You gotta admit he does have a point.
>>217422325thinking that your narrow perspective is a universal trusmth and that everyone else is just pretending to disagree with you is unhealthy narcissistic thinking
>>217422325Old movies mog the newer ones in terms of staging and blocking. Ever seen a recent movie? Janky rapid editing, boring shot-reverse-shot dialog exchange, inane use of close-ups.
>>217422439You missed the point of the comic. The first guy is a pseudo intellect by thinking only older movies are good and the second guy is openly mocking him for being a fake movie enjoyer.
>>217422325>>217422524>wow, my self insert is so much more intelligent and free-thinking compared to the strawman i made upAre you underage?>xkcd comicMy bad.
>>217422569How is it a strawman when this thread is already full of people exactly like that?
>>217422524he named two of the most famous directors in cinema. this is the classic midwit manoeuvre of>"i don't like something and neither does my small circle that i don't step outside of.. so don't WE all agree it's bad?"sign of low iq
>>217422587>i'm getting called a retard for my dumb take that means my strawman is correct
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>>217422704based
>>217422439It’s more autism at work.Autistic people have trouble grasping other people have points of view of their own.
>>217422767It's internet induced virtual autism
>>217422325threadly reminder he was so sure about Hillary he made>I’m with Her
>>217423089>Hardcore liberal hates classic cinema Not shocked. These are the same people who claim the right cannot produce art
>>217422325Its true. Its like hipsters pretending vinyl is better than mp3s because old=hecking good and authentic
>>217422704quit posting the inferior version
>>217423153>>217422704that's what talking to chuds is like though
>>217422325>Supported Hillary in 2016>Supported Kamala in 2024How is this retard considered smart?
Never ask a person who thinks old movies are bad what their favorite movies are
>>217423176You lost and you will never be a woman
>>217423116You don’t hate something when you make accurate critique on the masturbatory elitism that often comes with veneration of old cinema
>>217423216>Obviously using a thesaurus to look smart.You are one hell of a Midwit
The pic is edited you tards
>>217423216Okay and you also don't need to engage with elitism at all to understand and enjoy older movies. He's very specifically referencing two good directors too. It's not like he said someone more artsy like Woody Allen or specified a genre that ages worse like comedy. He just hates that people enjoy older media
>>217423205>Hillary would've thrown daily diaper tantrums that cause irreparable damage to US soft power in the world, threatened to invade NATO ally greenland and used venezuelan oil money in their personal slush fund, all in the first 2 weeks of 2026
>>217423216All movies are old movies. All movies were once new, and are old the minute they wrap and the crew goes in to the next project.Consumerist attitudes that newer = better has yielded only the commodification and devaluation of film and the cheapening of it into cliche soup. It is much, much easier to make the claim that new movies are fucking disposable trash than old films, and yet i wont bc they have also been making disposable trash since the 1920s. So this whole fucking argument is only arguing generalizations, which is retarded.
>>217423308>He's very specifically referencing two good directors tooHe’s using the most mainstream classic cinema directors as an example to highlight the ridiculousness of that type of mentality.
>>217423205In an alternate universe, Hillary got impeached for looking at a trans flag
>>217423352What is the incel stance on Greenland? Do y'all pretend now that you ackchually always wanted to start a war with Europe?
Normal wordsBut a stick guy!
>>217423358Okay and they are universally agreed to be great. He could've said any director and the point would still stand. Dude is just mad the Barbie movie isn't considered good discussion among people who watch actual films
>>217423371Europe is entirely disposable, it's imperative to win the arctic race against china and russia
>>217423371Europe has always been a leech on the US since the end of the Cold War.
>>217422325>>217423294And they are both wrong. Beer and old movies are amazing
>>217423357The hipster belief that older = deeper has trained people to confuse boredom with seriousness and technical shortcomings with artistic intention. Old movies aren’t sacred texts, they’re products of their time, stuffed with stiffness, theatrical overacting, glacial pacing, and ideas that have been refined, challenged, or outright surpassed for decades. Clinging to them as inherently superior isn’t taste, it’s nostalgia cosplay.It’s incredibly easy to sneer at modern films as “soulless” while ignoring that most classic cinema survives on reputation, not rewatchability. A huge chunk of old movies are tedious, moralizing, and formally primitive, and people defend them out of obligation rather than enjoyment. Acting like preferring them makes you more discerning just exposes an allergy to change and a fear of admitting that progress actually happens. Cinema didn’t peak when sound was optional and editing was clunky, it evolved. Pretending otherwise is just elitism.
>>217423420But chuds believe that russia and china are good and nothing to worry about
>>217423420>>217423426Agreed.We should abandon 80 years of peace and alliance in Europe and focus on domestic issues like skin color and who gets to use which public toilet.Greetings from Vladivostok.
