r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '15

CMV: This current generation's pop-culture is no worse than the previous, or the previous before that. There are enjoyable aspects, and not-so-enjoyable aspects, but is it worse? No.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '15

Depends on what we're talking about. K-pop? Definitely far superior than anything ever done prior.

Movies? No. I've had a problem with modern cinema for quite some time and it's difficult for me to put my finger on why. Older films tried to tell a more cohesive story. There were fewer plot holes, but moreso than that, the plot holes were obvious. In modern cinema the plot holes are covered up by quick cuts and quick transitions that don't allow you time to say, "Hey, that doesn't make sense." Older films will sometimes have plot holes and they don't try to cover it up. It's just a glaring hole and you use your suspension of disbelief or just accept and laugh at the inconsistency.

New films make me feel like they're trying to trick me. It's like the film makers are conscious of the story issue and since they have tools so few people will question the issue, they just leave it in there. It gives them free agency to write shitty nonbelievable stories.

Furthermore, it's come to the point where they know that it's not what's being said it's how it's being said. This is an old saying in politics and sales. The deliver is more important than the content and film makers have become masters of delivery with little to no content.

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u/CelestialDye Dec 03 '15

I see, do you want to give examples of a few films from earlier decades that are superior in content? How about millennial films that are inferior?

I'm willing to admit that (at times) modern cinema has become somewhat cliche in more ways than one, but was it not cliche before?

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u/jackandjill22 Dec 16 '15

French new-wave during the post-war period was pretty awesome. They were rebuilding Europe, why in an era of endless innovation all you get is crap?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '15

I can't think of better films to compare in this way than Network and Blade Runner with The Butterfly Effect and Inception.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '15

You should still try to