Sakura Doritos
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Movies of the 70s, 80s, and 90s are better. Not just in US but around the globe.
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Were movies better in the 80s and 90s or is it just nostalgia?
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EverydayBeast
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Action kinda “manages” today fast and furious is considered action today John wick is better than any bond from those eras
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Older movies (action, horror, sci fi, fantasy)
- 15 minutes of dialogue
- 1 minute of models or shitty CGI effects
Modern movies
- 1 minute of dialogue
- 15 minutes of CGI effects and actors talking to themselves in front of a green screen
Soltype
Member
They were better, not to say there aren't good movies now.Movies always had high spots, but movies today telegraph too much.
Example in Force Awakens-skip to 1:05
This scene lingers way too much on the beam reaction, the audience gets it immediately yet they linger on it after the awe is gone.They used a wideshot for too long and have him look at it to show us again.They should have shown Poe fire, show his reaction, then the frozen beam.
Example in Force Awakens-skip to 1:05
This scene lingers way too much on the beam reaction, the audience gets it immediately yet they linger on it after the awe is gone.They used a wideshot for too long and have him look at it to show us again.They should have shown Poe fire, show his reaction, then the frozen beam.
O-N-E
Member
Some of my fave films have come out this past decade.
Interstellar
Whiplash
Wolf of Wallstreet
Birdman
What we do in the Shadows
Mad Max Fury Road
The Social Network
Inception
Annihilation
And many more.
brap
Banned
all those are shit lol
O-N-E
Member
You're shit.
brap
Banned
takes one to know one
StreetsofBeige
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Dark Star
Member
Whiplash is easily one of my favorite films as well. It's perfect in every way.
Drive is some next-level stuff, too.
Some obvious (and not so obvious) picks IMO :
Top 100 Films of the 2010's
A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Whiplash (2014), Inception (2010), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Drive (2011) and Boyhood (2014).
letterboxd.com
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John Mullins
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All you really need to do is compare the remakes e.g. Robocop, Total Recall to see the difference.
Both are eminently enjoyable and enthralling films. The remakes are truly worse than trash, like mind blowingly bad.
Both are eminently enjoyable and enthralling films. The remakes are truly worse than trash, like mind blowingly bad.
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slugbahr
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I think the "reinterpretation" happens, it's just that their "modern" take on the tale involves present era politics and social views. Or even things like "subversion", instead of telling a good story. The monster movies of the middle of the century did sequels and connected universes well before most of us were even born. They got on with telling the story though, and entertaining the viewer. Instead of throwing shit at the wall and seeing what would stick. Or using diversity checklists etc etc
Skyr
Member
I mean no doubt that there were amazing movies in the last 20 years.Whiplash is easily one of my favorite films as well. It's perfect in every way.
Drive is some next-level stuff, too.
Some obvious (and not so obvious) picks IMO :
Top 100 Films of the 2010's
A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Whiplash (2014), Inception (2010), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Drive (2011) and Boyhood (2014).
Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino. They all made fantastic movies during that time period.
The problem is that these are a couple of peanuts you have to pick out of a steaming pile of shit.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
Came to say this. The 90s are missing something for me compared to the art that came out in the 70s and the bombastic 80s.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
Plenty of shit, there always is, but the god stuff is so far ahead of what we see today.
Heart_Attack
Member
Movies Were definitely better then. TV though is the best it's ever been.
Woo-Fu
Banned
So you're using the opinion of the people least likely to have a valid one as the basis of your argument?
The 80's had the best high school/coming of age movies, it isn't even close.
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GAMETA
Banned
Bullshit, get them to watch Terminator 2, Jumanji, Jurassic Park, Alien, The Thing, The Shining, Indiana Jones, The Goonies... my son was blown away by T2, he's 10. Young John Connor is as awesome to them as he was to us growing up.
Great movies are great movies, period.
EverythingsOverrated
Member
Starting in the 00's it seemed like most movies decided to take themselves super seriously. This is what people talk about when they say 80s and 90s movies were much more fun.
There's still a lot of great stuff from 00-09 but the last 10 years have been absolutely terrible. I can think of MAYBE 4-5 movies from the last 10 years that would make my top 100 list. The complete lack of originality really sucks. I remember about a year or so ago I drove by one of the local theaters and every movie playing was either a sequel, remake or something in an existing franchise.
There's still some good stuff here and there but it's nothing like how it was when I was growing up.
