I don't think we can watch movies anymore.... It is rare that I want to watch a movie, actually almost never. But if there is any movie about some real-scientific event or scientist, and if it is accurate enough, I'd like to give it a try. I added a few of such movies on VN videoneat.com/movies
Anyway, recently this movie Oppenheimer was released - about the Oppenheimer man. The scientist. His role in the understanding of these tiny creatures we call atoms and the quantum physics, but also his involvement in the creation of the atomic bomb.
Well....fucking boring as hell. I'd rather watch a documentary about that. But a movie....so silly....so all over the place. So confusing. So loooooooong. We had to stop it after 30-40 minutes and watch a documentary. A documentary about real things and with real people. Not "acting" people.
Anyway. I understand not all movies are made equal but considering this one was a "wow" popular movie praised by so many....I find it ridiculous overall.
We are watching Planet Earth 3 and that's some really good shit! I will add more documentaries to VN the following weeks videoneat.com/category/documen…
But yeah, I think if people were to understand how awesome reality is, they would not watch movies anymore. The reality is billions of times more complex and mind blowing than any movie.
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Rokosun
in reply to Tio • • •I haven't seen Oppenheimer but I feel like comparing movies to documentaries is like comparing songs to podcasts - like these things are made for entirely different purposes 🤷 Anyway, I haven't seen any documentary or movie or series since my laptop screen started having pixel problems.
BTW, I had no idea Planet Earth 3 was released, that's like one of the best documentary series ever! 😃
Tio
in reply to Rokosun • •Your example is really exaggerated. Songs and podcasts are an entirely different thing. You are comparing a 3 minutes audio that is meant to make you dance or sing, with an hour long mouth-talking audio?
Movies and documentaries at times overlap like in the case of the above example which tries to "teach" you about that scientist. And overall their format is very similar in many regards. Stories that you follow. In that regards yes, I find movies (most of them) boring and useless. Reality is far more complex and interesting.
Rokosun
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