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Have the classics lost their effectiveness? I'd have to qualify it by saying it depends on who's watching them.

I think for a certain segment of the "younger" crowd, they perceive the world in a different way than generations past. They have been raised with such sensory overload that the sustained attention neccessary to watch a film with a slower pace is just a capability they don't have. I'm not saying it's true for everyone- just a lot of people. Half the people I know under the age of 30 are on some kind of theraputic drugs.

When you expect media to come at you in five second bursts, then a slow paced film just can't hold your attention. Character development? What the hell is that? We just want to see "kills."