There was a time I would have counted down days to seeing an Indiana Jones sequel. But that time was decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n
The first was released in 1981. I was 13 and I had never seen any movie quite like it. I could have watched it over and over and not grown tired of it.<\/p>\n\n\n
The 5th Indiana Jones movie was released last weekend … and I refuse to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n
I rarely spend money on a movie without reading the reviews – or nowadays watching reviews on YouTube – but even without seeing what others thought, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out this sequel was a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n
In the first place, how do you create an action adventure script for an 80 year old Harrison Ford?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
That’s a tall order for the best of writers – but for current Hollywood writers, it’s a guaranteed insurmountable challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
They can’t seem to manage coherent plots or interesting and coherent characters these days. Basic things.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I don’t know for sure what has happened to Hollywood writers, but I have a theory.<\/p>\n\n\n
All of Hollywood seems to be mirroring the downfall of Christian movies. The thinking seems to go like this: “As long as I have an important message to spread, there’s no need to worry about artistic merit.”<\/p>\n\n\n
“And since my protagonist is the embodiment of my message, he or (more likely these days) she shall be flawless, put upon by a misguided world but ultimately (easily) triumphant in the end.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I now wonder about secular Hollywood creators the same things I have always wondered about Christian movie makers: Do those who make purely propagandistic films recognize how terrible the final product is … and just ignore it?<\/p>\n\n\n
Or are they so impressed with the righteousness of their message that they are actually incapable of seeing the shoddiness of the writing, acting, and storytelling?<\/p>\n\n\n
Like Indiana Jones, Hollywood is past its prime.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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