Movies ain't what it used to be?

[The Corparation]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

The 2x4 is like it used to be.

[SaintB]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

The 2x4 is like it used to be.

No its not! its now 1 1/2 by 3 1/2!

[New Wallonochia]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

The 2x4 is like it used to be.

Funnily enough just the other day I visited my grandparents and my grandpa, who is building an addition to his house, complained about how lumber was of better quality when he initially built the house in the 60s.

[Big Jim P]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

Nostalgia ain't what is used to be.

Back in the old days, we really new how to pine for the old days.

[The Corparation]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

Nostalgia ain't what is used to be.

Back in the old days, we really new how to pine for the old days.

This ^ is golden

[Sebally-Orwitskia]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

Nostalgia ain't what is used to be.

Back in the old days, we really knew how to pine for the old days.

Fixed. >.>

[Jusela]

To be honest, I think Lawrence of Arabia's lack of CGI was more down to the distinct lack of computers than a purposeful artistic choice of the director.

What would you computer-generate in Lawrence of Arabia? Make Peter O'Toole's eyes bluer?

For some reason, they shine.

[Big Jim P]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

Nostalgia ain't what is used to be.

Back in the old days, we really knew how to pine for the old days.

Fixed. >.>

Sorry. Back then we were too poor to afford extra letters.

[Grave_n_idle]

To be honest, I think Lawrence of Arabia's lack of CGI was more down to the distinct lack of computers than a purposeful artistic choice of the director.

What would you computer-generate in Lawrence of Arabia? Make Peter O'Toole's eyes bluer?

For some reason, they shine.

Truly, he is the Kwisatz Haderach!

[Sebally-Orwitskia]

Nothing is "what it used to be" nor was it ever. Nostalgia is a funny thing.

Nostalgia ain't what is used to be.

Back in the old days, we really knew how to pine for the old days.

Fixed. >.>

Sorry. Back then we were too poor to afford extra letters.

Its okay, I can afford one anyway.

[Marshmellowstan]

Most good movies are old monster movies with bad plaots, with some guy and a few robots making fun of it.

[Miklesia]

New movies can be good, but 90% of the time a totally unnecessary sex scene is shoehorned in. It could be a movie about a pencil manufacturer and there'd be one.

[Novograd IV]

Megas XLR.
the final 2 episodes were supposed to make a 'movie' kind of thing, ish...

It wins with its over the top, never-ending violence and western mecha!
also... GREENSKINS!

JORBLOCKS!

[Suckeryou]

It's the culture. A 3+ hour movie just doesn't work in this day and age, no profit for theaters who have to cut their showings by half.

Intermissions are long gone.

How profitable was Titanic?

[Kalibarr]

Movies ain't what it used to be?

Especially when you have to pay ten bucks a head to get in

[Galiria]

Meh movies nowadays just get filled with gratuitous explosions and sex. I prefer movies made in Hollywood's glory days such as the '20s and '30s, along with movies in the 60s-80's when movies were more about plot than simply how realistic you can make your explosion. I feel too many moviemakers nowadays seem to think good CGI is a substitute for good plot.

Thats not to say good movies aren't being made nowadays, just that they tend to be low-key and not nearly as common as they used to be.

[MisanthropicPopulism]

Meh movies nowadays just get filled with gratuitous explosions and sex. I prefer movies made in Hollywood's glory days such as the '20s and '30s,

With gratuitous song and dance numbers!

[Arkinesia]

To be honest, I think Lawrence of Arabia's lack of CGI was more down to the distinct lack of computers than a purposeful artistic choice of the director.

What would you computer-generate in Lawrence of Arabia? Make Peter O'Toole's eyes bluer?

The enormity of his dick from his overblown exploits.

[Islamic Hazarastan]

The special effects in The Ten Commandments always makes me laugh.
I generally prefer old movies though... I've got a soft spot for 80's movies.

Very few movies are good nowadays. Sad part is, a lot of Bollywood movies come up on my TV. They are absolutely awful.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

I can't say i've ever considered looking forward to any films now, i just don't bother with em.

There are good films made it's just that they can be hard to find old and new alike.

[Delator]

In terms of production value, writing, and acting most modern movies are actually better than most of their previous generation's counterparts.

Very much this...especially writing and acting.

I can't even stand most movies made prior to 1969. Even the classics just seem so stilted and forced.

I just recently rewatched The Man Who Knew Too Much, and while I am usually a Hitchcock fan, that movie just grated...I don't know if it was the writing itself, or the way it was delivered, but the only redeeming scene in that movie is the one where nobody talks!

Writers these days are much better at making the characters sound like real people in a real situation, rather than actors on a stage performing a play, which is really how most cinema feels to me prior to the 70's.

The acting has also gotten better...although that's hard to discern at times, mainly due to way most movies are filmed and edited these days.

EDIT: 1000 posts!

[ILYLOL]

New movies can be good, but 90% of the time a totally unnecessary sex scene is shoehorned in. It could be a movie about a pencil manufacturer and there'd be one.

Yeah, exactly. A bunch of movies are like that. In my personal opinion, it ruins the whole movie...

[The Adrian Empire]

Thing is, as we often forget, the only things that survive all these years are really good movies, no one remembers the bad movies of the Silver Screen, they aren't memorable, we remember the Classics, which is why we are nostalgic. 50 years from now, no one will remember Twilight (rather I hope they don't) but they will remember the very good films of the decade.

That said, that movie era was much better, but it was the perfect combination of scripts, talent and directors which made them so good.

[Adauchi]

Meh movies nowadays just get filled with gratuitous explosions and sex. I prefer movies made in Hollywood's glory days such as the '20s and '30s, along with movies in the 60s-80's when movies were more about plot than simply how realistic you can make your explosion. I feel too many moviemakers nowadays seem to think good CGI is a substitute for good plot.

Thats not to say good movies aren't being made nowadays, just that they tend to be low-key and not nearly as common as they used to be.

that's a good one

[EvilDarkMagicians]

All movies should by law be sequels of the Blues Brothers.