At Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:09:48 Bryan wrote:

>>Leonardo DiCaprio --- not believable as an older Howard Hughes
>>Kevin Spacey --- not believable as a younger Bobby Darin
>
>Can I change the subject line to "Why movies tend to suck these days?"
>or maybe "Why Hollywood is currently in a slump" :-)

MY TOP 10 REASONS WHY HOLLYWOOD IS IN A SLUMP

1) Too many remakes
2) Too many sequels
3) Too many ensemble cast movies without any real screen time for the 
participants to make a difference to the plot (stunt casting?)
4) Too much style and not enough plot
5) Too much CGI and not enough organic celluloid
6) The loss of irony and naivete
7) Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Robert Wise are dead
8) Steven Speilberg, George Lucas and Woody Allen are still making movies
9) Japan and Bollywood are making better films
10)  Arnold is still the Governor of California

Something's wrong when the best movie I saw out of 12 in the last 30 days 
was "Herbie: Fully Loaded" with my kids.

Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/