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Movie Chat vs old IMDB forums.

posted 2 months ago by Krieg (58)
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I appreciate that Movie Chat took over the IMDB forums when they closed down, but to be honest, they are becoming pretty boring in the last years. In the past I always went to the IMDB forums after watching every movie because there you would find most of the times good discussions about the movie itself, details you might have missed, theories, etc. Nowadays for almost every new movie that comes out most of the discussion is about how woke the movie is. And in the eyes of the chatters, almost everything is woke. If there is a non white person, woke, if there is a female in a significative role, woke, if there are gays, woke, if there are poor people fighting for their rights, woke, if there is a woman with short hair, woke, there is someone with a non-Christian religion, woke, and so on.

I myself was a little bit tired of extreme inclusion, etc, but it seems that the "cure" is worse, it is like we moved from one extreme to the other one. And the current one is much more annoying than the one before.

[–] VinceD (10369) 2 months ago

In the past I always went to the IMDB forums after watching every movie because there you would find most of the times good discussions about the movie itself, details you might have missed, theories, etc.

That’s how I used IMDb as well, and I miss it too. The best thing we can do is try to start those same conversations here on MovieChat under the individual movie boards. I try to do that myself, and admittedly, it sometimes feels like I’m just talking to myself. However, every once in a while, a good conversation about the substance of the film happens. Regardless, the more of us who post about films and shows, the better this site will become.

[–] ClementinaSpur (1328) 2 months ago

That’s how I used IMDb as well, and I miss it too. The best thing we can do is try to start those same conversations here on MovieChat under the individual movie boards. I try to do that myself, and admittedly, it sometimes feels like I’m just talking to myself. However, every once in a while, a good conversation about the substance of the film happens. Regardless, the more of us who post about films and shows, the better this site will become.

^THIS^ is the way.

I am amazed at the number of boards here (mostly actor, but sometimes movies and TV boards) that have ZERO posts.

As fun as the General Discussion board can be, it's not the point of a site like this. However, it gets just about all of the traffic. I'll even add that I believe the IMDb general boards were used as the excuse to nuke all of the message boards.

[–] filmflaneur (3014) 2 months ago

If you mean the constant focus on what people see as 'woke' in order to condemn it, via over worked confirmation bias, then I must agree with you. Some see it everywhere, and grow anxious, just like they used to look for Commies under their beds. It was inevitable when a heightened concern for social and political justice is weaponised by the right.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78505) 2 months ago

We are not nearly as large as IMDB but we have some very fine and charming regs.

Any mention of ‘woke’ gets a yawn.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39801) 2 months ago

💯

[–] Kazak (2199) 2 months ago

Movie chat has a fraction of the users IMDb did. It looks the same, but it is not the same. I miss the robust source for movie discussion too!

[–] stickman38 (3439) 2 months ago

meh... I wouldn't worry too much about it. Some people are anti-woke and probably for good reason. Woke film making is not really "art" but I do like several films that might be considered "woke". The best thing to do is, let people vent, it gives them a feeling of accomplishment. They need to come in here and complain about movies in order to liven up their rather mundane lives.

I remember going on the old IMDB boards back in the day, and getting upset at everyone calling films "pretentious". I mean, let's get real, every film could be considered "pretentious" if going strictly by the definition. Not that I want to get into a long discussion about the word and how its used to describe films but you know what I mean...

At the end of the day, its a movie forum and a great one too because it respects free speech rights. Almost anything can be said in here.

[–] zack14 (347) 2 months ago

meh

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13141) 2 months ago

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[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13141) 2 months ago

Oh JFC "woke" is just the current buzz word. In 10 years we'll all laugh at it. And there will only be two genders again.