There's still a lot of great stuff from 00-09 but the last 10 years have been absolutely terrible. I can think of MAYBE 4-5 movies from the last 10 years that would make my top 100 list. The complete lack of originality really sucks. I remember about a year or so ago I drove by one of the local theaters and every movie playing was either a sequel, remake or something in an existing franchise.
There's still some good stuff here and there but it's nothing like how it was when I was growing up.
teezzy
Banned
It's weird because film as an art form has definitely evolved. Which makes sense, art forms standards are intended to progress over time.
Technology has improved, camera techniques have improved, movies are more quickly paced and attention grabbing these days.
The problem is that ever since the big bang of the modern blockbuster, that style of film making has proven too effective and now studios are less willing to bank on anything more artful to guarantee an ROI.
In theory, movies should be better - and the great ones now are just as awesome as the classics, if not better - but the problem is that everything now feels like one long toy commercial aimed at a social media attention span - because it absolutely is.
An independent film renaissance really needs to comes and wash over the industry. The technology is too available, and with theaters dying, and digital being our obvious future - we need to get these more earnest creative types able to make what they'd like with less financial risk so that they don't have to bow to focus tested nonsense.
I'm rambling, as per usual, but I have a point.
Technology has improved, camera techniques have improved, movies are more quickly paced and attention grabbing these days.
The problem is that ever since the big bang of the modern blockbuster, that style of film making has proven too effective and now studios are less willing to bank on anything more artful to guarantee an ROI.
In theory, movies should be better - and the great ones now are just as awesome as the classics, if not better - but the problem is that everything now feels like one long toy commercial aimed at a social media attention span - because it absolutely is.
An independent film renaissance really needs to comes and wash over the industry. The technology is too available, and with theaters dying, and digital being our obvious future - we need to get these more earnest creative types able to make what they'd like with less financial risk so that they don't have to bow to focus tested nonsense.
I'm rambling, as per usual, but I have a point.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
Nice in theory but independent cinema is just pure wokebait these days.
Super Mario
Banned
I don't necessarily think the 80s and 90s had better movies. However, I do agree that it was a time where creativity was different than it is today. Movies like the Godfather couldn't happen today. With today's technology and techniques, there is the chance to do a whole lot more than they could before. Internet movie elitists piss on the CGI, but to say the Marvel stuff has been anything other than a monumental success is just dumb. You couldn't do those movies 30 years ago. Anyone who tried sees how embarassing they are today.
There are stinkers now. There were absolutely stinkers before. Some of the oldies are definitely nostalgic. Try releasing those same movies today and see if people go as nuts for them.
There are stinkers now. There were absolutely stinkers before. Some of the oldies are definitely nostalgic. Try releasing those same movies today and see if people go as nuts for them.
xrnzaaas
Member
Many 80s and 90s movies movies had very cheap looking sets, I'm not a fan of heavy CGI and I know that some older movies actually profited from the lack of CGI, but it can still be noticeable. Other than that they were way superior - many original and interesting storylines, cool likeable characters, no current politics involved, making fun of people and other things without having to worry about offending anyone.
carlosrox
Banned
I think there were more great, classic movies, yes.
I don't think movies are as consistently great as they were then?
Obviously there's great stuff now but where are the landmark movies like the Terminators, Aliens, and Back to the Futures? All the 80s horror. Classic comedies.
Movies just aren't the same these days. Feels like really excellent movies are sort of far and few between these days. And they don't have the personality of the old stuff.
Arnold Schwarzenegger alone is a good example of something missing from movies today.
I don't think movies are as consistently great as they were then?
Obviously there's great stuff now but where are the landmark movies like the Terminators, Aliens, and Back to the Futures? All the 80s horror. Classic comedies.
Movies just aren't the same these days. Feels like really excellent movies are sort of far and few between these days. And they don't have the personality of the old stuff.
Arnold Schwarzenegger alone is a good example of something missing from movies today.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Watchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Back on movies:
Red Dawn
Big Trouble in Little China
16 Candles
Breakfast Club
Say Anything
Ferris Bueler's Day Off
John Carpenter's The Thing
Pretty in Pink
The Lost Boys
Better Off Dead
Aliens
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Full Metal Jacket
Weird Science
Risky Business
The Terminator
Die Hard
Ghostbusters
Stand By Me
Blade Runner
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
The list is practically endless.
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Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
It was a bore fest.
Plus that whole 'talking about love' scene was horrendous.
