right, and that's precisely the disaster of it all. if it was just another kid movie i wouldn't give a shit either way. like, i never ranted against spy kids. but never watched it either. it was for kids and that was okay, let the kids play.
i mentioned the 70s above. what was the biggest goddamn thing in the film culture, in the 70s? taxi driver, godfather, apocalypse now... last tango in paris! dirty harry, chinatown, cuckoo's nest, french connection, clockwork orange, network... salò, banned! tinto brass doing caligula. emmanuelle, the empire of the senses, all the president's men. kramer vs kramer. annie hall. truffaut and rohmer's heyday, buñuel's final films. bergman's cries and whispers, and scenes from a marriage, and woody allen imitating bergman. grownup films with grownup subjects were the biggest thing in the culture. even the schlocky disaster movies might feature an ex-whore or something. jaws was a monster movie, but it was a believable monster and the heroes were human. and sure, there was star wars, but star wars was for the kids who made the parents buy the toys.
yes. i have a problem with the culture. i have a problem with the planet, hahaha.
that's me now, guilty as charged. i hate the marvel universe, not because it exists, but because *it's the biggest fucking thing* why????????
eta: i blame my generation for never getting over motherfucking starwars. we started this perpetual childhood shit lol.