*shakes head* Christ. Legally blonde. Is this movie screaming to be canned, or what? I cannot believe that movies like that can get made, and will sell like hotcakes to popstars and little girls (and some older girls, too, by the sound of it), and a great many decent movies can’t get off the ground because they are too ‘intellectual’, and won’t sell.
Well.. I knew that would get you going.. perhaps i should inform you that a bulk of the audience was couples over approximatly 25. Three rows back a couple brought themselves and there three ( crying sniviling *grumble grumble* ) kids. Most of the couples where all lovey dovey.. which adds to a little theory i have that movies like this are made so guys can take there girlfriends too in order to get some brownie points. Its the same reason Arnold “heck i’m so popular i could pull of being a kindergarten teacher” Schwarzenegger movies are made, but for the reverse reason. Also when it comes down to it, a bulk of the population after working all day doesn’t want to think. I don’t mean that in a bad way, ppl like to turn on the idiot box and watch something that doesn’t make there brain hurt.. and if it has a cute guy/girl in it.. all the better. I’m one of these ppl, I do love ‘intellectual’ film, ones that make you think.. but sometimes I just like to watch a movie that doesn’t take any concentration whats so ever.. and thats why these movies make it big.
I must say, you make a fine point. I capitulate in part to your theory in regard to such lame productions being partially for the purpose of appeasing one’s partner, whether she be blonde or he a thug. And I also acknowledge the fact that many people watch movies and television to forget about their hard day’s work. The only problem is, I am of the opinion that many people don’t even think while they are at work. In which case, they should certainly be making up for it when they finally get home. However, there are many of us (though growing less, it seems) who watch films for the artistry of such things as direction, cinematography, acting and set design. There is nothing I love more than a grim, morbid-looking film, a pure hit for the aesthetic-dependent. Directors like David Fincher, actors like John Malkovich, and films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are worthy of such praise. One does not float into such films for a no-brainer, but are often woken up by the sheer talent of those involved in its production. One of the detrimental facts of our present culture is its dependence on icons of happiness and frovility. Feeling sad? Go and buy an eyebrow growth serum. Feeling stupid? Go and see Legally Blonde, with the ever-so-blonde Reese Witherspoon, idolatress of the pre-pubescent generation. That should sort things out. Because if pretty little Reese can be smart and blonde (yet still stupid), so can I ! The prevalence of popstars and celebreties rather than bands or musicians has infested our airwaves. I doubt Britney Spears even knows how to read music. She is an iconic vehicle for the money-making machine that is the contemporary music industry. Therefore, in defense of my first statement, I must acknowledge, but not agree with your statement. There is nothing wrong with dumbing-down entertainment products for mass consumption after a hard day’s work. But when the entire culture becomes dumbed-down, when everything you see and hear is made simple for easy digestion, it becomes crass, oversimplified and degenerative. Anxst has been buried under a snowball of pretty things and distractions. Independent thought has been smothered in bombardment from logos, images, advertisements of all kinds. We are told how to think. How to feel. How to react. And I bet pretty little Reese reacts exactly the way you expect her to. The usual tossing of the hair, poor-me syndrome followed by the notoriously easy-and-fun rise to popularity. Yay.
ok ok point taken.. but give people some credit.. lets look at it like this. Named as the most popular movie of all time is Titanic as it is currently the biggest grossing movie at the box office to date. So many people look down on this movie as it was over commercilised, and its just a no thinker chick leonardo “baby face” dicaprio flick. This movie may have been the biggest grossing movie of all time, but when it comes to popularity ppl name the best movie of all time as Shawshank Redemption . A classic ‘intellectual’ film that has everything, a movie that is in every which way worthy of this position. So give ppl some credit please.. we arn’t all cows and sheep. Oh and not all todays entertainment products are ‘dumbed-down’.. i mean geez.. look at Dawsons Creek .. mighty intellectual i say, hurrah! *cracks up*. mmm pacey.. *giggle*
Perhaps so. But I hardly inferred that every last member of the human race was culpable as far as the said degeneration is concerned. I simply worry for the trend. And of course there are exceptions… as there are with all things. The Shawshank Redemption is, as you say, a thinking-viewer’s film, and a surprising choice for the all-time favourite movie. Speaking of candy-flicks, I would have though Star Wars would have rated up there. And don’t tell anyone, but I quite enjoy Dawson’s Creek, for that very reason. Their vocabulary is, for the first time on television, interesting. Like yourself, Pacey appealed to me in respectable quantities.
Happy Birthday Vitriol.. Another year older hey..well enjoy it. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. Pretty much leaves your options open there. *smiles*
Why do hot dogs come in packs of 8, but hot dog buns only in packs of 6? *sigh*
ah HA! I knew it.. your a closet Dawsons Creek fan… come to the dark side vitriol.. *mwahahhahaaa* Before you know it, i’ll have you reading marvel comics, and watching Pauly Shore movies and the next Big Brother series.. *rubs hands together with much evil intention*
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