Does Anyone Else Here Have ZERO Interest in New Movies?

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

I was just browsing through Facebook and an obvious attention seeker posted, “Barbie > Oppenheimer” and just realized how indifferent I was to it other than pointing out it’s a cheap ploy for attention.

But it made me think and I browsed through my movie tracker for the year. I have watched 71 movies this year and not a single one of them has been from 2023. In previous years something from Netflix probably would’ve solved that, but I stopped using Netflix and can’t say I miss it.

The last new movies I can clearly remember looking forward to were the frat pack movies/the Seth Rogen gang. But since those fell out of style and Rogen is doing more serious stuff nothing sticks out much. New installments of horror franchises or horror movies that get a major buzz are the closest things left. But even Get Out and the It remake came out SIX YEARS ago.

I guess it helps that I’ve long been drawn to lower budget crap. I rarely rewatch movies these days and enjoy the surprises even if the movie isn’t particularly well made. Also, it’s just kind of fun watching movies without movie stars.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Me. Don’t give a f*** about a single one of them.

[pinja]

Yes and no. I don't go out of my way to catch up with new releases. I stumble over them occasionally and when I like the premise, I might watch it or put it on my list. But that mainly goes for genre movies. I'd like to think that's a recent development with the blockbusters not being - let's put it mildly - to my liking, but it really has always been like that. As a kid and teen I was mostly dependend on what tv showed. Then with the advent of piracy we all catched up with the big horror franchises and gorier stuff. What may have changed is that there isn't even that one movie a year or every two years I absolutely have to watch. No "Blair Witch Project", "Matrix", "Two Towers" or whatever. Even if the movies aren't lifeless at all, the surroundings are dead and it's killing my mood.

[tirtefaa]

I'm in the same boat.

I'm not a huge fan of needing to rely on existing IPs in order to get a hit, when a lot of time it tends to inflate the budget.

To that effect, I think most movies tend to be very safe in their narrative, and typically don't take any chances in their approach.

Lastly, Hollywood is quite self congratulatory to itself, and there have been times when it was deserved, but many other times it refuses to look at its own problems it needs to fix instead of just saying things.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

I love movies. I’ve been acting such a young age and I have fond/terrifying early memories of going to watch movies in theaters. Something about the intimacy of it just is engraved in me.

All that being said, I’ve just felt severely apathetic to them in the last 10 years. I don’t really do streaming, or HBO/Cinemax etc anymore..and barely anything really catches me.

But I guess I’m different in that barbenheimer did rejuvenate my interest. I remember being hyped for Joker. And No Way Home for the nostalgia. And recently, Deadpool 3 perked my interest but..

I guess what I’m trying to say is I use to love going to theaters for both big budget movies and critically acclaimed films but in the last decade or so it’s waned so much, it 100% has depressed me.

I had vague interest in stuff like The Batman, Avatar II, top gun, but I didn’t and still can’t Will myself to see them.

Last horror movie I saw (and loved) was Hereditary. I echo about the comedy scene, it is just painfully depressing what’s happened to comedy in movies.

I guess to summarize, yeah, it sucks. That’s why personally, this barbie Oppenheimer thing has been so inspirational, cause people are interested in two very different kind of films that aren’t the usual Superhero/Star Wars/IP reboot stuff. If that’s your cup of tea, god bless. For me, familiarity has bred contempt. Don’t even know how 12 year old me would react to reading that lol

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Jul 22, 2023 23:54:48 GMT -5 Fade is a CodyCryBaby said:

I love movies. I’ve been acting such a young age and I have fond/terrifying early memories of going to watch movies in theaters. Something about the intimacy of it just is engraved in me.

All that being said, I’ve just felt severely apathetic to them in the last 10 years. I don’t really do streaming, or HBO/Cinemax etc anymore..and barely anything really catches me.

But I guess I’m different in that barbenheimer did rejuvenate my interest. I remember being hyped for Joker. And No Way Home for the nostalgia. And recently, Deadpool 3 perked my interest but..

I guess what I’m trying to say is I use to love going to theaters for both big budget movies and critically acclaimed films but in the last decade or so it’s waned so much, it 100% has depressed me.

I had vague interest in stuff like The Batman, Avatar II, top gun, but I didn’t and still can’t Will myself to see them.

Last horror movie I saw (and loved) was Hereditary. I echo about the comedy scene, it is just painfully depressing what’s happened to comedy in movies.

I guess to summarize, yeah, it sucks. That’s why personally, this barbie Oppenheimer thing has been so inspirational, cause people are interested in two very different kind of films that aren’t the usual Superhero/Star Wars/IP reboot stuff. If that’s your cup of tea, god bless. For me, familiarity has bred contempt. Don’t even know how 12 year old me would react to reading that lol

The Barbie/Oppenheimer thing feels like such manufactured, social media nonsense that it's put me off seeing Oppenheimer.

I will probably see it, that's the kind of movie I like, something based around historical fact. But Barbenheimer or whatever the hell is going on, "Gonna see both, same night!!! #!!!" It's just, no.

[Cyno]

I've been checked out on seeing new movies in theaters since the pandemic. Doesn't help that movies are so f***ing expensive to go to these days either. Before GOTG3, the last movie I saw in theaters was Star Wars Episode IX. That's a span of over 3 years.

[KingPooper]

I don’t mind going to the theatre to see couple movies a month. Stuff that’s getting a lot of hype, or the fact I love IP blockbusters where I can see shit explode and turn my brain off for a couple hours.

Streaming services on the other hand? There’s just way to much content every series is some pretentious drama or comedy thats two episodes longer than it should have been and don’t get too invested because it will be a miracle it makes it to three seasons, that’s if you can remember who anyone is because there’s like two years between seasons.

