• NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Is that what I’m supposed to do? Because instead of that I have watched Frozen 1, 2, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Frozen Fever, and Once Upon A Snowman approximately 1,752 times.

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    4 months ago

    I know what you mean, but isn’t natural that we like to share fun with others, and fun is what we like and what we know? I think that forcing one to some mindset (for example, religion) frequently has an opposite effect.

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    So much of my taste in movies and music has been formed by my dad sharing the things that he loves with me. I never would have listened to The Clash or Jim Croce, or watched movies like Dr Strangelove and North by Northwest if it wasn’t for his recommendations.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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      Me too, and plenty of those are things that I’ve continued to love, like Star Trek.

      I think it’s important to have a connection with older cultural touchstones.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        My kid and I bonded a lot over Star Trek TNG, and I love that the show imparts a lot of wisdom and ethical lessons, which have become a part of my kid’s personality, just as they became a part of my personality when I was younger than he is now.

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    I only realized a few years ago that two of the movies my dad loved (Goldfinger and High Plains Drifter) comprised the (supposed) “hero” perpetrating actual rape on-screen and it being portrayed as a perfectly acceptable thing for a (supposed) “hero” to do.

    It’s no wonder we are so fucked.

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    Old movies didn’t have nearly as much political virtue signaling that new movies have.

    New movies have a “diversity quota” where they literally put a numbers on the cast members and production crew members based on their race, gender and so on. They try to quantify how diverse things are.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    My son and I enjoy throwing Mr. Miyagi quotes at each other, even though I definitely like the movie more than he does. What he really loved was Real Genius. He had more fun with that movie than I did.

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    4 months ago

    She doesn’t like every one I show to her, but my daughter is as into cult movies as I am. She loves Forbidden Zone and Killer Klowns from Outer Space.