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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

"I did not care for The Godfather."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

...this is one of the big ones that I haven't even seen.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

WHAT?? You haven’t seen that movie?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

True, but i HAVE watched the shows i like at least 5 times each

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My wife will watch the same 5 or so murder mystery shows over and over and rarely anything else.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I love dating girls that haven't seen anything. Movie nights at home are a great way to chill.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The thing is, the reason I haven't seen anything is because I'm not interested and don't have enough of an attention span to sit through stuff I'm not super into, so any time someone I've dated has been like, "we can watch so many things together!" my response is no thank you.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)

You're missing out on the hanging out part of it. Cook food together, put the movie on, Talk about anything you two want, pay attention to whatever scenes they really think is cool. It doesn't matter if you pay that much attention to it. You're being together.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 months ago (4 children)

People who are "into movies" don't tend to like it when you talk through movies...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like to have a discussion about the movies I watch during the movie. Sometimes the acting is terrible, or the writing is too unbelievable I just have to say something.

I will stay still and quiet if I must, but that just makes it boring.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Gf is nerdy and loves ttrpgs.

Hasn't seen star wars or lotr.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Wow, LOTR is great and there's at leat two great star Wars movies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah imo the only good Star Wars are the first one, The Phantom Menace and then skip all the rest to do Rise of Skywalker

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Yup. Its more that she just doesn't like movies in general, and our leisure time is not spent in front of the TV.

Although we(our dnd groups) are working on her since roughly 50% of ttrpgs is references to those two or trek.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This is my experience being gen z dating any millennial. I'm honestly jealous that they got to experience films in a more communicative and iconic way.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think growing up with live TV made a big difference too. All the big movies/shows that were cultural touchstones for generations would be playing on repeat on one channel or another, so millennials would be randomly exposed to them without extra money/effort put in.

Nowadays, I don't know how people who have grown up in the streaming era are supposed to find these movies, short of following a watch list, seeking out the right streaming service, and probably dropping some cash.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I agree! I like how we're continuing the thread in a different comment chain. I'm this guy: https://lemmy.world/comment/10422461

It's nice to talk to someone who seeds content. It's been a while.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Oh hey! Lol

Sometimes I forget to read usernames...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is a really good point. There are a lot of iconic movies I haven't seen in one go but I've probably caught every scene from family flicking through channels all the time.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I can quote stuff from TV that aired in the late 90s, but I can't quote shit I watched last night. For me the distinguishing difference is smartphones. I don't have the attention span to give a TV show my undivided attention anymore, and I'm browsing on my phone while TV plays in the background.

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