Why are modern movies so bad?

[scubascuba3]

29 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

What's the point in going to movies on your own?

Cinemas are ideal places to go on your own. I never did it in the UK but in Thailand it's the way to go. If you take a girl she'll be asleep after 40 minutes

[ianezy0]

41 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

What's the point in going to movies on your own? There are loads and loads of old movies and newer ones you can get on your computer.

I hear you, but sometimes you can’t beat the big screen and a bucket of popcorn. Been single a long time so not really up to sitting in on my own every night and it’s good to get out ????

[Eindhoven]

22 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Cinemas are ideal places to go on your own. I never did it in the UK but in Thailand it's the way to go. If you take a girl she'll be asleep after 40 minutes

 

You are lucky. I rarely get to watch a film when I go with a girl. They seem more interested in other activities. Date a few days ago chose the love seats at the back.

If I actually want to watch a film, I need to download it for watching a home, alone.

Alone, because they inevitably fall asleep at my place, as it's so easy to get comfortable.

 

[sanemax]

2 minutes ago, Eindhoven said:

 

 They seem more interested in other activities. Date a few days ago chose the love seats at the back.

 

 

What did you do in those "love seats" at the back ?

Young teenagers used to go to the cinema for a quick grope , do they still do that these days ?

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

What's the point in going to movies on your own? There are loads and loads of old movies and newer ones you can get on your computer.

LOL. 1917 would be pants on a computer.

What's wrong with going to the cinema on your own?

[Airalee]

57 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

No, I think tv series are the best though I have not seen any really modern ones yet, two that spring to mind

were LA Law, and North and South. Do you get any tv series's as good as them now?

A few TV series that are definitely worth checking out (other than the all time best ‘Breaking Bad’/‘Better Call Saul’) are the ‘Fargo’ series and the first season of ‘True Detective’

[thaibeachlovers]

12 minutes ago, sanemax said:

What did you do in those "love seats" at the back ?

Young teenagers used to go to the cinema for a quick grope , do they still do that these days ?

Days long gone. They went there because parents actually controlled their children- now they let them do anything they like so they probably just do it in one or other bedroom.

[Airalee]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. 1917 would be pants on a computer.

What's wrong with going to the cinema on your own?

I love going to the cinema on my own.  Once in Chiang Mai, I had the whole theater to myself.  Sometimes, I wonder how they make any money as there are so few people when I go on weekdays.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

No, I think tv series are the best though I have not seen any really modern ones yet, two that spring to mind

were LA Law, and North and South. Do you get any tv series's as good as them now?

Gotham, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones ( but not series 8 ). Not recent, but House was brilliant, West Wing too.

[sanemax]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Days long gone. They went there because parents actually controlled their children- now they let them do anything they like so they probably just do it in one or other bedroom.

Yes, I thought that it would be odd for anyone needing to go to the cinema for a grope these days  and unbelievably odd that an adult would need to go to the cinema for a grope .

[WalkingOrders]

I am not sure if they are. I used to have far more time to seek out quality film. Going to art house cinema's , and subscribing to cable channels specializing in independent film. Now I don't, so maybe I just miss them.

 

The majors spend massive budget on blockbusters, short on plot, easy to translate for purpose of foreign market take. That is a real reason from an American film perspective.

[Vacuum]

23 hours ago, BritManToo said:

are movies made in the last 20 years mostly completely worthless.

Short answer; yes.

[bendejo]

John LeCarre wrote a spy novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."

Then there was a Brit TV production of it (Grenada, I think) that I was really impressed with, and the main character (played by Alec Guinness) was exactly as I pictured him. 

In the past decade or so they did a remake of it that I thought was just horrible.  Probably the worst (aside from Gary Oldman being the star, no comment) was the tough guy womanizer (Cumberbatch playing a tough guy?) was turned into a bisexual who wept openly when his roommate left.  Diversity is one thing, but this made it into a joke.

 

 

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, Eindhoven said:

 

You are lucky. I rarely get to watch a film when I go with a girl. They seem more interested in other activities. Date a few days ago chose the love seats at the back.

it's a problem when you are 13 and living with your mum and dad

[Assurancetourix]

20 hours ago, UbonThani said:

Awful movies

 

Drunk people liked them

 

You're unlucky, I never drink alcohol and I don't smoke either;
Is it to increase your number of posts that you often answer anything?

