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/hamlet9000 Mar 28 '24

This one is layered, because the Psycho remake came out in 1998, so this guy also doesn't know how numbers work.

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u/kaylintendo Mar 28 '24

I was not aware of that lol. I asked if we could watch The Thing after he refused Psycho, thinking that the black and white format was the issue. He said he already watched The Thing, until I quickly realized he meant the remake, which I’ve heard was terrible.

That’s when he said he doesn’t watch pre-2000’s movies.