How do they react to your film tastes, especially with regard to older/less mainstream kino?
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What are your experiences of discussing films with normies, e.g. coworkers?
they said drive was boring
those frickers
I told my friends that BvS was kino. And this was before the Ultimate Edition even came out. They just looked at me weird and said that I have all the wrong opinions on everything.
Serves you right for having such shit taste
Based.
Weirdos can have shit taste too.
Oh, actually haven't heard about Marathon Man, or rather confused it with something else. Is it kino?
>how acessible movies in general are
I actually think this may be a part of the problem. Content is so widely accessible that people are flooded with stuff and just watch something which is known to them or hot at the moment. It's like with books, they are more accessible than ever but most people still read shit or nothing at all.
>In just two hours a week you can watch some of the best stuff ever made in the medium
Theoretically yes but I don't like watching too many movies at once as they kinda blend into one for me then. I definitely prefer to watch one at a time and think about it for a bit.
>is Marathon Man kino
I think its relatively average out of everything I've seen; but an above average thriller from the 70's is basically a masterpiece in comparison to most things today.
It's usually Star Wars shit. I got a job doing yard work and the supervisor likes Star Wars and plays Battlefront
they stare,mostly.
I haven’t had a real conversation with anybody in years
Based hermit.
I only recommend tom hanks movies.
1. All of them are good
2. None of them are weird
So i know normies will enjoy it and they think anything that is not marvel is cult.
>None of them are weird
I think Cloud Atlas was pretty weird but I don't remember much from it.
>they think anything that is not marvel is cult
wtf?
Why the hell show any movie at party?
>"they were actually based!!!"
Why would anyone say that?
>What did I do wrong?
Didn't say "Blade Runner 2049".
GO BACK
>None of them are weird
Reminder that T.Hanks played in an anti-dnd moral panic film. Get them to watch that.
I went to a party a few weeks ago on the pretense that I was going to be able to show a group of normies The Shining for the first time.
Little did I know, a bunch of other normies from the neighborhood arrived, and it got ungodly packed.
Two mexican freshmen said that The Shining was shit because it was slow and told the group that Insidious 2 was better.
I left the party early because Insidious 2 sucks, and I thoroughly enjoyed rewatching The Shining by myself.
>inb4 "they were actually based!!!"
I mean, they were a little bit based. That movie isn't awful and it portrays trannies as monsters
>Two mexican freshmen said that The Shining was shit because it was slow
I can sort of agree with them, in a way. I've discovered that my attention span has gone to shit, so many movies (especially longer ones) feel boring and slow when I watch them for the first time. Only watching them again, I can start to appreciate slower pacing, atmosphere, good writing, the visuals etc. Maybe because on a rewatch, as I already know what happens, I can actually start to appreciate the finer details and not be stressing about following the plot and being 100% attentive the entire time. It's a more relaxed, enjoyable experience.
If following the plot cannot hold your attention, that's pretty weird.
>watch whatever I tell them to watch because they think I know better when it come to movies
Hello, based department?
You know that redditnormies think about it something like adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/pepe-frog
opposite for me the more the movie plods the more im interested and not surfing or on here but when its an action or horror im fricking around on here because i get bored inbetween scenes since they feel tedious and not as important as the high stake moments and they largely are you dont need to see dialogue in capeshit to know the story
>be me
>at party with normies
>people talking about their favorite movies
>"Star Wars!" "Jaws!" "Marvel flick#453!"
>Say my favorite movie is Blade Runner (It´s actually 8 1/2, but that will go down easier with the normes)
>Silence
>...
>Get asked to leave
What did I do wrong?
>Silence
not the best scorsese movie, I understand why they asked you to leave
Kek'd.
Heh
Using Silence on movie nights with normies as a punishment is probably going ne of the few reasons to actually rewatch it.
is this some kind of a joke thread? I mean what the frick guys nobody's this moronic right?
No, what makes you think that?
They think that I'm a film connoisseur just because I have watched movies other than whatever plays on cinemas/tv and top imdb movies.
Truth is I'm a pleb but hey, I enjoy the attention.
>I enjoy the attention.
At least there is that. Shame that the bar is set so low.
What are some obscure kinos that managed to gather so much attention?
Not obscure, just not something that is immediately recognisable to the average normie who only watches netflix after work and goes to the cinema once per one or two months to watch a rom com/horror flick/disney or pixar shit/ star wars/ capeshit.
An example was Angel Heart. As I said, I am a pleb but people nowadays gave absolutely no idea about movies. The Wailing is also extremely effective if you can actually manage to get someone to watch it. Doubly fun if you then also explain how it's a deeply Christian movie and then they feel dirty for liking it.
I think I've been kind of lucky in that I mostly have good conversations about shit like movies but my current co workers are legitimately only interested in Disney. My boss has been to Disney Land like 4 times because she says she loves it so much.
