[cfgeeks] Anyone seen Harvey?

[Gil Young]

syberghost wrote:
> On 3/6/07, Kevin P. Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org> wrote:
>>
>> Oh good grief WTH does that mean? "quality feel-good" is *anything*
>> _but_ politics.
>
> Hollywood's priorities, however, are *nothing* but politics.  Imagine
> if "Midway" was made today; do you think it would happen without
> heavy-handed preaching against current military events?
>
> Go look at the history of the "Best Documentary Feature" Oscar.  You
> can see the shift occurring.  Nowadays you can have critics
> recommending "Grizzly Man" among their top 10 films, but it can't even
> get nominated.
>
> When I was a kid you could take your kids to see movies nearly every
> weekend; there was ALWAYS something on that was appropriate.  Now,
> even the rare G-rated movies are heavy-handed leftism like "Happy
> Feet".  And gee, people aren't going to movies anymore.


Good points.  Perhaps, this is what happens when the entertainment 
industry loses focus of it's primary goal. Presumably... entertainment.