Every generation does have its merits and defects. The reality is, in general terms, the more recent generations do have lesser attention spans than those before them. Sorry, but it is true. This doesn't mean it's true of you, or that there are those from prior generations that it's true of as well. Generalizations by their nature have exceptions.
This has nothing to do with arrogance or thinking "my" generation (or others) is superior than others. That in itself is an arrogant and presumptuous assumption.
This film has been acclaimed by many top notch people within the film industry, and has also been borrowed from by the same. If you found it boring, then you did. You may feel differently in another 10 or so years. You wouldn't be the first or the last to change your mind on it, seeing it again at a more mature age. I don't say or mean that disparagingly. No matter how bright you may be for your age, you may not be able to grasp the nuances of this film. That's just the way it often is, no disrespect intended.
I don't know you, and you don't know me. Perhaps in 10, 20 years you'll still find this film hokey and poorly acted, or perhaps, as many others have posted, you'll discover it had more depth than you originally were able to get.
You sound quite defensive about your generation. That isn't what I intended. I don't know what the other poster intended, and obviously can't speak for them. But if you find "talky" films that are character-driven, such as this film is, boring, as some do, and don't find psychological nuances of interest, then no, you'll never find this film anything other than boring.
The reality is many of younger generations can't get into films in black and white -- hence colorization. If that weren't the case, there wouldn't have been any purpose to colorization, but clearly there was.
There is also the reality that technology has moved very fast over the past 20, 30 years, and as a consequence a focus on that with far less emphasis or interest in and regard for the past -- i. e. history. Steve Jobs and his legacy is but one example.
Of course no one has any control over when they were born, and there is no generational superiority; that's in your own mind, not what I was saying at all.
If you didn't like the book (I loved it, Jackson was a brilliant writer) or the film (ditto), reasonable people may disagree. I have no problem with that.
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