Just was wondering what, if anything, people felt was missing in cinema today. Is there an attribute actors don't have that we wish did or did have that we wish didn't? What kind of movies do we need more of or less of? In a world where there is nothing new under the sun, what could possibly be different to make movies better?

I want some more lifetime-ish movies. I love them!!

I'm an old movie lover...

Gone with the Wind
The Labrynth
Willow
Legend
Never Ending Story
The Princess Bride

I feel that movies these days can't compete to movies back then.

What was it about those movies that is different though? The great love stories? The cheesy-ness? (I love them as well) The bizarreness? The fact that they were "real" then instead of lots of special effects and CGI?

Yes, all of those factors made them great.

IMO I don't think they were cheesy. The people who made them had a wonderful imagination.

I love those sorts of movies as well... I think the acting is really cheesy.

Many who have grown up with games on screens and such are sometimes addicted to action. Life, some of it is quite "boring" without action adventure, special effects and escape into unreality.

I like action adventures, usually. AVP Requiem... that had to be written by, well, it was written by two men. What were they thinking? Kill, triumph and escape, never be bored? Death and destruction are dull without the human element being real enough to feel.

Movies should include smells. I've been saying that for years. Now that, that would be an escape.

Hey simoneaugie,

You must be a guy. Guys like action packed films. But then again so do girls. I don't mind them but I'm leaning more towards the older ones...

I'm not a guy today! I love the chick flix too. Drama bores my husband and child, so I generally watch action so they will be happy - and sit with me.

I don't allow (yeah, I'm controlling) any sports or news or commercials to be tuned into at home. The cadence and vocal monotone is annoying. For whatever reason, I'm unable to tune it out.

Older films can have vocal rhythms that are annoying too. I love the Marx Brothers but hate listening to Groucho. Older films tend to leave much more to the imagination, like sex. That makes a person think, and imagine.

My favorite old movie is Maytime, I think that's the name of it. It stars Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. What's missing now is morality? They did more than not show sexual scenes though. There didn't used to be a mix of cultures like there is today. Think about it, everyone "important" was white or male.

Define cheesy.