Contact from the 90s was great. I don't even care for Jodie Foster but loved that movie.
sol_bad
Member
I don't know, I think movies are still great after 2000.
2001
Gladiator, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Memento, The Devils Backbone, Amelie, Mulholland Drive, Dornie Darko, Artificial Intelligence, Shaolin Soccer, Training Day, A Perfect Mind, Oceans 11, Black Hawk Down, The Others, Zoolander, Kiss the Dragon.
2002
The Pianist, Minority Report, Secretary, One Hour Photo, Infernal Affairs, Catch Me if You Can, 28 Days Later, The Bourbe Identity, Panic Room, Changing Lanes, Punch Drunk Love, Spirited Away, Gangs of New York, Spider-Man, Blade 2.
2003
Monster, Mystic River, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill 1, X-Men 2, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, School of Rock, Elf, Oldboy, 21 Grams, Bad Boys 2, Paycheck.
2004
Team America, Anchorman, Spider-Man 2, Million Dollar Baby, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kill Bill 2, The Life Aquatic, The Aviator, Collateral, Hellboy, National Treasure, Troy, The Terminal. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
2005
Memories of Murder, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Batman Begins, Munich, King Kong, A History of Violence, Brick, The Island, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Descent.
2006
The Drparted, Pan's Labyrinth, The Fountain, Children of Men, The Prestige, Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, Blood Diamond, Deja Vu, Hot Fuzz.
2007
The Assasination of Jesse James, There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Zodiac, The Bourne Ultimatem, Gone Baby Gone, Superbad, Ratatouille.
2008
Hellboy 2, Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, Wall-e, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Burn After Reading, Step Brothers, Cloverfield, Tropic Thunder, Gran Torino, Taken, The Hurt Locker, King Fu Panda, Pineapple Express, Let the Right One In, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Rambo, Changeling, Ip Man, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Body of Lies, Speed Racer, Red Cliff
2009
Avatar, Mother, District 9, 500 Days of Summer, Up, Inglorious Basterds, Zombieland, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Blind Side, Coraline, Moon, State of Play, The Road, Drag Me To Hell, 9, Watchmen, Knowing,
2010
Shutter Island, Toy Story 3, Winter's Bone, 127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Social Network, The King's Speech, The Town, Buried, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Insidious, Salt, The Book of Eli, How to Train Your Dragon, The Other Guys, The Expendables, Kick-Ass.
2011
The Help, Moneyball, The Descendants, Drive, The Artist, Fast Five, Bridesmaids, Shame, I Saw The Devil, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Warrior, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Adventures of Tintin, Super 8, Sucker Punch, In Time, Paul, The Raid.
2012
John Carter, Avengers, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Django Unchained, Cloud Atlas, End of Watch, Flight, Prometheus, Dredd, Jack Reacher, Looper, Ted, Wolf Children, 21 Jump Street
2013
Gravity, Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Prisoners, Warm Bodies, The Conjuring, Saving Mr Banks, Iron Man 3, Captain Phillips, Under the Skin, Spring Breakers, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Fast and Furious 6, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim, Oblivion, Rush, Frozen.
2014
A Most Violent Year, The Rover, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, Birdman, Whiplash, Guardians of the Galaxy, 22 Jump Street, Nightcrawler, Gone Girl, Boyhood, Chef, The Raid 2, The Lego Movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Edge of Tomorrow, The Equalizer, The Interview, Noah, Ex Machina, John Wick.
2015
The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, Joy, The End of the Tour, The Gift, It Follows, Mad Max: Fury Road, Creed, Room, Inside Out, Spotlight, Sicario, The Martian, Straight Outta Compton, Steve Jobs, Kingsman, Furious 7, Trainwreck, Crimson Peak, Ted 2.
2016
The Handmaiden, Don't Breathe, Hush, The Nice Guys, Arrival, The Lobster, The Witch, The Wailing, Swiss Army Man, Zootopia, Silence, La La Land, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Passengers, The Founder, London Has Fallen, Hacksaw Ridge, 13 Hours, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Accountant, Central Intelligence, Eddie the Eagle.
2017
Alien: Covenant, Lady Bird, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Okja, I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Dunkirk, Bladerunner 2049, War of the Planet of the Apes, Get Out, Colossal, IT, Split, Your Name, Wind River, Logan Lucky, Coco, Logan, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Wondoe Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, The Disaster Artist, Baby Driver, I Tonya, Mother!, The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing in Missouri, The Shape of Water, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spider-Man: Homecomming, John Wick 2, Life, Blade of the Immortal, The Hirman's Bodyguard.
