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97 sats \ 8 replies \ @Aardvark 3 Jul \ on: Where did the good cinema go? AskSN
It's all super hero movies....
I'm not sure if our phones have given us shorter attention spans, or movies just suck now, but I'm in the same boat.
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97 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Jul
The Chinese market is enormous and what my Chinese friend explained to me is that all Chinese people want from a movie are
  1. CGI
  2. Action
  3. Monster
  4. Beautiful lady
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52 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3 Jul
The decoupling of US and China should be good for the film industry
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 3 Jul
Perhaps for US consumers of the film industry
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3 Jul
"Good for the art," is what I meant
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63 sats \ 0 replies \ @noknees 3 Jul
completely agree lmao but 6. no subtitles (especially in other languages)
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26 sats \ 1 reply \ @prazskygolem 3 Jul
  1. no thinking
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3 Jul
I always forget one of them
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 3 Jul
Super hero movies appeal to the primal connection with biblical stories and archetypes, but are marketed to an infantilized soyciety that prioritizes individual escapism or fandom culture over collective moral reflection.
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