>>217423452Not a single movie made in the last 50 years holds a candle to Abel Gance's La Roue. You don't know shit about film and should consider stop posting in a television and film discussion board.
>>217423476See you are being facetious but you most likely do support people using bathrooms they shouldn't be and you probably don't see any problem with mass immigration either
>>217423411No it wouldn’t. He’s specifically addressing the snobbery mindset the old movies dude represents and then counters it with le all old is bad guy.
>>217423116tbf it's an edit, the original comic was about beer
>>217423504>Not a single movie made in the last 50 years holds a candle to Abel Gance's La Roue.
>>217422439it's a pretty typical mindset for a liberal comic artist
>>217422325wicked bait. can't wait to see this thread reach 300+ replies
>>217423532Liking good directors over modern slop isn't snobbery though. This whole discourse is born out of feminine insecurity
>>217423520I voted for Trump 3x and generally like what he has done on domestic issues.But I can also admit that most of his foreign policy moves have been huge blunders
>>217423543This midwit pseud is falling back on his usual intellectual dishonesty as usual. This is the extent of his "film discussion" btw. I am sure he is from Columbia Tristar's guerrilla marketing team or something, notice the vested interest in shitting on films that coincidentally are in the public domain.
>>217422325I love how /tv/ rightfully mocks this faggot for this strip, but then turns around and uses the exact same "people who like what I don't are just pretending" logic to claim everyone is a shill.
>>217423582Yep, you see it constantly in Avatar threads.
>>217423556might be overselling it to call him a comic artist
>>217422325Autism: the post. Just because you feel a certain way about a certain thing doesn’t mean that’s the universal consensus, for some reason ‘tists are unable to understand the concept. Also anyone who unironically feels this way should unironically kill themselves lol
>>217422524That wasn't the point at all. Reread it
I wonder what films does xkcd like
>You gotta admit he does have a point.
>>217423786he just watches Buffy and Firefly on repeat
>>217423786Probably Primer since it's a nonsense hard sci fi film with no soul whatsoever that was written by an autistic engineer and feels like it.
>>217422325The true film subreddit absolutely refuses to admit that modern films suck. To the point they will defend some of the worst trash I've ever seen on an objective level. Bad editing, bad cinematography, horrible acting - none of it matters they will simply say it's a matter of taste. They also say endlessly - we just don't remember bad movies, there have always been bad movies so it's not any worse now. I've never seen such an extreme disconnect between the general consensus and a forum that's ostensibly for aficionados of a hobby. What do you imagine someone simping for modern film looks like and why is it that banned reddit mod? They're all so greasy and unkempt, just like their opinions.
>>217423786neil degrasse tyson's cosmos on repeat
>>217423786The Martian
>>217423911No one who is actually interested in cinema think modern movies suck. It's the opinion of casuals.
>>217423960name 5 good films that have released in the last 10 years
>>217422465You didn't even mention the abhorrent fogginess of every scene now, and everything is blue especially at night, lighting just completely sucks now
>>217423979What's the point, you will call them bad.
>>217423786definitely fotm streaming slop
>>217423979Lanthimos filmography. I win.
>>217424064>he can only think of bad films released within the last decadeglad we're on the same page
>>217422325The vast majority of old movies are crap and have aged badly.but you could say the same about the vast majority of the modern movies: they're crap and they will age badly, probably in a much higher percentage compared to the old ones.
But why doesn't he confess that pussy also tastes bad? Is he just a hypocrite and ignores the bad taste of the things HE enjoys? Wowwww
>>217424124No, I enjoyed plenty of films from this decade. From the top of my head: Aftersun, Zone of Interest, Tar, Memoria, Drive My Car.
>>217424124>>217424121We aren't on the same page, you can't even read.
>>217422325Old movies can be boring But how are Wells and Hitchcock boring ?
>>217424254Hitchcock has many shitty movies, but I wouldn't call them boring.
>>217423979I'm getting flashbacks to the retards who don't understand per capita. ON AVERAGE, you know what an average is?
>>217422325The best way to piss these people off is to disagree politely and move on without taking the bait. It works for any topic, it really fucks with their mind.
>>217424308per cope-ita
>>217423786whatever's popular
>>217423294it's still wrongcerveza es bueno
>>217423981based
>>217422325No. Because of Tubi, I've seen so much old kino.
>>217423476Pretty fucking one sided alliance.
>>217423572>But I can also admit that most of his foreign policy moves have been huge blundersEnded the Gaza conflict, fucked Iran up and prevented war, deposed Maduro without getting in a forever war, forcing Trade Alliances against China, and showing NATO allies are worthless fuckers are all major wins.
