Maybe because I'm older but it just amazes me today of some of the movies coming out of Hollywood these days, they just don't seem to have the writing behind them that even requires a good actor anymore, all the special effects and extreme CGI possible today that they can do pretty much anything today to make imagination look realistic.
Take James Cameron's movie Avatar for an example of IMO a really good CGI movie, all the creatures in the movie looked real, so there's so much fascinating stuff that can be done today to bring the imagination to life.
I hear ya. Most of my favourite movies are from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. There are a lot of good modern action flicks with tons of CGI but it's painfully obvious when the actors are simply standing in front of a coloured screen trying to play it out. Worse are ones that digitally alter the actors because this is sometimes painfully obvious. Captain America: The First Avenger is a good example of this, they digitally shrunk the main actor in many of the early scenes and those scenes looked quite awkward as a result. There was a time when actors had to act to be successful, now it's all about looking pretty and having readily available stunt doubles. Some of the more oldschool directors such as Steven Spielberg still know how to cook up an awesome movie though.
I just rewatched Escape from Alcatraz (1979) this morning and it still blows many modern films out of the water.
Obama made a statement yesterday that he thought Sony made a mistake to pull the movie and I agree, but unfortunately sometimes the criminals do win, but my point is, I personally don't think the movie should have been made in the first place, it surely wasn't an offering of good will towards North Korea.
If a movie is totally irresponsible enough for this type of feedback to occur before it is even released causing Sony to loose millions how is going to affect other movie producers in their advance forward with possible movie ideas and concepts, and are we on the verge of movie censorship because of it?
From what I've heard they haven't pulled the movie completely, they just cancelled the Christmas release because the major studio partners bitched out. If they had released it with only a few theaters carrying it it would have flopped financially as soon as cams hit the torrent sites. Cancelling the release made sense financially until they can find an alternative mechanism of release or wait until everything blows over. It's not done, just delayed.
Censorship is everywhere even here in the forums, we cannot talk about some things and that's a fact, and out in the world we all seem to need to be as they say politically correct, God forbid you say the wrong thing out in the real world or the media will crucify you.
There's a certain degree of truth to this. I don't like to call it censorship though because that implies that we're moderating post material based on the subject or content of the post rather than the post's mechanism and tone of delivery. The no-GRAPES policy was put in place to deal with certain repeat offenders that would throw a hand grenade into a thread and run for cover before it went off. It's not designed to squash discourse, but rather to prevent rhetoric and destructive arguments.
I can't speak for everyone but I consider it a necessary evil, it's something that I'd much rather not have but it's unfortunately needed (at least for now) to keep some users from grabbing at each other's throats.
It's a much easier policy to work around than it seems at first and as I mentioned above it's a soft rule that leaves mods with lots of discretion. A good litmus test is to write a post as if it were being discussed around a water cooler or dinner table rather than on an anonymous forum.
The media doesn't seem to have a problem ruining peoples lives especially the well know, it's almost like guilty before a trial is even held with the negativity plastered everywhere.
I guess I'd best shut up now before I cross a line myself.
The media drives me nuts as well. My brother's fiancée finished a journalism degree but ended up changing her career due to her disgust with the industry. When I do read news I limit myself to major news wires such as BBC, ABC, AP, AFP, and Reuters.
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