace would be guaranteed as a result. I'm still not sure what my answer would be.
I think we tend to regard Hollywood stars of the Golden Age as preferrable to those of today because of the 'studio system' that promoted them. Today's stars don't have that, and the media is much more intrusive nowadays and quick to reveal their 'feet of clay'.
Oh yes they were pants, some were made for TV movies but they were relatively unique in that they were few and far between so for me they had the wow factor. Then again I was a child at the time.
Today's stars are more concerned with spouting their political views rather than doing the thing they are supposedly good at. I have the greatest respect for Denzel Washington who, when asked who he was voting for, replied "None of your business."
Speaking as a megalomaniac, there is only one way to guarantee world peace and that is to wipe out the entire population of the planet. Wiping out only millions would always leave difference of opinion.
I was in my late teens and 20s, which is why they probably didn't appeal to me.
I think the idea was that if all the war-mongering nations (and people) were wiped out, then only peace-loving people would be left. Or at least people who were too scared to war-monger in case they then got wiped out too.
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What a feeling. 'Flashdance' was one of the 80s films that passed me by. I've watched quite a few I missed over the last few years as there is virtually nothing worth watching from the last ten years or so. I enjoyed 'The Breakfast Club' and 'War Games' very much. Maybe I'll give 'Flashdance' a go if only to see the lovely Jennifer in action.
Haven't seen it myself, though might've caught bits of it without realising, when visiting friends. She's certainly hot-to-trot. But nothing worth watching from the last 10 years? I've thoroughly enjoyed most of the Marvel and Mission Impossible movies. I wait 'til they come out on DVD now, I don't bother going to the cinema.
I think you've hit the nail on the head there, Kid. Marvel and Mission Impossible. What else is there? Don't get me wrong, I like a good superhero movie as much as anyone else but have they heard the phrase 'less is more'? Just more and more of the same old CGI and increasingly woke churn-out. Remember when superhero movies were a thing of wonder? The 70s Doc Strange, Doc Savage, Spider-Man, Superman, Captain America, the 80s Flash Gordon, the Flash. They were a thing of wonder even if they did have Blue Peter special effects. They were a joy to behold. Nowadays, films are visually stunning but lack substance. Where are the blockbuster films of yesteryear? The Citizen Kanes, the Casablancas, the African Queens, the Lawrence of Arabias, the Chariots of Fires? I have to admit, I don't rate today's film stars. I much prefer the Golden Age of Hollywood, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Fred Astaire. I'd rather watch classic movies now than anything new that comes out. I prefer a good story and acting over action and CGI. There are the occasional ones like No Country for Old Men and The Wolf of Wall Street but on the whole, new movies don't do anything for me.
There is a YouTuber I watch called The Critical Drinker and he does gloriously cynical reviews of new movies which I thoroughly enjoy. Wasn't it David Bowie who said that the 21st Century had been a disappointment so far?
Well, it was for Bowie I suppose, as he didn't see as much of it as the rest of us. The only good superhero film of the '70s was Superman the Movie, I thought all the other ones you mentioned were sheer pants. And I'd argue that Marvel movies have substance (some more than others, admittedly). Civil War posed an interesting question as to whether it would be justified to wipe out millions of people if world peace would be guaranteed as a result. I'm still not sure what my answer would be.
I think we tend to regard Hollywood stars of the Golden Age as preferrable to those of today because of the 'studio system' that promoted them. Today's stars don't have that, and the media is much more intrusive nowadays and quick to reveal their 'feet of clay'.
Oh yes they were pants, some were made for TV movies but they were relatively unique in that they were few and far between so for me they had the wow factor. Then again I was a child at the time.
Today's stars are more concerned with spouting their political views rather than doing the thing they are supposedly good at. I have the greatest respect for Denzel Washington who, when asked who he was voting for, replied "None of your business."
Speaking as a megalomaniac, there is only one way to guarantee world peace and that is to wipe out the entire population of the planet. Wiping out only millions would always leave difference of opinion.
I was in my late teens and 20s, which is why they probably didn't appeal to me.
I think the idea was that if all the war-mongering nations (and people) were wiped out, then only peace-loving people would be left. Or at least people who were too scared to war-monger in case they then got wiped out too.
Last movie I saw her in was Devil in a Blue Dress. She was quite memorable in that one and Flashdance.
The title of the first one you mentioned intrigues me, G, I must look out for it. I might even watch Flashdance some day.
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