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Mar 23, 2019
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Jay Rick
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Honestly, tv has proven to be a way better medium for complex
drama. Lots of time to fully develop characters and plot lines. Sopranos the movie, or LOST the movie, or Breaking Bad the movie, wouldn’t be good.
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Why is cinema the way it is today? I don't watch hardly any movies anymore.
777
3/22/19 11:18pm
Let me get off your lawn before I reply to your post
Beggar
3/22/19 11:22pm
Surely, this can't be an old man rant. It seem plenty of people my age and
777
3/22/19 11:25pm
It is a case of culture vs. uncultured. It is why most adults and teens stop
Q-grr
3/23/19 12:09am
Yeah, if you look at my post below showing the top grossing films of 1958,
777
3/23/19 12:32am
I feel the same way as you, and it makes me wonder if I'm prematurely
Y05
3/23/19 5:11am
Better off Dead. Full movie. Enjoy.
Division Bell
3/22/19 11:26pm
"I want my $2!!!"
Q-grr
3/23/19 12:12am
I’m a little confused. Isn’t back to the future a sci-fi fantasy?
Mikey
3/22/19 11:26pm
Does anyone shoot lasers out of their eyes?
Division Bell
3/22/19 11:27pm
It's more sci-fi comedy
Bert609
3/23/19 5:31am
Just take those old videos off the shelf, I'll sit and watch 'em by myself!
statguru
3/22/19 11:31pm
Today's movies ain't got the same soul
Tare
3/22/19 11:41pm
Not like an old-time western show.
SierraCoug
3/22/19 11:50pm
The 80’s was a great time for movies.
cougarnerd
3/22/19 11:31pm
Somewhere in those last 30 years it became cool to be a nerd or a dork...
CoachSpeak
3/22/19 11:32pm
I did most of that stupid stuff too (even convinced myself I was so much cooler
fattycoug
3/22/19 11:58pm
I actually enjoy most of the comic book/super hero movies as well...
CoachSpeak
3/23/19 12:18am
So what drew you into these films? Obviously I think I'm in the minority here,
777
3/23/19 12:56am
2019 Best Picture Nominees. Only one meets your description. Lots of good
Tare
3/22/19 11:36pm
A few thoughts...
KingDave
3/22/19 11:41pm
This is really interesting to look at the top grossing movies now compared
777
3/22/19 11:45pm
I'll go one further....here are the highest grossing films of 1958.
777
3/22/19 11:56pm
Box office in the 80s was driven by stars, today it's driven by characters
Tare
3/22/19 11:59pm
You can make an argument that the majority of those movies are pretty flawed, as
fattycoug
3/23/19 12:01am
What I'm asking is why are they all centered around the same genre? Where is
777
3/23/19 12:05am
One thing I find baffling is why movies are so much longer today
KingDave
3/23/19 12:12am
And not only that you’d think that a longer movie would be able to...
CoachSpeak
3/23/19 12:22am
One thing that has also affected filmmaking is cable television
KingDave
3/23/19 12:32am
A lot of comedies in 1988, those tend to be shorter, also
777
3/23/19 12:23am
I think we’re still into comedies, but not pure comedies
KingDave
3/23/19 12:27am
Yeah, movies now don’t limit themselves to single genre. A film can be
Jay Rick
3/23/19 12:33am
This is probably what turns me off to these superhero films. I've never really
777
3/23/19 12:40am
That was probably my least favorite comic book movie of all time
cougarmanguy
3/23/19 1:20am
Yeah, romantic comedies peaked in the 90's with Tom Hanks. I wonder if they
777
3/23/19 12:37am
I think the 2000’s went to raunchy romantic comedy
cougarmanguy
3/23/19 1:22am
But if people don’t think there is a market for it
cougarmanguy
3/23/19 6:40am
I saw the new lego movie with the family recently and it went on like a nightmare
cougarmanguy
3/23/19 1:16am
Try Aquaman. Holy crap that movie is a full hour too long.
Jay Rick
3/23/19 4:32am
That’s pretty interesting actually. I wonder if special effects have something
Jay Rick
3/23/19 12:21am
Yeah, i think the general population might be getting their drama and comedy fix
777
3/23/19 12:26am
Honestly, tv has proven to be a way better medium for complex
Jay Rick
3/23/19 12:35am
I prefer BBC. Much less F-bombs
Bert609
3/23/19 5:34am
China. And everywhere else.
legiaourbana
3/23/19 4:36am
Wait, I thought we were talking about good movies, not about high-grossing or
chilango
3/23/19 6:57am
I blame it on the cult of spandex. Super heroes sell. Cinema does not.
PluPerfect
3/23/19 1:05am
I don’t mind the comic book movies. I just wish there were more options
cougarmanguy
3/23/19 1:12am
Great stories are tv series now not films.. that’s where the talent is
cougfanz
3/23/19 2:45am
Super hero movies are the worst, originality is all but dead.
Cabadapeste
3/23/19 4:33am
There are plenty of good movies out there, I don’t know what you are talking
chilango
3/23/19 6:54am
I guess the main point is why are the 10 highest grossing films the past few
777
3/23/19 5:21pm
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