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I'm interested in what you mean by "12 angry men" type movies. Do you mean ones with less action and more human drama? If so, I think those films are out there
by prof_hobart 13y ago
I'm interested in what you mean by "12 angry men" type movies. Do you mean ones with less action and more human drama?
If so, I think those films are out there. They just don't make it to the big cinemas very often. I've just checked my local art-house cinema and it's currently showing
- a film about a Saudi girl who is banned from buying a bike
- a re-telling of Snow White as a bullfighter
- a "passionate ensemble drama of family dysfunction"
- a documentary about Pussy Riot
- a comedy about a bunch of blokes trying to recreate an epic pub crawl
- olalonde 13y agoI guess I meant movies that don't follow the "blockbuster recipe" in general (the movies you mentioned do sound good to me). I know they are out there but I feel they were more common in the past. Of course, it could just be due to the fact I don't hear about the mediocre old movies. That being said, I hear that opinion quite often so I'd say it's plausible that there's some truth to it.
- rmc 13y agoSelection bias. You don't remember the films from the past that were bland pap. You're also taking the best 10 films from a decade (say) and comparing them to what came out this year or in the last 2 years.
- olalonde 13y agoYes, I already said that.
- prof_hobart 13y agoI don't think it's that there's less than there were. If anything I suspect there's far more these days (like I say, my local arthouse cinema has a steady stream of them). I think it's just that there's vastly more mediocre formulaic movies and the media is obsessed with blockbusters so unless you're looking out for them, the quirky films don't percolate up into the general public as much as they did.