I am not a teen.

  • @Maggoty
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    54 hours ago

    If violence doesn’t further the plot then it shouldn’t be in there either.

    Nobody is saying you can’t have sexy comedies. We’re just tired of stupid shit like the mid-life threatening event romance scene. The timer on the bomb is literally counting down and they take the time to profess their love and it’s not a comedy so I’m the asshole for laughing in the theater.

    It’s been ridiculous for decades and we’re tired of it.

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      3 hours ago

      If violence doesn’t further the plot then it shouldn’t be in there either.

      A lot of action movies would be very short. My poor kung fu movies would need to be cut down to about 15 minutes. Why can’t we sometimes just have gratuitous things for the fun of it? Not everything needs to be high art.

      We’re just tired of stupid shit like the mid-life threatening event romance scene. The timer on the bomb is literally counting down and they take the time to profess their love and it’s not a comedy so I’m the asshole for laughing in the theater.

      I don’t think that’s an inherent problem with sex/nudity/romance, the problem is just bad filmmaking. With good writing/acting/directing/editing that exact cliche’ scenario you describe could be done in such a way as to be genuinely funny, or touching, or sexy.

      • @Maggoty
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        23 hours ago

        Sure. Sometimes. As a specific movie made for that. Not every single show and movie producers can cram it into.