Yesterday, I saw Gran Torino for the first time, very good excellent, but not what I'm here for. I really am starting to wonder about how movies are seen now? For example, Avatar, that thing was three quarters special effects. I'm not saying its not good just getting to a point. Movies use millions of dollars in explosions and cool effects and yet here comes a movie with little special effects, little explosions and no over the top super powers or anything. In a nutshell, I'm asking is it really getting to the point where movie directors look for effects such as visual wonders and painting the screen with cg blood because they think its cool and get rid of the story? A plot, the main reason I see a movie seems to be being sacraficed for modern technological show-offs. I'm not saying todays movies aren't void of good stories, I'm just saying they seem to be losing momentum. Then I delved deep into it and really got wondering. I am now seeing so many good movies that its making everything else look like crap? I don't know if I'm comparing them or judging them dependently. I mean...... its kinda hard to put into words but here goes. When I see ninja assassin I don't go holy crap bruce lees fight went better than that I just say it sucks, not basing it off of anything and yet had I not seen better material would I still think it? Then as my closing ..... Jennifers body. Holy horse $h!t that is one of the worse movies ive ever seen. It wasn't even for effects, no, the movie traded a good story for full blown sex appeal. Thats all it is.