“It Looks Like It Was Filmed In Dirty Mop Water” – People Are Sharing What They Can’t Stand About Modern Movies, And What They Miss About The Old Days Of Cinema
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“It Looks Like It Was Filmed In Dirty Mop Water” – People Are Sharing What They Can’t Stand About Modern Movies, And What They Miss About The Old Days Of Cinema
A lot has changed in cinema over the years. While, in some aspects, there have been significant steps forwards, there’s plenty people miss about old films and a fair amount of gripes they have about modern films too.
So, here are 23 pet peeves people have about modern movies, and what they miss about old films:
1. Pet peeve: Movies that are product advertisements
Warner Bros. Pictures / Orion Pictures”It’s cool that Air Jordans had an interesting story, but Christ, it felt like watching that McDonald’s E.T movie (MAC and Me). I’m not here to look at products, I’m here for a movie.”—esjm
2. What we miss: Good ole rom-coms
Columbia Pictures“They don’t make good rom-coms anymore. What happened to movies like When Harry Met Sally… and You’ve Got Mail.”
—lisaa31
“I personally miss the good romantic comedies of the late ’90s and early ’00s. It seemed like every year you’d get three or four good ones. Yeah, you knew that they’d end up together, but most were funny and nice to watch.”
—robert_dunder
3. Pet peeve: Remake after remake
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures“We need to stop remaking movies from the past thirty years. Disney is making a live-action version of Lilo and Stitch that NO ONE asked for. It’s completely pointless and a total cash grab.”
—katelynk4907bdf96
4. What we miss: Hand-drawn animation
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution“I miss hand-drawn animated movies. It will always look good and will remain timeless forever. Computer animation movies after a while will look super dated because of technological progressions. Like, if you watch Toy Story it doesn’t look that great now compared to when it first came out. But I can watch Ub Iwerks cartoons and they still look amazing.”
—monikap6
5. Pet peeve: The use of big names over voice actors
Universal Pictures“Every animated film released in theatres these days has to have an all-star cast, with no attention paid to whether the stars can actually voice act. Movie stars can give the most emotionless performance of their life and get millions of dollars while actual talented voice actors struggle to make a living wage.”
—largearachnid
6. What we miss: Non-spoilery trailers
“I miss trailers that leave most of the movie as a surprise and trailers that don’t give you a single hint of what the movie is actually about.”
—samanthah4d80e78de
7. Pet peeve: Animal deaths and jump scares in horror movies
Momentum Pictures“It angers me that most horror movies over the past 15 years have an animal that gets killed. Yeah, I know it’s supposed to be horrific, but it’s some weird trend to throw a pet being killed and it’s not only unneeded but overplayed.”
—mysteryconcerned
“Horror movies are now relying on jump scares only.”
—jeremyo811
8. What we miss: Old, less fidgety fight scenes
Warner Bros.“I miss the fights scenes we got in the early 2000s and earlier, where you can see the whole fight. Now it’s just jerky handheld cameras zoomed way in and lots of fast cuts, so you can’t really tell what’s going on.”
—axj66
9. Pet peeve: Movies being excessively crude just for the sake of being edgy
“No denying plenty of bad, dumb movies were made in the old days, but somehow they were able to turn out complete, interesting (enough) stories that were 70-90 minutes long, largely inoffensive, and suitable for most ages.
I don’t enjoy movies padded full of cursing, drug use, bodily-function humour, and naked humping – especially when it’s 45 minutes of plot dragged out to two plus hours. Why isn’t there anything between ‘kiddie movie’ and ‘crude and edgy’ anymore?”
—chisti
10. What we miss: Simple storylines
United Artists“So much now is extreme life or death, end of the world, end of humanity, or dystopia. I know it feels like that’s what life is now, so maybe we need to be able to escape into more basic stories. Screwball comedies, romantic comedies, and low-stakes dramas – maybe these kinds of stories will help us feel a little more normal again.”
