Not that i disagree with anything you said. just think you're off topic. None of this has anything to do with being politically correct. what you say is true about movies becoming attractions, but those films weren't PC back then
Tarantino said the 80's was one of the worst decades for movies b/c too PC, likable characters
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humminbird
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they hate popular films from that era because it was the beginning of the franchise films
they hate popular films from that era because it was the beginning of the franchise films
nah man just because major films was dropping the F word and the N word for no reason doesn't it PC. Nothing was "PC" really about those 80's movies they just had to convey emotions differently.
I mean Dirty Dancing couldn't be made in the 70's 
I was thinking the 80s was the greatest decade of movies. 80s had hits that don't even get airplay anymore that's how many good movies there were.
Seeks like people was trying to elevate the game back then.
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still a goat film tho
zerorequiem
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Movies from the 80s are still being copied and rehashed today. It's been since Tarantino been in the news so he had to say something off the wall.
It's provocative, gets the people going.
It's provocative, gets the people going.
Its not that cut and dry though. The 80s was the heyday of rogue antihero cops who broke all kinds of laws to catch the bad guy. The lovable losers meme also took off in the 80s; e.g. Revenge of the Nerds or Stripes where it wasnt the disciplined, Dudley Doright you rooted for.
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80s movies PC?
We talking about an era where rated R movies were marketed towards kids. You think you gonna see any toy commercials for the suicide squad on cable tv today?
There would be Starro Jotunheim sets.
I get what he's saying. A lot of 80s stuff was cheesy, everything had real bright packaging, Spielberg and Reagan propaganda etc. 70s had stuff like "The Conversation" or "Parallax View." Even the big blockbusters from that era had that gritty, artsy feeling
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Yea this shyt been irking me all day that he had the audacity to say some shyt like that. Politically correct? Sounds like he was just more into blaxploitation movies when there was a big audience for it in the 70s and not so much in the 80s. I guess he was one of those kids that hated Star Wars back in the day but loved Superfly, Willie Dynamite, (don’t get me wrong I love these too) and Spaghetti Westerns. It sounds like what he doesn't like is the commercialization of movies and how it became big business with toys lines sold to middle America.
I mean the 80s was the time when money was flowing like crazy and the stock market was booming of course they had the money to market the straight laced corny character but it’s not like it wasn’t a lane for other scumbag characters as well. Nothing was politically correct back then especially in the movie industry. If anything now is the worst time for movies. Genres are pretty much gone now. You think they could’ve made Police Academy movies (Blue Oyster scenes) nowadays? Hell to the naw.
I mean the 80s was the time when money was flowing like crazy and the stock market was booming of course they had the money to market the straight laced corny character but it’s not like it wasn’t a lane for other scumbag characters as well. Nothing was politically correct back then especially in the movie industry. If anything now is the worst time for movies. Genres are pretty much gone now. You think they could’ve made Police Academy movies (Blue Oyster scenes) nowadays? Hell to the naw.
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posters getting caught up on the PC comment and not really listening to what he said shows just how poor people's cognitive skills have become...one listen should make it clear he isn't talking about PC in the sense other old white guys complain about "PC" do...He clearly thinks movies got dumbed down and directors got handcuffed to make films more appealing for audiences.
It's not about portraying minorities in better way or using slurs less if at all...but rather dumbing down characters to negate entire films to make dumb viewers feel good at the end of 2 hours. Interesting ideas aren't fully explored because after an hour, the next 20 mins are being spent reversing all of that to fit in the cliche a$$hole turns good ending. Same way we shyt on the Jennifer Aniston rom-coms, well Tarantino is hinting that the 80s started that trend.
It's not about portraying minorities in better way or using slurs less if at all...but rather dumbing down characters to negate entire films to make dumb viewers feel good at the end of 2 hours. Interesting ideas aren't fully explored because after an hour, the next 20 mins are being spent reversing all of that to fit in the cliche a$$hole turns good ending. Same way we shyt on the Jennifer Aniston rom-coms, well Tarantino is hinting that the 80s started that trend.
