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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 8, 2020 17:21:45 GMT
For example, today we all know the shell game and the three shells. But it's ridiculous to assume we'd all be psychic enough to know the trick if we lived in families of farmers, ranchers, even factory or warehouse workers, in 1880. When events like this make a poster decide, subconsciously, to call a movie "dated", it says more about the poster's lack of ability and education than it does the movie. In fact, if a hero is too "streetwise" for the times, it actually puts most of us more educated people off of the movie, and it actually makes the movie more "dated" by being ridiculous in the assumption that a character in 1880 is astute of facts from 2020. I am not an education person, but one thing that does put me of a movie mainly those based on history is when they give a historical character from lets say the 15th century modern ideals and morals. Also the Shell game has been around since Ancient Greece, so people from 1880 would be familiar with the game, of course not everybody but its a game some people would know about and know how to play.
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Post by Sarge on May 8, 2020 19:37:31 GMT
"Hasn't aged well" and "doesn't work" are often lazy criticism used when the person can't articulate their likes and dislikes but some movies are so steeped in their culture that today's audiences would find them offensive or incomprehensible, Weird Science, (previously mentioned) Revenge of the Nerds, Ferris Bueller, Easy Rider, Animal House, Fight Club, The Warriors. Pretty sure there are plenty of people who still enjoy those movies. Whoosh.
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