Saturday, May 21, 2016

Hollywood And The F Word

I walked out of Money Monster last night. I walked out of The Big Short a month ago.Both Hollywood treatments of Wall Street scandals and indigenous characters were devalued of entertainment value for me because of the constant use of the F..word.George Clooney headed up the Jodie Foster directed film.Actually Clooney opened the picture in the head. Talking through the bathroom door to a dilapidated Julia Roberts.Her enormous mouth is only good when smiling. She didn't smile at the door of the rest room. From the start to fifteen minutes later when I threw in the towel the F.. word was in constant use. The same was true of The Big Short which lasted for me one half hour.What is it about the F..word? That present day Hollywood writers resort to its use gratuitously ? Well. It pads the script . A writer can count on the countless use of the F..word to fill out the dialogue.Director John Ford said acting was in the eyes.Maybe when one can't act they substitute expletives for dramatic acting effect.Bathroom scenes are another standard for placement in modern movies.I wonder why.Do Hollywood soirees include following guests to the restroom to keep continuity in the conversation? Maybe when screen writers combine the F..word with bathroom scenes, vomiting and gratuitous sex it adds up to sign language. After all our schools don't teach critical and nuanced thinking so vulgar sign language at a ultra low level makes contact with the morons that pay to see these kind of Hollywood movies.

1 comment:

Dr. Rus Jeffrey said...

Hey there Barry;

I'm with you on this and as you know my wife and I used to review movies a number of years and it has only gotten worse since then. Not only have gotten to the point where we see very few movies, but even on Netflix we've discovered there is no safety in "the new" anymore. Whenever it says "Nefflix Original" we skip on by simply because we know the writers will have a fascination with the f-word. It seems there is no creativity left when it comes to script writing. A quick drop of the f-word brings the cheap quick laugh. I for one - and it sounds like you make up at least two - don't fall for this anymore and I too walk out of the theater.

Keep up the great work!
Rus