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You've never seen Breaking Bad?
You've never seen The Godfather?
You've never seen Arrow?
You've never seen Pulp Fiction?
You've never seen The Incredibles?
You've never seen Alien?
You've never seen Game of Thrones?
You've never seen Stranger Things?
You've never seen Hook?
You've never seen Treasure Planet?
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Just sounds to me like we have a bunch of cuddle movie nights ahead of us
Probably controversial opinion for some people: I've only ever seen one Star Wars movie (one of the original ones) and some of parts of other movies and I think the franchise is totally overrated.
Can't really judge without watching them though
Yes.. I know.. but if one is this lame why would I want to watch at least 5 more?
If you didn't see them as a kid, then you definitely won't understand why they're so popular. When you see them as a child, then they're the coolest thing in the world, especially if you saw them back in the 70's or 80's when they were groundbreaking movie making. What I don't understand is how people continue loving them, like being completely obsessed with them, into adulthood. I wish I could be that excited about them as an adult, but they're pretty juvenile movies for a lot of different reasons.
As I'm born in the late 80's (god, saying that makes me feel so old), it sadly wasn't possible to see them at a time were they actually were considered groundbreaking. The special effects aged very badly, imho. I think it's a lot of nostalgia, especially for people who watched them as kids.
Ooooh yes, and the other way around too. I’ve watched an absolute assload of apparently obscure bullshit, but absolutely never the same obscure bullshit people want me to have seen.
Have you seen Ninja Bachelor Party?
No, have you seen The Big O?
Thats not obscure! Its on my plex server right now!
It’s obscure to the people I know; I have no other gauge on these things. But in fairness, that is why I put “apparently obscure” in my original comment :)
It’s on my Plex server as well and has been for a really long time, but that’s not unexpected there :p
Have you seen Swiss Army Man? I'm not saying it's the best performance Daniel Radcliffe ever delivered, but it's definitely a performance.
Yes, actually, that movie was really fun!
If you like fantasy series at all, have you ever seen The Lost Room? It’s got a kind of warehouse 13 vibe to it.
Nah. I haven't watched so many things. Even mainstream stuff people consider a "must watch". Thing is, my brain is like a sieve. Sometimes I only remember I already watched a movie when I'm 60 minutes in.
I love dating girls that haven't seen anything. Movie nights at home are a great way to chill.
The thing is, the reason I haven't seen anything is because I'm not interested and don't have enough of an attention span to sit through stuff I'm not super into, so any time someone I've dated has been like, "we can watch so many things together!" my response is no thank you.
You're missing out on the hanging out part of it. Cook food together, put the movie on, Talk about anything you two want, pay attention to whatever scenes they really think is cool. It doesn't matter if you pay that much attention to it. You're being together.
I always find it interesting when someone states they don't enjoy an activity and one of the first responses are to subtly guilt the commenter for not enjoying an activity.
I've been losing interest in movies for the past 15-20 years and being guilted into enjoy something I no longer enjoy for someone else's expense does not sound like fun.
Fortunately there are plenty of activities to do together. As you mentioned, cooking together sounds great to me. So does walking in nature. I especially love playing music for each other because I love hearing what other people listen to.
Humans are wonderfully complex and there's plenty in the world to for us to enjoy.
It's like when you tell somebody you're an introvert and they start giving you tips on how to talk to others and "open up" like you're broken.
I've lost interest in movies over time but maybe for a different reason. I far prefer TV shows these days, especially sci-fi and fantasy, because for me the point is the escapism. With movies there's just not enough time for the level of immersion I'm after, with rare exception (Lord of the Rings being the main one, but that was more of a miniseries in movie trilogy form). I want to escape into the world and get to know it, what the rules are there, what it's like to be there.
This is basically my experience too. I don’t really like movies. They feel rushed and empty, and I want to exist within a story for a long time, like video games. And like video games, and books, I strongly prefer sci-fi/fantasy.. tho the type of sci-fi does matter.. the really dystopian stuff is not my jam at the moment, because of the actual world.
Animated movies are sort of an exception for me, in that I do watch those much more frequently than live action, but they tend to tell much more simplified stories, in a visually more approachable way. You can’t immerse for long periods, but it’s a quick fall into it, and generally quite fantastical in nature.
Edit for clarity :)
Too many people make watching shows and movies their whole personality.
There is more to life than just consuming content from Hollywood.
Exactly! There's Bollywood, Tollywood, K-Dramas, J-Dramas, C-Dramas...
which show is that from? I haven't seen it before
one of the disney star wars movies the main character goes looking for luke skywalker or something. it was one of the few scenes that wasnt a sweaty shirtless guy. it was a somewhat decent but largwly forgettable movie
I see Lemmy's source code instead of movies