Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience
by scottlocklin on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:25PM
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Movies used to be better without having to go for the art school/criterion outlets. Cf the entire pre-Star Wars 1970s oeuvre which mostly managed to be relatively highbrow and entertaining in a way that they haven't since then.
Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience
by JetSpiegel on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:52PM
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That's because the duds are filtered through time and forgetfulness. Rose tinted glasses of memory.
Nobody remembers the boring movies from their childhood.
Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience
by scottlocklin on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:52AM
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Erm I didn't watch those movies when I was a kid, and I certainly wouldn't be able to appreciate them if I had. I watched almost all of them as an adult within the last 4-6 years.
Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience
by JetSpiegel on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:48AM
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Me too, but that's not the point. We are not watching a random sample of old films, we only watch the old hits.
We are watching a random sample of present films.
Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience
by scottlocklin on Monday February 25, 2019 @09:34PM
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I don't think I am watching the old hits! I watch a lot of forgotten trash, and I like that stuff too. It's still way better than capeshit or whatever it being hawked these days. Video nasties by Hammer, weird pirate movies written by Peter Benchley, Charlie Bronson movies, Oliver Reed movies, Doug McClure movies...
A lot of the older film noir stuff I watch is definitely filtered by time: but you can pick any random garbage from between 65 and 75 and it's likely to be decent.
Which is to say, you are victim to assuming the mega complex Movie Theater, powered by the mega complex of Studios pumping out advertisements are the only option available to you.
If cinema is a desirable experience to you, seek out film colleges, independent theaters, movie rental spots, and YouTube/Vimeo/reddit. You’ll find a bunch of crap, for sure, but it will be new and interesting crap. You’ll explore your own mind trying to define why you don’t like it. Eventually you’ll see something truly moving and that will be amazing!
Or, If you justly say “I don’t have time or energy for something I’m not that passionate about,” continue to go to the AMCs. Just recognize, much like McDonald’s they (and the studios) have massive overhead and massive interest in not losing money. No one takes the person complaining that McD’s isn’t gourmet very seriously.
(The most moving zombie movie I ever saw was 15mins on YouTube and had 3 zombies in it..)