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Re: Will and Grace stars angry over Hollywood Trump fundraiser 

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...the number of outlets for entertainment has increased dramatically, but the number of those with creative writing talent has not. For each outlet to feed it's demand, the quality of the product has been sacrificed. It is no longer profitable to make "A" movies, so "B" movies are the new "A" movies and "C" movies are the new "B" movies.




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Re: Will and Grace stars angry over Hollywood Trump fundraiser
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Mon, 02 Sep 19 4:20 AM 		Msg. 39083 of 62138

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Re: "Now . . Are fewer people going to the theatre because 'there are more entertainment choices' . . . Or are people
not going to the theatre because we see no point in paying to see left wing drivel?"Good question. I stopped going many years ago when prices jumped and I decided it was a ridiculous waste of money. Oddly enough, now that I've got a local $5 movie theatre, I've begun to go again. (I saw 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' last week. I was disapointed. But I saw 'Yesterday' a week before that and really enjoyed it.)

However, there's validity in the argument that movies have lost something. Namely, they've seemingly all become *flash* and special effects. Plot has been sacrificed. What's the last truly wonderful book that was made into a movie? The Hobbit? It's been a while. For that matter, I'm not sure that novels are doing as well as they once did either. I don't think people are reading like they used to. (I could be wrong. I know a gal who was going through 2 or 3 fantasy novels per week and probably still does.) I can tell you for certain that my preferred literature genre, science fiction, has nearly died out. (No, 'The Avengers' and Spider-man don't qualify as science fiction. And they were originally comic books, not novels.)

So, special effects might STILL be the big thing in movies, but imo you outgrow them after a while. Once you achieve that realization, why pay to see them? If you wait a while, they'll probably show up on Netflix or in your local Redbox at a small fraction of the price.

BTW, the going rate around here for DVDs at yard sales is $1. I sometimes buy movies for 50¢. When that's commonplace, why shell out $10 or $15 (PER PERSON) to see a new movie in a theatre?

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