FarCryss wrote:Obviously this is all a matter of opinion, however, I do notice one thing that I'll point out since I'm a nerd. Yes, you've seen more movies than me (exactly 100, apparently, lol), but since 2010 I've watched something like 240 movies that were released between 2010-2014 and you've watched only 77.
If anything, that should cause me to rank 2010-2014 films
higher than if I watched 240 of them, no?
The fewer films ones watches from a given era, the higher the average score tends to be, because one is going for the best pictures, or at least those one is most interested in.
FarCryss wrote:So my advice to you: don't embrace the idea that modern movies are shit,
Where are you getting this moronic notion from? Certainly not from anything that I wrote. I wrote that modern
Hollywood pictures
tend to be
disappointing. But that's a far cry from "modern movies are shit!"
This is also what I hate the most about so many Internet discussions. You write statement X, and then the other person responds to an entirely different statement Y. Usually, Y will be ridiculously exaggerated and obviously stupid.
FarCryss wrote: and try to watch more of them. I guarantee you'll find a lot of great stuff you love -- even some that are popular.
What makes you think I'm avoiding anything based on the year it came out? I watch a movie if the plot and director interest me, no other factors.
FarCryss wrote:Almost anytime I talk to somebody who groans about modern art I tend to pry a little and ask "Well, how much have you really been exposed to?" and more often than not, it's very little.
This is a fair point, but I don't believe it applies to me here. I keep a very close track on all the indie and highly-regarded new films that come out through a variety of sites.