Why Are Older Movies Better?

But I make a good point in favor of newer movies which you completely overlook, as usual. do you honestly think MOST PEOPLE (as in the majority) like movies pre-1970 than post-1970 overall?

trust me, I have seen enough movies to know for certainty that 'newer movies' are better than 'older movies' in my book. because even if there are some undiscovered gems for me from the 'old movie' types (say pre-1960), there is simply no way the volume will come anywhere close to the movies in fairly recent memory even if I had seen a similar amount of movies back then as I have in more recent memory.

p.s. so while you might think what I say is the same old tired post, when topics like these come up I tend to repeat pretty much the same comments because I think I make a solid case in their favor and what else can one really say(?). sure, I can't prove it but I would be surprised if I was wrong about the majority of people siding with post-1970 over post-1970. because people around here, may or may not, but when you start counting many millions of people I think things will swing in favor of the newer stuff over older stuff. come to think of it... maybe that's just the way things are as for example... say 50-100 years from now, how many movies from today and say the last 50-100 years will people still be watching? ; I suspect not all that many, especially for the typical movie watcher who watches some movies here and there. sure, there might be some exceptions but a good portion of what we like now will be largely forgotten in time I suspect.

poelzig

You honestly think I am wrong about claiming the majority of the people would like movies pre-1970(or pre-1980) over post-1970 (or post-1980) OVERALL?

also, it's not pre-1970 I avoid... it's mainly movies pre-1960's I avoid watching as their overall style/feel is too different from more modern standards and it's harder to like them to a higher degree because of it as more modern movies just have more all around feeling/emotion to them which comes back to general all around interest/entertainment they give me. although I have seen a little more pre-1960's movies here and there lately.

also, looking at my favorite movies I don't think my taste in movies is anywhere near odd as I am sure there are others around here who are definitely less mainstream as while I am not saying someone has to like only mainstream movies I feel once you go to far off the radar the general quality in movies will take a solid hit overall. so while I realize we all like what we all like, if one wants to use some sort of standard to judge someones taste in movies by I would have to think if ones taste is more mainstream than not, they will have more in common with the typical movie watcher than someone who's not into semi-mainstream/mainstream movies.

sure, I realize I might like a more limited amount of what I see vs most people(?) but the way I see it is the vast majority of movies are nothing special and my ratings of movies tend to reflect this fact. because I always rate movies based on how interesting/entertaining they are for me and the further they get away from this the lower the rating. rating any other way makes no sense to me and in this regard it's pretty safe to say most people are inline with me there (simply because most people watch movies to be entertained).

plus, I am confident many would agree with me that when you look at all movies as a whole, the movies of any real worth are movies you want to re-watch here and there as the years pass. those that fail that basic test are ultimately nothing special. sure, I realize not everyone re-watches movies but I would have to assume many do as a quality movie is like a good song, you want to see/hear it from time-to-time as the years pass. people who never or rarely re-watch movies I just don't get as if I never or rarely re-watched movies I would largely lose my interest in movies because when re-watching movies I am nearly guaranteed to get a certain level of entertainment from them (a large portion of the time anyways), be it mildly or quite a bit, where as seeing movies I have not already seen is mostly misses at this point in time (especially since I feel I have largely exhausted seeing movies from the past that I would think are of any real worth and even if there are some out there, which there might be, it won't be easy to find them as ill have to watch a bunch of mostly forgettable movies to 'maybe' find a gem which is why I am in no rush), especially from the past as I still find a movie being released into the future that's solid here and there.

so while I am sure not everyone thinks like I do, given what I said above, I am sure a good portion agree with me on that much even though what movies are good and bad vary from person to person but my basic points above I think are a good way to gauge movies as re-watch factor is typically my basic goal when watching movies as I want to find movies that I want to re-watch from time to time as the years pass as those that fail that basic test are ultimately forgettable which basically explains why only about 1 out of ever 5 movies I have seen over the long run past that test and a even smaller amount (maybe 1 out of every 10) stand out from the pack and are good enough for me to call favorites.

p.s. either way, thanks for the 'nice guy' comment