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Originally Posted by urgeok2
those people you mentioned ... bruce lee fans are still rabid, elvis fans are still rabid they're just getting older and are being grandfathered out.
the films you mentioned - its the same exact thing. some folks who appreciate older films are still rabid about them, but every year kills off older fans and brings in new movie goers who've never heard of those films.
you're just too close to it to see it.
we're talking the general public here - not movie fans who love them so much they'll join forums to discuss them.
elvis movies were largely crap by the way ....
and brice lee made about 5 films in a very specific genre.
i think the Dark Knight went bit beyond the appeal of just a super hero film ... and Heaths Joker will fade out with the general crowd eventually ... but the movie lovers may well remember his performance for a long time. i know i will.
and thats not bad especially since this was marketed as a super hero film and many many people saw it who normally wouldnt see a film like this out of morbid curiosity. fortunately - the film delivered and made a lot of them true fans.
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I'm not knocking the fact that the film is quality entertainment, but to propel it to classic stature with less than a year of tenure in the minds of fans and average moviegoers, is a bit much. I also believe that if younger movie buffs would take the blinders off, and go past their limited film experiences, they would see newer films for what they are.
I often turn younger fans towards films from long ago, and often they come back stunned at how brilliant they were. I know a 14 year old who's hooked on Chaplin and film noir now. When I first met him, he thought Starship Troopers was a masterpiece. Older films(maybe not so much horror, as they are meant to appeal to the senses) have ideas behind them, at least the good ones. New films(at least a good portion of each years releases, lately) seem to want to do nothing more than throw things at the viewers eyeballs. Hopefully, that trend will change. Last year saw some fairly successful films geared towards a more mature mindset.