Easier to think of older movies

[mtbc]

I was trying to think of movies that I much liked and was struck by how few of them were from the last twenty years. In time, I did manage to think of a few more recent movies, so perhaps I learned something about how my memory works. It could be that the older movies have had more time to mark me more deeply, or I am now worse at recording new memories. It transpires that most of my favorite movies, especially among the more recent, are science fiction.

Comments

[mellowtigger]

I rank Arrival as one of the most profound movies that I've ever seen. :)

I think part of the reason recent movies seem less impactful (memory-forming) is that they are so much more common now. Seeing a show, even at a theater, is not such a special event now as it used to be, so there's less reason to imprint it upon our life's experience. Maybe? *ignorant, speculative shrug*

[mtbc]

Arrival was at least different! And of course the protagonist was also profoundly affected. I didn't see it in the cinema. I do appreciate attempts at real science fiction.

Your idea is at least interesting - I certainly consume movies at a rather higher rate these days, though in media studies in high school I got lots of horror movies for free on VHS, as an undergraduate I saw plenty of old ones via college film societies, and I got plenty of current ones while mst3kmoxie was a manager at AMC, but movies indeed feel more routine for me now and I am not as easily impressed.

[wpadmirer]

I like science fiction films. They're generally entertaining, and often BIG. ARRIVAL is a great movie. I loved it. That kind of imagination is cool.

[mtbc]

It is indeed nice when the aliens actually seem somewhat alien.