Yes, with the writer's strike and the golden globes and all that its the season when we all slag off how bad Hollywood films are, but wait, are they really that bad? Undoubtedly there are a lot of very bad movies churned out of Tinsel Town, but then there are also a lot of genuine 100 percent classics, as well as they odd masterpiece. Here are a few Hollywood movies from the past few decades.
The Thin Red Line
Bladerunner
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
The Royal Tennenbaum's
Kramer Vs Kramer
Munich
LA Confidential
Goodfellas
Glory
Apocalypse Now
Alien
American History X
12 Monkeys
Summer of Sam
The Big Lebowski
Fight Club
Children of Men
Raging Bull
Ed Wood
The Sixth Sense
Hannah and Her Sisters
Goodnight and Goodluck
Fargo
The Shining
The Elephant Man
Leon
Three Kings
Thelma and Louise
Miller's Crossing
The Deer Hunter
Do the Right Thing
Unforgiven
Braveheart
Sin City
The Others
Full Metal Jacket
JFK
Donnie Darko
Blue Velvet
Schindler's List
Radio Days
Once Upon a Time In America
Born on the 4th of July
Saving Private Ryan
The Cotton Club
The Usual Suspects
Raising Arizona
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Rainman
The Player
Memento
Scarface
Philedelphia
Heaven's Gate
The Untouchables
So I have only gone back to about 1980 there. Now you may not like all these movies, or perhaps you could argue for your personal favorites, and of course some are better than others etc etc, but I think most people would agree that they represent a very high level of film making.
Is Hollywood so bad?
Is Hollywood so bad?
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I agree Galbally. That's a good representative list, I think. There are a lot of good movies that have gone directly to video too, without hitting the Big Screen. I'm real picky about the movies I like, but I would have to agree that Hollywood hasn't done too badly.
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Now would be good time to air those classic black and white movies and TV reruns. Too many to name.
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Is Hollywood so bad?
rjwould;756868 wrote: Now that we have these great miniseries like Dexter, Rome, The Wire, Deadwood and others on HBO and Showtime, movies don't do for me what they used to. They seem too short.
I like many of the movies you've listed and could add more to the list.
I heard that they were going to be doing some editing on Dexter and showing the first season on NBC ( I think that's parent company that owns Showtime). Hubby sais they'll have to cut the sister completely out. :-3
I like many of the movies you've listed and could add more to the list.
I heard that they were going to be doing some editing on Dexter and showing the first season on NBC ( I think that's parent company that owns Showtime). Hubby sais they'll have to cut the sister completely out. :-3
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Is Hollywood so bad?
And thats just a minute sampling Dr Gallbladder. There are oodles more. Ive got a Scottish movie downstairs. Ill let you know how it is.
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