Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude streaming movies

Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by baldfat on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:29AM (#19302446)

Old Man Here.

Nor would they be able to sit through 2001 A Space Odyssey. The quality of the movie hasn't changed but the audience has.

I love betting people they can't sit through one of the best movies ever. I have yet to see some under 40 make it through.

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by Freak_NL on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:43AM (#19302576)

38 here. I love that film, and many others with similar pacing.

I don't think it's age. There are plenty of older folk who used to be able to appreciate slower works — be it film, music, literature, or art — but no longer have quite the attention span for it. We appear to have managed to lower the attention span of society as a whole in the past few decades.

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Re:Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude strea... by wink on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @05:37AM (#19309638)

Not sure that has anything to do with slowness or appreciation. It has to do if you enjoy the material and then if it's worth your time.

I kinda liked Apocalypse Now. I am not rewatching Redux, it's just too long. I have no problem rewatching the 3 extended editions of the Lord of the Ring, even one after the other.

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