Do you think movies these days are mostly garbage

El_Duderino 09

weldoninhio wrote: »

Elf, Frozen, Frozen 2, Beauty and the Beast remake was excellent. The Cars franchise is excellent. Moana. That’s off the top of my head.

And you were big fans of these movies personally? Like the way you liked Ghostbusters?

weldoninhio

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

And you were big fans of these movies personally? Like the way you liked Ghostbusters?

Yeah, lost count of the times I’ve seen Elf and Moana. I’ve no kids so I’m not forced to watch them. There are loads of great kids movies out there.

El_Duderino 09

weldoninhio wrote: »

Yeah, lost count of the times I’ve seen Elf and Moana. I’ve no kids so I’m not forced to watch them. There are loads of great kids movies out there.

Fair one. Would you say your interest in childrens’ movies is common? For example if most of your friends loved Ghostbusters as children, would you say most of them also love Elf and Moana as adults?

FunLover18

The Pixar movies are all "children's films" and I love them and I know plenty of people my age (30) who feel the same. I would say it's very common for people of all ages to enjoy children's movies.

weldoninhio

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Fair one. Would you say your interest in childrens’ movies is common? For example if most of your friends loved Ghostbusters as children, would you say most of them also love Elf and Moana as adults?

I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love Elf.

El_Duderino 09

FunLover18 wrote: »

The Pixar movies are all "children's films" and I love them and I know plenty of people my age (30) who feel the same. I would say it's very common for people of all ages to enjoy children's movies.

But surely not as common as it is for children to love childrens’ movies.

El_Duderino 09

weldoninhio wrote: »

I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love Elf.

Ah here.

FunLover18

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

But surely not as common as it is for children to love childrens’ movies.

I would say it's probably even given there are more adults in the world than children.

FunLover18

weldoninhio wrote: »

I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love Elf.

Yeh I'm not a fan although I don't really know what it's doing in this conversation, is it a children's film?

Fuzzyduzzy

weldoninhio wrote: »

I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love Elf.

Just watched this with the family last night

weldoninhio

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

But surely not as common as it is for children to love childrens’ movies.

Why are some children’s movies bigger box office than others? If adults were just paying for what kids liked i’m sure profits would be more evenly spread.

weldoninhio

FunLover18 wrote: »

Yeh I'm not a fan although I don't really know what it's doing in this conversation, is it a children's film?

Is a PG film, about an Elf, and the spirit of Xmas, that’s shown every Christmas on prime children’s tv a children’s film?? I’m not sure. It’s a mystery.

FunLover18

weldoninhio wrote: »

Is a PG film, about an Elf, and the spirit of Xmas, that’s shown every Christmas on prime children’s tv a children’s film?? I’m not sure. It’s a mystery.

Admittedly I've only seen it once a long time ago, I could name a few PG films that aren't children's films. I wouldn't have thought of Elf as one but that just kinda proves your point that it can be enjoyed by all ages.

breezy1985

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

And you were big fans of these movies personally? Like the way you liked Ghostbusters?

Frozen is probably way bigger than ghostbusters. There's a cinema in London sells out 2 showings every Saturday one for kids and one for adults.

Whatever about those other movies your on a losing battle with Frozen we are gonna be seeing that on TV every Christmas for 30 years

FunLover18

breezy1985 wrote: »

Frozen is probably way bigger than ghostbusters. There's a cinema in London sells out 2 showings every Saturday one for kids and one for adults.

Whatever about those other movies your on a losing battle with Frozen we are gonna be seeing that on TV every Christmas for 30 years

You're right it's a losing battle, they should just ... let it go

(Someone had to)

Tony EH

weldoninhio wrote: »

Yeah, lost count of the times I’ve seen Elf and Moana. I’ve no kids so I’m not forced to watch them. There are loads of great kids movies out there.

I wouldn't class 'Elf' as a children's film. Nor would I consider the likes of 'Toy Story' so either. I would count them just as comedies. They are well written, with smart wit, that can appeal to an adult easily.

Something like 'Moana' or 'Frozen' would be a kids movie.

I think 'Elf' is the only Wil Ferell film that I can watch and he was pretty much perfect in it. It loses steam well before the end though. But the stuff in the first two acts is gas. Him running into the coffee shop in New York and congratulating the bemused staff because they it had a sign outside saying "World's Best Coffee" is brilliant.

