The Author of this post is Velma Baird
When I was a kid, my dad and I would watch old movies together on Saturday mornings. He passed away four years ago, and some of my best memories are of him and me watching old westerns or mysteries together on Saturdays. Movie stars like John Wayne and Kirk Douglass would fill the screen, and as a little boy I wanted to be just like those guys. I remember watching Alfred Hitchcock mysteries as well. Now that I have children of my own, I love to watch old movies with them. While they do not play the old classics nearly as often as they used to, the channel AMC shows a lot of classic movies that I love. We have Direct TV through http://www.directstartv.com/, and I love to watch AMC. My children have had the opportunity to watch some of my favorite movies growing up because of this channel. In my opinion, they do not make movies with the same quality that the used to. I understand that the technology is better, and therefore the quality of the film itself is much better. However, in terms of plot and substance, many of the movies today are just bad. I would much rather watch the movies of 40 years ago.
