In terms of “older” cinema: mainly starting from 1950’s until 2010’s (consisted of Silent, Boomer or Gen X actors) while “modern” cinema is more on after 2015 (where all the SJW agenda started appearing later on just to appease whom they deem their “modern” audience alongside excess use of CGI, make up, plastic surgery, green screen or AI) that it doesn’t even look believable.
Movies from the past used miniatures, practical effects, constructing movie sets alongside being filmed on location (as this was prior to CGI and green screen) like that scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) on how they managed to pull off the “floating pen” effect (a pen stuck on a glass pane) without them using CGI for that (the movie came out in the 60’s before either existed).
The acting from those vintage movies is different from today, as back then the majority are in black and white, only select movies are filmed entirely in technicolor. Back then, actors & actresses have to annunciate their voice as if they’re in a theater (even on film) since only black and white footage has it’s limitations. Technicolor movies have bright sets just to capture the hue on camera.
Movies made today seem “trash” (again, not all) as there’s a trend on actors having to explain to the audience on what’s going on since writers are aware that people nowadays have a short attention span on watching the movie (due to doom scrolling on their phone), while that isn’t the case with older movies from the 1950, 60, 70, 80 or 90s since people were not distracted with TikTok shorts.
Being a movie star in the past required talent and skill, basically grinding from being an extra until you become the main lead when you get the chance. Now, it seems like Hollywood is hiring social media influencers to become movie stars, but making a TikTok short & being famous from that overnight is not the same as professional filmmaking since those are not comparable at all.
Another reason why I prefer watching movies from the past (i.e. 1950-80s) is because they speak “proper English” while movies made now are filled with “Gen Z & Alpha slang” that in itself feels like hearing another language even though it’s not. I mean, you don’t hear skibidi or fanum tax for instance from a movie made in 1959 or 1982 since that kind of speech was non existent nor was brain rot.
However, if you watch “classic” (50s) movies, there’s no presence of social media, internet or an iPhone. Even some of the Hitchcock movies still hold up today due to the acting (i.e. Psycho, North by Northwest, etc.). Directors such as Stanley Kubrick & Steven Spielberg put effort into film making that even now their works hold up (mainly due to acting) and they used props & miniatures.
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Watched the original Stargate last night because my wife had somehow not seen it.
Now we’re queuing up SG-1 and Atlantis because she’s addicted.
I’m a pretty lucky guy.
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Remember 80% of everything is crap
There’s still trash movies in the “old” category, you just don’t hear about them because who is gonna talk about a forgettable bad movie from 50 years ago
There’s plenty of good movies being made today, possibly more than ever given some of the stuff coming out of places other than Hollywood
As someone that recently watched Lord of the Rings for the first time, it does look amazing, even with it’s use of CGI to create thousands of characters for battle scenes and the green screening in places where forced perspective wasn’t enough.
On the modern front, I’ve just seen Project Hail Mary, which is such a visual spectacle, I was surprised afterwards to learn how much of the set was practical. The ship cockpit being an exceptional piece of design, with all the buttons lighting up, the whole thing rotating and vibrating, all while being modular to allow a camera to shoot any angle.
I think my point of this ramble is just to point out that where there is a will, there is a way. If the people behind a project are impassioned and allowed to take the time required to see their vision through, incredible results are possible.
