IMDb's top 250 list gets murkier and murkier by the year as people seem to be accepting modern garbage as the 'best films of all time'. Most of the best films in history don't get anywhere near the top 50, the best film of all time currently sits at 102... 102?! For A Clockwork Orange? I mean I get it, people don't like seeing ultra-violence anymore, but... wtf? In fact not one Kubrick film claims a top 50 spot any longer. As if society forgot the most visionary man to ever direct a film.
What weird new reality do we live in where people regard Top Gun: Maverick as better than any single Kubrick film? Hell, I enjoyed Fear and Desire more than Maverick and it was Kubrick's 'shame'. Like seriously... okay, it was cool that the Department of Defense threw a few hundred million $$$s at a film to give it realistic aerial combat scenes... but doesn't anyone realize it's still just a slap shod recruitment video with a bland plot? The modern pop tracks, the bland characters, the scene for scene remake feel... like wtf is everyone else smoking? Can I get some to smoke on so I can be a part of the mindless masses? It must be nice not to feel so alone about culture.
I haven't been to theaters in months now because nothing is in theaters. Last thing I saw was Maverick and I just felt so blah about it I was like, "Okay, fuck the summer blockbusters." I know the summer is for the kids but God, can we get just ONE remotely interesting film for adults this summer? I recall the people in the audience clapping... CLAPPING every time something vaguely exciting happened during Maverick. What the fuck was their deal? I was trying to watch a mediocre film and they just made it all the worse for me.
I can't stand the vulgar obscene bullshit that audiences force me to endure these days. Last film I saw where no one talked, texted, clapped, etc. was Men. HOW THE FUCK WAS MEN THE BEST FILM I SAW THIS YEAR?!
/rant
