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Modern movies then look to continue down this path of looking fake and getting worse. I watched some movies from the 80s recently, kids movies, and I was blown

Modern movies then look to continue down this path of looking fake and getting worse. I watched some movies from the 80s recently, kids movies, and I was blown away with the special effects. IMO they were more enjoyable than what's being output today from a special effects POV and the overall cinematic experience and skills involved. Today's movies just seem so fake, empty and forced. Obviously there are some exceptions if you go looking.

Spivak 3y ago
I think this is being unfair to modern movies and I say this as someone who loves old 70s-90s horror movies. They do have a very real quality to them on account of the very good practical effects, comically bad "cgi", little in the way of studio staging, and often very little in the way of soundtrack. It creates a vibe that is really hard to replicate. But modern movie style has its pros, the dreamlike quality that once your brain adjusts to the clean unreality makes it feel far more real and lets movies push further in bending reality, the truly incredible soundtracks that amplify emotional moments and build such beautiful tension, modern cgi that puts even the best horror makeup to shame, waaaaay better audio compression and mixing making jump scares truly terrifying and action hit harder, the ability to bend or break the rules of camera focus to create movies where the whole screen is sharp to show off the set or build dramatic irony for someone paying attention. There is a lot to love about movies in the last 15 years. People seem to have forgotten how fucking good the first two Iron Man movies were, how mind boggling the first Avatar was visually. We've been eating so well we're sick of the taste.
- pleb_nz 3y ago
  I have to say I disagree. But I also did say there are some exceptions. Personally I wouldn't include Iron Man in that list of exceptions. The first Avatar I would.

Spivak 3y ago

I think this is being unfair to modern movies and I say this as someone who loves old 70s-90s horror movies. They do have a very real quality to them on account of the very good practical effects, comically bad "cgi", little in the way of studio staging, and often very little in the way of soundtrack. It creates a vibe that is really hard to replicate. But modern movie style has its pros, the dreamlike quality that once your brain adjusts to the clean unreality makes it feel far more real and lets movies push further in bending reality, the truly incredible soundtracks that amplify emotional moments and build such beautiful tension, modern cgi that puts even the best horror makeup to shame, waaaaay better audio compression and mixing making jump scares truly terrifying and action hit harder, the ability to bend or break the rules of camera focus to create movies where the whole screen is sharp to show off the set or build dramatic irony for someone paying attention. There is a lot to love about movies in the last 15 years. People seem to have forgotten how fucking good the first two Iron Man movies were, how mind boggling the first Avatar was visually. We've been eating so well we're sick of the taste.

pleb_nz 3y ago
I have to say I disagree. But I also did say there are some exceptions. Personally I wouldn't include Iron Man in that list of exceptions. The first Avatar I would.