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Originally posted by alkytrio666
I think if there was any chance of some respect by the masses, it's been ruined by the remakes and shitfilms released in the last 4 years or so. Think about it. All new horror today isn't really released as a "movie", but more a popular pre-teen girls' activity. PG-13 "thriller" horror (I cannot believe they tagged 'Wicker Man' with one) is utter shit: The critics know it, anyone over the age of 16 knows it...the genre is actually losing respect.
The 60s can brag about Psycho.
The 70s can brag about Halloween.
The 80s can brag about Hellraiser.
The 90s can brag about Silence of the Lambs.
Today, we can brag about a fucking remake of The Fog, rated PG-13 for some frightening moments and mild sensuality.
For Chrissake...
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We can't brag about...
The Descent?
The Devil's Rejects?
The Blair Witch Project? (99, I know.)
Tagging The Fog is over-exaggerating things a LOT, buddy. It was pretty much one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and everyone agreed. Even those of age 13 who it was targetted at.
One could pick out the worst movie of any decade, and label it "Look at this shit. This decade was good for
NOTHING."
It's not true. You may feel that our decade is a sad time in horror, and compared to the films of the past, it is. But it's not completely wasted.
You lean toward the older classics, the black & white. This is YOUR taste. Who are you to say that movies we enjoy today are "bad films"? For you, they might be. But others enjoy them. How is it right to tell someone that a movie THEY enjoy is a failure. Is that not what movies were first created to do? Entertain? If it does that, to one - it's not a failure to them.
This whole bussiness of some people around here complaining about films other people like is really starting to anger me. At first I was like this, I admit. But I realized... how stupid I sound. It's fine to give YOUR opinion of something, but when you tell someone as a whole that the film THEY like is bad, and they have BAD taste for liking it. That's pushing it.
Just because someone has a different taste then you... does not mean their taste is 'bad'. Who's to say that yours isn't worse?
Taste is per person. I remember a quote from Miss Olivia, comparing our opinions to assholes. It was probably the most truthful thing I have ever heard.