The hero of one of my favorite childhood shows, Andrew Griffith, passed away.
Don Knotts, a Christian and my favorite character from the show, departed from this life in 2006.
"The Andy Griffith Show" was something us grandkids would always watch with Grandpa. We would stay up until late hours at night (11pm), and watch Andrew Griffith and Barney Fife keep Mayberry town safe. All the episodes are clean, squeaky clean. They aren't as funny as I thought they were when I was little, but I still enjoy to watch Deputy Fife and Sheriff Andy Taylor play off each other.
Comparing the "good old movies" to modern day filming, I have come to see some stark differences. The older movies' humor comes almost entirely from the dialogue, and the movie is carried by the dialogue. You have to at least think to get the idea of the movie. Modern films are carried by action, even if it's not the action of a person or character. For example, if you watch closely and count each time an certain angle or shot is present on screen, it's usually about 5 seconds. Your mind is constantly and continually being loaded with information. "Back then", you had to think about what you watched. Now, you're fed hand and foot all the information you need.
This brings to one of the most annoying things about this society, particularly within the youth. They take everything into their system without any process or filter. They go to see a movie, and everything goes into their brain, even the stuff that they know is wrong. To put it simple, they don't use their brains. It's amazing how simple and stupid Americans are. We are fed everything, and not asked or required to use our brain for any of it. Who reads books anymore? (Weird homeschoolers and geeks) Who watches black and white movies? (Geeks and weirdos) Who even listens to audio books anymore? Even in music, many youth don't even listen to the lyrics. Everything is carried in the action. If the lyrics aren't blasting in their eardrums or the tune's too catchy, no one play attention. We see, and we believe. We hear, and we accept. We don't think.
Sorry, I got ranting.
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ReplyDeleteTotally. And themes or messages of books and movies can be totally awful and they just take it. That's why you have to carefully digest everything you see or read and determine whether or not it IS a good theme. That's what books and movies were originially for (well at least books): giving a message to the read. It's the reader's job to determine what to do with that theme. You must LEARN from it, THINK about it. Is it a good theme? Use it as an example. Is it a bad theme? DON'T FOLLOW IT! You can't forget it (most likely) so LEARN FROM IT! It IS possible to learn from other's mistakes.
Sorry, I got ranting too. :)