- Oct 20, 2013
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Hollywood actors have a rather strange delusion these days. They actually think they're important. And they actually think we're going to see their movies. I just did a little survey. I asked friends and aquaintances of mine when they last saw a movie in a movie theater. The average answer was about 20 years ago. In my case, it was the Clint Eastwood/Sondra Locke movie Sudden Impact, which I saw in 1986.
And even that was in a drive-in theater - fee from audience people talking, free from cell phones ringing, free from sticky gum on the floor, free from small, cramped seats, and with lots of good refreshments brought from home, and the ability to adjust the movie sound.
The fact is, there re thousands of good movies available in the internet, DVD, and on TV. Movies have been made for over 100 years now. Few people have seen more than 10% of them. So do we really need more movies ? Not hardly.
If the media is going to fall all over themselves in reporting about awards, perhaps they ought to bypass the Hollywooders and show us awards given to police officers for special instances of heroism, bravery, and saving peoples' lives. Maybe awards of the same sort given to firefighters wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Then there's there's troops in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, South Korea, et al places. I'd much rather hear about them than a bunch of spoiled brat, OVERPAID narcissists, playing make believe. Carry on.
And even that was in a drive-in theater - fee from audience people talking, free from cell phones ringing, free from sticky gum on the floor, free from small, cramped seats, and with lots of good refreshments brought from home, and the ability to adjust the movie sound.
The fact is, there re thousands of good movies available in the internet, DVD, and on TV. Movies have been made for over 100 years now. Few people have seen more than 10% of them. So do we really need more movies ? Not hardly.
If the media is going to fall all over themselves in reporting about awards, perhaps they ought to bypass the Hollywooders and show us awards given to police officers for special instances of heroism, bravery, and saving peoples' lives. Maybe awards of the same sort given to firefighters wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Then there's there's troops in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, South Korea, et al places. I'd much rather hear about them than a bunch of spoiled brat, OVERPAID narcissists, playing make believe. Carry on.
