Language Arts

The two movies we watched over the weekend were Observe and Report new in theatres and The Fountainhead starring Gary Cooper, in black and white. Outside of the content and subject matter, the stark difference between these two films are the use of language. Observe and Report drops profanity ever other line, even going as far to show the characters spray painting 4 letter words on the sides of buildings. The Fountainhead has a beautiful, real English language flow. I guess people just don't talk that way anymore. We're always taught to write conversationally, but what if the level of conversation has dropped? Are we still to stoop the lowest of low? Bring back the golden days of Hollywood, when writers were masters of the language and some of the best examples are in those classic movies. Snappy dialog, smart women, suave men who could sweep dames off their feet with a pithy comment or two, those were the days!