For once, this is a different non-photo-lighting kind of rambling, but it is still rambling. As its the festive season, tv brings out all the delights that the post cinematic world has to offer and puts it to a largely drunk audience.. and for the ones that aren't drunk, we're probably wondering why the schedulers are showing us a load of crap.
And the answer to that is simple - the decade that give us some of the greatest films is long gone ... ah, the 1980s. I've probably had this conversation with everyone that has ever known me, but I can honestly say, that going into and out of the 1980s was Hollywood's golden year for me. During that decade, there were some of the greatest (western) films I've seen and continue to enjoy via DVDs, repeats etc.
To prove my point, what was one of the 'biggest' films out of 1990? Home Alone (Ok, ok Die Hard 2 came out that year too). And what came in the following years? Films with twist, sappy romance (Titanic anyone?).. For me, the magic died along with the turn up colars and rolled up suit jacket sleeves.
But what did the magical decade (plus-n-minus a few yrs either side) bring us? It brought us the joys of:
Just look at that.. not only some of my favourite films, but arguably, some of the greatest films that Hollywood has ever put out. Would you be able to convince me that since 1990 theres been a set of films like that? I very much doubt it.
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