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Movies used to be better without having to go for the art school/criterion outlets. Cf the entire pre-Star Wars 1970s oeuvre which mostly managed to be relative
by scottlocklin 8y ago
Movies used to be better without having to go for the art school/criterion outlets. Cf the entire pre-Star Wars 1970s oeuvre which mostly managed to be relatively highbrow and entertaining in a way that they haven't since then.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoThat's because the duds are filtered through time and forgetfulness. Rose tinted glasses of memory. Nobody remembers the boring movies from their childhood.
- Stunting 8y agoThis! Not to mention that at the time, people HATED Ewoks.
- scottlocklin 8y agoErm I didn't watch those movies when I was a kid, and I certainly wouldn't be able to appreciate them if I had. I watched almost all of them as an adult within the last 4-6 years.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoMe too, but that's not the point. We are not watching a random sample of old films, we only watch the old hits. We are watching a random sample of present films.
- scottlocklin 8y agoI don't think I am watching the old hits! I watch a lot of forgotten trash, and I like that stuff too. It's still way better than capeshit or whatever it being hawked these days. Video nasties by Hammer, weird pirate movies written by Peter Benchley, Charlie Bronson movies, Oliver Reed movies, Doug McClure movies... A lot of the older film noir stuff I watch is definitely filtered by time: but you can pick any random garbage from between 65 and 75 and it's likely to be decent.