Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Why Movies Suck Now

There are podcasts out there that de-construct movies. Classic well regarded movies simply because it's the Millenial thing to do. Shit on a movie and laugh. You wonder why movies today suck. They are why.
Let me explain,
In my youth people use to stare up at clouds and see shapes and animals. That was called an imagination. Today...people don't do that. They have zero ability to fill in gaps in their brains because they are too smart. In other words, our brains look at clouds now and don't see bunny rabbits, you see the cumulus ridges that would lead to precipitation in three days. We're too smart.
When speaking of a movie in today's standards are considered corny, such as "The Karate Kid" (1984) they laugh at a Japanese fix-it man who befriends a kid who is bullied. Then dissects every instance how implausible this scenario is. Because we're jaded, cynical and too smart for our own good. In the 1980's we were okay with it, because the scenario was innocent. Like having an All-Valley Karate Tournament where people actually attended. Angry cynical Millenials scoff at this. When has this ever happened? Motherfucker, I've been to them. Though NOT that crowded, the sense was, it felt like that through the eyes of Daniel Larusso.

Okay...perfect example the 1979 movie "Alien" versus "Alien: Convenant" Same director. In "Alien" you had mystery, there were dark things in drippy water. It was claustrophobic and scary. You can't escape. Your mind wandered. It made up things much worse than was on screen. Then they gave you a flash of violence. And it really hurt.

"Alien: Convenant" pandered to these assholes who would dissect the movie ad nauseum. So director Ridley Scott blinded them with bullshit. In other words, he knew they would shit on the movie, why not just give them what they want. You start to bend story to how you would be perceived versus what makes a good story. Who wants to be the next guy on the "How Did This Get Made" website. So even a seasonal filmmaker like Ridley Scott tried his hardest to please these social media warriors.

Why did "Get Out" work so well? It was a movie, really, about other movies. It was an appreciation for classic "Twilight Zone" story telling with social commentary. It was a breath of fresh air because it was a nod to cinema the way it USE to be. The small details of the movie were so well hidden. Stupid things smart people think about for instance...
people having a conversation in one location...they continue that same conversation at a different location. Why do movies do that? Saves time. It's REALLY dumb when you stop to consider that they must have had more words to say on the car ride to the next location. Instead, a Millenial would point out details like that as a poor example of filmmaking. What happens then? They guide the shittiness of movies today. They destroyed the magic that was cinema. What was built in over 100 years, they arrogantly tear down like a child having a tantrum.
The filmmaking language has died because of it. Now the idiots are lapping up brain dead dreck and thinking it's the same thing. Poor poor public.

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