Do you find movies of today to be just as good as movies from the 80s and 90s?

[Devilinurear]

It's hard to recreate the feeling people had when they first saw a classic. Look at the new lion king. It's word for word pretty much but don't have the magic. Show kids the cartoon and they'll love it like we did.

There were a lot of new ideas in the 80s and 90s some good most bad but even some of the bad ones were entertaining. People are afraid to be different when it comes to movies now. Afraid to try anything new story wise. Only a few dare and are pretty sucessful at it.

People say this all the time. There are tons of original independent movies. Go watch them.

 

[hayesc0]

The fukk are you talking about. All them shyts are the same.

damn near everyone is agreeing to some extent but yeah I'm just talking crazy.

 

[Devilinurear]

damn near everyone is agreeing to some extent but yeah I'm just talking crazy.

Because yall dont know what the fukk yall are talking about. What changed besides special effects that made the 80 and 90s different?.
Oh nostalgia. Maybe
Tons of shyt movies were made but yall prop up the good ones like that is all they were making.

 

[MenacingMonk]

The comedy genre is basically dead. Dramas really don’t stand out as much. Animation and horror are the top dogs, but barely anything stands out.

 

[Take It In Blood]

I find modern tv (The Wire, Thrones, Sopranos, Breaking Bad etc) to be better than movies from any era to be honest


Imo u can't properly tell a story in 2 hours in change

 

[mr x]

80s was kinda light imo...comparing it to decades that both preceded and succeeded it.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

fukk no.

YA trilogies and cinematic universes were the worst things to happen to film.

 

[bnew]

TV is MURDERING movies for the most part, in my opinion. And yes, I have been watching some of these movies with the set pieces, and the effort seems to have been a lot higher than back then, even if the plot didnt age well.
Was watching Casper, and the effects in that movie hold up very well, and the house was a great set piece

The look and "feel" of movies often took you to another world in the 80s and 90s, but I rarely get that feeling from newer movies.

i hear people say they don't like watching tv and i'm like . for the last 15 years television has had some masterful stories, performances and visuals.

 

[bnew]

theres been a lot of good movies this past decade. they usually don't get a big advertising budget so you haven't heard of them.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Not at all... Nothing but Superhero movies and remakes with a rare gem here and there...

Especially when it comes to Horror, Comedy and Hood movies... They all lacking. Like what was the last good hood movie?

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

80s was kinda light imo...comparing it to decades that both preceded and succeeded it.

The 80s gave us most of the greatest action, comedy and adventure films of all time bruh.

If u wanna say drama wise then maybe it ain't fukkin wit 70s and 90s. But in no way was the 80s lite.

 

[darryl]

The more time goes on the more it seems like the 80s was the goat decade. Wish I could've lived through it

 

[I love Latina women]

No

 

[semicko82]

The more time goes on the more it seems like the 80s was the goat decade. Wish I could've lived through it

 

[dish lowry]

nope. mid 90s was probably the last great period in movies. they didn't make weird hybrid films. Action movies were unapologetically stupid but Fun....In JCVD, theres a scene where Van Damme talks about all the bad films he's made & how he's not proud of his career...i'm like what PR firm got into his ear about That shyt? he made Legit Classics w/ regular people, its the new films that suck....they're all gloomy & depressing.

i lived next to a theater in 91 & saw: T2, Last Boy Scout, Hudson Hawk, New Jack City, Necessary Roughness, People Under The Stairs, The Fisher King, etc. it made me a huge fan of movies...if i was a kid today, i wouldn't even bother.


and indie films were very much alive in the 90s. IFC would give half hour profiles of directors like Joseph B Vasquez & Abel Ferrara. treated em like rock stars. now theres no outlet for indies so its dead.