A persons' taste in movies doesn't reflect on their intelligence

Maybe but in your case it does.

Agreed. But in your case, I'll make an exception.

That being said, I'd probably rather have an interesting conversation about movies with someone that doesn't watch the Bay Transformers repeatedly and think the Star Wars prequels were vastly superior to the original films.

Someone call you a retard?

Thanks for the info.

I pretty much agree with the OP's basic point that someones overall intelligence is not determined by what kinds of movies they like as I suspect some intelligent people might like really simple movies and some people who might be a little slower than most (or say no higher than average-ish intelligence) may like some movies that some people might consider more of the 'movies for more intelligent types of people'.

but with that said... it amazes me how some people can continually watch that crap on the major networks like ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX etc as the vast majority of that crap (especially comedy variations) just has no quality (at least that's my impression of them based on what commercials I see when I watch some reality TV types of shows on those channels) as once I got used to watching decent movies you just can't watch that crap anymore even though I suspect there may be a exception once in a while but I have not watched anything on those channels in a long time now outside of reality types of TV shows like American Idol/Dancing with the Stars/The Voice/America's Got Talent etc which are decent disposable entertainment. but when I want to find stuff I want to re-watch here and there you need quality TV and movies which you basically won't find on those networks. hell, I would not be surprised if I was bored, or at least semi-bored, by a easy majority of those shows as I suspect it would be a chore to watch most of those as, at least based on my impression on TV advertisements, those shows are likely average at best and anything under average (like say a weak average or below average or worse) would really start to strain my interest in watching them to the point I would rather say screw it and watch or do something else.


bd74





Yeah, I suspect there are some people like that out there. but I totally agree with you as movies pre-1960's are largely dated as they are too different in overall style compared to more semi-modern movies. they simply lack that stronger feeling/emotional punch that more modern movies have etc. basically they are missing something that makes them stand out as there are far more modern movies that stand out than there are movies from way back as I am confident the easy majority, if not vast majority of people, would prefer movies made from say the 1960's or 1970's to date vs movies prior to the 1960's or 1970's in general. I doubt anyone would claim I was wrong either (at least if they are being serious) which pretty much speaks volumes.

NOTE: I am NOT dissing all people who like those "old movies" (lets just say old movies are movies prior to the 1960's) as, like I always say, we all like what we all like. but I have a feeling what bd74 said applies to some people from what I can tell as they are probably those types who like some movies on IMDb that people are expected to praise like Citizen Kane and the like. if you honestly like Citizen Kane etc, that's fine. but I think some people who talk about movies just don't want to look bad for dissing that movie regardless if they actually like it a lot or not and just go-with-the-flow instead of being honest. because with me I am ALWAYS going to be honest about my opinion of a movie regardless if I am for or against the majority. personally... I would respect someone opinion on a movie if they are being honest instead of just kissing up to certain movies because they are pretty much told to by those critic types etc who seem to be more concerned with a movie being 'ahead of their time' (or the like) than just being a high quality movie to this very day. like those critics who say make those 'Top 100 movies of all-time' etc types of lists.

p.s. while I have not seen a lot of movies pre-1960's I have seen enough to form my general opinion as the only exception I have seen to that general rule is The Song of Bernadette (1943), which is among My Favorite Movies, but outside of that EVERYTHING else I think stands out is from the 1960's or newer with the vast majority being 1990's to date. in fact, only 21.2% of My Favorite Movies (i.e. 40 movies out of 189 total) are pre-1990's. so only about 2 out of 10 movies in My Favorite Movies are pre-1990's. hell, if I look strictly at volume of movies in My Favorite Movies... even if I did a post-2000 vs pre-2000, post-2000 would still win for me even though it's much more competitive at this point but if I shift that back to 1990's to date vs pre-1990's... then it's very clear cut for me at this point. I basically rank the decades like this personally... 1)2000's 2)1990's 3)2010's 4)1980's 5)1960's 6)1970's. after those six decades things drop off a cliff. so while I already said I heavily favor the 1990's to date in general... if I look strictly at the small group of movies I scored a 10/10, which is only eight movies, it ranks like this... 1)2000's(4 movies) 2)1960's(3 movies) 3)1990's(1 movie). so the 2000's and 1960's are pretty close here but since I tend to judge decades based on all around quality of movies the 2000's blows away the 1960's overall for me and is my clear cut #1 decade for movies given the following info...

I rank the decades like this OVERALL (this is well thought out for me)...

1)2000's (four 10/10, four 9/10, sixteen solid 8/10, thirteen 7.5-8/10, twenty 7/10. total of 57 movies.)

2)1990's (one 10/10, four 9/10, nine solid 8/10, thirteen 7.5-8/10, fourteen 7/10. total of 41 movies.)

3)2010's (zero 10/10, three 9/10, three solid 8/10, twelve 7.5-8/10, thirty-three 7/10. total of 51 movies.)

4)1980's (zero 10/10, one 9/10, two solid 8/10, seven 7.5-8/10, eleven 7/10. total of 21 movies.)

5)1960's (three 10/10, one 9/10, zero solid 8/10, one 7.5-8/10, four 7/10. total of 9 movies.)

6)1970's (zero 10/10, zero 9/10, one solid 8/10, three 7.5-8/10, five 7/10. total of 9 movies.)


after those six decades things drop off a cliff. but I would put the 1940's in the 7th spot solely because it's the only decade pre-1960's that has one of my favorite movies. so basically the decades listed above make up for my top 188 movies out of the 189 total which, like I just mentioned, the 1940's has the only single movie pre-1960's.

NOTE: if things were closer using the method I did to judge the overall quality of the decades I had other ways to help narrow it down further.

NOTE: the 1990's and 2010's are close (they are the closest to flip-flopping) but I ultimately sided with the 1990's over the 2010's because of the higher tier movies of the 1990's being enough to compensate for the higher volume of total movies the 2010's has. but there is still another year or two left so it's still possible the 2010's could overtake the 1990's overall.

with that said... I think there could still be some gems from the past that I might score a 7/10 or higher (but mainly 7/10 range) but at this point in time it won't be easy to find them without having to watch a bunch of mostly forgettable movies which is why I am in no rush to see plenty of movies from the past that I have not already seen. so most of my movie viewings are re-watches of movies I have seen before and the ones that are not re-watches are mainly going to be new releases or thereabouts because I can still find a movie ill rate a 7/10 or higher here and there being released into the future but finding them from the past is more difficult because I feel I have reached a point a while ago now that I have exhausted seeing a large portion of the quality output from the past and, like I was saying, while there might be some movies I would score a 7/10 or so from the past that I have not seen, it won't be easy to find them without watching a bunch of mostly forgettable movies which is why I just watch whatever I watch and whatever happens, happens.