One of my best friends and I had nearly had this exact conversation yesterday. He was saying how they don't make movies like MASK OF ZORRO,THREE MUSKETEERS (the Disney one with Oliver Platt), and ROMANCING THE STONE anymore with music that even though it wasn't an oscar-winning score it was still music you enjoyed- with end title songs you sang along with, actors/actresses who enjoy doing a fun movie as much as the audience enjoys watching one, comedy that was made up of quips, quotable one liners, and great chemistry/timing by the actors, and the movies didn't take themselves so seriously even when there was violence, theft, etc. going on around these characters.
We had joked that even movies that weren't considered terribly good at the time they were made, were still highly entertaining. ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES isn't the best Robin Hood movie ever made, however, tons of people love that movie, many of the best Alan Rickman impressions are people actually doing Rickman-as-the-Sheriff from ROBIN HOOD, the credits-song was a huge (and enduring) hit for Adams, and I know a friend and I had our first conversation because I quoted Azeem ("Damned English oak!") and he was able to joke about needing the borrow the Sheriff's head.
It is a shame they don't make movies like this any longer. These movies are fun, having a certain charm that a good percentage of movies that have been made in the past decade are sorely lacking. I believe it may also be why so many channels like Hallmark/etc. have movie channels now, churning out quickie movies that seem like throw-backs. If you watch things like PRINCESS FOR CHRISTMAS or A ROYAL CHRISTMAS, they seem to be attempting (with greater success than Hollywood, I might add) to recapture that same kind of charm.
"There is still hope." - Arwen
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