A layman's take: Nietzsche loved to punish people, both literally and metaphorically. Personally, I’m fine with him... his style is killer when it comes to trashing Christians or those old Greek guys like Plato. He was just a fun guy who loved to troll, had his own opinions, absolutely hated the Church, and lived for the nightlife.... As I see it, his "superman" concept is basically about breaking free from parental shackles—and everything else, too. It means accepting life as it is and letting go of all that forced doubt and suffering. Pain disappears once you actually embrace existence. We're basically taught to walk backward; we become idiots because we suppress our natural instincts and block ourselves with morality and other bullshit. Screw the suffering, just find happiness. In a weird way, he was like Jesus, just with a much different way of expressing himself.
Dennis Martin6 said:It’s not about how good the artists were, it’s about how people actually got their info back then versus now. Dylan, The Beatles, The Doors—they’re considered classics today not necessarily because they were better, but simply because everyone listened to them. They didn't rule the world because they were making unheard-of genius music; they ruled because the audience didn't have anything else to listen to. If you live in a world where news is served to you via TV at specific times and magazines all report the exact same thing, of course the media influence is massive enough to create these rock star myths.
Nowadays, with 24/7 news cycles and instant access to everything, that kind of concentrated influence is impossible.
Plus, look at the charts today—it’s all pop stars, whereas until the 80s, rock still held that crown. Maybe you just don't like pop?😁
Ugh, so many wrong takes here. Let me address a few... First off, those musicians worked their tails off until they made it. AC/DC used to play three shows a day in dive bars, kid's parties, parks—doesn't matter, they worked like dogs to get noticed. Judas Priest lived on tour buses. They wrote lyrics that Justin Bieber couldn't even wrap his head around (not his fault, it's the fault of people who want everything fast and instant). Don't you dare disrespect Dylan or The Doors. They're legends compared to what we see today. Maybe there's nostalgia involved, but don't act like people only heard them because there was nothing else out there. Music is either great or it sucks, period. Those guys earned their fame through grit, ideas, talent, and pure hard work. Today, we're drowning in garbage information that just makes us stupider. Sometimes the brain needs real food—books, actual music—not useless junk for people to argue about over beer and popcorn. You're mixing up emotions with forced values. You can't diminish the worth of those giants. Just because some authority figure decides someone is "lesser" because they have long hair or won't follow the rules doesn't make it true (that's my metaphor for record label execs). You can have your own opinion, but just because the media pushes something doesn't mean The Beatles were bad musicians. It just means they don't click with you and you haven't felt it.
John Peterson3 said:Pearl Harbor comes to mind first. People expected some epic historical masterpiece, seemingly forgetting Michael Bay was behind the camera. :nezna: No matter how much people trash it, I find it incredibly fun to watch.
The Island is another Bay project. Even though he pivoted it into an action chase, it’s still a great flick. It’s a shame they left out some interesting premises—like two "adults" being completely lost in the world—but still.
raja also considers Reign of Fire a bad movie. My take is the same as it was for Pearl Harbor: it's great at what it is. Seriously? We're talking about dragons here. Dafuq?!
There are plenty of movies worth watching just for the sake of it. Most get trashed because of personal taste or audience expectations, but if you look at them objectively, they're perfectly solid ways to kill time. People brought up John Carter, which both critics and audiences hated, but as a film, it's just a fun adventure. Nothing more, nothing less.
Good for you, I guess. For me, the whole movie was just a disaster—one of the worst, most boring things I've ever sat through, and I watch pretty much everything, I'm not picky at all... The best way to describe it was in Team America from 2004, which is also a great movie that audiences totally overlooked... plus, it's a masterpiece compared to Pearl Harbor... seriously, any movie I pick is better than Pearl Harbor...(except maybe G-2)
frozenheron7 said:Go ahead, let me know what you think once you've seen it. Everyone's got different tastes, obviously, but if you find it even half as decent as I did, then you haven't wasted two hours of your life for nothing.🙂
Maybe it actually turned out better than yours, haha... It really hit its stride once the movie kicked in. Honestly, Kevin Spacey probably smoked more weed than Cheech & Chong, and the characters were freaking hilarious—just pure tragicomedy. Great flick, thanks for the heads-up.
