No, I'm too nerdy for that. If I have something I like, I research it. I never buy a product blindly, I research it. If I eat a good meal, I figure out how it was made. Have an obsessive need to understand.
No, I'm too nerdy for that. If I have something I like, I research it. I never buy a product blindly, I research it. If I eat a good meal, I figure out how it was made. Have an obsessive need to understand.
So there's nothing in larger general culture you hav ignored and just don't know about that's really popular or influential?
No, I'm too nerdy for that. If I have something I like, I research it. I never buy a product blindly, I research it. If I eat a good meal, I figure out how it was made. Have an obsessive need to understand.
So there's nothing in larger general culture you hav ignored and just don't know about that's really popular or influential?
The feminism jab was pretty good though gotta admt
The feminism jab was pretty good though gotta admt
Not really. It's butthurt ignorance.
Tasty:
My suggestion for early film is Metropolis and The Passion of Joan of Arc. When watching films for knowledge it's best to do it when watching specific eras, I feel. So watch the best of the silent era, watch the best of early Hollywood talky films. Watch specific movements in foreign film like French New Wave of Japanese film from mid last century. Watch the most coveted Korean films of 2000-2010's. Watch the best films of Hollywood golden age (60's to 90's).
Robert Ebert best films list, IMDb top 100, and AFI's top 100 films list. Watching these will cover lots of ground and put you as a pretty fair film buff.
One suggestion is to start with criterion. Most are on Hulu for free. Pick which era or movement interests you and I and others can probably give some suggestions.
I can help you with that.
By the by, you will find yourself disliking some classics and that's fine. It won't be because of the time it came out or anything, some things just won't work out for you and I'm actually interested in you articulating why you don't like a revered movie. As I always find that type of shit interesting.
I've seen more than a few from more than 30 years ago (hence "mostly,") and I have nothing against past eras of movies. It's just stuff from the 80's-on catches my attention or comes up in conversation more. Selection bias, maybe.
Video games from 2012 - present. I think I'll get back into them eventually though. The games I like are too expensive and time consuming. Free to play and mobile games rarely do anything for me. Major franchises I haven't touched or played just one game from: Zelda, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, MGS, Diablo, and probably some more I can't think of.
I've seen more than a few from more than 30 years ago (hence "mostly,") and I have nothing against past eras of movies. It's just stuff from the 80's-on catches my attention or comes up in conversation more. Selection bias, maybe.
Eh, I can understand it. It's hard for me to go/care about things that happened in the 1950's (or ealier), 1960's is my limit (due to the Camelot years/JFK) for most things and even then I generally don't watch films that are in the 1960-1970's due to how they "aged"/hard to get into.
I think outside of the Bond Films of that era, and like Dr. Strangelove I haven't watched too many 1970's films.
Nosferatu is also on youtube, as a horror fan you're obligated to watch it and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
If I had a gun to my head I'd probably say 1945 - 1990 for Hollywood's real golden age in terms of quality and vision.
Anyways, this presents one of my blind spots. I can name most notable movies of the 20th century foreign and domestic. I'm pretty knowledgeable about the 2000's, but the 2010's? I don't know shit about today's film (I say film and not movies). It doesn't help that going to the theater is fucking expensive now. Christ. I, a film fanatic went to the theaters twice this year to see Star Wars and Moonlight. I want to see a few others like Fences but I'm pressed for time. But I still watched lots of (old) movies for their cinematography and lighting to learn from them.
I hope Andy has a great time going through film lists. I did it ten years ago with the aid of Netflix and AFI's list. It was neat in how watching old movies filled in blanks culturally. Like the Stelllllaaaaaa reference on Ssinfeld. Watching old films made me feel like I became a semblance of..."cultured" I guess.
If I had a gun to my head I'd probably say 1945 - 1990 for Hollywood's real golden age in terms of quality and vision.
That's uh, quite broad.
"Golden Age" doesn't really refer to the quality of stuff released, just the time period and studio structure. New Hollywood took over in the 60-80s as directors started asserting much more control (and ended when such control resulted in massive box office bombs.) I haven't watched many films from before this time but I am familiar with the history of Hollywood itself.
Haha, I had the same reaction when I watched The Elephant Man. Had seen the Seinfeld episode "The Pick" and Jerry's "I am not an animal!" proclamation but had no clue what it was from.
By the by, you will find yourself disliking some classics and that's fine. It won't be because of the time it came out or anything, some things just won't work out for you and I'm actually interested in you articulating why you don't like a revered movie. As I always find that type of shit interesting.
:comeon
Breh, it's not like I've never seen a movie in my life.
Anyone who claims SW ripped off Hidden Fortress sounds a bit pretentious.
Breaking Bad. Never seen.
It's just been a handful of stuff on USA (which have all ended apart from Suits)
-Young Adult 'fantasy' movies. Stuff like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games
By the by, you will find yourself disliking some classics and that's fine. It won't be because of the time it came out or anything, some things just won't work out for you and I'm actually interested in you articulating why you don't like a revered movie. As I always find that type of shit interesting.
:comeon
Breh, it's not like I've never seen a movie in my life.
He's got a point though. You need to consider it and how it may impact how you enjoy a film. Let's take Star Wars and fucking Hidden Fortress. All these years I heard about Hidden Fortress being "ripped off" by Star Wars and George Lucas so when I was on my film learning escapades I decided to watch it. I mean, it's largely considered a classic by a lot and because of the Star Wars bump, it had a lot of film hipsters fellating it because they knew the "real" source of inspriration for Star Wars. So I watch the film, already a Kurosawa fan and...I think it's his worst fucking movie and I'm getting flashbacks laughing at the awful acting of Misa Uehara staring at the screen with a constipated face.
(http://thepinksmoke.com/images/hiddenfortress.jpg)
Holy God, I hate that movie. George Lucas turned shit into gold.
It's just something to keep in mind that you WILL have preconceptions going in.
Personally, as much as I like Kurosawa, my favorite Japanese director is Ozu. Tokyo Story is my favorite Japanese film.
Video games from 2012 - present. I think I'll get back into them eventually though. The games I like are too expensive and time consuming. Free to play and mobile games rarely do anything for me. Major franchises I haven't touched or played just one game from: Zelda, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, MGS, Diablo, and probably some more I can't think of.
Hmm, seems you haven't touched games from some of my all time favorite series. I'd encourage you to give Dragon Quest 5 and 8 and Link to the Past tries one of these days!