"I completely get what you're saying. As I mature, I find a lot of previous favorite movies just don't hold up anymore."
It's still wrong to say that. The movie 'holds up' just as well as it ever did, because it doesn't change. Movies remain exactly the same for all eternity. It's wrong to blame the movie for changing or for suddenly 'not holding up', especially adding the word 'anymore' - AS IF the movie did something previously that it doesn't do now.
Which is impossible, because movie doesn't change.
Don't blame the MOVIE for YOU changing. You changed, blame yourself.
Let me reiterate the clarification I have said many times.
- If something was good a long time ago, it will always be good, even after 9 googolplex years (here you can use your imagination as to how something can exist after so many years - perhaps time travel or whatnot).
If a good game/movie/TV show/book/script/musical/play/story/novel/demo was created in 1979, it won't become a bad [all or any of those things] just because the year 1989 rolls around. It will always remain the same, and it will be exactly, 100% as good in the year 99999 as it was in 1979. EXACTLY as good.
If a bad [all or any of those things] was created in 1982, but it was hyped so much that people were swept up and THOUGHT it was good, because they were drunk on the hype and wanted to parrot the consensus (because everyone else did, too), or were mesmerized by some technical/visual/aural/plot gimmick that, in fact, was just superficial and hallow, then that [all or any of those things] WAS ALWAYS bad, and was NEVER good.
People just THOUGHT it was good.
So the latter would NEVER be good, not in 1982, 1983, 199999 or even 1963 (time travel again..). It would _always_ be bad, and always exactly as bad as it ever was.
Therefore, don't say a 'movie doesn't hold up anymore', AS IF it did that in the past, but not now. The movie didn't do anything different back in the past than it's doing now. It's the same thing.
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[deleted]
5 years ago
It is _YOU_ that changed, therefore, it's only correct to say YOU don't hold up anymore, because YOU can't enjoy the movie the same way you previously were.
Don't blame the movie for YOUR problems, hang-ups, shortcomings, failures, faults, or inabilities. The movie never changed.
Every movie ever made holds up 100% exactly accurately as much and as well as it ever did, and always will, as long as it exists.
Movies DO NOT CHANGE. They remain the same!
Stop blaming the movies and lying about it and then backtracking by saying "oh, it's just a figure of speech". Don't use figures of speech if it means you can't face the truth that it's YOU that change, not movies.
Don't lie through "figures of speech", be honest and communicate with truth instead of these psychological release valves that let you blame the movie and then rationalize your movie-hatred and blaming away, when you really should be blaming yourself.
You are the only thing that changed.
Stop hiding behind 'figure of speech' type lying, be honest and admit the movie is 100% as great or bad as it ever was, but it's you and your perception that changed, which isn't the movie's fault.
Ok? Simple thing. Truth, honesty and directness. Don't defend lying and wrongful blaming.
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Burk48917 (11365)
5 years ago
Are you ok bro? You got really worked up about someone with a different opinion than you about Tommy Boy, and then you repeated yourself about a dozen times. I just want to make sure you aren't having a seizure or something. Let us know your ok.
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