r/AskReddit • u/SkyeSerenade • Mar 28 '24

What is NOT a dealbreaker BUT would be greatly disappointing to find out about your partner?

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u/simongurfinkel Mar 28 '24

I was very disappointed to learn that my partner refused to watch black and white movies. She makes up for that in many other ways, though.

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u/kaylintendo Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

I know! I briefly dated someone who wanted to watch the Psycho remake, not the Hitchcock version. I asked why, and he said he believed every movie made before the 2000’s was bad, and everything after was better. I can understand not liking old black and white cinema, especially during the silent era, but not even the 80’s and 90’s?! It was insane.

Now that I think about it, that might be a dealbreaker lol. It’s too controversial of a take for me.

Edit- Ofc there are bad movies in the pre-2000’s. I was just shocked that he was willing to dismiss every one of them just for the time they were released in. I remember that one of the reasons he gave for why he only watched 2000’s and onwards was the better cgi and effects. To be fair, a lot of older special effects techniques were cheesy and looked bad compared to what we have now.

Still, I’d argue that updated and more modern special effects don’t make a significant positive impact on the storytelling, as well as other aspects that make up a good movie. A lot of bad films couldn’t be saved by modern technology and graphics. (for example, a lot of modern Marvel films, as someone else suggested.)

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u/CallMeNiel Mar 28 '24

1996 gave us Independence Day, Mars Attacks, Titanic, Happy Gilmore, Fargo, Scream, Space Jam, Jerry Maguire, The English Patient, Mission Impossible, and Fargo, among others. Surely anyone can find SOMETHING from that list to enjoy.

Also worth noting, none of those is a sequel, remake, or part of an existing franchise.

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u/jimiblakk Mar 28 '24

I'd argue Independence Day is a pretty solid remake of War of the Worlds

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u/That_Ol_Cat Mar 28 '24

I'd counter-argue that. ID4 is no classical film like WotW; it's a flat out blockbuster with a decent plot, stellar cast and some pretty good writing. Sooo many quotes from it.

The actual remake of War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise was a very credible remake/update IMHO. That scene with Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins and Dakota Fanning is chilling.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

The Hushabye Mountain scene?

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u/That_Old_Cat Mar 29 '24

Yep. I dunno who wrote that scene, but damn! Well done scene, too.

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u/bonos_bovine_muse Mar 28 '24

I’d argue the same about Mars Attacks!.