cliff wrote:
LOLITA - the version directed by Kubrick.
Very good movie IMO.
It makes me realize that most of the 50's-60's-70's movies (and even 30's + 40's) are much better than all the modern crap movies ala Matrix or Lord Of The Rings, who are much a demonstration of visual effects that what real cinema is meant to be....Anyway
Indeed,
The Matrix Reloaded was a huge disappointment, especially in comparison to the inspired first part. It seemed to rely solely on flash and big visual effects. The first two parts of
The Lord of the Rings were not so bad in my opinion, though, but I hope Peter Jackson will fix some of the glitches and omissions when the complete trilogy is released on DVD (and of course such a box is going to be released). I agree with you, Cliff, in the sense that the popular notion that newer films are automatically better films is ludicrous. Good films are made in every era, so I'd much rather watch
A Clockwork Orange for the tenth time than
Scream 3. However, good films were made in the eighties and nineties, too. Just think of
Platoon,
Wall Street or
E.T. in the eighties and
Fight Club,
The Silence of the Lambs,
Pulp Fiction and
Trainspotting in the nineties. Furthermore, we are only focussing on Hollywood here, which has become too mercantile an environment for genuine artistry to flourish. Perhaps European cinema could alter this harmful monopoly in the future...
Damien