Has there been a time worse for movies?

[PogromStallone]

I saw a few videos on this, and it's essentially because the mid budget movie has all but been erased.

The mid budget movie has mostly disappeared but if you compare the blockbusters of any other decade to today's blockbusters, the quality is vastly different. I recently went through a couple of the 00's blockbusters that got shat on and they are so much better than what we get today. But they were savaged by critics and audiences while the films of today get unending praise.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

The mid budget movie has mostly disappeared but if you compare the blockbusters of any other decade to today's blockbusters, the quality is vastly different. I recently went through a couple of the 00's blockbusters that got shat on and they are so much better than what we get today. But they were savaged by critics and audiences while the films of today get unending praise.

I’ve noticed that too, I guess they’re now seen as at least decent compared to everything today. So many times I’ve tried watching newer movies and just tap out. Either it’s how it’s shot, I can’t get into the characters, awful cgi (that shit really dates a movie) or all of the above. I know it’s hack to mention but you look at Terminator 2’s special effects and they still hold up / look good and that came out over 30 years ago. Now you got movies that the special effects look like shit and dated 2 years after it comes out.

 

[bumbum8]

The mid budget movie has mostly disappeared but if you compare the blockbusters of any other decade to today's blockbusters, the quality is vastly different. I recently went through a couple of the 00's blockbusters that got shat on and they are so much better than what we get today. But they were savaged by critics and audiences while the films of today get unending praise.

True, and it's crazy how well those movies hold up, but that's also why the mid budget film is so important now. Blockbusters back then were made for the American audience whereas now, as someone mentioned before, they're made for the Chinese, who seemingly just want to look at pretty lights for 2 hours.

Mid budget movies that come out now and fly under the radar bring me back to watching movies when I was younger. Good story, not overly long (seriously, when did even the little kids movies get to be 2 hours plus long?) and no need to leave anything open for sequels.

Then again, I guess it's just time for another country to take over making good shit. Korean movies and shows seem to be what's what now.

 

[ChimpanZ]

Only anime I got into was Attack on Titan. Tried Cowboy Bebop, Death Note and some other series during covid but couldn't get more than two episodes in any of them.

What am I missing?

Watch the movie redline. Most visually impressive movie I’ve ever seen

 

[Racist Google Intern]

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Enjoy japanese media while it lasts, it is gonna be an extension of american propaganda in 5-10 years.

 

[Coonskin]

The silent era was pretty shit

 

[Racist Google Intern]

Watch the movie redline. Most visually impressive movie I’ve ever seen

Still hum redliiiiiine in my head what a masterpiece of animation.

 

[Toast]

Read a book, yah queers.

 

[Jenna]

Everything's TV now. Movie theaters are for Taylor Swift sing-alongs. Television has been evolving, from "story of the week" shit in the 60s and 70s, shows like Hill Street Blues & Twin Peaks doing season-long arcs, then the critical acclaim for shows like Sopranos & Breaking Bad, and finally the shift into streaming platforms.

Stranger Things could have been a movie + sequels. Ditto for Squid Game. WEDNESDAY. But everyone makes more money stretching out a decent idea into 10 episodes and then future seasons. Still have guys like Scorsese and Tarantino preaching how important cinema is, but they'll throw mindless, hot IP shit like Mario, Sonic, 5 Nights at Freddies into a movie and wrap it up in 110 minutes. While something like Last of Us gets multiple seasons so you can shoehorn in a "gay Ron Swanson" episode.

 

[Chive Turkey]

I think the deepest nadir was around five-seven years ago. There's been quite a few changes since then that might be leading to a positive change. Capeshit and nostalgiabait are reliably underperforming and getting axed, Disney's losing money, the returns on these massively overfunded CGI fuckfests are dwindling, and the streaming market is a lot more competitive than it was back then. It does seem like there's a subtle shift going on towards more reasonably-priced, conventional blockbusters and more room for creatives because the assembly line dog shit method hasn't been as reliably profitable as it used to be.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

And I read manga now.

I tried to read one of my cousin’s but the story seemed like it was backwards.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

The early 2000s had a shocking amount of god awful movies.

