As someone who works in Hollywood, I can attest that most of the people working in Hollywood are frauds and have no respect for the history of Hollywood, nor great films. It’s all product to them, filler like mortar between bricks devoid of any substance.
Once in awhile a good movie slips through the cracks, but with the radical Marxist “woke” regimen that has seized Hollywood that will become an increasingly rare event. Great art has never been made when it forced to adhere to a radical ideology.
It is a far cry from old Hollywood in which Republicans and Democrats worked together to make great art, and, even if they differed politically, respected one another artistically. They didn’t allow radical ideology to stand in the way of telling a great story. Now Republicans are under siege and are like Christians in Ancient Rome afraid of being thrown to the lions.
As for Maverick - it is a pastiche with mediocre, first level direction, and a thousand missed opportunities. Too many to go into here. People are so desperate for a movie that still respects our military and America that they made it a hit. It doesn’t hold up to Top Gun at all in any way, and missed important elements that would have made this a classic.
There’s much more I could expose in an article so I will limit myself to these observations.
As someone who grew up in Malibu with people in Hollywood and friends who went into tv or the big screen, I can wholeheartedly agree that it's changed for the worse.
I'm just glad I got to know Hollywood before it "went south."
As someone who actually works in Hollywood you speak from lived experience. Please continue your comment, particularly the part about the movie being "pastiche, first level direction, and a thousand missed opportunities." (If you have the time and the inclination.)
Reading your article, which I enjoyed, reminded me of a recent experience. I just watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service last week and early on near the beginning of the movie George Lazenby looks at the camera and says something like "That never happened to the other guy."
This self referential joke combined with your interesting article made me wonder if maybe this kind of thing is done by Hollywood for Hollywood. In other words a kind of reference spefically aimed at other professionals in the business rather than the public.
It makes me wonder about how insular our society has become recently- very stratified with little interaction between groups, or more likely, outright hostility towards other percieved groups. It seems to me that a lot of what Hollywood produces these days is made for people like themselves- the already "converted" if you will, rather than the public in general. They aren't trying to convince any one, or even explain themselves. Rather, movies are filled with in jokes and preachy dialogue that seems designed to display to others of their own group how well versed they are in the correct dogma rather than to make any kind of sincere effort to explain their beliefs to anyone that isn't already one of the "converted."
Swearing is not necessary in an article. It completely degrades the argument the writer is trying to make. People swear when they can’t find the right words to express a clear thought.
Vulgarity has no place in a proper article and undercuts the article. Clean up your lexicon.
Yes to all of the above but the main reason is the failure of university creative writing and literature departments. High university credentials do not necessarily equal creative talent. The universities now push and reward ridged adherence to an inflexible way of thought. Not much creativity follows.
Let me just add that in the Seventies, John Milius who was an outspoken Hollywood Republican got along well with such colleagues as Coppola and Lucas. They all worked and respected one another’s talents.
Today, Milius is probably blacklisted by the radical Marxists who run Hollywood today.
Art can’t be made under the strictures of radical ideology dictating you must have black people in your movie or promulgate homosexuality. That’s not how art thrives.
As for pastiche - modern Hollywood has destroyed the auteur. Directors are interchangeable without any unique vision or voice. Many directors who showed promise like Nolan have been swallowed by the Leviathan and sold out for the money and tow the party line.
There are a few fine films being made but it’s outside of the rigorous strictures of Marxist Hollywood.
However, there is hope, a rebel force is forming that will overturn Hollywood and bring back exciting movies that beckon audiences back.
What you are talking about is referred to as sophomoric.
Its appeal is mostly to immature audiences.
In the past storytelling wasn't a money grab but a serious business of cultural lesson passing on that was mostly created by wiser mature people who having married and had children understood not just human life's beginning, but also its middle and even its end.
Taking advice on life from people who have not lived very much of it is like taking real estate and job advice from a college kid.
I was skeptical to your pinpointed genesis of the terrible string of entertainment we've endured for a decade, but I think you're on to something there - very enlightening, well done!
I do think you're wrong with your assessment of Top Gun: Maverick success is not to bring un-woke. At it's heart, being woke is to be insincere, and seek personal enjoyment (similar to the enjoyment one got from pop culture references and 4th wall breaking madness).
Hear me out - a lot of what's woke today is done with the premise of caring for a specific totem (environment, racism, feminism, LBGT+, etc). It makes one feel good to espouse they're allied with one of the aggrieved groups, but they either don't do anything to actually help (perhaps make the situation worse).
The irony of your article is that scientists are close to reviving the Wooley Mammoth and probably closer to reviving actual dinosaurs, too. Recent government disclosure of most of know already is true - Advanced Alien Crafts exist, therefore so do Aliens. Several Scientists have posited that we are actually living in a Matrix. They have yet to he debunked. Lastly in Act II of 'the greatest movie ever' We the Taxpayers are currently being screwed.....
I liked Top Gun Maverick. The story did rip off Star Wars. I found myself saying out loud...use the force Maverick. Top Gun had almost a sad quality to it. It felt like America's last hurrah.
As someone who works in Hollywood, I can attest that most of the people working in Hollywood are frauds and have no respect for the history of Hollywood, nor great films. It’s all product to them, filler like mortar between bricks devoid of any substance.
Once in awhile a good movie slips through the cracks, but with the radical Marxist “woke” regimen that has seized Hollywood that will become an increasingly rare event. Great art has never been made when it forced to adhere to a radical ideology.
