Movies

Europe has a long tradition for very influential B-movies, which is not always recognized. For instance, in Le Grand Restaurant, Luis de Funes has a scene about making a dish which probably inspired John Cleese's Hitler march in Fawlty Towers a few years later. Louis de Funes and Gerard Oury created many comedy classics. Belmondo was a B-movie icon. Then there are Hammer movies in the UK and Ealing comedies. In 1958 the peplum tradition started in Italy, then a decade later the spaghetti western, then the Europspy and Giallo tradition. Also they had Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, action comedy icons. In France they have quite a few top thrillers starring Yves Montand or Lino Ventura. !

What is your favorite European b-movie.

I'm not very good at analyzing/critiquing movies or novels, so I was wondering someone more experienced than me to help understand why I can't enjoy recent movies.

Specifically, I recently watched Jurassic World: Rebirth and didn't enjoy it at all. I just feel like movies have very little consequences for crappy decisions by the characters and there are so many safety nets (plot armour) for the main characters. As a result,

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hardly anyone you'd expect die in a dire situation like in the movie to actually die.

So, nothing is really thrilling and most character deaths don't elicit any kind of emotional response.

And when speaking of death, I feel like there are other shows, movies, and anime where they just kill people off nilly willy like kind of an anti-meme. I guess it's more like gore shock that they're going for, but the most I get from that is maybe disgust.

I was thinking it's because I'm just too old and can't get attached to things so quickly, but I seriously cried when

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Rengoku died after fighting Akaza

in Demon Slayer. I still feel like a real person has died and I miss him dearly.

Assuming it's not me, and it's the kinds of "blockbusters" that I'm watching, what is it that they're getting wrong with their storytelling?