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New movies are better than older movies (pre 1970)

posted 8 years ago by ParalyzedPsycho
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People have been spoiled. Dramatic movies today are often far more sophisticated and complex than "classic" black and white film. Example: if Casablanca was made today, it would be a mediocre bore. People would be talking about whether that or La La Land was a better romance movie. Sure we can respect them for being revolutionary for their time but technical praise aside, alot of them are boring crap and actually fairly shallow. Yea original for their time but so what? I judge art for what it portrays, not how awesome it was for people at the time. Thats nothing more than historical praise.

Take Hitchcock for example. I mean seriously? Imagine Strangers on a Train today - a laughable movie. Girl on the Train (crap movie) would get better reviews and ratings.

[–] RickyBetter 8 years ago

I agree.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Older movies are better than newer movies, in most cases. There are a few exceptions though.

[–] Quesne (5) 2 years ago

I don’t think you realize how elitist that sounds although you wanted it be seem young and cool, up-to-date, and modern. That is ironic because on other boards I have been on, the “current films are the best, old films are b&w, dumb and boring” threads would also call classic film lovers “elitists” – classic being (for me) 1964 and earlier with 1965 to 1969 being a transition period. I would always reply that people who watch a lot of classic movies (me included) also enjoy new films, films across all eras and cultures. It is the “new movies are the only good ones,” that is, carving out a narrow band of watchable kinds, is the very definition of “elitist” and, as I think most would agree, snooty elitist are so unsufferable. Don’t be a snooty elitist.