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Inspector Hammer! · 06-08-2006, 11:44 AM

I don't get hung up on the idea that the youth are to blame for the state of today's cinema, i'm not one those guy's who complains that today's movies are all "junk" and i'm not against remakes, some are actually good if people would give them half a chance before judging them.

I don't let it bother me because the fact is there ARE good horror films that are made now and there ARE good movies in general made now, hell, there's a whole awards ceremony dedicated to those. Teens have been going to horror films since their inception, and they go because the movie looks fun, that's why they go, to have fun and that's how it's always been.

Kid's going to see The Omen today is no different than kid's who went to see The Blob back in the 50's. It's unpreductive to try to measure the cinematic intellect of the public at large by way of the attendance of youth to horror films.

The fact is, it's a different time, kid's are different now then they were 20 years ago and the films that we consider classics are not effective on them because they have been desensitized, that's just the way it is, it's useless to complain. In a nutshell, The Exorcist may be the scariest horror film of all time to us adults, but a teen today is more likely to find it slow and lame. It sucks, I know, but that's the reality.

06-08-2006, 11:44 AM	#65 of 80
Inspector Hammer! *John Williamson* Member Location: On duty and takin' out the fullscreen trash. Join Date: Mar 1999 Local Time: 09:34 PM Local Date: 10-14-2008 Posts: 10,642	Re: The Omen - Remake I don't get hung up on the idea that the youth are to blame for the state of today's cinema, i'm not one those guy's who complains that today's movies are all "junk" and i'm not against remakes, some are actually good if people would give them half a chance before judging them. I don't let it bother me because the fact is there ARE good horror films that are made now and there ARE good movies in general made now, hell, there's a whole awards ceremony dedicated to those. Teens have been going to horror films since their inception, and they go because the movie looks fun, that's why they go, to have fun and that's how it's always been. Kid's going to see The Omen today is no different than kid's who went to see The Blob back in the 50's. It's unpreductive to try to measure the cinematic intellect of the public at large by way of the attendance of youth to horror films. The fact is, it's a different time, kid's are different now then they were 20 years ago and the films that we consider classics are not effective on them because they have been desensitized, that's just the way it is, it's useless to complain. In a nutshell, The Exorcist may be the scariest horror film of all time to us adults, but a teen today is more likely to find it slow and lame. It sucks, I know, but that's the reality. "There was that time I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be the first one to kill somebody on the moon." Last edited by Inspector Hammer! : 06-08-2006 at 11:48 AM.