>she loves it so much
Women truly ruin everything.
>other than whatever plays on cinemas/tv and top imdb movies
than whatever plays on cinemas/tv and top imdb movies
moron
she's actually a really nice person but conversations turn extremely dry when it's like
>what did you watch at the weekend? I watched [insert marvel shit here] and it was great!
>I've just been binging Rutger Hauer movies
>who's that?!
each to their own I guess
You should kidnap the b***h and force feed some kino.
>Koreeda’s After Life
Never seen it, maybe I'll try it.
>fricking Lion King live action remake
Frick, I didn't even like the original.
>latest Marvel product
Based.
I would like to because she's hot and friendly but I'm too autistic about what I do and don't like to influence normies.
>autistic
Yeah, I know that pain.
>hot and friendly
But still, get her, anon.
>nuwars gay
So those people actually exist?
Yes. He wears the shirts and has mandolorian pins on his bags and stickers on his laptop etc. He always has on at least one piece of star wars related clothing or accessory. I almost got through to him once by saying that Justin Bieber also has made billions of dollars so does that make his music good but the very next day he went back to saying money = proof of quality.
>people try to talk about marvel movies with me.
>I politely tell them I don’t watch these movies.
>they say something like “I see. But this new one is really…” and them proceed to go on a monologue about marvel this and marvel that.
Thank god GoT isn’t popular anymore, it used to be as bad as marvel when it came to unsolicited conversations.
There was also the memorable time when I finally found someone who knew my favorite movie (Koreeda’s After Life) just for her to say it was boring and shit and then declare that her favorite movie was the fricking Lion King live action remake.
>just for her to say it was boring and shit and then declare that her favorite movie was the fricking Lion King live action remake
I know that feel but you do just have to laugh
I never reveal my power level. If someone asks about movies, I just make a vague comment like "that latest Marvel product sure looks like a good time" and move on. Hasn't failed me yet.
frogposters are 'normies' (normalgays)
>did you like x?
>yes/no
>Ok
many such cases
It's the same as when talking to Cinemaphile but people are less passionate and don't get angry.
>I liked the movie
>really? I thought it sucked
>I dunno I thought it was cool
>fair enough
One of my friends calls me a "cinema homie" though.
I work with this guy who's a nuwars gay and his justification for them being good is they made lots of money. I tried explaining to him that the name Star Wars will get a movie at least half a billion dollars by itself but he just doesn't seem to understand. He genuinely thinks Rey is an amazing character. I asked him what her character arc was and it was just "she starts off a loser and becomes a Jedi".
Idk I just don't talk about movies with most people any more because I'm pretty sure most people watch movies for some eye candy whether that's CGI or hot actresses.
I think it's worth exposing your power level every once in a while just because you do eventually meet someone with similar interests, you just risk alienating yourself, which again isn't much of a pain if you're already pretending to be a normie.
I'm too unintentionally abrasive. The number of dates I've been on that ended within me talking about myself honestly actually made me give up the act altogether. I'm holding out for someone as weird as me.
>I'm holding out for someone as weird as me.
Well, that's gonna take a while.
>pins on his bags and stickers on his laptop etc
Unironic consoomer.
>No one ever knows the films I list (they aren't even obscure)
Can you give some examples?
This.
>enjoy mainstream films
Yes, consoom that mainstream anti-white propaganda. Frick off, israelite.
>Can you give some examples?
Any movie that Cinemaphile likes to meme about but sure. Keep in mind you will likely have heard ALL of these movies
>And Then There Was Blood
>Gangs of New York
>The Nice Guys
>Memento
>Tremors
>American History X
>Birdman
>Heat
>Marathon Man
>Reservoir Dogs
I should note that the older generations usually can recognize quite a few more, but I don't interact with them often.
>Talking with normies
I forgot how
No one ever knows the films I list (they aren't even obscure) so they all think I'm a film expert; which usually ends up with them asking to name who an actor is or what he or she has been in. The only time my "taste" has ever been brought up in discussion was at a dinner party where everyone gushed over the Last Skywalker and me saying it sucked.
>Well anon is a bit of a film snob so it makes sense he wouldn't like it
>having even a minor interest in any subject defaults to snobbery
so sick of this bros
Must suck to be that moronic that you can’t enjoy mainstream films. Also to be that socially inept you can’t accept people watch them
>oldfriends
Even lurking here is antisocial behaviour.
My coworkers and I both enjoy MCU. Star Wars, mainstream stuff. We often put on the latest movie/show when we have an easy day. It feels good to not put up a front. In the past I would tell people I only liked sophisticated stuff to make myself seem intelligent
I overheard a conversation about my coworker saying "that Joker movie" was too dark and violent for her tastes.They were talking about TDKR.
