Why are old movies so terrible?

lightleggy · 2011-07-11 06:01:23

Recently i've been watching a lot of old movies, from 1940 to 1990 (the 80s being by far the best) I gotta say they really suck bad, not because of special effects or anything, the acting is just lame, the plot is dull and boring, dialogue is crappy and the directing is just terrible.for example yesterday I watched F.I.S.T with sylvester stallone...its a movie about some union worker or something like that, well it was super boring and at the end of the movie, the guy arrives to his home, and realizes that his wife and children are missing, the guy goes crazy and takes his pistol and start looking for them, and as soon as he gets to the staircase, 2 men shoot him, but you cant even see the guy dying, as soon as they shot, you see the man getting the shot, and then the movie stops and it fades to another scene where a truck has a sticker saying 'where's johny?' then the movie ends! at first I was like 'well...depressing...but I guess its because it was based on a real life story'tturns out the movie was fictional, there was never some union worker called johny kovak...so they could have made anything, anything to fix that terrible ending, why didnt they?and i've watched a bunch of classics, seriously its just...no challenge at all.I watched this clint eastwood movie that tells the story of the men who escaped from alcatraz...the movie had no, how to say, action, no tense situations, as soon as the guys start the prison break, you would expect something like the guards finding out and chasing them, but nothing happened, the guys started the break and the cops didnt noticed until they escaped, then the movie ended.a lot of other movies, where the directing is just terrible...so why are old movies so fricking bad?

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GAMESHARQ

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#101 GAMESHARQ

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Just about every movie from the 1980s was awesome IMO.

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#102 imaps3fanboy

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Hmm, I tend to get bored watching black and white movies. Anything 1968 onwards I'll watch.
CBR600-RR

Agreed.. I don't really care for black and white movies

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#103 Aquat1cF1sh

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they're not terrible, they are just dated
but yeah, for the most part I can't help but laugh when you hear the typical "Man, they dont make 'em like they used to" comments concerning entertainment. I am sorry, but the acting, cinematography, and general plot of older movies is downright atrocious relative to new movies.
We may complain about how Hollywood is churning out movies so quick and of such poor quality, but believe me when I say we do not want to return to how things used to be.
If a movie tried to pull a "I'm Spartacus" moment like that, it'd be laughed at. It worked back then because standards were lower, but doing the equivelent of that would get the movie slapped with "corny" and "preachy" and "overacting" titles.
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Yeah, I agree with this.

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#104 V4LENT1NE

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There are some great movies out there that are quite old, like Alien, Godfather, Bullitt etc.

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#105 Nude_Dude

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[QUOTE="strangeisland"]
the **** did you just say!!? :P
theSteeeeels

bad example. that movie was corny as hell and actually fits the OPs description. i was facepalming at the 1 demensional characters.

...that just validates your and OP's bad taste in movies. We are really sorry that you cannot appreciate older movies OP. I'm sure the movies themselves cry a little inside. Now I'm off to watch Grapes of Wrath again...

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