I'm an avid film  buff and  I  try to  go to the  movies  at least several  times  a  year.  There  are  times that  I'll  go more  often  merely  because  an actor or actress  that  I admire  has a new project  out. 

My  favorite actors  are in  no discerning  order Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman,  Robert De  Niro and  Matt Damon. The  latter merely  because  of the  Bourne  trilogy of films.

When it comes  to  the actresses  I  admire Meryl  Streep,  Jodie Foster  and  Sanaa Lathan.  

However I do  find  it  that Hollywood insulting that it  merely   feels that  by  putting  up a marquee name  behind  a project  that  it'll  always  lure the  movie  goer to a particular   project.  And  that's  been  certainly  the  case  when it comes to  a  umber  of  blockbusters  that  end  up being  panned  merely  because  there  wasn't  a  plot and  the  movie  itself  wasn't  character driven.

It's one  thing to  spend  $200m  on  picture  and in part  you're paying  your  lead actor or actress in excess of  $20m  and all  you're  left  with at the end of  the day  is  egg on  your  face.   

That  being  said  I  think that  with  the  economic  climate  as it is at present  we'll  see  Hollywood  scale  back  on  many  of the big budget  projects. Times  are  tough  and  financing  a  big  picture will be  difficult . Especially  if  there's no  guarantee    that the studios'll  get  a  return  on their  investment. 

Hollywood's highest  paid  stars .........

Smaller  independent  movies may  well be  the  way  to go for  the  time  being.   Just  my  thought  on the  matter.  What  are   your's  ? 

tophatal ..........................