>Joker
>TDKR
Kek. Wonder what they would say about the actual Joker.
>big fans of those franchises from their prime eras
Maybe they are just too big fanboys to acknowledge that their favorite franchises have gone into shit.
I've seen 4 of those movies but it's genuinely baffling for me that someone could have not even heard about either of them.
>but it's genuinely baffling for me that someone could have not even heard about either of them.
I'm just as shocked as you. Seems like everyone I meet in normal circumstances is either only aware of pop culture, or is deliberately hiding their power level from me.
>I've seen 4 of those movies but it's genuinely baffling for me that someone could have not even heard about either of them.
At this point I believe that just by that you already on the top 5% of movie watchers. Not a high bar, but crazy to think about, especially if you consider how acessible movies in general are. In just two hours a week you can watch some of the best stuff ever made in the medium
>Wonder what they would say about the actual Joker.
Yeah. Pretty funny but endearing all the same to see she was that conservative
>try for years to get my normie dudebro friend to watch any literally me movie
>finally gives in and agrees to watch Bladerunner 2049 with me
>halfway through the movie he looks over at me
>”This is a good fricking movie anon.”
It’s not all dark bros.
Baffling. I've met one who really loved nu-Star Wars, even the last Rise of Skywalker which is almost objectively a bad film. He's a boomer in his 50s.
Another in his 40s loves nu-Trek and really enjoyed Picard.
Both are otherwise intelligent and work in skilled jobs, and both are big fans of those franchises from their prime eras.
finally someone calls them out, frick homosexual zoomer tourists that are afraid to call people homosexuals and Black folk on Cinemaphile
My coworkers are your typical Marvelsoys who will consoom anything Marvel. They almost get personally offended whenever I mention the MCU is not very good and when I say that the last one I enjoyed was Ant-Man they refuse to believe me
Also one of them said the other day that if there's a backlash against the Ms. Marvel show that we all know the reason why and implied racism
MCUgay and woke at the same time, can it get any worse?
I've been called pretentious so many times when answering this question, how the frick does that make any sense they are the ones starting the conversation how the frick bros.
>tfw when called pretencious for liking Kubrick
I work on a science field so i only interact with other weirdos at work.
feels good man
>redditfrog
>normie
Pottery
I have patrician friends who don't know are patrician and watch whatever I tell them to watch because they think I know better when it come to movies. Usually there's not much discussion about movies other than saying which scenes they liked or how they perceived a character to be dumb, to be correct, to be manly, etc. I also met a girl who valued my opinion on movies, she was into shoegaze and into Kar Wai movies. Kinda regret not having the balls to make a move on her at the time.
>mention that I've never seen a marvel movie at work
>they literally scream
Do normies really?
>coworkers start talking about politics
It's actually kind of fascinating listening to people who haven't been infected by online brainrot. My white coworker asked our black boss why he can't say the n word, no even as a challenge but because he genuinely didn't know
IT'S Black person TIME FRICKERS NOW ROLL. ONLY QUADS WILL KILL ME
>Black person TIME
kek
Pretty much everything now has to best X ever or just shit.
I don't kill Black folk; I break bucks
A coworker would say every movie he saw was 10/10 best movie ever made.
Drove me nuts
>How do they react to your film tastes, especially with regard to older/less mainstream kino?
at lunch the topic of favorite movies came up and without fail every single person quoted something on the imdb top 10 list
>every single person quoted something on the imdb top 10 list
I actually checked what they are. At least they are good point to start.
I default to just talking about 90s blockbusters. They're not generally that great, but it's common ground with most people over the age of 30.
Interacting with zoomers is just pure hell, though. All they know is capeshit garbage.
>Interacting with zoomers is just pure hell, though. All they know is capeshit garbage.
That's sad.
I work with a lot of zoomers and they legitimately don't watch any movies that came out before the 2000s and even that is pushing it.
It's very weird for me that those people didn't watch movies from 90s that I watched in my childhood.
I exclusively talk about how comic book movies show a lot of male skin and have zero female skin.
I liken it to a restaurant where women wear suits & ties and men wear soft, clingy dresses that show lots of skin.
After everyone is alienated I go back to work laughing to myself how they're all a bunch of homosexuals
They definitely talk shit about how crazy you sound even though you're right. This world is gay
My coworker said Who Framed Roger Rabbit was too sexual
What age?
I still make pillow forts. Am I wierd?
No, based.
So, how you and your fellow zoomers perceive oldgays and older kino?
18 y/o zoomer born in 2003 ask me anything about television and film and how me and my fellow zoomers percieve oldgays and older kino
My experiences and reactions from coworkers and the like are really fricking good because I typically lie or distort the truth when talking about my tastes or when theyre discussing some new popular movie/show.
I refuse to discuss arts with dilettanti.