But also movies are definitely worse now, right?

  • Spartacist [he/him]
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    4 years ago

    Were movies ever good? I really don’t know it’s a genuine squestion

    • Not_irony [he/him]
      hexagon
      ·
      4 years ago

      I'm always super curious about adults (people in their 30s or whatever) watching a movie from my childhood for the first time. Do they hold up, or was I just a stupid kid. Very few movies are good from a leftist perspective.

        • Not_irony [he/him]
          hexagon
          ·
          4 years ago

          The Big Lebowski, if you haven't seen it. Or otherwise a movie that was huge with white dudes in their 20s like 15 years ago

          • Terminalfilth [they/them]
            ·
            4 years ago

            I can't think of any I either haven't seen or don't pretty much know from osmosis. I've seen Big Lebowski many many times. It's great.

            It's a deconstruction of masculinity. It's been a while since I've seen it but could go more point by point with a rewatch I guess

            • Not_irony [he/him]
              hexagon
              ·
              4 years ago

              I've done those threads. It's fun. Just do a personal Mega-Thread of watching the movie

              • Terminalfilth [they/them]
                ·
                4 years ago

                Good call. I did that for the Star Trek movies on a different forum and it was a good time

                • Not_irony [he/him]
                  hexagon
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  Apparently there's a discord or something specific for this sort of thing. A "watch together" feature or something. I never bothered to figure it out. But if you do, post a link

      • Spartacist [he/him]
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        4 years ago

        I’m 16 so we probably don’t have movie overlap. Part of me understands the subliminal marketing and politics inherent in every movie, but another part of me just wants to be distracted by an engrossing story for an hour and a half

        • Not_irony [he/him]
          hexagon
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          4 years ago

          I would pitch you movies from the 80s and 90s, but not sure if you could get over the pacing and editing. They would be too slow, I bet. I can go back to the 70s for some classics, but I basically cut it off mid 80s (as a guy from that decade)

          • cuckfucker93 [none/use name]
            ·
            4 years ago

            . They would be too slow, I bet.

            Movies from the 80s and 90's are objectively better most of the time BECAUSE they took time to develop the story and such

            Too many blockbuster movies now feel like they were written by a sonic fanfiction writer in a manic episode

          • Spartacist [he/him]
            ·
            4 years ago

            Which movies would you pick? I bought into the whole breaking bad thing recently and I enjoy the storytelling

            • Not_irony [he/him]
              hexagon
              ·
              4 years ago

              If you haven't see the The Matrix, it's one of my favorites. Only the first one, tho. Movies were diverse enough back then you could just pick the top two or three movies of any given year and get decent/diverse movies.

              • Spartacist [he/him]
                ·
                4 years ago

                I’ve seen the first matrix. In turn, I can recommend a movie from before our times, 12 Angry Men

                • Not_irony [he/him]
                  hexagon
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  I dont think Ive seen it. It's been on my list for forever

                    • Not_irony [he/him]
                      hexagon
                      ·
                      4 years ago

                      Good movies can be timeless. It's the stuff that is based on trendy shit that age really poorly. There was a period in the early 2000s when everything had a 3D scene. Hot garbage

                • goldsound [he/him]
                  ·
                  4 years ago

                  We got shown it in HS English and everybody in the class actually enjoyed. Really damn good movie.

      • blobjim [he/him]
        ·
        edit-2
        4 years ago

        Even the fourth Indiana Jones movie that everyone loves to hate on was ten times more fun and interesting than any big budget movies these days. Okay maybe it wasn't but still.