roxics
Veteran
Don't get me wrong. I've seen plenty of older films. So it's not that I won't give them a chance. I just don't enjoy them. I understand their importance in the history of cinema and I appreciate what those filmmakers have done. I have a lot of respect for them in that regard. I just don't enjoy the films themselves and given a choice would rather watch something made in the last forty years.
For example I have seen Citizen Kane and I just didn't care for it. I much preferred RKO 281 which I saw after. But seeing that film really didn't make me enjoy Citizen Kane any more on a second watch through. Nor is it that I didn't understand it. I just didn't enjoy it. Same is true with the Three Stooges. They aren't funny to me, never have been and I don't understand how people in the modern world can think they are.
I'm not one of those guys who only likes movies-for-guys-who-like-movies where it has to have guns and explosions and big breasted women. If you look at my broad taste in music you'd probably wonder what the heck happened with my taste in film.
I've noticed lately that I've been pulling the same crap with documentaries (which I love) but if the doc is older than 8 years I'll skip by it because I feel like it's probably just not relevant anymore. Depends on the subject though.
For example I have seen Citizen Kane and I just didn't care for it. I much preferred RKO 281 which I saw after. But seeing that film really didn't make me enjoy Citizen Kane any more on a second watch through. Nor is it that I didn't understand it. I just didn't enjoy it. Same is true with the Three Stooges. They aren't funny to me, never have been and I don't understand how people in the modern world can think they are.
I'm not one of those guys who only likes movies-for-guys-who-like-movies where it has to have guns and explosions and big breasted women. If you look at my broad taste in music you'd probably wonder what the heck happened with my taste in film.
I've noticed lately that I've been pulling the same crap with documentaries (which I love) but if the doc is older than 8 years I'll skip by it because I feel like it's probably just not relevant anymore. Depends on the subject though.
