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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [qb] Well if I can't say that it is, then you can't say it isn't. Isn't it better if we both *can* say what we think? [/qb][/QUOTE]You can think it, you can say it, you just can't be right about it. Film, like all art forms from cave painting to computer games are constantly in flux. They change with the times, as do fashions, tastes and culture in general. Look at Charlie Chaplin films, then look at Gone With The Wind, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The French Connection, Children of Men. All very different films, very much the product of their time and the personalities behind them, none of which would have been the same had they been made at any other time by any other people, especially when one generation of films inspires and informs the next. I'm not talking about special effects here, I'm talking about tone, pacing, subtext and above all storytelling. All very different and all very good. Also, at the same time these gems were being made, there was also heaps and heaps of utter shite being produced, it's just over time the vast oceans of crap tend to fade into the background until all you can recall are the classics and are left with the impression that they were typical of their age and that these days it's mostly bollocks. Truth is, it's always been mostly bollocks, it's just easier to recall the more recent bollocks than the older bollocks. Which is pretty much how nostalgia works and can be applied to just about everything from cars to music to architecture and so on and so on. Oh and calling the LoTR "Mainstream Hollywood films" is about the oddest comment I've heard recently. These films were made by a small, mostly independent New Zealand company that until very recently was know for small independent films and b-movie horror flicks. Gaining studio funding and world wide distribution doesn't make something "mainstream", which is a meaningless label anyway. Was Trainspotting mainstream? What about Fight Club, or Donnie Darko? They all had big studio backing and have been seen all over the world, so I suppose they must be. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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