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Re: Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix

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Post by aceazzameen »

phantasmish wrote: post #50
speedgoose wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Poop doesn’t get better with age. But you have good movies in the 2010s.

I have seen tons of great movies made after 2010, but must admit I’m having trouble thinking of any blockbuster -type movies that stand up to the best of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Does Fury Road count? I dunno. The closest I can get aside from that are a couple Tarantino movies. Jurassic Park, the first Mission Impossible movie, Aliens, Jaws, hell even Independence Day. Nothing’s quite up there. Lots that are a kind of…

Fury Road definitely counts in my book.

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Post by tim333 »

M95D wrote: post #113

I miss car crashes - realistic crashes like in Mad Max 1, not explosions or rollover on a hidden ramp. I guess cars are too expensive these days to crash them for a movie.

I thought Max Max Fury Road was cool. Though they spent crazy money on vehicles for that so maybe it agrees with your point.

I mean Max 1 is ok https://youtu.be/Utj2o2eWdC0?t=93

But fury was kind of epic https://youtu.be/hEJnMQG9ev8?t=118

both seem to have some ramps and explosions.

Re: Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix

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Post by TitaRusell »

snicky wrote: post #38
speedgoose wrote: post #11

> Maybe I'm just nostalgic. Maybe I'm romanticizing the past. But when I finish a good movie, I can sit there thinking about them for hours, even days depending on the movie. When I finish most modern blockbusters, I'm already thinking about dinner. And that difference, I think, says everything. I don’t watch modern most blockbusters because I don’t enjoy them in general. I watch a few that I know I will likely enjoy…

> The Netflix catalog is full of not so good movies, and the video rental shops in the 90s were too. I subscribed to Netflix for a year or two when the platform became popular, but I quickly realized it resembles those old school rental shops too much. Yes, you could get some popular classics like The Godfather or Goodfellas, but apart from that you were stuck with another crime story or a comedy with Steve Martin or…

Netflix is the replacement for cable television. Their job is not to make movies like the Godfather. It's to make CSI.

Re: Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix

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Post by bentt »

duxup wrote: post #101
bentt wrote: post #47

There is only so much top talent to go around. We cannot have infinite new content at the same quality as the best Hollywood could do in the 90s.

I'm inclined to agree, although I have to wonder where the money is going. Seeing plenty of BIG budget shows and movies where the dialogue and writing are just dreadful ... I gotta think those shows and movies could have outbid for better talent, but they just chose not to when it came to the creative team. I'm thinking of productions like Star Wars Acolyte where the story and writing were just dreadful ... and they…

My bet is that the content schedule and need to fill the pipeline is so much faster that decisions get made hastily in service of metrics. You can call it Lord of the Rings, but that doesn’t make it so.

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Post by TiredOfLife »

tim333 wrote: post #114
M95D wrote: post #113

I miss car crashes - realistic crashes like in Mad Max 1, not explosions or rollover on a hidden ramp. I guess cars are too expensive these days to crash them for a movie.

I thought Max Max Fury Road was cool. Though they spent crazy money on vehicles for that so maybe it agrees with your point. I mean Max 1 is ok https://youtu.be/Utj2o2eWdC0?t=93 But fury was kind of epic https://youtu.be/hEJnMQG9ev8?t=118 both seem to have some ramps and explosions.

Majority if not all shots in fury road are heavily cgi enhanced if not fully cgi.

Re: Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix

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Post by mr3martinis »

Herzog talks about actually hauling the boat over the hill in Fitzcaraldo because audiences can tell real from fake. Nowadays even movies that don’t use special effects rely much more on editing and post processing. Movies shot on film feel more connected to what actually happened on set.

Re: Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 »

ToucanLoucan wrote: post #24
mandevil wrote: post #18

A big part of this is that modern movies are carefully calibrated so that you can follow along while sitting on your couch focused on your phone. Movies in the 1990's didn't need to have so much clanky dialog explaining, in careful detail, why we were someplace. The writers and directors could presume that the audience was actually paying attention to the movie, and so would make the necessary inferences. Modern movi…

My most "old woman yells at cloud" opinion is the fucking DISEASE of smartphones that is truly a cancer in our society. Don't get me wrong, I love mine, and they're completely possible to use in a way that coexists with the rest of your tech and life, but my god, the wide adoption of them has demonstrated the majority of our population has the regulation capacity of a fucking carrot. And my inner artist is absolutely…

Hear hear. I will admit that phones everywhere ( including full speed on highway ) made me finally consider something along the lines of 'you drop the phone in this bowl upon entry in this household'( this should be easier to accomplish at movies where you tend to have codes of conduct, terms of service and the like ). It is getting really bad and it is hard to escape.

Re: Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix

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Post by kouru225 »

How did this article get so many upvotes? Even among articles that pine for the good old days, this article is trash. Like 80% of it is just saying “remember that movie? And the things we thought were meaningful back then?”

The idea that modern movies don’t take risks is absurd. Have you seen Poor Things? Have you seen Zone of Interest? Mickey17? OBAA? There are more movies taking more risks in this era of film than there has ever been before. You’re just not watching them.

The real story here is the way lighting has changed and how it makes you feel when you watch the movie.

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