Don't Make Them Like This Anymore

[cerealkiller182]

I miss the creepy atmospheric horror/scifi/thrillers with the visceral effects and visuals like those of Terry Gilliam or David Cronenberg.

I miss the edgy unapologetic gritty movies from the guerilla filmmakers of the 70s. Easy Rider, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Vanishing Point, etc. I guess they were more products of the era which is why they arnt made anymore but they have such a great cinematic soul I wish they would return.

and then theres the gritty "spaghetti" Westerns. Any movie today that tries to be just like them just feel like a spoof

Are there any kind of movies that you wish they still made? Film trends that have faded away that you miss.

 

[joke]

Spoof movies that focus on the plot and don't try to pander to the lowest common denominator with toilet humor. I mean, what happened to jokes like

"Surely there's something you can do!"
"No, there isn't and stop calling me "Shirley"."

or

"What was on the menu today?"
"Fish or steak."
"Yes, I remember. I had pasta."

Instead we get **** like "Look, a chocolate river!" "No, that's the sewage drain."

Spoof movies where the humor was subtle, a lot was in the visual gags and little background things that differentiated the movie from a serious one.
Spoof movies where serious characters lived in a crazy world.

 

[Gilpesh]

Good sci-fi movies.... where CGI is a last resort.

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

Spoof movies that focus on the plot and don't try to pander to the lowest common denominator with toilet humor. I mean, what happened to jokes like

"Surely there's something you can do!"
"No, there isn't and stop calling me "Shirley"."

or

"What was on the menu today?"
"Fish or steak."
"Yes, I remember. I had pasta."

Instead we get **** like "Look, a chocolate river!" "No, that's the sewage drain."

Spoof movies where the humor was subtle, a lot was in the visual gags and little background things that differentiated the movie from a serious one.
Spoof movies where serious characters lived in a crazy world.

Win!

I miss the naked gun days

 

[BizarroAids]

Decent action movies that not all the characters knew kung-fu or were using wire work via The Matrix.

Classic comedies that didn't seem to use the same people or the same gags.

Movies like : Spies Like Us, Caddyshack,The Birdcage, Multiplicity..etc.

 

[Space Moose]

When studios like Universal had no problem releasing a film like Videodrome and audiences loved crazy stuff like that.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

Great sci-fi that had a moral message behind it. films that was poignant about humanity.The message was the most important thing and special effects were secondary.
flims like
Rollerball( not that crapfest with LL cool J)
Planets of the apes( not that crapfest with Marky Mar and the funky bunch)
Soylent Green
Logan's run

Man! those are great Sci-Fi movies.If you haven't seen the originals and the best ones. you should check em out. Tell em BlackVulcan sent ya!

 

[Red Mask]

I finally watched Logan's Run today. Last week I watched "Westworld". Both movies were excellent, although I found Logan's Run to be better. They certainly don't make them like that anymore. Even Michael Bay's "The Island" doesn't capture the profound lessons conveyed in "Logan's Run".

 

[JackBauer]

I miss the days when kid movies didn't treat the audience as emotionally fragile, low IQ'd piece of glass.

I miss kids like The Goonies or The Monster Squad. Never again will you see Dracula call a six year old "You ******". And rare will be the times when you'll see a kid give such an incredible speech...

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and not have it come off cheesy.

Yep. Don't make kid movies like these anymore...

 

[baerrtt]

When studios like Universal had no problem releasing a film like Videodrome and audiences loved crazy stuff like that.

I'd argue that the studios stopped greenlighting bizarre and challenging R rated sci-fi/horror because audiences weren't going crazy enough for the films at the theatres.

The studios recognised and acquired the talents of, just to name a few, Gilliam, Lynch, Alex Cox and Cronenberg back in the 80s but ultimately wanted them to make more mainstream, 'acceptable' fare, pretty much all of them refused to compromise and ended up back to working with independent money. The fact is if every R-rated genre piece made as much money, by comparison, as their PG/PG-13 equivalents we'd still be seeing more of those kinds of films today.