Midnight Musings

I was talking to a friend tonight about movies. We like some of the same films but I tend to prefer the old versions to the remakes. They're more subtle and I think that is exactly what others dislike about them. I must be a throwback of some kind. (Not the fish kind, though. I'm small but worth keeping.) There's not much wit to today's movies. There is a place for broad comedy and dialogue but not everything has to be so glaring for entertainment's sake. I enjoy the occasional action film and sci-fi but that somehow seems more like television fare. Perhaps that's the reason - it seems that subtlety is lost to today's television moguls and it should still have its place in the theater. Throwbacks to earlier times seem to enjoy a large audience - take the film version of Sense and Sensibility, for example. That was so beautifully done and very well-received. At least that's my opinion.

'night.