And something like 'Toy Story' was just genius and the trilogy never gets old. There's more than enough humour in there that an adult can enjoy. Wasn't a fan of No.4 though. Utterly pointless add on.

Lewis_Benson

Hqrry113 wrote: »

For me as someone who hates action/comedy movies and can only watch movies that have a good story drama/thrillers I find the films these days mostly mediocre with a few exceptions, there are a lot of good movies that have been made in the last 5-10 years but the quantity and quality of good movies has decreased dramatically over these years probably because it's far easier to make a basic action flick or a comedy than it is to make a decent movie.

Although if you're a big action/comedy fan you probably wouldn't have noticed as it's probably a golden age of movies for them genres.

Its pronounced "fillum"
And its not Garbage, its SHYTE!

Randy Archer

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Oh, you’re just not in touch with new music when you begin to think there’s nothing new anymore. I’ll bet lots of genres were decades old before they actually took off and even more genres sit on the fringe and never become popular.

Irish rap has gotten bigger. British grime music has gotten much bigger in recent years. But I’m not really plugged into these things either.

Irish rap ? Oh dear god . And grime music ....ghastly. The council estate peasants arise (worse, people from superior backgrounds dumb down and pretend they are poor and thick to gain street cred)

Grime is not music

El_Duderino 09

Randy Archer wrote: »

Irish rap ? Oh dear god . And grime music ....ghastly. The council estate peasants arise (worse, people from superior backgrounds dumb down and pretend they are poor and thick to gain street cred)

Grime is not music

You might clutch your pearls and call it ghastly, but that’s not really the point. The question was whether there was any new music anymore and the answer is, yes. Old people aren’t supposed to like new music.

I’m not a big fan of either genre, but I’ll avoid the trap of ageing where people think new things don’t exist or are “ghastly”

breezy1985

Randy Archer wrote: »

Irish rap ? Oh dear god . And grime music ....ghastly. The council estate peasants arise (worse, people from superior backgrounds dumb down and pretend they are poor and thick to gain street cred)

Grime is not music

Judging by your utter snobbery I'm gonna guess you were never into any relevant music even when you were young or if you were you were not listening very closely

Randy Archer

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

You might clutch your pearls and call it ghastly, but that’s not really the point. The question was whether there was any new music anymore and the answer is, yes. Old people aren’t supposed to like new music.

I’m not a big fan of either genre, but I’ll avoid the trap of ageing where people think new things don’t exist or are “ghastly”

I’m not old ! Well under 40

It’s a question of class and taste

Randy Archer

breezy1985 wrote: »

Judging by your utter snobbery I'm gonna guess you were never into any relevant music even when you were young or if you were you were not listening very closely

You don’t do logic so spare us what you think . You haven’t a scooby doo It’s best to deal with what you know rather than guess of speculate

Tally Ho

“Relevant” 😂😂😂 good one !

When they did a remake of Lara Croft and the actress in the starring role was flat chested .... that was the end of it for me. Giving out about actors not being from the country or the race or gender of the part they are playing .... FFS. The whole point of Lara Croft was she had nice boobies !

And BTW The Irishman was SHYTE. The Joker wasn't bad.

breezy1985

[Deleted User] wrote: »

When they did a remake of Lara Croft and the actress in the starring role was flat chested .... that was the end of it for me. Giving out about actors not being from the country or the race or gender of the part they are playing .... FFS. The whole point of Lara Croft was she had nice boobies !

And BTW The Irishman was SHYTE. The Joker wasn't bad.

They all have lovely bottoms

bigar

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The James Bond films have improved with the more recent releases. The ones from the old days have not stood the test of time.

I would say the opposite. Everything after Tomorrow Never Dies has been bad. Casino Royale was OK but not really a "Bond" movie in my eyes. Nothing with Craig I would consider Bond movies, just middle of the road action flicks.

bigar

To answer the OP: Yes most movies these days are garbage but that has been always been the case. Every year since I can remember there were more bad than good ones.

weldoninhio

bigar wrote: »

I would say the opposite. Everything after Tomorrow Never Dies has been bad. Casino Royale was OK but not really a "Bond" movie in my eyes. Nothing with Craig I would consider Bond movies, just middle of the road action flicks.

The new Bond films are just very long ads now.