• BigDiction@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I rewatched Idiocracy last fall. It’s much less enjoyable than watching it as a teen in the late 2000s because its so real now.

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      2 days ago

      It was a really bad movie when it came out. It really needed the real life examples in order to stitch it all together.

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        2 days ago

        Depends on what you like. I’m not really into WWII docus, though I fully acknowledge the necessity to know about it.

        I tend to prefer fantasy (including science fantasy) type stuff, with or without major antagonists, and I think a major part of that is I can see real life tragedies every day. I dislike rape in storytelling as well.

        Now that’s my personal desires, but it doesn’t mean I think people who do like real life drama type stuff are weird or anything. There are probably benefits they feel from it.

        I also have no desire for bad or downer endings. Bittersweet I can like and be fine with, and sure, some happy endings are too “sweet” or unrealistic, bur I still prefer those ro “everyone dies and it was ultimately pointless” endings.