A Classic

Last night, Bill Collins Golden Years of Hollywood featured the 1942 classic Random Harvest with Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson. What struck me during the introduction was the announcement that it was rated G for General Viewing.

Anyone who has seen the movie will agree that it is indeed a classic and one of the most popular romatic films of all time. Written by James Hilton (Lost Horizon etc) it contains no nudity, no swearing, no gratuitous sex scenes, no violence, no unbelieveable car chases, all the ingredients of today's blockbusters, and yet it holds the viewer's attention and what is more, tells a good story.

Random Harvest, like Lost Horizon, is a so-called "feel good" movie but it shows that you don't have to have all that other X and R rated rubbish to make a good film. Unfortunately the morons running the movie business these days don't get it ... they think they have to try and out-shock us with every subsequent release. The "F" word is so common on TV these days that you don't even blink and they are pushing the boundaries even more so who knows what will be next!

I'm not a wowser by any stretch of the imagination but I am thouroughly sick to death of the rubbish dished up as entertainment by people who have no moral standards and even less talent.

Just my thoughts for what they are worth.