Ch. 7

I would never watch a silent movie.  I wouldn't even watch a black and white film.  I understand that without these eras, we wouldn't have the movies we have today, but today's films are just so much cooler.  Now, we have all these special effects that can enable directors to do nearly anything they can imagine.  I doubt Avatar could have been made way back then.  I just find those old movies boring.

The type of movies that I like are action films.  I want to see special effects and explosions when I pay something around $8.00 to see a movie.  In my opinion, if something doesn't blow up or there's no fight scenes, it's not worth watching.  As far as reading reviews, I might do this occasionally.  I'll only look at these if I'm really unsure whether I want to go see someting, though.

One thing I was really surprised at, was the amount of advertising and sponsorship that goes into some films.  In films, the main source of advertising would probably be through actual product placement.  In movies, you'll see products all the time and not even think about it.  I guess we're just so used to seeing these things, we don't even notice them, half of the time.  The only thing I don't like about this, is when the dialogue will blantantly be changed around just to mention a product name.  I forget which movie it was, but sometime last year, whenever this type of car would show up, one of the guys in it would make a quick statement about the horsepower or top speed.  That kind of stuff just interferes with the movie.