Papa’s Basement 7-23-12-Why James Holmes Did It
Discussing why James Holmes, aka bat-shit (catch that pun there?) crazy shooter who tore up The Dark Knight Rises might have done what he did. The conclusion we came to: […]
The Dark Knight Rises‘ opening weekend has come and gone and, according to The IMDb, its place in cinema history has been secured as one of the ten greatest movies of all time. “The Dark Knight Rises ahead of such films as Gone With the Wind and Casablanca?,” you might ask if you are ignorant to the fact that all of history predating the Internet Age can suck a twat. Because the online masses have spoken, and Christopher Nolan has directed three of the top 15 movies of all time. Thank God Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and Robert Altman have passed away, because it’d break their hearts to be faced with the realization of what talentless little nuggets of shit they actually were.
There may have been a time when the IMDb’s Top 250 list wasn’t determined by a bunch of 15-year-old boys running home from the theater after seeing a decently entertaining movie to give it a 10, though it has long passed. At this point, the list should be re-labeled “Cool Movies As Decided By People Whose Pubic Hair Sprouted in a Post-9/11 World”.
For a much more varied compilation of cinema classics, Roger Ebert‘s “Great Movies” list has some fantastically interesting choices that I’ve greatly enjoyed. (The tone of this piece is starting to get a little sanctimonious, so maybe I should elaborate: I enjoy viewing movies from Ebert’s “Great Movies” list the two times a year I get the motivation to drag myself away from computer porn and YouTube videos of kittens and stare at something that requires a modicum of effort to comprehend.) And now, because it sounds cinematic and I have no other idea of how else to end this article, FIN.
WorstFailEver on July 24, 2012
A lot of old movies are ridiculously overrated, especially anything by Stanley Kubrick, he’s a hack. There’s more films being generated today than in the past, so even if the general quality is down, you’ll still likely have more good films today.
That said, I wouldn’t put much stock in any recently released movies or that don’t have a lot of votes because it takes time for things to settle down.
Heezy on July 25, 2012
I wouldn’t say “a lot of old movies are ridiculously overrated,” but there are once-popular movies that prove not to be timeless. I learned this arguing with an old guy about Scorsese’s “Age of Innocence.” I thought it was terrible, but it struck a chord with the old guy, who is about Scorsese’s age. We found out that he (and Marty) grew up in a time when it was a big deal to hold a girl’s hand in public, whereas I grew up listening to Rage Against the Machine and watching the Tommy Lee-Pam Anderson sex tape, so it was easy to see why he liked the movie, and I can’t wait to stick it in the dumpster.
That said, we shall see if Inception makes its way to society’s trash can in 20 years.
Dimley on July 25, 2012
“There’s more films being generated today than in the past, so even if the general quality is down, you’ll still likely have more good films today.”
That could only make sense in world where genius on film were a stroke of random luck made inevitable through the sheer number of attempts made.