Are movies better now days?

Better special effects, but often less plot. I enjoy both modern and old movies, but they are very different.

It has been true since time immemorial that most of anything is crap.

They can make any movie look good these days. The writing often falls short, unfortunately.

Well movies as a whole have flat lined out.

Because when art fail to convey beauty or a great story it basically becomes just a showing of technique, now a days cgi.

Example is this great drawing by Rembrandt
This drawing conveys so much.


Or this master piece by Phil May




And these hyper realistic drawing, which really only show a great rendering ability

UK movies and series are far better than the US.

How many people today could sit through the ending of The Third Man or appreciate its brilliance.


Or watch the theft scene in Rififi
half-hour heist scene depicting the crime in detail, shot in near silence, without dialogue or music.

JohnAshton said:

UK movies and series are far better than the US.

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I haven't seen many UK movies but their TV series are much better, at least they used to be. I like older shows like Father Brown, Sherlock, etc. Netflix has dropped some of my favorites.

Hank77 said:

I haven't seen many UK movies but their TV series are much better, at least they used to be. I like older shows like Father Brown, Sherlock, etc. Netflix has dropped some of my favorites.

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The "Line of Duty" is amazing. The old "Wire in the Blood" is brutal but very well done. I would like very much to see a murder mystery series starring Robson Green and Jerome Flynn.

JohnAshton said:

The "Line of Duty" is amazing. The old "Wire in the Blood" is brutal but very well done. I would like very much to see a murder mystery series starring Robson Green and Jerome Flynn.

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Thanks I'll check them out if they are on Netflix. I keep forgetting our daughter set us up with Amazon too.

JohnAshton said:

The "Line of Duty" is amazing. The old "Wire in the Blood" is brutal but very well done. I would like very much to see a murder mystery series starring Robson Green and Jerome Flynn.

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Just checked on Amazon and both of these are now there.

There is also 'Grantchester'. Robson Green plays a cop who solves mysteries with a vicar. That sounds like something I would like. It's in it's 5th Season on PBS.

I thought Jerome Flynn sounded familiar he played a cop in Ripper Street.

"Grantchester" is a special series with the vicar and the cop.

Jerome Flynn was good in "Ripper Street", and he was always be remembered as Bron SellSword in "Game of Thrones."

I am beginning to be fed up with modern American series. So many think it's okay to glamorize sex and drugs. I was watching a TV-14 show that had characters doing cocaine. Great for children. Quality content.

Hit or miss. Quality ones are few and far between.

There have always been good and bad movies. There always will be. What's different is that Hollywood has learned how to package movies in a way that targets people. It's kinda creepy.

The last movie I saw was The Purge series. It was disturbing. Most of the programs I watch relate to food, travel, or home improvement.

I stumbled upon Marquee.tv and took it as a sign I needed better viewing options.

In all seriousness, the combination of performances from different groups is really neat. MetOpera on Demand, BroadwayHD, and Medici.tv are notable alternatives.

~Bella