 

Don't like The Blues Brothers! film in which you have a tripotee of blues singers; Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles in gun sales ... and then a genial irreverence with these followers of Hitler;
I guess you don't like Preacher which is a series and not a movie; there you have Hitler in person, Satan, God (with a capital letter for those who believe in him) and an absolutely brilliant Pip Torrens ...

[DrTuner]

8 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

I guess you don't like Preacher which is a series and not a movie; there you have Hitler in person, Satan, God (with a capital letter for those who believe in him) and an absolutely brilliant Pip Torrens ...

First season was good, but the problem with Seth Rogen's creations is they go way overboard sooner or later, as the last season did. Must be all the weed he smokes.

[Assurancetourix]

5 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

First season was good, but the problem with Seth Rogen's creations is they go way overboard sooner or later, as the last season did. Must be all the weed he smokes.

 

I find that they have been relatively successful in making
comic book atmosphere;
as easy as it is to get a book on the screen; as much a comic book, it seems very difficult to me.
Maybe they should have hired Cheech & Chong?

 

 

[RobbyXNorway]

I would recommend checking out Darren Aronofsky's repertoir of movies. Also Nicolas Winding Refn.

 

There is a ton of <deleted> movies and remakes (they dont count as movies) last few years, but a few gems.

 

Standout movies 2000+

Joker, The Dark Knight Returns, 3:10 to Yuma (a notable remake that was actually better), Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas, finnish), Trollhunter (norwegian)

 

Have a look at those and I can see if I remember any more if you like those.

[BritManToo]

30 minutes ago, RobbyXNorway said:

Standout movies 2000+

Joker, The Dark Knight Returns, 3:10 to Yuma (a notable remake that was actually better), Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas, finnish), Trollhunter (norwegian)

 

Have a look at those and I can see if I remember any more if you like those.

Joker, The Dark Knight Returns, 3:10 to Yuma ............ all poop!

No need to remember any more, they'd probably be poop too.

[johnmell]

Far too many movies about comic book heroes these days.Batman done to death, and all those x-men movies.

Best movie ive seen this century was 'There will be blood' , about the early oil industry. Amazing performance from Daniel Day Lewis.

[shy coconut]

On 2/22/2020 at 10:50 AM, Aussiepeter said:

What gives me the most grief is this recent (last ten years or so) fad/perversion of re-making often great classic movies and completely changing the story and filling it with fake computer graphics, sometimes on the pretext that the old one was in B/W (not colour). A perfect example was 'Dunkirk,' the original of which I reckon was a UK classic, albeit in B/W. The new movie of the same name is second-rate and worse still, they completely changed the story line. That folks is precisely why after over fifteen years of visa-stamp-runs (Non-O) to Mae Sai, I now have one of the finest collections of classic movie DVD's around - all at 40 baht a shot ! So, I concur with the OP. 

Funnily enough I watched the original Dunkirk movie on the weekend, seeing it again after

40 years was like bumping into a girl I had the hots for back then, it didn't and she didn't age

well. It was odd seeing just about everybody smoking which is pretty much taboo these days.

 

I haven't seen the remake, although I reckon saving private Ryan was as good as the longest day.

Even my late father was impressed with it, and he was one of those old fogeys who saw the old

days through sepia tinted glasses.

[Daffy D]

Recently stumbled across a remake of Whisky Galore.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4769214/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 

 

Surprisingly it's pretty much like the original which is nice.

 

Not "updated" with any of that PC <deleted>, same sex <deleted> or transgender <deleted> or any other <deleted> you can think of.

 

Just a nice movie with normal people, don't get may of those these days  

[thaibeachlovers]

On 2/23/2020 at 9:58 PM, DrTuner said:

First season was good, but the problem with Seth Rogen's creations is they go way overboard sooner or later, as the last season did. Must be all the weed he smokes.

I learned long ago to avoid any movie with the perpetually annoying Seth Rogan. He's on my list of actors to avoid along with Rebel Wilson and the awful Adam Sandler.

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, shy coconut said:

Funnily enough I watched the original Dunkirk movie on the weekend, seeing it again after

40 years was like bumping into a girl I had the hots for back then, it didn't and she didn't age

well. It was odd seeing just about everybody smoking which is pretty much taboo these days.

 

I haven't seen the remake, although I reckon saving private Ryan was as good as the longest day.

