Movies that make you feel old?

Back to the Future when 1985 became nearer to 1955 than the present.  I think there is something to be said though about some eras & decades moving ahead quicker than others.
1990-2010 felt like a blur.  1950-1970 even though I wasn't alive seems like 100yr jump in civilization terms.

Really?  You think 1990 to 2010 seems like a blur?  I would think the advancement in technology, if nothing else, would mark a major difference.  In 1990 the internet existed, but a small percentage used it.  In 2010, a majority of U.S. citizens had a smartphone.  

...time flies when you're having fun...

The older you get, the faster time flies because you have much more on your mind than you did as a child...

I really don`t see why anybody would feel old just because a movie is 20 or 30 years old or 100 years for that matter.

I would say just movies from the 1990's are starting to make me feel a bit older as those are starting to push 30 years soon.


p.s. I can't believe that it's nearly the year 2020 when it seems we are closer to the year 2000). when you say '2020' it sounds like the distant future even though it's less than 2 years away.

twothousandonemark



Yeah, pretty much. although I would change the whole 'blur' thing more into the 2000's to date.

but it makes me think that it's partially because, at least in terms of movies and general styles etc, that things were more distinct etc say from the 1950's to 1980's where as once you get into the 1990's (especially about 2000-ish on forward) things start to feel pretty similar to today as things more blur together and are not as distinct. so that makes it feel like there is a bigger gap between 1955-1985 than there is from 1985-2015 even though we are actually further into the future at this point given the 33 year gap (from 1985 til now) vs 30 (in 1995-1985). so outside of technology advancements things seem to be mostly similar-ish over the last couple decades or so which basically makes it feel more like a blur.

p.s. ill be 39 years old later this year (born late 1979) so, for the most part, I can remember the 1990's on forward pretty well.


someguy



Agreed. but outside of technology it does seem like decades generally pass faster the older I get (ill be 39 later this year) as the 2010's seems to be passing the fastest for me and even the 2000's, for the most part, passed pretty quickly.

but I would have to assume in 1990 barely anyone had internet as I first had internet/computer in 1995 which I would say is about 3-5 years before general computers/internet went mainstream (basically about 1998-2000) which I would say was similar to that in terms of cell phones to.

when I got high speed internet in the year 2000 the guy who worked for Comcast said I was one of the first ones to get it installed basically. I just remember I first found out about it being advertised on a computer tech channel which I just looked up what it was called because I specifically remember one guy (Leo Laporte) being on a show and looking into that it comes up with this... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechTV#ZDTV ; that's definitely what it was because I do remember the TV channel name switching at one point (i.e. ZDTV to TechTV) as that's the channel I learned Comcast was offering high speed internet and ordered it not long after as that was the early days of when the internet got good as before that your basically stuck to 6KB/s transfers AT BEST but typically more in the 5KB/s range and this was when dial-up peaked basically as in the earlier days of my internet use that dial-up 56k connection would have been pretty good in comparison. for comparison, my current DSL line from AT&T, which is on the slower side by high speed internet standards, is literally AT LEAST 67 times faster (i.e. 5-6KB/s vs 400-420KB/s) and I would assume Comcast and others go WELL beyond that. so while my internet line is on the slower side for high speed where it makes up for it is I don't have data caps (which was a perk once DirecTV/AT&T were bundled together) where as Comcast, the last I knew, generally limits you to 250GB per month and sometimes I blow over that figure. basically the volume of data I can download is more valuable to me than raw speed. but anyways... while looking at those speed differences sounds like A LOT, and it is, those days where not as bad as they seem purely by looking at the speed of your internet lines because websites back then where much less graphics heavy then they are now so that sites fully loaded within a reasonable time frame (still, there was some waiting where as now everything loads up quick to very quickly).

vegalyra



Yeah, I got to admit I was pretty much in the same boat as you as The Karate Kid (1984) was one of those earlier movies I remember liking quite a bit back in the old days (I was born in late 1979) about as far as I can remember and re-watched it quite a few times over the years when I could etc. but on a re-watch on May 14th 2016 it lost all of it's appeal for me as now it's pretty average forgettable. honestly, the only one of that series I still like today is 'The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)' which my most recent re-watch of that was Oct 6th 2014.

p.s. I have not seen WarGames (1983) since sometime before Dec 27th 2011 and the last I knew I still like that as I need to get around to re-watching it. I am guessing ill still like that but, who knows, maybe not. but I don't have any childhood memories with this one as I would imagine when I first seen this I was probably already into my teens or later into the 1990's+.

Feologild Oakes



Really? ; you do get why people think that way though, right?

like for example... something they watched as a kid, which don't seem all that long ago to them, is now say 20-30+ years etc. but I kind of assume you understand this which is why I wonder why you said what you said there.

Movies with really old actors who were young when I was.

Plus
Pictures of Ron Howard with a grey beard.
Ethan Hawke playing "dad".
Gidget ~ Sally Field as a Grandma

Comparatively new movies you watch and notice that many of the actors are dead.

ok... getting depressed now... thanks a LOT Popeye Doyle

Small Soldiers. Was a huge fan of it as a kid. Had quite a bit of merchandise, like the action figures and the video games. It will be the 20th anniversary this year.

Where does the time go indeed? 

Bullitt (1968).

I saw STAR WARS, in theaters, 41 years ago.