# If You HATE New Movies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531 "2019-03-25T22:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/1 "2019-03-25T22:19:43Z")
Let’s say you hate 99% of newer movies… What’s the 1% you do you like? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/2 "2019-03-25T23:35:36Z")
anything on turner classic movies fox classic movies … there are others i think even mgm has its own channel but they only go back to the cut off point of when Turner bought the library I hope that when disneyflix comes out they have all their classic nature movies back out … i miss them ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/3 "2019-03-25T23:54:57Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > Let’s say you hate 99% of newer movies… What’s the 1% you do you like? The well-made ones. I’m not too attached to any genre. I’ll watch a comedy, a drama, an action thriller, a romance, a western, or a horror movie - as long as it’s a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/4 "2019-03-26T00:02:47Z")
Depends on what you consider “newer.” I enjoyed taking my daughter to _ **Harry Potter** _ movies when she was younger, but that’s going back a ways. I also liked the early Pixar movies and the _ **Austin Powers** _ flicks. I’m trying hard to remember how many movies I’ve seen in the last 15 years or so. Not many. I saw the first \*\*\*Hunger Games \*\*\*movie with my daughter; _ **Fury** _; _ **The Imitation Game** _ … and a couple more Pixar movies. That’s all i can think of off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/5 "2019-03-26T00:11:07Z")
I find that I ‘hate’ them because my hearing is so bad. Oh, I have hearing aids. Sometimes they work, sometimes not so much. I’m working on it. And, I rarely put on anything on TV that get’s my full attention. Things to do. My time to relax is in bed with a book. An old movie is like an old friend. It does not require my entire attention, as I know they know their way around my house. Oh, the ones I like, are the ones I’ve always liked. Yes, I’m missing out on new stuff, but find plenty to take up my time. In fact, I’m gonna pull out the guitar, and work on that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/6 "2019-03-26T01:16:29Z")
I would show just about anyone: Inception Mad Max: Fury Road In Bruges If they don’t like _any_ of those movies, I really don’t know what to say. I mean, they make crappy movies, but sometimes they make amazing ones, too. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/7 "2019-03-26T01:20:17Z")
I tend to go to animated films and non-blockbusters like _The Death of Stalin_. I avoid superhero films because I’m tired of them always resolving themselves by people punching each other. Plus the supervillains are usually totally stupid “I’m more powerful than you” tough guys. I would just once like to see a smart supervillain in a movie. I also don’t care for horror. It pisses me off when someone tries to scare me, and the blatant manipulation just leaves me cold (It’s no coincidence that beginning filmmakers try horror – it’s the easiest way to get an audience to react). So I rare see anything new that sounds like it’s worth watching. Right now, the only upcoming movie that sounds interesting is _Yesterday_. _Shazam_ has promise, though I suspect it will be another disappointing ending. (The villain seems to be Dr. Sivana, which is a good choice, except that Sivana rarely faced Captain Marvel in combat; he mostly either tried to neutralize him, or outsmart him). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/8 "2019-03-26T01:31:15Z")
There have been some good documentaries over the last couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/9 "2019-03-26T02:12:17Z")
I’m not sure what the OP is looking for, but if you’re tired of the endless stream of superhero movies, sequels, remakes, etc and just want something original, try looking at the annual [Top Ten Independent Film list from the National Board of Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review:_Top_Ten_Independent_Films). For 2018, for instance, the list includes The Death of Stalin, Lean on Pete, Leave No Trace, Mid90s, The Old Man & the Gun, The Rider, Searching, Sorry to Bother You, We the Animals, and You Were Never Really Here. No comic book movies. No sequels. No remakes. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/10 "2019-03-26T02:19:11Z")
I hate ‘most’ newer movies. The 1% I like have a good story. Maybe even literary roots. I thought i would like the newest ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ but it just didn’t do anything for me. ‘The Shape of Water’ was good. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/11 "2019-03-26T02:21:13Z")
I’m lucky to have quirky friends who find obscure, quirky movies. Especially one who toyed with the idea of being a movie reviewer. If two or more of my friends recommend something, I’ll try it. I, too, have hearing issues. So I love to stay home and watch Netflix with the closed captioning on (nice, unobtrusive small font; unlike my TV’s default black bars that obscure too much). ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/12 "2019-03-26T02:27:05Z")
