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Chi67

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45. I'm 58

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:53 PM

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I couldn’t disagree with you more. While I do like many older films, there’s no way you can argue they were better. Filmmaking has vastly improved. So have storytelling methods. The difference today is simply over saturation. There are too many being made right now, so of course many are bad.

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Me neither. ananda 8 hrs ago #30

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The ads kill it for me nikatnyte 7 hrs ago #53

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Never heard of Les... I'll have to look him up!! InAbLuEsTaTe 9 hrs ago #17

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Yup. We just wait till they're streaming. NT Happy Hoosier 9 hrs ago #10

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Netflix & Chill. Nt Fiendish Thingy 7 hrs ago #47

Are you saying I should just get Netflix and not worry about movie theaters? ... aggiesal 7 hrs ago #54

You've never heard that phrase? Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #58

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me three BlueWaveNeverEnd 20 min ago #92

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Batman 1989 was that for me!!! Coventina 5 hrs ago #72

the collective experience of watching "weapons", "sinners", "predator badlands"! and others BlueWaveNeverEnd 18 min ago #94

... and there's always someone to annoy you! buzzycrumbhunger 2 hrs ago #81

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Entertainment choices have changed Johnny2X2X 9 hrs ago #16

And the theater to streaming pipeline is insane anymore. Initech 9 hrs ago #20

Yeah, I think they struggled to modernize Johnny2X2X 9 hrs ago #25

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My local theatres are responding by cutting matinees. meadowlander 9 hrs ago #22

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DU has had a weird bent against movies/theaters BannonsLiver 9 hrs ago #26

that may be true but hopefully my comment is taken as intended eg a refutation of Goetz' argument GreatGazoo 8 hrs ago #28

Interesting. Given that most posters here are 65+ that would track. BannonsLiver 8 hrs ago #29

The older we get the more we experience the present through the filter of the past. GreatGazoo 8 hrs ago #35

I'm 58 Chi67 7 hrs ago #45

I love a challenge. Taste is subjective but here goes GreatGazoo 6 hrs ago #65

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Yep Chi67 7 hrs ago #43

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Sometimes, I think I'd like to try a cruise Bettie 2 hrs ago #79

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Probably....but Bettie 21 min ago #91

Yeah it can't be fun BannonsLiver 17 min ago #95

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2025 ain't over yet and some big ones are coming out this week GreatGazoo 6 hrs ago #68

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Thanks! I printed this out for home viewing. I trust you more than Maola Dargis (NYT). LAS14 1 hr ago #85

You're welcome NoRethugFriends 1 hr ago #86

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Super Mario Bros! Halicarnassus 8 hrs ago #36

All you see if old actors, sorry but true! Where are the new young actors? CarolinaNC 7 hrs ago #39

What in the world are you talking about? NoRethugFriends 2 hrs ago #76

My daughter recommended seeing Nuremberg. I trust her recommendations, so I'll probably go Friday night. n/t aggiesal 7 hrs ago #40

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I disagree with the title, but I agree with everything else... judy 7 hrs ago #57

I try not to nostalgia lens things Sympthsical 6 hrs ago #60

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Very good point... judy 7 hrs ago #52

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Related? LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #70

About $20 using an app. Rhiagel 4 hrs ago #74

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