Thread: Last movie you saw - and rate it

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Good movies are good movies!

Yup agreed. But not all time greats in retrospect

Originally Posted by King87

Film nerds bathing in the nostalgia. Preening their pretentious feathers. Most of those films are ancient and the bias existed back then in 98, too.

The point is you're complaining about how a list designed to contain old movies has old movies. Your criticism is unfair, insignificant, and bad. Biases exist with every single list ever made and to point it out is far from revolutionary.

Old movies can be good, often are, and it should not be a surprise when a list highlighting the history and influence of American cinema puts a bunch of old movies on it.

The belief that liking old movies is pretentious because new movies are better is quite pretentious.

Sorry they didn't put Infinity War on the list, King.

Casablanca is an all time great. This is an objective opinion.

Originally Posted by aberdien

Sorry they didn't put Infinity War on the list, King.

That’s a shit movie, anyway...

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

That’s a shit movie, anyway...

Are you saying Casablance is better than Avergers Infinity War? How dare you, you pretentious son of a bitch!

Originally Posted by aberdien

Are you saying Casablance is better than Avergers Infinity War? How dare you, you pretentious son of a bitch!

Hey now you get it!

Originally Posted by aberdien

The point is you're complaining about how a list designed to contain old movies has old movies. Your criticism is unfair, insignificant, and bad. Biases exist with every single list ever made and to point it out is far from revolutionary.

Old movies can be good, often are, and it should not be a surprise when a list highlighting the history and influence of American cinema puts a bunch of old movies on it.

The belief that liking old movies is pretentious because new movies are better is quite pretentious.

No!

Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

Yup agreed. But not all time greats in retrospect

My Fair Lady is a great, great flick. The list is somewhat pretentious and self-congratulatory (Blair Witch is a great friggin film)...go ahead and make a list. Maybe I will.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Casablanca is an all time great. This is an objective opinion.

I have tried to watch it twice but always lose to the sleep monster.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

I went through the AFI top 25 a few years ago and it was pretty fun. I was surprised how well some of those movies hold up, and also surprised at how many I just didn't care for. Still worth it, though. https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies/

I think my least favorites were the musicals. Just never my cup of tea, though La La Land had some good moments.

I'm going to have to check some of those out.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

I have tried to watch it twice but always lose to the sleep monster.

Consider this a personal failure.

I won’t back down on this.

The Godfather is a boring movie. Don't @ me.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Consider this a personal failure.

I won’t back down on this.

You're probably right. I'll get to it sometime after the wife and I finish Hanna.

Originally Posted by aberdien

The Godfather is a boring movie. Don't @ me.

I hope you die.