Movie Golden-Age over?, is the golden age of the movies over? Options

[The Phantom]

The golden age of the studio is over and done with, definitely. Just look at the crap they're green-lighting these days -- Are We There Yet?, The Pacifier, Alone in the Dark, Son of the Mask.

trouble is there is a market for those sort of films. some people just aren't interested in 'film' as such, they're happy to just while away a few hours watching whatever is in front of them, and don't care if it's pushing boundaries/re-shaping genres etc... so while there's money to be made in the trash market they'll unfortunatley keep churning them out. speaking of which I hear there is a follow up to 'Saw' sorry personal gripe.

[spacemonkey]

They're doing the same thing to the film industry that they did to the music industry, mass produced, plasticised, commercial, crap with only about 3 storylines that they rehash over and over again

[SkipToTheEnd]

wahay! Which one of you is the caveman?

[Nonus Aequilibri...]

While there's plenty of brilliant films around, I can't think of any films I like from earlier than the 70s... Just about every film I've seen from the days of black and white, or early colour, they've been utterly dreadful.

[rabbit57i]

While there's plenty of brilliant films around, I can't think of any films I like from earlier than the 70s... Just about every film I've seen from the days of black and white, or early colour, they've been utterly dreadful.

Get out there and see some films!

[Sostie]

Get out there and see some films!

I'm kind of envious...he still has the joys of Hitchcock, Pressburger & Powell, It's A Wonderful Life, Night Of The Hunter, Keaton & Singin In The Rain to experience

[Ingram]

Not even that far back, classics from the 60's too... Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. Get stuck in lad! Oh and don't neglect the Westerns

[Sostie]

Not even that far back, classics from the 60's too... Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.  Get stuck in lad!  Oh and don't neglect the Westerns

And the best Bond films, Peter Sellers films and Carry Ons

[Ingram]

Ahhhh Peter Sellers. Genius. He never found the role though. He came close with Strangelove, but never to his full potential. What a sad waste.

[Draven Grey]

I'm not really opposed to either era of filmmaking. I do feel that I enoyed more of the movies that came out when I was child, but that I was also of a younger age then so I'm sure my opinion was slightly less versified than it is now. The thing I think is missing with a lot of the movies that are out now is a sense that the script writers tried to present an original or solid idea. Naturally I go right for Star Wars with this one. I think that filmmakers should approch thier movies as Lucas did with A New Hope. There he had little money and relied on a good story to carry the viewers attention. The same coudl be said with more modern movies like Clerks. It had excellent writing and cost $22,769 to make.
Bottom line with a movie should be: "What's the point of the story, and why is it worth telling?"

[Sostie]

I'm not really opposed to either era of filmmaking. I do feel that I enoyed more of the movies that came out when I was child, but that I was also of a younger age then so I'm sure my opinion was slightly less versified than it is now. The thing I think is missing with a lot of the movies that are out now is a sense that the script writers tried to present an original or solid idea. Naturally I go right for Star Wars with this one. I think that filmmakers should approch thier movies as Lucas did with A New Hope. There he had little money and relied on a good story to carry the viewers attention. The same coudl be said with more modern movies like Clerks. It had excellent writing and cost  $22,769 to make.
Bottom line with a movie should be: "What's the point of the story, and why is it worth telling?"

I think the success of Star Wars (originally) is more down to the design and special effects, and tapping into a well worked formula. In no way was the story individual - its a reworking of Kurowsawa's Hidden Fortress - and Lucas admits to using Joseph Campbells book "The Heros with a thousand Faces" constantly when writing the Star Wars script, using its study of universal myths to create the plot.

Lucas' inability to plot and write (and direct) a film can easily be seen in the last 2 films (Eps 1 & 2).

Having said that, I would happily call it a classic if only for the bench mark it set for design, effects and marketing. And it was a major part of one of the "Golden Ages" which saw Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Carpenter etc at their peak.

[Omniscia]

While there's plenty of brilliant films around, I can't think of any films I like from earlier than the 70s... Just about every film I've seen from the days of black and white, or early colour, they've been utterly dreadful.

Get thee to a video store and rent the collective oeuvres of Hitchcock, Kubrick (especially Dr. Strangelove), Orson Welles, John Ford, David Lean, Elia Kazan, Billy Wilder, etc, etc, etc.

[Douglas Nicol]

I think the success of Star Wars (originally) is more down to the design and special effects, and tapping into a well worked formula.  In no way was the story individual - its a reworking of Kurowsawa's Hidden Fortress - and Lucas admits to using Joseph Campbells book "The Heros with a thousand Faces" constantly when writing the Star Wars script, using its study of universal myths to create the plot.

Lucas' inability to plot and write (and direct) a film can easily be seen in the last 2 films (Eps 1 & 2).

Having said that, I would happily call it a classic if only for the bench mark it set for design, effects and marketing.  And it was a major part of one of the "Golden Ages" which saw Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Carpenter etc at their peak.

And the ironic thing about that is that Lucas post Star Wars, sued people for plagiarism.

The whole Death Star Trench Run was lifted from 633 Squadron.

[Sostie]

And the ironic thing about that is that Lucas post Star Wars, sued people for plagiarism. 

He tried to stop Battlestar Galactica!!!!

[superfurryandy]

Get thee to a video store and rent the collective oeuvres

Eggs?