2018
The Mule, Mission Impossible: Fallout, You Were Never Really There, Annihilation, Ready Player One, Unsane, Green Book, Creed 2, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Upgrade, First Man, Isle of Dogs, Crazy Rich Asians, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Roma, Blackkklansman, A Quiet Place, Bumblebee, Searching.
2019
Joker, Us, Parasite, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Farewell, Knives Out, The Lighthouse, 1917, Jojo Rabbit, Midsommar, Dolemite is my Name, Alita: Battle Angel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, John Wick 3, Avengers Endgame, One Cut of the Dead, Ford V Ferarri, Dark Waters, The Kid Who Would Be King, Ready or Not, Hustlers, Crawl, Long Shot, The Report, Good Boys, Little Monsters, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Doctor Sleep, Hotel Mumbai.
2001
Gladiator, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Memento, The Devils Backbone, Amelie, Mulholland Drive, Dornie Darko, Artificial Intelligence, Shaolin Soccer, Training Day, A Perfect Mind, Oceans 11, Black Hawk Down, The Others, Zoolander, Kiss the Dragon.
2002
The Pianist, Minority Report, Secretary, One Hour Photo, Infernal Affairs, Catch Me if You Can, 28 Days Later, The Bourbe Identity, Panic Room, Changing Lanes, Punch Drunk Love, Spirited Away, Gangs of New York, Spider-Man, Blade 2.
2003
Monster, Mystic River, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill 1, X-Men 2, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, School of Rock, Elf, Oldboy, 21 Grams, Bad Boys 2, Paycheck.
2004
Team America, Anchorman, Spider-Man 2, Million Dollar Baby, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kill Bill 2, The Life Aquatic, The Aviator, Collateral, Hellboy, National Treasure, Troy, The Terminal. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
2005
Memories of Murder, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Batman Begins, Munich, King Kong, A History of Violence, Brick, The Island, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Descent.
2006
The Drparted, Pan's Labyrinth, The Fountain, Children of Men, The Prestige, Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, Blood Diamond, Deja Vu, Hot Fuzz.
2007
The Assasination of Jesse James, There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Zodiac, The Bourne Ultimatem, Gone Baby Gone, Superbad, Ratatouille.
2008
Hellboy 2, Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler, Wall-e, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Burn After Reading, Step Brothers, Cloverfield, Tropic Thunder, Gran Torino, Taken, The Hurt Locker, King Fu Panda, Pineapple Express, Let the Right One In, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Rambo, Changeling, Ip Man, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Body of Lies, Speed Racer, Red Cliff
2009
Avatar, Mother, District 9, 500 Days of Summer, Up, Inglorious Basterds, Zombieland, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Blind Side, Coraline, Moon, State of Play, The Road, Drag Me To Hell, 9, Watchmen, Knowing,
2010
Shutter Island, Toy Story 3, Winter's Bone, 127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Social Network, The King's Speech, The Town, Buried, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Insidious, Salt, The Book of Eli, How to Train Your Dragon, The Other Guys, The Expendables, Kick-Ass.
2011
The Help, Moneyball, The Descendants, Drive, The Artist, Fast Five, Bridesmaids, Shame, I Saw The Devil, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Warrior, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Adventures of Tintin, Super 8, Sucker Punch, In Time, Paul, The Raid.
2012
John Carter, Avengers, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Django Unchained, Cloud Atlas, End of Watch, Flight, Prometheus, Dredd, Jack Reacher, Looper, Ted, Wolf Children, 21 Jump Street
2013
Gravity, Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Prisoners, Warm Bodies, The Conjuring, Saving Mr Banks, Iron Man 3, Captain Phillips, Under the Skin, Spring Breakers, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Fast and Furious 6, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim, Oblivion, Rush, Frozen.
2014
A Most Violent Year, The Rover, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, Birdman, Whiplash, Guardians of the Galaxy, 22 Jump Street, Nightcrawler, Gone Girl, Boyhood, Chef, The Raid 2, The Lego Movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Edge of Tomorrow, The Equalizer, The Interview, Noah, Ex Machina, John Wick.
2015
The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, Joy, The End of the Tour, The Gift, It Follows, Mad Max: Fury Road, Creed, Room, Inside Out, Spotlight, Sicario, The Martian, Straight Outta Compton, Steve Jobs, Kingsman, Furious 7, Trainwreck, Crimson Peak, Ted 2.