—bexobexo
11. Pet peeve: Unequel marketing for movies
Searchlight Pictures“Marketing for smaller movies sucks and it’s not fair. I only saw one trailer/ad for Chevalier months ago and only remembered it existed because of a random tweet and it’s actually a great movie about a real person who has a significant impact on history. But it’s going to be considered a bomb because no one knows about it because there’s no buzz for it. Meanwhile, we get years of marketing for superhero movies and Disney live actions.”
—justchillman
12. What we miss: The lighting (where you could actually see the film)
“Lighting designers of the Golden Age created palettes of light and dark to ENHANCE the film, plot, and characters. I’m thinking of noirs like The Third Man, where the lighting is a huge part of the imagery. Now, there’s so little going on, and that same wash of DARK gives me eyestrain. More light!”
—tastymalaise
“What I miss is the lighting. Just because a lot of films are ‘dark’, ‘gritty’, or ‘edgy’ doesn’t mean the whole storyline has to take place in the middle of the night during a power cut.”
–natashaf4cd950500
“Even the trailer for the Little Mermaid, which should be bright and colourful, looks like it was filmed in dirty mop water.”
—buzzcat99
13. Pet peeve: Splitting up a movie into multiple parts
“I hate this trend of splitting the final film of a series into two parts just to milk the audience for more money. It’s never necessary and never improves the story.”
—maysmordred
14. What we miss: Intermissions – we all need a break
“I remember my theatre had one for the second Harry Potter movie. Now we all have to sit through three-hour Marvel movies with no break; so make sure you sip that drink slowly so you don’t have to get up to use the bathroom and miss an entire scene.”
—jessicad472a11a93
15. Pet peeve: The enemies to lovers trope
“No more enemies to lovers. I’m really tired of seeing that overdone trope.”
—elliesamermaid
16. What we miss: Practical effects
Universal Pictures“I get that CGI is necessary sometimes (and when done well can be super impressive!). But knowing that something was actually there, that the actors were interacting with something tangible, makes it better to me. Case in point: Jurassic Park vs. Jurassic World.”
—sondheimgeek
17. Pet peeve: Shaky cameras
“Spinning or shaky cameras. Some of us get motion sick, ok?”
—t49e12a934
18. What we miss: Good erotic movies
Summit Entertainment“Ever since Fifty Shades of Gray landed in the zeitgeist, there have been no real good erotic films. It’s always some strange murder mystery like Gone Girl, or, god forbid Serenity (not the Firefly film). Bring back the days of Basic Instinct, Wild Things, Palmetto, and Bound.
—icallbullzhit
19. Pet peeve: Barely being able to hear the dialogue
“The dialogue volume and enunciation can be pretty bad in modern movies. My hearing is just fine, and yet the dialogue can be so quiet in certain movies, and enunciated so poorly. I literally have no idea what’s being said regardless of how much I turn up the volume. Thank god for subtitles; I use them all the time on movies made in the last decade or so.”
—kishbish
“I miss good diction. Captions are useful, but clearly, spoken words are nice too.”
—tawecakeman
20. What we miss: Campy action movies
“Like, I know they still exist but they’re so few and far between. Every action movie is basically the same. I notice this, especially with the James Bond franchise; there’s just no charm left. The Roger Moore era will always be the best simply because it didn’t take itself too seriously and wasn’t afraid of being silly. James Bond has become too Americanised.”
—enbyviking
21. Pet peeve: The prequel, sequel, remake cycle
“I hate sequels, prequels, and remakes. Give us new stories, new characters, and new plots. Need inspiration? Guess what: new fiction has been published since the 2010s.”
—tawecakeman
22. What we miss: Joke credits at the end
“Kind of a niche thing, but in the ’80s/early ’90s, it was common in comedies to add joke credits. I can’t remember exact examples but like if there was a jungle scene in the movie, there would be a credit for ‘mosquito wrangler’. Parodies like Hot Shots were full of them, it was really fun going through the credits!”
—trilingualmom
23. Pet peeve: Excessive and pointless vomiting…
“My biggest pet peeve is that there’s so much vomiting now for no reason. It never adds anything so why? I can’t watch a single thing these days without looking it up first because they jam it into everything and I just don’t get why.”
—enbyviking
What are your pet peeves about modern films, or things you dislike about modern movies? Let us know in the comments below!
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