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

[SkipToTheEnd]

We constantly read that the "Golden Age" of the movies is long gone. Maybe it was the 30's, when viewing figures were at their highest, maybe it was the 40's with film noir, maybe the 70's with countless cult classics. Or are we only now getting the best output from cinemas - with directors becoming more creative and adventurous, and actors honing their craft. What do you think, do you care?

[Chapman Baxter]

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.

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

Have you seen some of the crap they used to produce for drive-ins? Or many non-Ealing British comedies before the mid-60s? Undemanding films for undemanding audiences have always been the mainstay of the film industry, and probably always will be. Thankfully, that doesn't seem to prevent the odd good film slipping through the cracks.