Im stating that the majority of the U.S. critics are stupid?!

Stop following stupid people so carefully.

They own the theaters, the rest of us own netflix.

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Horror movies are the worst. The only horror movie to come out in I don't know how long is Saw. But even in Saw, the terror of the earlier horror movies isn't there.

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Why..... do I get the feeling that you don't spend a lot of time reading books that don't have pictures in them.

If you want insight into a world-wide array of people, living in places that you and I may never touch, and in times -- past and future -- which we will never know, then check out a good movie.

If you want "ACTION !!!" then please, go back to HALO III;
(a "game" which we used to call "playing war," but you don't have to bother with all that annoying PHYSICAL MOVEMENT.)

So stay at your computer.

Then I will have a better choice of seats in the theater.

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I agree with most of it.
Even the films that try to offer more fall short, The Departed and American Gangster don't even come close to the likes of The Godfather and Goodfellas, the comparisons are a sham.

Action filled sequels and prequels are being thrown out all-over the place with no care and consideration.
And then we turn to book and game adaptations.
Games will obviously be turned into bland, boring actionfests such as Hitman, and the books are being toned down and simplified to the point of a well rounded story being turned into a simple childrens fantasy.
And this all all before the religions take their knives out and deem everything pro-atheist (but chrisitan bull is okay)

That said, I won't deny that good films are still being made, just if not making it to the big screens over there. European films have improved tenfold in the last few years, and with Bollywood growing, and us standing on the verge of a new dawn of asian film boom... You have to wonder how long Hollywood will stay around for... until you remember the millions of easily wow'd Americans that'll still swallow it up and pay for it.

There was no real point to this post, I was just bored...

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I never buy the arguement that there are no good movies around today. People who say that are seeing the wrong movies. If your movie diet consists only of things like "The Game Plan" or "Alvin and the Chipmunks" or "I Know Who Killed Me," then of course it will seem like there are no good films.

However, lots of great movies are being made; they just don't get the same hype. Consider:

No Country For Old Men
Juno
The Savages
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Atonement
Lust, Caution
Eastern Promises
Michael Clayton
In the Valley of Elah
Into the Wild
A Mighty Heart
The Kite Runner

...and those are just from 2007 alone!

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