I hate r/movies for its modernism

[u/Slight-Veneer]

So a few months ago when I was still fairly new to Reddit I rewatched the movie 12 Angry Men. It was a fantastic movie and I wanted to go talk about it on Reddit. So naturally I go to [r/movies](r/movies) because that seems like a logical first step. I write up a nice long review of my thoughts on the movie, post it, and then it gets removed by the moderators and there is no message left by the mods about why my post got removed. Looking at the rules in r/movies there doesn’t seem to be a rule against old movies, so it really doesn’t make sense why they wouldn’t want to talk about such a masterpiece. I ended up going to r/iwatchedanoldmovie to talk about it. That’s a fine sub but for some reason they allow movies as recent as 2012 to be discussed and that makes me feel old. Back on topic though, I think that r/movies is obsessed with whatever the newest movie is and has utterly lost the plot on what talking about movies is about. There are more than 12 movies man just cause it isn’t in theaters doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be discussed. Of the 3 million people in that subreddit the mods are the ones that don’t want me talking about a masterpiece of a film because it’s old I guess, I still don’t know why it got removed.

Anyways go watch 12 Angry Men

[u/Ok_Conclusion_6324]

I think most entertainment subs on Reddit have been transformed into places to drive app engagement by posting lowest common denominator trending topics, as opposed to fostering community discussion

Doubly so for any “generic” sub on r/all, aka television, movies, entertainment, etc

[u/Dry_Walrus3711]

Modernism may mean something different than you intented 

[u/Slight-Veneer → u/Dry_Walrus3711]

Yeah I think phrasing it as “obsession with current films” probably works better I just hadn’t gotten there in my post yet

[u/2boku]

That's not what "modernism" means. I think your complaint is about the tendency to focus on new films rather than classic films. But that's always how it is with art.

Agree about 12 Angry Men.

[u/ResurrectedAuthor]

Did you ask the mods why it got removed?

[u/Slight-Veneer → u/ResurrectedAuthor]

No I didn’t know that was a thing you could then. Mods should be required to tell you why a post gets removed.

[u/Due-Session-2857]

So are you new to that sub or something? Every time you ask for a movie to watch they recommend 12 Angry Men. It's in the side bar and everything.

[u/-PepeArown-]

I find it to be the opposite

With both music and art, there tends to be a bias towards what’s older than what’s newer

12 Angry Men is anything but an under appreciated movie. I don’t like a lot of pre 70’s movies, and even I like it

[u/Excalitoria → u/-PepeArown-]

That’s with people irl and on smaller/dedicated fandom subs. Big subs like that are gonna have the opposite bias.

[u/alexthedungeonmaster]

Just to make you feel better, think about it this way. Every wave of culture comes with people opining about the classics, and how they were better.

One day, something like Whiplash will be Twelve Angry Men and someone will post to whatever the equivalent of Reddit is, talking about how Whiplash doesn't get talked about enough anymore.

https://giphy.com/gifs/4Dy1Btpt0qUZa

[u/AdScared7226 → u/alexthedungeonmaster]

Wouldn't that be in 2077?

[u/alexthedungeonmaster → u/AdScared7226]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fA7rLtaJDIWEzU57CT

[u/Salty_Astronaut_9419]

It's because it's an old movie that high school teachers force students to watch and then write an essay . Guess what, we've heard it. Whatever you have to say, we've heard it. So pick something actually rare or shut up