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Why Are Modern Blockbusters So... Not Very Good? | Some More News (www.youtube.com)
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[-] 1bluepixel@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

There's a form of recency bias at play. We tend to compare recent middling movies with the ones we remember from the past, which tend to be the exceptions. But trust me, there were some very shitty blockbusters in prior decades as well.

Give it a decade or two, and people will remember the '20s as a decade of amazing blockbusters. I mean, heck, we had Barbie and Oppenheimer in theaters at the same time just a few weeks ago. The fact these two movies were released the same weekend is gonna blow people's minds in twenty years.

[-] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

I doubt Oppenheimer is gonna be talked about in 5 years, nevermind Barbie. These movies just don't have that kind of lasting impact, especially with the oversaturation of the media market at the moment

[-] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

You think the only major film about Oppenheimer is not going to be played endlessly in history classes?

[-] HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Well it's really long. Maybe they'll play an abridged cut

[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

First of all, how dare you?

The name of that movie will echo throughout history and be remembered for eternity as the greatest movie ever made, starring the greatest character actress who ever lived. (also, finally win an Oscar)

(Due to strike rules, I was totally talking about Oppenheimer, of course.)

[-] HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I think people would rather talk about Spider Verse and Glass Onion

[-] TurboLag@lemmings.world 11 points 10 months ago

TL;DW?

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

…Actually, maybe that’s part of the issue?

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is a 50 minute long video, not a 5-10 minute article to read and no comment here is longer than a few dozen words.

So how insightful is it?

Part of the issue may be that youtube videos like this are often terrible at getting to the point (10 minutes spent on why modern CGI is bad...) and the details could be covered in a much shorter time-frame.

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