[NEohioPAL] Time to boycott Hollywood ?

[Thom Haneline]

 I saw the International trailer for ''The A Team'' - it didn't look bad - Liam Neeson looked pretty good (and IMO he's a much better actor than George Peppard)  ''The Fugitive'' and ""Get Smart'' were pretty good re-inventions of the original tv shows. We seem to have no problem with the idea that plays will be re-produced over and over and over again, with new interpretations of that generation.  The idea that Hollywood is creatively bankrupt is not new - Kaufman & Hart were writing about it 75 years ago!  The film industry always needs 'product' to sell - and will go anywhere to get it; I remain very picky and choosy about which ones will get my hard-earned cash, as I am sure others will as well = vote with your wallets!
That's the only 'boycott' that works!









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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:26 -0500
From: rhhawkes at gmail.com
To: ilbasso at hotmail.com
CC: neohiopal at listserve.com
Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] time to boycott Hollywood

This is all no surprise in a culture so hungry for "reality" TV - an art form that requires that we actually suppress our imagination. I do most of my film-going at the Cinematheque, where, despite the occasional dud, I am at least likely to be challenged in some way. Or else I get DVD of interesting stuff for home consumption. 

If you can find a copy of David Thomson's Esquire article, "Who Killed the Movies?", it's worth a read. 

There's still great work in film and theatre being done all over the world - but cheesy remakes of material that was cheesy to start with, and the general homogenization of all of it - stage, cinema, and TV - until it ALL looks the same, and I can't tell the play from the film from the musical from the TV show from the weather map - that's not it. Not for this citizen, at least. Why should I consent to be dead before my time?


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Brian Del Bianco <ilbasso at hotmail.com> wrote:


I've been long aware of the rapidly declining lack of imagination in Hollywood (turning Bewitched into a movie?!?) but THIS....
 

Broderick approves 'Bueller' remake
Jan. 12, 2010, 4:53 PM EST
Matthew Broderick has given Hollywood bosses the green light to remake his classic movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," but doesn't want any involvement in it. 

Rumors have swirled for months suggesting studio chiefs are nursing plans to bring the cult 1980s comedy back to the big screen in either a sequel or a remake. 

Broderick has now commented on the reports, insisting he would be "happy" with plans to bring back rebellious teen Ferris, as long as the project is handed to a completely new cast. 

He tells Cinematical, "(A remake) would be fine. I would be perfectly happy for somebody to do that. I probably wouldn't enjoy (having a role in the film). I would rather leave what we did as our thing."
 
 
 
What is next??  Perhaps a Star Wars remake?  Maybe "The Muppet Movie" with an all human cast??  I overheard talk at work about somebody seeing a trailer for an A-Team movie-when will the madness end?
 
 
-Brian

 

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