Even my late father was impressed with it, and he was one of those old fogeys who saw the old

days through sepia tinted glasses.

I recently watched A man and a woman. French movie and everyone smoked. The two main characters chainsmoked, though they did acknowledge that smoking was bad.

I'm watching a lot of WW2 movies made during the war, and everyone smoked. Apparently ciggies were included in ration packs.

[thaibeachlovers]

Having fond memories of the original Swallows and Amazons movie ( 1967 ) I just watched the 2016 remake. It was so bad I wanted to have everyone that was involved in making that ( apart from the actors that just do what they are told ) banned from ever making a movie again.

They took a much loved children's story about messing around in boats and playing at pirates and added Russian spies, horrible children and removed all the character development. At the end of the film, i had no inkling as to the main characters personalities, and absolutely no investment in the story. More time was spent on a stupid spy angle that wasn't in the book than on the Amazons.

Modern movies so bad? Worse than bad- atrocious more like.

 

Was there anything positive about the movie? Well at least it didn't have any same sex couples, so small mercies.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 2/23/2020 at 8:42 PM, WalkingOrders said:

I am not sure if they are. I used to have far more time to seek out quality film. Going to art house cinema's , and subscribing to cable channels specializing in independent film. Now I don't, so maybe I just miss them.

 

The majors spend massive budget on blockbusters, short on plot, easy to translate for purpose of foreign market take. That is a real reason from an American film perspective.

Art house cinemas are in short supply outside the USA. Even London didn't have any that I knew of, though a cinema did run an Asian movie series.

[papa al]

Any fiction movie with a gun on the cover/poster is out.

[papa al]

On 2/25/2020 at 7:18 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

Having fond memories of the original Swallows and Amazons movie ( 1967 ) I just watched the 2016 remake.

The porn version sucked too.

[iLuvThai]

On 2/22/2020 at 3:07 AM, 4MyEgo said:

Some modern movies are just downright in your face, I mean who wants to see same sex couples in movies kissing on camera, almost threw up when I saw that, yeh whatever, gay rights and all, but for F sake, perhaps they should consider taking hetrosexual couples out of kissing scenes, so we don't have to show we are equal, because it just sickens me.

 

Don't bother criticising me, it's just something I can't stomach, will publicly say it.

The homosexual community, although a small percentage of the population makes a lot of noise and they have a lot of money so sadly I see what your saying is only going to get worse. 

[watthong]

On 2/22/2020 at 4:07 PM, 4MyEgo said:

Some modern movies are just downright in your face, I mean who wants to see same sex couples in movies kissing on camera, almost threw up when I saw that, yeh whatever, gay rights and all, but for F sake, perhaps they should consider taking hetrosexual couples out of kissing scenes, so we don't have to show we are equal, because it just sickens me.

 

Don't bother criticising me, it's just something I can't stomach, will publicly say it.

As a gay man, I don't feel nausea watching a lesbo sex scene or a guy going down on a gal - for me  whether genital to genital or mouth to genital it's the whole spectrum of human sexuality, nothing revolting about it. A human body is a human body, regardless of gender.

 

What revolting is the behaviour of damning other people's sexuality simply because it's not like yours. Why is it ok for a male's mouth going at it on a vagina or a female's mouth, but not ok on another male's dick or his mouth? As long as it's not pedophilia or necrophilia or bestiality - in short any sexual rigmarole between consensual human adults that's not injurious or wounding or involving children and animals (simply because these two groups could not consent to have sex with anyone) then it's all "normal" sex to me. I did find revolting the subject of a docu (not porn) some years ago about a group of gay men having sex with horses, some deaths resulted from such sexual activities - luckily not on the part of the horses I might say.

 

On 2/22/2020 at 4:18 PM, SteveK said:

Actually, Brokeback Mountain turned out to be a good film, I watched it last month. Like you I put off watching it all these years for the very same opinion.

Brokeback Mountain was able to cross the gay barrier because it had a sad ending for the male closeted character. Had he come out of his closet and been able to live a decent open gay life, the movie would not have been that popular. I did not see BM simply because it promoted such defeatist life-style for the gay community. BM's director, Ang Lee ("Crouching tiger", "the life of Pi" etc.) also made an earlier movie ("the Wedding Banquet") in which the gay character had to get married and on wedding night had sex with his bride while highly inebriated, that did not sit well with me either.