Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
I don't know. I can't actually decide if Peru is on to something. According to Boxofficemojo.com's 100 top grossing movies of all time adjusted for inflation at least 16 are from this decade. That is more than a decade's fair share if your tracking at least the last nine decades. But, a movie from this decade doesn't show up until number 29, and that is Shrek 2.

This of course assumes that box office is a proper measure of a movie's event status.
That's part of what I am trying to get at. The other thing is that they simply don't make movies like they used to, or compete with Home viewing as much. My original point was that the cinema used to have to keep on it's toes in order to compete with things like TV, Home Video, Etc. Now more than ever they need to since most people can enjoy large screens and big sound at home. However, the theaters are letting people down. Partly because of the conditions/atmosphere of the theater, and the other is the I already mentioned...they don't make movies that people really want to see anymore. I am not saying that they don't make "good" movies, but the frequency of good movies coming out is at an all-time low. People will still go to the theater occassionally, but they are limited with what they can see because often times the better movies get limited release and are overshadowed by things like THE RING 2, GRUDGE 2, GARFIELD 2, SHREK 3, PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN 2 and 3, SAW II, SAW III, FINAL DESTINATION 3, AMERICAN PIE 8, THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2, DADDY DAY CAMP, BAMBI II, BROTHER BEAR 2, BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 2, HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2, ICE AGE 2, KUNG FU HUSTLE 2, I'll ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, I'LL STILL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, THIS TIME I'M SERIOUS I'LL STILL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.

I did like CINDERELLA MAN. Good film and one of Howard's best. Although I am not a fan of most of his films, probably the worst two are BEAUTIFUL MIND and THE MISSING. Dreadful.