Are Movies today better then ones made over 30 years ago

[Scifidiner]

In a word, no.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Perhaps movies today are better in terms of special effects, production values, etc., but I prefer to watch films made over 30 years ago.

 

[kaytieeldr]

If you asked this last month, I'd have said, "no". I mean, how many current or recent movies are remakes or sequels? But despite this very valid opinion, a surprising number of current/recent films are appealing to me: Bohemian Rhapsody, Welcome to Marwen, Vice, Holmes & Watson, (okay) Mary Poppins Returns...

 

[disney junky]

Special effects are much better now, so older movies that were dependent on special effects are going to be better now. However, I enjoy old films for the acting.

 

[ChrisFL]

I think comedy movies were better in the earlier decades compared to now. Those movies had a ton of quotable lines that people know to this day. I don't know many movies made in the past decade that were very quotable and familiar to most people.

Action movies, some are better, some are worse.

 

[Jennasis]

Get off my lawn!


Seriously though...films today are different from 30 years ago, just like films 30 years ago were different from films 60 years ago. Not better or worse. Just different.

 

[neverlandsky]

Depends. I do feel that past comedies are better due to their wit, timing of line deliveries, and jokes.

 

[cabanafrau]

I don't think it's an all or nothing concept one way or the other. Plenty of good and bad past and present.

 

[mrodgers]

I enjoy very few movies today. Either they are way over the top with special effects or just plain ridiculous movies (comic book movies and the 15 remakes of all the good movies from the 80's and 90's.)

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I’ll stick with the classics. Other than Disney animation/ Pixar I haven’t seen a movie since the original Mamma Mia.

Don't let the travesty that was Mamma Mia dissuade you from seeing good movies.

 

[hopemax]

I'm disappointed in most modern movies. I realized this while watching the new Jurassic World and Star Wars movies. The newer films never have time to "breathe" it's just moving from one special effects sequence to another. I think about how quotable the movies I loved from the 80s and 90s, were. We don't do that with modern movies. Even ones we theoretically "like." And I don't hear a lot of other people quoting modern movies either.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

And I'm a superhero fan but just to many superhero movies out there.

 

[Sabeking]

I agree both good and bad in every era. I do find the movies I really enjoy today are based on a true story. I will say now going to the movie theatre is a treat at 12.00 a ticket reserved seating!

 

[Praying Colonel]

I got MoviePass when it was still a good deal ($9.99/month, 1 non-IMAX/3D movie per day). We dropped it after a few months because we had a hard time finding enough movies to watch that made it worth the monthly subscription. There's some good stuff during Christmas and early summer but the rest of the year, not so much, at least for us.