Oh, I just watch Turner Classic Movies, that is the default channel on my tv. I can’t say I ‘hate’ superhero movies, but I think they are tedious after a while, and as for horror movies: people (usually women) making ugly booga-booga faces, and buckets of gore, and make-ya-jump - come on! That’s the problem with all the crap cranked out (and this goes for books, too) - there is no horror, no suspense, no surprises. Just piles of innards or people wading in blood, or evil witches/animals/monsters going ‘rawwwrrr! I’m gonna eat/dismember/possess you!’ pbbbbtttt . (the funny thing is, back in the 60’s, I LOVED Marvel comics, I bought every single one they had on the drugstore stand, including Ant-MAN, The Rawhide Kid, and Millie the Model. Loved the Marvel universe.0 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/13 "2019-03-26T05:15:48Z")
I’ll start with a generality: I like a good story, well told. To narrow it a bit, I’ll add that I don’t like movies that exist to show off the skills of their CGI people, just for the sake of showing off their CGI skills. As such, I don’t like movies that show superheroes destroying cities in order to save them. I also don’t like horror films that can be better described as “horror porn,” where blood, gore, and torture seem to drive the plot: to illustrate the difference, _Night of the Living Dead_, though old, was a tense, taut thriller; while _House of 1000 Corpses_ was horror porn. Where does this leave me? Well, lately, I’ve enjoyed movies like _Bohemian Rhapsody_, _The Intern_, _Last Vegas_, and the _Oceans_ series. _Saving Mr. Banks_ was excellent. The recent two _Star Wars_ movies used CGI, but did so in order to support the story without replacing it. Like I said, a good story, well told. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/14 "2019-03-26T05:19:59Z")
Porn. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/15 "2019-03-26T11:08:30Z")
What level of like? I have inception on dvd for some reason. While I enjoyed it, it wasn’t one that I would normally purchase for repeated home viewing. Mad Max Fury Road I did purchase for repeated home viewing. I just went and saw Bumblebee last weekend. It was, ok, but I might buy a copy for my collection because I like Hailee Steinfeld in that movie. True Grit, both versions, Ender’s Game also good enough for my library. Huh, just realized she starred in one and played a significant role in the other. The Star Trek series with Pinekirk as Captain, maybe, thats borderline. I may or may not purchase Wonder Woman. I enjoyed the movie, but not sure it will hold up to repeated viewing. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/16 "2019-03-26T12:07:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I find that I ‘hate’ them because my hearing is so bad. Oh, I have hearing aids. Sometimes they work, sometimes not so much. I’m working on it. I’m in your boat. I rely on captions and good headphones (Bose). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/17 "2019-03-26T12:11:22Z")
Something with a story, a plot, real characters, no CGI, no terrorists, no aliens, no ghosts, actors that can’t be replaced with cardboard cutouts. Of course if they opened with a cartoon I’d be more accepting of a lot of them. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/18 "2019-03-26T12:37:50Z")
I usually don’t get jazzed for the movies until we get close to award season. I don’t know if that means I like “artier” movies; I just don’t (usually) like typical blockbuster type stuff. Superheroes are out of the question but I did enjoy _Pirates of the Caribbean._ On the other hand I won’t eschew a film just because it’s popular. I made that mistake with \*Titanic \*and missed experiencing it on a big screen. I guess I consider each movie on a case by case basis. Sometimes a great premise can fall flat (I’m looking at you M. Night)and sometimes the inane can really ring my bell (_Hereditary_). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/19 "2019-03-26T13:02:02Z")
I agree they don’t seem to know how to do horror anymore. I don’t want to see gore, CGI, people crawling on ceilings with their limbs bending the wrong direction, and there should be one or fewer jump scares in the movie. If there is one, leave it out of the trailer. Horror shouldn’t be so much about what you _see_, as about what you _realize_. I’ve only been to a couple of movies in the last 15 years, and they were kid’s movies. I saw the last Harry Potter (good) and The House With a Clock In Its Walls (not good). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531/20 "2019-03-26T13:18:50Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I agree they don’t seem to know how to do horror anymore. I don’t want to see gore, CGI, people crawling on ceilings with their limbs bending the wrong direction, and there should be one or fewer jump scares in the movie. If there is one, leave it out of the trailer. **Horror shouldn’t be so much about what you _see_, as about what you _realize_.** > I’ve only been to a couple of movies in the last 15 years, and they were kid’s movies. I saw the last Harry Potter (good) and The House With a Clock In Its Walls (not good). Oooooh, well said!Jordan Peele seems to understand this. _Get Out!_ was great and \*Us \*looks like it will be even better. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531.md?page=2)