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skippercollector

(212 posts)
12. why i left imdb
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:21 PM
Aug 2015

The main reason I unregistered with the IMDb (which was once a wonderful, useful site) is that it was taken over by fanboys who loved/adored/adulated CGI-and-superhero movies and detested everything else. I could have just ignored them if they had stayed at their comic book movie discussions, but they've had to also post and post and post at every other movie about how awful the films were. It was not worth it to read the drivel and sometimes I was downright insulted.
I have been making an effort to avoid movies that are remakes, sequels, based on comic books or based on TV series. I have made a few exceptions in the past 10 years but mostly I try to see only movies that don't fit the above categories.
I started briefly reviewing all the little and/or bomb movies I've seen in the past five years, some of which I've really enjoyed. It's at another website that has little traffic and no fanboys.
I do see a LOT of movies, some of which are at the multiplex for a week or two and then disappear forever. I love going to the theater as opposed to watching a movie on a TV, no matter how big the TV screen is. The plot or content is what is important to me, not its politics, religion, amount of money spent on it and especially not the special effects. As some examples, I saw Fireproof, God's Not Dead, Heaven is for Real and Noah in the theater, but I also saw An Inconvenient Truth, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Day After Tomorrow on the big screen.

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I'm just happy no one has remade Buckaroo Banzai, (I hope). bvf Oct 2014 #1
Hey, Galaxy Quest was a masterpiece... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #6
LOL! Oh, I agree! bvf Oct 2014 #7
I missed Tropic Thunder... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #8
I don't get this article... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #2
Interesting points. bvf Oct 2014 #4
We've been rebooting stories CJCRANE Oct 2014 #3
So many words ... GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #5
You forgot Lincoln: Vampire Hunter... Callmecrazy Oct 2014 #9
It's all about big finance. hunter Oct 2014 #10
No one better do a reboot JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #11
why i left imdb skippercollector Aug 2015 #12
When they re-made Mildred Pierce HeiressofBickworth Oct 2015 #13
too true tzar paul Nov 2015 #14
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