tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post5210878850095992665..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #656: Stupidity Doesn't Sell Anymore?Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-25189959124772128732011-01-06T15:50:57.556-04:002011-01-06T15:50:57.556-04:00A fundamental problem with this film business is t...A fundamental problem with this film business is that it has been niche marketed into a stupor. Middlebrow suggests a middle path, neither art house,such as it is today or the fantastic/cgi /video game action stuff,which a majority of critics, such as they are,hammer with ferocity.Just a reminder that middlebrow used to include performers like Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra,Duke Ellington,Charlie Parker, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson,the Twilight Zone,Steinbeck,Du Maurier,William Wyler, Alfred Hitchcock,Sidney Pollack, Spielberg,the Beatles,Amadeus, L.A. Confidential,and etc; etc;. Middlebrow was great stuff, Terry Teachout wrote a good piece on this in the WSJ last year. This Hollywood wants to make ,"important films", on subjects like abortion, gay rights,the U.S. military and American domestic politics. Most of what they produce , by now ,is redundant and hardly objective.Not a lot of deep thinking going on. Objectivity will set you free.Middlebrow, good middlebrow doesn't try to hammer you with its point of view, it persuades and trusts its audience. This Hollywood wants to lecture and posture. Oy.There was a time when message movies were well received by the public, In the Heat of the Night is still powerful film making with a point as is The Insider.The Oscar blog sites are a good place to experience film snobbery.Right now the succes of True Grit might be problematic for them because it was directed by those auteurs du jour, zee Coens and OMG the damn movie is making money, how declasse can that be!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-90475442440192497232011-01-05T19:40:53.492-04:002011-01-05T19:40:53.492-04:00I ask you this, when was the last time you saw a t...I ask you this, when was the last time you saw a trailer to a new movie that had you going to spaztic fits because it looked so awesome?<br /><br />For me it was seeing Ace Combat Assault Horizon Debut Trailer on Youtobe, that is for a video game not a film. Movie LOTR Two Towers<br /><br />When was the last time there was a film that you just HAD TO SEE? For me Dark Knight, before that Two Towers<br /><br />I find for entertainment value the small screen is a better bet, there are more TV shows and video games coming out that are more worth my time and money. Even with my professional aspirations, I have abandoned writing movie spec scripts and moved to TV.Gary T. Burnaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498841646544658878noreply@blogger.com