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I have been a big movie fan for over 60 years--going back to the days
when you went to the movies and saw a double feature plus a cartoon,
plus a newsreel plus coming attractions (maybe, just maybe, if movie
houses went back to this they would get more customers)--and never tire
of them. I do not buy--I don't rent-- a DVD of a movie until I see it on
a movie screen like a movie should be seen first. Even now I go to
movie houses a minimum of once a week, generally twice a week.
No way could I pick a favorite movie--would even have a hard time picking 'my favorite 100 movies'!
I
tend to see dramas, love stories, 'weepies' (as they were called) over
comedies and do not go for most sci-fi, violent and comedy movies. And,
yes, I preferred movies of yesteryear where they hinted at sex
(fireworks, curtains blowing, horses rearing up, etc.,) then the
gratuitous sex they have on the screens today.
I feel most movies
today are at least 15-20 minutes too long with the director wanting to
show off what he can do instead of concentrating on the story and moving
it forward.
And, yes, I am from the old school, when movies were
told in 3 acts with a beginning, middle and end in a linear fashion and
not so ambiguous as so many are today. I don't mind thinking in a movie
but movies were originally attended to escape from the real world, if
only for 90 minutes or so. And I LOVE a 'happily ever after' ending.
I
love the 'magic' of movies which is why I avoid many of the DVD
extras--I don't want to know how something is done--I don't want to know
the actor brushed the 'blood' (or what the blood really was!) off after
he was shot dead and then got up after the scene was over and went to
his trailer. I want to believe the actor is THE person I am watching.
Naive? Sure!
Which movies have I seen unaccountable times? What stars draw me to the movie houses?
(To be continued)
