Same reason other countries will have foreign roles in their native language (and/or played by native actors).

“Oh you were dissatisfied by the quality of X popcorn click? Didn’t you know you’re supposed to physically remove your brain before watching any movie that’s not permanently listed on Sight and Sound?”

You just need a time out to think about what you’ve done, and after that you can come back and tell us all about how Apocalypse Now is underrated.

Don’t sweat it. Everybody falls for it at first.

It’s not a genre I’m interested in, so I can agree with you there.

It also is becoming more difficult to find exceptional quality films that have more inspiring messages or simply do not default to sigma cinema.

So I get your frustration.

We are only allowed one a day, OP, and you used it up on Barb Wire.

I kind of like quirky side characters that just serve the purpose of the story. Like, idk, Grace from Ferris Bueller. I don’t know her backstory or anything else about her really outside of being the school receptionist but her presence made the film better and she sure was memorable.

Her.

I found him so off putting I had to Google if he was on drugs on set or what. Especially the scenes that happen before the film’s central tragedy. He’s all over the place and mumbly and the timing of his delivery is weird as shit.

Anything from 2020-2021. Dead serious. I’ve watched a handful of movies from these 2 years; didn’t like any of them. I try to find something I’d like to watch from then - nothing looks even remotely intriguing.

My highest watched year so far (1987) has 75 films. I can't imagine 150 lol.

I think this one is going to be a hot take but I personally believe Tom Hulce deserved the Oscar over F Murray Abraham in Amadeus.

Not that Abraham wasn’t great, but Hulce’s range for that character was incredible, and I don’t think Abraham had to dive quite as deep for his portrayal.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie vs Buffy the Vampire Slayer series is the best example I can think of regarding the topic of popcorn flicks (or series). You can be fun and even dumb as the series shows without being a complete dumpster fire like the movie is.

It’s an excuse that implies nobody had a problem with it at the time. There were those who had a problem with it; most of them were ignored because the louder voices drowned them out. But it’s important to recognize that dissenting opinions existed.

Strangers on a Train

pros: stylish, classic Hitchcock.

Cons: Hays code era meant a lot of the book got left out. Bruno is such a psychopath, he would definitely make a lot of top 10 villain lists if that movie were more true to the original material

Also in defense of 13 Reasons Why, I just want to say it was one of the more clever whodunnits I’ve seen. It rarely gets talked about in that sense, but it’s structured like a classic mystery, but was one of the most clever takes in a genre that is really particularly difficult to be original in.

Antiheroes can be great. But I am so sick of them. I really am. And the whole "everybody is insufferable" trope. It was novel for a short time 20 years ago. Gritty realism felt so fresh and authentic. Now I can't bring myself to bother with most of them.

I’m not a fan of comic book hero movies. Husband had to force me to watch Guardians of the Galaxy but I really dug it.

Wow, you don’t deserve to be called a psychopath for not rooting for insufferable people doing insufferable things. That’s kind of the opposite of a psycho anyway.

I also am not a fan of the trope. I need a reason to spend 3 hours of my life with a bunch of characters, and those films never provide it. But that’s why I check out of sigma cinema in the first place.

There has been no shortage of critically acclaimed cinema in recent years. There has been a damned drought in good entertaining fun movies with heart though. They’re practically extinct.

Yeah I’m actually over realism in movies at this point.

I hereby declare that appropriation only applies to you doing things I don’t agree with and not me doing things you don’t agree with. It’s my own interpretation of appropriation, which everybody now must hereby abide by.

*God, I hate the “Death of the Author” concept so much.

That’s weird. I can’t get ChatGPT to generate anything but peaches and roses on any topic.

But that would be a mild personal sacrifice, which would be out of line. They want to shame other people into making personal sacrifices so they don’t have to.

The Oscars are an advertising outlet for Hollywood. If it was pure industry achievement, they wouldn’t broadcast it publicly for entertainment.

Just do it. When you hit a part you don’t understand, just be honest. “I don’t really get this. Audience, what do you think it means?” You know what people love? Telling you what they think. So let them.