Upcoming website on moviegoing experience

Although presentation, service,and ambience ARE important, the main reason I believe people are not satisfied with the moviegoing experience is something audiences cannot do much about…content! I long for the days when there were many moviehouses to choose from, and a family could virtually walk into any one of them, without having to do extensive research on the content of the movie, which age group it is suitable for, etc. And we didn’t have to flinch at line after line of offensive dialogue and expletives. If the moviemakers were to concentrate on being creative in telling a story rather than cover up for lack of creativity by pottymouth dialogue and mediocre scripting, I believe there would be no dearth of audiences above the age of teens. There is very little good material to attract audiences who just want to be entertained, today. Even the most obscure B-movie on DVD or Video seems to have more entertainment value, and, in most cases, an entire family can sit down and watch them unashamed. I am not saying that there is not an audience for some scripts which require mature content and presentation, but there seems to be a true pattern emerging in most films at the cinemas nowadays: Stay away from any kind of heroic, male image who is moral in his character and thinking, do not ever speak in terms of good and evil, as there are only shades of grey, interject as much filthy expletives and use of God’s name as a swear word as possible, and sacrifice storytelling art for flashy camera techniques and special effects. A good craftsman does not have to fit this formula to make an outstanding picture. Look at “Citizen Kane”. Orson Welles was able to use restraint in his language and still present a timeless tale with innovative camera techniques and topnotch acting. The same can be said of most of the “classics” of the cinema.