Your job is to entertain me.
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The vast majority of movies have always been shit. And before you say 'Yes, but what about the classics????', how many movies from 1968 or 1935 does anybody go back and actually watch?
wrote on 28 May 2021, 13:03 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Your job is to entertain me.:
The vast majority of movies have always been shit. And before you say 'Yes, but what about the classics????', how many movies from 1968 or 1935 does anybody go back and actually watch?
Anywhere from five to seven a week.
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@doctor-phibes said in Your job is to entertain me.:
The vast majority of movies have always been shit. And before you say 'Yes, but what about the classics????', how many movies from 1968 or 1935 does anybody go back and actually watch?
Who reads the best seller novelists of the 50’s, 60’s,70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s?
The variety of new entertaining content I have access to has never been so great. I never get in the middle of an argument with a super fan or critic. A book, a movie, a sporting event, a concert either captures my full attention in the moment or it doesn’t. That’s what I call entertainment.
wrote on 28 May 2021, 13:04 last edited by@loki said in Your job is to entertain me.:
@doctor-phibes said in Your job is to entertain me.:
The vast majority of movies have always been shit. And before you say 'Yes, but what about the classics????', how many movies from 1968 or 1935 does anybody go back and actually watch?
Who reads the best seller novelists of the 50’s, 60’s,70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s?
The variety of new entertaining content I have access to has never been so great. I never get in the middle of an argument with a super fan or critic. A book, a movie, a sporting event, a concert either captures my full attention in the moment or it doesn’t. That’s what I call entertainment.
I'll routinely go back and read some of those guys. Granted, many times it's a specific genre, but read I do.
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He makes some good points.
But, when it comes to making a Youtube video, your job is to not bore me.
wrote on 28 May 2021, 13:19 last edited by@george-k said in Your job is to entertain me.:
He makes some good points.
But, when it comes to making a Youtube video, your job is to not bore me.
I lost interest in that interview a lot more quickly than I do in an average movie.
Sturgeon, heal thyself!
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 14:33 last edited by
Makes me think > entertains me.
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 14:43 last edited by
Slacker! You should be able to just think without being made to.
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 14:46 last edited by
He goes on about Citizen Kane, but he doesn't mention all the shit that was being made back then. People always do that. It's like bemoaning the lack of The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, but conveniently forgetting the fact that pretty much all the other pop music was dross.
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 14:48 last edited by
I tried to watch Citizen Kane once. I was not entertained.
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 14:52 last edited by
@horace said in Your job is to entertain me.:
I tried to watch Citizen Kane once. I was not entertained.
Yeah, it didn't do much for me, either. I find old movies awful. I hate that phoney faux British accent they all put on, and the squeaky buttoned-down morals.
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 15:13 last edited by
@klaus said in Your job is to entertain me.:
Makes me think > entertains me.
Don't ever want to park your brain at the theater door?
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 15:14 last edited by
I really liked pretty much all the Marvel movies.
They're not exactly thought-provoking.
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@klaus said in Your job is to entertain me.:
Makes me think > entertains me.
Don't ever want to park your brain at the theater door?
wrote on 28 May 2021, 15:27 last edited by@jolly said in Your job is to entertain me.:
@klaus said in Your job is to entertain me.:
Makes me think > entertains me.
Don't ever want to park your brain at the theater door?
Yes, sometimes. I can enjoy a mindless Marvel CGI superhero movie once a year. But not twice or thrice a year.
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wrote on 28 May 2021, 15:41 last edited by Doctor Phibes
For me, one of the highlights of having young kids was taking them to the movies. Even though most kids' movies today are admittedly very PC, and driven by wokeness, you can still enjoy them. It's living in the moment.
It was a sad day when my two said they'd rather go to the movies with their own stupid friends.
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He makes some good points.
But, when it comes to making a Youtube video, your job is to not bore me.
wrote on 28 May 2021, 16:46 last edited by@george-k said in Your job is to entertain me.:
He makes some good points.
But, when it comes to making a Youtube video, your job is to not bore me.
POTD
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The vast majority of movies have always been shit. And before you say 'Yes, but what about the classics????', how many movies from 1968 or 1935 does anybody go back and actually watch?
wrote on 29 May 2021, 02:40 last edited by Copper@doctor-phibes said in Your job is to entertain me.:
does anybody go back and actually watch?
I've been watching Oklahoma on Disney+
It has me rolling in the aisles, I love it
The lack of wokeness is shocking
Shocking
Woke standards have changed so much in the last 50 years.
John Wayne movies too, try The Quiet Man or McLintock, misogynist! Awesome!
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wrote on 30 May 2021, 00:19 last edited by
I think that there are good movies from each year. But some are so specific to that particular time and year, that yes, if you go back 10-20 later and watch them, you think, "Wow, that isn't a good movie".
To me, it should be more, "That was a good movie when it was made, but today has different interests, trends, different time of your life, etc, so it is still a good movie, but not today" (Hope that makes sense)