Yeah, I know, they went away like all these amazing 80s action flicks in the vein of Commando, Predator, Terminator, etc, where the plot is just a reason to have big muscle mountains running around shooting other people, but I miss them big time.
I am a sucker for Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and I saw a few of them this week to get me prepeared for a screening of Terminator 2 tomorrow night, and I just loved all the time how great the one liners were. Its something unique, that only works in the movies of that time period.
I have the feeling that even modern Action movies rely a lot on nostalgia. Between the 15 Fast & The Furious Sequels (That may be good - I dont know about them, I dont watch that stuff, its not for me), I feel like there are only movies featuring the old stars, the usual Stallone and Schwarzenegger move, where they booth play the old dude who usually gives the torch to the new generation. Other action movies kinda went away, I love these movies and I just have a hard time right now remember more then 3 of the last years.
Even the movies featuring the old legends arent that clever anymore, I have seen a Ill be back reference in like 15 movies now, I am even starting to think that its a bit sad that Arnold hast to reference himself now everytime.
So, what do you think, why went the great One Liners away? Are the writer for action movies not good enough anymore? Not that they were ever really clever, but the one liner were really good. Or are the actions stars not charistmatic enough to deliver them?
I am a sucker for Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and I saw a few of them this week to get me prepeared for a screening of Terminator 2 tomorrow night, and I just loved all the time how great the one liners were. Its something unique, that only works in the movies of that time period.
I have the feeling that even modern Action movies rely a lot on nostalgia. Between the 15 Fast & The Furious Sequels (That may be good - I dont know about them, I dont watch that stuff, its not for me), I feel like there are only movies featuring the old stars, the usual Stallone and Schwarzenegger move, where they booth play the old dude who usually gives the torch to the new generation. Other action movies kinda went away, I love these movies and I just have a hard time right now remember more then 3 of the last years.
Even the movies featuring the old legends arent that clever anymore, I have seen a Ill be back reference in like 15 movies now, I am even starting to think that its a bit sad that Arnold hast to reference himself now everytime.
So, what do you think, why went the great One Liners away? Are the writer for action movies not good enough anymore? Not that they were ever really clever, but the one liner were really good. Or are the actions stars not charistmatic enough to deliver them?