Tv tropes are so predictable and tired these days is every show even if it’s completely different setting or genre just feels the damn same. Soo much talking to pad the run time and all the characters look like idiots because they need to add an extra episode. 8 hours or more with a bunch of morons is too much. Movies are at a low point and their three act structure is laughably bad at times, but at least it’s only two and a half hours.

They should cancel everything but I Think You Should Leave.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Jul 23, 2023 0:31:30 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Jul 22, 2023 23:54:48 GMT -5 Fade is a CodyCryBaby said:

I love movies. I’ve been acting such a young age and I have fond/terrifying early memories of going to watch movies in theaters. Something about the intimacy of it just is engraved in me.

All that being said, I’ve just felt severely apathetic to them in the last 10 years. I don’t really do streaming, or HBO/Cinemax etc anymore..and barely anything really catches me.

But I guess I’m different in that barbenheimer did rejuvenate my interest. I remember being hyped for Joker. And No Way Home for the nostalgia. And recently, Deadpool 3 perked my interest but..

I guess what I’m trying to say is I use to love going to theaters for both big budget movies and critically acclaimed films but in the last decade or so it’s waned so much, it 100% has depressed me.

I had vague interest in stuff like The Batman, Avatar II, top gun, but I didn’t and still can’t Will myself to see them.

Last horror movie I saw (and loved) was Hereditary. I echo about the comedy scene, it is just painfully depressing what’s happened to comedy in movies.

I guess to summarize, yeah, it sucks. That’s why personally, this barbie Oppenheimer thing has been so inspirational, cause people are interested in two very different kind of films that aren’t the usual Superhero/Star Wars/IP reboot stuff. If that’s your cup of tea, god bless. For me, familiarity has bred contempt. Don’t even know how 12 year old me would react to reading that lol

The Barbie/Oppenheimer thing feels like such manufactured, social media nonsense that it's put me off seeing Oppenheimer.

I will probably see it, that's the kind of movie I like, something based around historical fact. But Barbenheimer or whatever the hell is going on, "Gonna see both, same night!!! #!!!" It's just, no.

I think it’s fun. I love that it’s diverse, that there’s a “balance”, so to speak and that it just seems different.

Regardless, don’t let a social media hype/meme thing, regardless if it’s manufactured or not, deter you from seeing Oppenheimer. Specially if ya like the historical aspect revolving it. You’ll have a good time.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Jul 23, 2023 1:14:36 GMT -5 Fade is a CodyCryBaby said:

Jul 23, 2023 0:31:30 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

The Barbie/Oppenheimer thing feels like such manufactured, social media nonsense that it's put me off seeing Oppenheimer.

I will probably see it, that's the kind of movie I like, something based around historical fact. But Barbenheimer or whatever the hell is going on, "Gonna see both, same night!!! #!!!" It's just, no.

I think it’s fun. I love that it’s diverse, that there’s a “balance”, so to speak and that it just seems different.

Regardless, don’t let a social media hype/meme thing, regardless if it’s manufactured or not, deter you from seeing Oppenheimer. Specially if ya like the historical aspect revolving it. You’ll have a good time.

I'm sure it's fine. I'm sure Barbie is fine. I just hate any form of me "Haha, me too!! Right guys???" The tag-along, having to be apart of some manufactured "event". Go see both movies, I don't mean that, some people would like both, some people just really love any movie, I mean the clearly fake going to watch both because social media told you to. That's what I don't like.

[Display Name]

God no. I’m a AMC A-List subscriber and go at least a couple of times a month. I’m very lucky I married somebody with the same vibe.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Nah, I haven't seen a movie in the theater in years. Hell, this writer's strike doesn't affect me either because I don't watch really scripted TV anymore.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Me for the most part.

I went to the cinema a couple of times this year, but can't remember at all what I saw they were that mediocre.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Jul 23, 2023 1:27:22 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Jul 23, 2023 1:14:36 GMT -5 Fade is a CodyCryBaby said:

I think it’s fun. I love that it’s diverse, that there’s a “balance”, so to speak and that it just seems different.

Regardless, don’t let a social media hype/meme thing, regardless if it’s manufactured or not, deter you from seeing Oppenheimer. Specially if ya like the historical aspect revolving it. You’ll have a good time.

I'm sure it's fine. I'm sure Barbie is fine. I just hate any form of me "Haha, me too!! Right guys???" The tag-along, having to be apart of some manufactured "event". Go see both movies, I don't mean that, some people would like both, some people just really love any movie, I mean the clearly fake going to watch both because social media told you to. That's what I don't like.

I understand how you could perceive that as annoying. I try to separate the stuff from aspects of people or things I find annoying, or wise, I wouldn’t do anything but collect mold.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Nah, I go at least once a month. I love movies.

[tirtefaa]

Best movie I saw all year was F/X on free TV, and it's what...35 years old?

[zrowsdower]

Sometimes, I will want to see a movie as soon as it comes out, but change my mind when the time comes. One reason is how quickly they just end up on paramount plus, or peacock or some other streaming service.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

I’ve actually been getting back into going to the theatre again lately, started going to a movie every week or two. I absolutely love it, I had forgotten how enjoyable watching movies in the theatre was. And it’s especially great now that my local multiplex has one of those pimpass 4k Dolby Atmos large format screens, I’ve fallen in love with going to the theatre again.

[The Ichi]

I'm definitely more into series than movies nowadays.

[agent817]

I have gone to the theater less this year but not because of lack of interest. Keyword is "lack" because there are some films I am interested in seeing. I just have interests in other things at the moment that are somewhat overshadowing any interest in theatrical releases.