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I was saying this to someone just a few days ago. And, if I might add, many of the films from Netflix and Amazon are way better.

• curiousgal 8y ago
  I honestly can't think of a single Netflix movie that isn't, to me, shallow or half-assed. I'm curious to know which movies you found way better, as I might have missed them.
  • spookyuser 8y ago
    Roma
  • Freak_NL 8y ago
    Roma seems to have been received well to critical acclaim.
    • arrakeen 8y ago
      i can't tell exactly what Spielberg's criteria is from the article, but Roma had a theatrical release so i'm not sure it counts here
      • dagw 8y ago
        but Roma had a theatrical release so i'm not sure it counts here He seems to think that Roma sticks to the letter of the law, but not the spirit and thus wants the law changed. Roma, the argument goes, had a limited token theatrical release solely to qualify it for the Oscars, but the intention was always that people where meant to see the movie on 'TV' rather than at the cinema.
        • arrakeen 8y ago
          thanks for the clarification-- i hadn't even realized it was on netflix until after i'd seen it in the theater
        • Grue3 8y ago
          > limited token theatrical release solely to qualify it for the Oscars A lot of non-US (and even US) films do this as well. The distributors do a limited release to qualify for the awards, and bank on it winning the awards so that they can do a wide release of an "award-winning" film.
    • gamblor956 8y ago
      Other than the critics, I don't know anyone who was actually able to force themselves to finish watching that slow, pretentious film. Like most of the films on the ballot this year it did not deserve to be nominated.
      • baldfat 8y ago
        Old Man Here. Nor would they be able to sit through 2001 A Space Odyssey. The quality of the movie hasn't changed but the audience has. I love betting people they can't sit through one of the best movies ever. I have yet to see some under 40 make it through.
        • Freak_NL 8y ago
          38 here. I love that film, and many others with similar pacing. I don't think it's age. There are plenty of older folk who used to be able to appreciate slower works — be it film, music, literature, or art — but no longer have quite the attention span for it. We appear to have managed to lower the attention span of society as a whole in the past few decades.
          • wink 8y ago
            Not sure that has anything to do with slowness or appreciation. It has to do if you enjoy the material and then if it's worth your time. I kinda liked Apocalypse Now. I am not rewatching Redux, it's just too long. I have no problem rewatching the 3 extended editions of the Lord of the Ring, even one after the other.
      • extra88 8y ago
        You don’t know me but I not only found Roma to be wonderful, I traveled to another city just to see a 70mm projection.
      • redwood 8y ago
        I loved it. But I was lucky enough to see it on a big screen
  • uncletaco 8y ago
    Lots of people in the FighterZ community now say they're "birdboxing" their opponents with blind mixups which I think is more culturally significant than anything the movies up for best picture put up, save Black Panther.
  • turc1656 8y ago
    I really enjoyed The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. If you like the Coen Brothers, you should definitely watch it.