BEACON
Dervish
Reged: Mar 12 2003
Posts: 286
Loc: Parrish, FL
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Re: Charlton Heston Dead at 84
Tue Apr 08 2008 08:47 PM
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Kev's right. A lot of the old-school actors were men of courage and patriotism who didn't just play heroes...they were heroes! They were men of character first, and actors second. I miss the generation of actors who included such men as John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Doughlas, Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, Lee Marvin, Henry Fonda, and the others of their era. Such actors as these were men, not boys. And the movies that they made were movies of substance that often became classics, without the need for profanity or vulgarity. The actors carried the movies, and the plot and scripts were solid and tight. Ben Hur probably wouldn't even make it at the box office these days, with the state that our country is in. And religious movies such as 'Moses' and 'The Ten Commandments' would be spurned by audiences today who almost seem to feel an obligation to disavow religion of any sort for fear that someone might be offended or embarrassed. Dylan was right...the times they are a-changin', and not for the better, unfortunately. Hollywood isn't what it used to be, and it is leaving old men like me behind.
Mebbeso the latest movie title is prophetic, after all: "No Country for Old Men".
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