It is a far cry from old Hollywood in which Republicans and Democrats worked together to make great art, and, even if they differed politically, respected one another artistically. They didn’t allow radical ideology to stand in the way of telling a great story. Now Republicans are under siege and are like Christians in Ancient Rome afraid of being thrown to the lions.
As for Maverick - it is a pastiche with mediocre, first level direction, and a thousand missed opportunities. Too many to go into here. People are so desperate for a movie that still respects our military and America that they made it a hit. It doesn’t hold up to Top Gun at all in any way, and missed important elements that would have made this a classic.
There’s much more I could expose in an article so I will limit myself to these observations.
As someone who grew up in Malibu with people in Hollywood and friends who went into tv or the big screen, I can wholeheartedly agree that it's changed for the worse.
I'm just glad I got to know Hollywood before it "went south."
As someone who actually works in Hollywood you speak from lived experience. Please continue your comment, particularly the part about the movie being "pastiche, first level direction, and a thousand missed opportunities." (If you have the time and the inclination.)
no movie under twenty years old is worth split.
Reading your article, which I enjoyed, reminded me of a recent experience. I just watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service last week and early on near the beginning of the movie George Lazenby looks at the camera and says something like "That never happened to the other guy."
This self referential joke combined with your interesting article made me wonder if maybe this kind of thing is done by Hollywood for Hollywood. In other words a kind of reference spefically aimed at other professionals in the business rather than the public.
It makes me wonder about how insular our society has become recently- very stratified with little interaction between groups, or more likely, outright hostility towards other percieved groups. It seems to me that a lot of what Hollywood produces these days is made for people like themselves- the already "converted" if you will, rather than the public in general. They aren't trying to convince any one, or even explain themselves. Rather, movies are filled with in jokes and preachy dialogue that seems designed to display to others of their own group how well versed they are in the correct dogma rather than to make any kind of sincere effort to explain their beliefs to anyone that isn't already one of the "converted."
Swearing is not necessary in an article. It completely degrades the argument the writer is trying to make. People swear when they can’t find the right words to express a clear thought.
Vulgarity has no place in a proper article and undercuts the article. Clean up your lexicon.
Yes to all of the above but the main reason is the failure of university creative writing and literature departments. High university credentials do not necessarily equal creative talent. The universities now push and reward ridged adherence to an inflexible way of thought. Not much creativity follows.
Wonderful.
Russo bros at least trace to whedon which means that Buffy did this to us
What are you talking about. Neither I nor any other human I know ever watched or even heard of that crap show.
Let me just add that in the Seventies, John Milius who was an outspoken Hollywood Republican got along well with such colleagues as Coppola and Lucas. They all worked and respected one another’s talents.
Today, Milius is probably blacklisted by the radical Marxists who run Hollywood today.
Art can’t be made under the strictures of radical ideology dictating you must have black people in your movie or promulgate homosexuality. That’s not how art thrives.
As for pastiche - modern Hollywood has destroyed the auteur. Directors are interchangeable without any unique vision or voice. Many directors who showed promise like Nolan have been swallowed by the Leviathan and sold out for the money and tow the party line.
There are a few fine films being made but it’s outside of the rigorous strictures of Marxist Hollywood.
However, there is hope, a rebel force is forming that will overturn Hollywood and bring back exciting movies that beckon audiences back.
Hey, good article. I left LA because I couldn't stand the bad decisions constantly being made by producers there.
As someone who hasn't watched any network TV- other than HGTV and Speed- for twenty+ years, I found it difficult to understand your article.
I have seen short bits of today's TV programs that others were watching and honestly could not watch tv now.
I was hoping to learn what caused TV to suck so much, but was left wanting.
Great points.
What you are talking about is referred to as sophomoric.
Its appeal is mostly to immature audiences.
In the past storytelling wasn't a money grab but a serious business of cultural lesson passing on that was mostly created by wiser mature people who having married and had children understood not just human life's beginning, but also its middle and even its end.
Taking advice on life from people who have not lived very much of it is like taking real estate and job advice from a college kid.
I think this is oneof the dumbest article I have ever read!
I was skeptical to your pinpointed genesis of the terrible string of entertainment we've endured for a decade, but I think you're on to something there - very enlightening, well done!
I do think you're wrong with your assessment of Top Gun: Maverick success is not to bring un-woke. At it's heart, being woke is to be insincere, and seek personal enjoyment (similar to the enjoyment one got from pop culture references and 4th wall breaking madness).
Hear me out - a lot of what's woke today is done with the premise of caring for a specific totem (environment, racism, feminism, LBGT+, etc). It makes one feel good to espouse they're allied with one of the aggrieved groups, but they either don't do anything to actually help (perhaps make the situation worse).
The irony of your article is that scientists are close to reviving the Wooley Mammoth and probably closer to reviving actual dinosaurs, too. Recent government disclosure of most of know already is true - Advanced Alien Crafts exist, therefore so do Aliens. Several Scientists have posited that we are actually living in a Matrix. They have yet to he debunked. Lastly in Act II of 'the greatest movie ever' We the Taxpayers are currently being screwed.....
I think you're right. I found the new top gun boring, prole fodder, but it was much more watchable than a comic book movie would be, I imagine.
I liked Top Gun Maverick. The story did rip off Star Wars. I found myself saying out loud...use the force Maverick. Top Gun had almost a sad quality to it. It felt like America's last hurrah.
Most Patriots would disagree with you.