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From: milla@cca.UUCP (Michael J. Massimilla)
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Subject: Re: why I do not like certain movies
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Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 16:14:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 29 16:14:50 1983
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I have a different reaction to that kind of movie.  I am bored by it.
The characters are so stupid they aren't funny.  A good comedy is funny
because it leads you into realistic expectations and then explodes them.
M*A*S*H is funny; Three's Company is boring.  If I can't identify with
the characters, even a little bit, there's just nothing to laugh at.

An interesting side-effect of the boredom is frustration.  Surely the
writer could have done a better job!  The recent deluge of incredibly
poor fantasy/science-fiction movies (Space Hunter, YOR, Metalstorm,
Krull, etc.) absolutely disgusts me.  If a studio is going to spend lots
of money on special effects, why can't they spend just a little on a
half-decent script?  Presumably they have someone who can distinguish
real writing from garbage.

The irony is that these movies, bad as they are, make money.  That means
they'll keep on making them.  It's a vicious cycle because there are few
enough new movies so that people will go to see a lot of very mediocre
films.  The critics have even started to judge the films on certain
relative standards ("the best 3-D movie ever made . . .") that don't
mean very much.

Maybe someday I'll get involved in the movie industry.  Until then,
c'est la vie.

					Mike Massimilla