RinconRyder
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I discontinued Netflix years ago (when they were still mailing DVD's) because they didn't carry much that interested me. Lately, my cousins, who do subscribe have been suggesting movies so I gave it another try. I sampled several Netflix-produced movies. Here is what I found:
Their series, like the most recent "Godless", tend to be much longer than they should be and contain many scenes seemingly put there for titillation. Bare breasts, sexual violence, graphic violence. Their production standards seem very good - music, scenery and acting but the stories are generally unbelievable. In Godless for instance we are to believe a gang of 30 outlaws completely wipes out entire western towns while the U.S. Army declines to track down the gang and one town is defended by the entire population of females (the men having been killed in a mining disaster). A very thin take off of "High Noon".
I'm old and a Navy veteran and have seen plenty of boobies. I don't need that sort of thing in my movies unless it is germane to the story being told. Here it clearly was not. And having been a Vietnam vet I have also seen my share of gore. I don't need the extravagant blood splatter that seems to perpetuate modern movies. And I know all the cuss words ever invented but I don't need to hear them spoken by a 10 year old.
And I don't mean to single out only Netflix because the same thing seems to prevail at other production studios such as HBO and Showtime as well.
It is no wonder our children and young adults are so seemingly immune to improper behavior and vulgar language.
Their series, like the most recent "Godless", tend to be much longer than they should be and contain many scenes seemingly put there for titillation. Bare breasts, sexual violence, graphic violence. Their production standards seem very good - music, scenery and acting but the stories are generally unbelievable. In Godless for instance we are to believe a gang of 30 outlaws completely wipes out entire western towns while the U.S. Army declines to track down the gang and one town is defended by the entire population of females (the men having been killed in a mining disaster). A very thin take off of "High Noon".
I'm old and a Navy veteran and have seen plenty of boobies. I don't need that sort of thing in my movies unless it is germane to the story being told. Here it clearly was not. And having been a Vietnam vet I have also seen my share of gore. I don't need the extravagant blood splatter that seems to perpetuate modern movies. And I know all the cuss words ever invented but I don't need to hear them spoken by a 10 year old.
And I don't mean to single out only Netflix because the same thing seems to prevail at other production studios such as HBO and Showtime as well.
It is no wonder our children and young adults are so seemingly immune to improper behavior and vulgar language.