2016
The Handmaiden, Don't Breathe, Hush, The Nice Guys, Arrival, The Lobster, The Witch, The Wailing, Swiss Army Man, Zootopia, Silence, La La Land, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Passengers, The Founder, London Has Fallen, Hacksaw Ridge, 13 Hours, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Accountant, Central Intelligence, Eddie the Eagle.
2017
Alien: Covenant, Lady Bird, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Okja, I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Dunkirk, Bladerunner 2049, War of the Planet of the Apes, Get Out, Colossal, IT, Split, Your Name, Wind River, Logan Lucky, Coco, Logan, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Wondoe Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, The Disaster Artist, Baby Driver, I Tonya, Mother!, The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing in Missouri, The Shape of Water, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spider-Man: Homecomming, John Wick 2, Life, Blade of the Immortal, The Hirman's Bodyguard.
2018
The Mule, Mission Impossible: Fallout, You Were Never Really There, Annihilation, Ready Player One, Unsane, Green Book, Creed 2, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Upgrade, First Man, Isle of Dogs, Crazy Rich Asians, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Roma, Blackkklansman, A Quiet Place, Bumblebee, Searching.
2019
Joker, Us, Parasite, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Farewell, Knives Out, The Lighthouse, 1917, Jojo Rabbit, Midsommar, Dolemite is my Name, Alita: Battle Angel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, John Wick 3, Avengers Endgame, One Cut of the Dead, Ford V Ferarri, Dark Waters, The Kid Who Would Be King, Ready or Not, Hustlers, Crawl, Long Shot, The Report, Good Boys, Little Monsters, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Doctor Sleep, Hotel Mumbai.
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Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I agree, my defense would be stronger for 80's and 90's it was just the 80's. The movies and TV shows of the 70's were far better than the 90's. Early 90's wasn't too bad, though. Ever watch Spontaneous Combustion with Brad Dourif? That was a good one from about 1990.
Rickyiez
Member
Only Terminator 2 , Jurassic Park , Aliem and The Thing are still great if I were to rewatch these .
There are also a huge pile of shit from 80s and 90s .
I'm born 87 and honestly it's really just the nostalgic factor . Movies are just as good nowadays and there are a lot of masterpieces in 2000s and onward .
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brap
Banned
One of the legit stupidest fucking things I've heard in my entire life. No offense.
Rickyiez
Member
To each of their own . Try to expand your movies repertoire outside of Hollywood and you will get what I mean .
diffusionx
Gold Member
Movies in the 80s/90s were far better. The action movies were better. The sci-fi was better. The dramas were better. The romcoms were better. The comedies were better. I can go on. I’ve been watching a bunch of older movies, including ones I never seen before, and I am struck at just how much better they are. They look better, the stories are more interesting, the characters are more relatable, etc.
Now I’ll say this with a caveat, Something weird happened to the movie industry probably in... 2011 or so. Even a lot of 00s movies, if I’m not personally crazy about them (something like Eternal Sunshine) I can see the obvious craft, truth, and beauty in many of them. But the 10s have been a complete catastrophe with very few exceptions.
Now I’ll say this with a caveat, Something weird happened to the movie industry probably in... 2011 or so. Even a lot of 00s movies, if I’m not personally crazy about them (something like Eternal Sunshine) I can see the obvious craft, truth, and beauty in many of them. But the 10s have been a complete catastrophe with very few exceptions.
TheSadRanger
Banned
While I love Jumanji, it's mainly because of Robin Williams. I actually like Zathura more overall then I do Jumanji.
I loved Favreu's use of practical effects in Zathura.
GAMETA
Banned
I watched it with my son, it's fun but the og Jumanji is in another level, much higher production value.
GAMETA
Banned
Dude, you trippin. Alien and Aliens are still amongst the best horror and best sci-fi ever made.
Indiana Jones is as entertaining as ever, so is Jumanji (despite the dated CGI). Goonies is a weird one and maybe it drags a bit too much, but the structure there is still solid. The Shining is awesome as well.
From what I can tell, you haven't seen much of these stuff, at least not now that you're an adult or in high quality.
Rickyiez
Member
I've only seen them during childhood , perhaps I couldn't appreciate them well enough back then . Alien was a masterpiece no doubt , but to say movies like The Prestige , Inception , The Dark Knight , The Wailing , The Mist and so on weren't as good or if not better subjectively is just plain false .
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