Read Brother Karamazov by Dostoevsky. You'll learn way more about God through that than you ever will through logic. You can't use logic to explain a feeling like love, and you certainly can't use it to explain God...
frozenheron7 said:A completely different topic just triggered a memory of this movie:
Shrink
Kevin Spacey plays a psychiatrist who caters specifically to Hollywood stars. Dealing with an endless stream of sheer stupidity from his clients every single day—not to mention his own personal baggage—he manages the stress by smoking about 50 joints a day. It's his coping mechanism, plain and simple.
It’s an excellent film. I’d classify it more as a drama, and honestly, Kevin Spacey is phenomenal here. In my opinion, it's easily one of his best performances.
Henry Campbell5 said:Look, it’s really not as big of a deal as the headline makes it out to be. 😁 I honestly don't have the time to just hunt blindly through everything—tried that a few times over the last few years and it's a waste. Is today's mainstream music actually trash, or am I just getting old? Back in the day, the charts were stacked with Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Doors, Miles Davis, David Bowie... who is on the charts now that could even hold a candle to them? Barely. It’s just endless, generic pop. Dammit, even though everything is available instantly, you still have to dig like crazy to find anything decent because you definitely won't find it on those official Top 40 lists. Are younger generations just dumber, or have they always been? 😁
Generations change just like everything else in life, dammit. I still love the old stuff, but I get why kids listen to what they do—they’re just being young and reckless, you know? It's how it goes. Honestly, I find some great tracks in modern music too. It’s all the same rebellions and ideas we used to obsess over, just repackaged in a "modern" way. It’s like movies or books; everything evolves, but it’s ultimately the same crap. You can look at Pink Floyd or the Beatles as the teachers for the new kids. Eventually, those kids grow up and they finally get it. It’s just a cycle until we all die.
Look, you’ve got a family and life is good—just focus on them. Your old man is totally broken and he's just dumping all his failures and baggage onto you. A lack of education and too much cheap bourbon will do that to a person. Honestly, stop moping and think about how much worse things could be. There are families out there with zero income, kids getting killed, people dying alone with nothing but elderly parents for company... You can't help him if he doesn't want it. If you have to, lock him away in a psych ward. People get sick in all kinds of ways—cycles of hatred, prejudice, whatever. We all have someone like that in our families. But if you stay grateful for the big stuff—your kids and having a decent life with your family—you can just forget about the madman. It's honestly pathetic how sad this is. The reality is your kids are fed and taken care of. You're young, you've got brains, you've got heart, and look, life's gonna throw shit at you sometimes. Just take it, keep moving, and go play with your kids.
...I grew up on these movies. I could watch them anytime. The first one is basically my film school—it’s how you learn all those old-school camera tricks using a bike and a stick just to get the shot. The second one is a straight-up masterpiece, perfect mix of gore and laughs. And the third? Just pure, unadulterated fun, total trashy comedy bliss. I'd give the whole series a solid 10/11.
Anyone go last year? Thinking about heading out if this one actually happens... What movies did you catch from the trash fest? Any thoughts? Is the whole thing still legit or just some niche hobby for a handful of horror nerds? How was the quality of the indie flicks, both local and foreign? Thanks.
Chopper - honestly, I can't even explain how much that hit me Child's Play - watched this when I was 6 and spent half my childhood terrified my toys were gonna crawl off the shelf while I slept Prince of Darkness - saw it at 7 and that’s basically what hooked me on horror forever Ninja movies - that's where my love for fight films started Platoon and Full Metal Jacket - really made me sit back and think about the reality of war Citizen Kane - makes you stop and reflect on family and life in general Every single Stanley Kubrick movie - absolutely phenomenal. Just pure bliss. They definitely left the biggest mark on me
Growing up, I practically lived at the local movie theater. Old-timers ran the place, and I was there watching three movies a day—that's how I got hooked on cinema. Back then, they played everything under the sun, from horror flicks to adult films (which I definitely wasn't allowed to see, obviously; I stuck to stuff made before 1994). Later on, I lucked out because my neighbors ran a video rental shop, so staying addicted to movies was never an issue. Now we have the internet, so the obsession just keeps going... ninjas, cowboys, demons, the classics...