HoloDust said:
Because, unfortunately, even Bond is not proper Bond anymore - everything has to be so serious, gritty and real these days, instead of silly and over the top fun. |
Yes, my feeling exactly. I was recently watching Big Trouble in Little China. Because I hadn't seen it before, and I wanted to know if my feeling that the 80s movies were more fun is based in reality or just my imagination through rosy colored retro-goggles. And I found with Big Trouble again this mixture from silly and serious. The feeling the crew had as much fun shooting the movie as I had watching it.
I don't wanna say todays Hollywood-movies are bad. They are indeed mostly good. But not exceptional and not this mixture of goodness. They feel like a ... product. A well thought-through product with no wrinkles, but also with no experimental fun or risks.
By the way, I feel current chinese cinema captures this 80s feel: Monster Hunt, Journey to the West (from Stephen Chow) or Mojin. Especially Mojin gave me some serious Indiana Jones vibes. But it maybe me only.
