holmes-all hollywood can muster these days is remakes of once fine films..there is absolutely no soul or inventiveness in most films now....now you say you've never read the book correct?....On the Road was my bible as a kid...it's what made me become a musician and travel the world 2x's over...there were no rules...and the characters were just that...characters...this movie has a bunch of young actors who obviously had no clue about the beat generation...hence the director having them do a 'beatnik bootcamp'...that's a lil appalling.....there were no freaking ipods or text messages with jack and neal(dean and sal)...i don't know...things like this kinda bend me the wrong way...like is there anything sacred anymore?....a movie like this, i guess not...
Well, you never know, maybe they'll surprise you. Despite the bullshit Twilight teen movies she's made, Kristen Stewart is a solid actor. She was great as Joan Jett in the movie about The Runaways, and was also excellent in Adventureland, a coming -of-age movie that takes place in the 1980s.
Both of those movies are examples of good movies that are being made, but don't get wide release at theaters. Most of the movies that get promoted and dominate the theaters are remakes, cartoons and comic book movies, most of which appeal to kids. There are good movies being made, but they're harder find.
I'm hoping that one of these days producers and directors of quality movies will realize that they can make more movie releasing movies online (e.g. iTunes) rather than fighting to get their films into theaters.
How long did you travel the world? Did you play with bands?