The Day After Tomorrow
Master of Disguise
Down To You
40 Days and 40 Nights
I Am Sam
Loser
The Perfect Storm
Coyote Ugly
Van Wilder
The Animal
Down to Earth
The Wedding Planner
Corky Romano
Slackers
V for Vendetta
Waiting
Monkeybone
Bring It On
Charlie’s Angels
Hollow Man
Saving Silverman
The Brothers
The Village
Bedazzled
Not Another Teen Movie
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
The Hot Chick
Unbreakable
Empire
Joe Dirt
Dude, Where’s My Car?
Terminator 3
Mr Deeds
Exit Wounds
Save the Last Dance
007: Die Another Day
Jurassic Park 3
Orange County
Jeepers Creepers
Bad Company
John Q

It goes on and on. The awful Apatow comedy era started around here too. Big brand movies, romcoms, stoner movies, action, there was a shocking amount of bad stuff.

But even so, it’s not as bad as today’s superhero saturation and social lecture films.

Are you retarded? “Dude Where’s my Car” is a cinematic masterpiece. It’s like “Step Brothers” meets Kubrick.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

The highest grossing movie of the year was based on a famous toy doll for girls. That’s where are in terms of movies - it’s going to be few and far between to see great original movies and even then going to the movies is not as popular as it once was. You had for decades people would go to the movies and sometimes see something they didn’t want to because the movie they wanted to see was sold out but it was something to do. Even the idea of “Summer Blockbusters” seems long gone - might have one or two but not like it used to be.

It’s similar to Malls - for years having a restaurant in the mall was easy money thanks to all the constant foot traffic. Now you got Malls that are ghost owns. With movies most people will just wait to watch it at home on streaming.

 

[TonyDanzasBalls]

Only anime I got into was Attack on Titan. Tried Cowboy Bebop, Death Note and some other series during covid but couldn't get more than two episodes in any of them.

What am I missing?

Autism

 

[Meownaw]

I tried to read one of my cousin’s but the story seemed like it was backwards.

Vurry good

 

[The Talking Dead]

It was ok. Faggots act like its literally the best movie of the decade…it was just alright.

True. It dragged so much in the last hour after the Trinity test. It was also obnoxious how everyone, including Nolan, kept going on about how amazing Downey Jr is in it. He really wasn't that great. His scenes were boring af for the most part.

 

[Sue Lightning]

True. It dragged so much in the last hour after the Trinity test. It was also obnoxious how everyone, including Nolan, kept going on about how amazing Downey Jr is in it. He really wasn't that great. His scenes were boring af for the most part.

His character fucking sucked. Lewis Straus was an insanely complicated person IRL. And the movie made him out to be a deranged and paranoid archetypal villain. It was retarded. The biggest drag on the movie is the fact that …it’s a movie. So you have all this unnecessary shit added in because it has to be a film rather than a documentary.

 

[CumiaPoodle]

Only anime I got into was Attack on Titan. Tried Cowboy Bebop, Death Note and some other series during covid but couldn't get more than two episodes in any of them.

What am I missing?

Took me three really hard tries to get into it. The hottest girl I ever had the pleasure of seeing their tits. (God damn that was a bad sentence) got me into it. I just fucking couldn’t dude.

Then my fourth try when I wanted to enjoy something that really took me out the world I live in. It just clicked. I can’t watch a movie or god forbid a show nowadays without seeing it technically. “That was a bed edit ah fuck that’s terrible dialogue. What a horrible shot”. Same thing with comedy.

I can watch anime and have no idea how they drew the shit. How they arrived at the idea of making a dude a debt collector who has a demon pig with a chainsaw as a snout. Making the Nigga get chopped into pieces then the fucking pig crawls into his chest. Now he’s a pissed off debt collector who can pull a string and become half chainsaw Lmfaooo. It’s so autistic that my brain stops any analyzation.

Also some times they have really good OST. When you find a show that has great drawing animation OST voice acting and there’s a debt collector who is half chainsaw. It’s very fun. With that said it took me a long time to get into the shit. Then a year of watching to get manga. Which brought me to American comic books. Not gay ass Superman but I’m reading one rn that’s a supernatural serial killer murdering people in Honduras which happens to my personal dream.

 

[CumiaPoodle]

Watch the movie redline. Most visually impressive movie I’ve ever seen

Never heard of this ima check it out.

 

[CumiaPoodle]

Read a book, yah queers.

I do read books toast. I’m reading the possessed rn finished crime and punishment. The possesed is PFG so far. Small book so I’m taking it slow.