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Do modern films have "style"?

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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I'm a big fan of old movies especially film noir. I love black and white and how the style of the films as well as the black white help with immersing myself into the world on my screen.

I like how the men and women interact in the films and the romance and how storylines aren't spelled out like in modern films.

So it made me start thinking. Do modern films have a style to them?

For the sake of this thread let's call classic films from the beginning of film to the 1980's.

Modern being everything that comes after.

Is it I am just not a big fan of modern films and that is why I don't see any style?

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14475) 6 years ago

The problem with that question is, there is no one distinct answer. There are many styles for modern-day films, so you would have to ask for specifics. The best answer I can give is that each era has their own main style for a film, with different sub-styles worked in.

One of many answers I can give you, is the fact that any film made after the mid-2000s has some real problems, on behalf of losing good writers from the Writer's Strike of 2008, and losing creativity rapidly. In less than 10 years, the style of films went from "fun and daring," to "cliched, badly-written re-boots and remakes" as well as vehicles for left-wing political propaganda. Sadly, the 2010s has been a very bad time for movies in general, even the popular ones. The early 2000s were much better.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

"Fun" or entertainment is definitely missing from modern films. They have to be preaching something, even the Avenger films which can be really silly at times preach a lot of PC nonsense. Then yes, the remakes and reboots, sometimes films that are less than 5 years old being rebooted again.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14475) 6 years ago

I actually find it kind of insulting that they can't even wait 20 years to reboot a film franchise. That's why I refused to watch the newer Spider-Man films. I'm actually wondering how long it's gonna take Hollywood to realize their reboots and remakes aren't working.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Yeah it gets to a point where the movie or series is just a commodity. I know that is what it really is anyway but what I am trying to say is I take it even less seriously because of all the reboots and remakes. I know it wasn't very popular but look at the Fantastic Four franchise, that last film, all new actors, a reboot. Only a few years after the previous film with original cast?!

They are so scared of taking a creative risk that they just keep churning out the same stuff over and over. Movies like the original Star Wars never would have been made if the current system existed back then. They would be too busy rebooting Gone with the Wind for the 15th time.

[–] Knish (1721) 6 years ago

There is style, you just have to look for it.

Inherent vice
The man who wasn't here
Only god forgives
Killing them softly
Nightcrawler

These movies have plenty of style.

[–] BillHicksFan (10603) 6 years ago

yes, very corny

[–] linnet (121) 6 years ago

"So many recent films are filmed to be so dark. Not content, but the lighting. You can hardly see what is happening. The directors should watch some old film noir to learn how to us lighting correctly while conveying the same message."

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Film Noir has so much style and is so good at creating moods. Murders that are so horrific, of course you don't see the bodies, you don't see blood. You don't see any of it but you know it was terrible by the way people respond to it, the lighting, camera angles. They do so much with so many limitations.

Thinking of dark lighting, some of those battle scenes in the last season of Game of Thrones, you couldn't see anything and you didn't get a sense of what was happening either. Just confusion but in the wrong way.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 6 years ago

Anything by Terry Gilliam has a certain style