{ "comments": [ { "author": "gunnarkarlo", "author_id": "6883557159763133445", "id": "7689158269385966358", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 14629, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "So capitalism", "timestamp": 1790271688 }, { "author": "vibe.engineer", "author_id": "6816545302498608134", "id": "7689186701503791903", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 3549, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Also the nepo babies took over.", "timestamp": 1790278337 }, { "author": "th.glacier", "author_id": "7392331336436466721", "id": "7689175595976049430", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 16, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "The Indiana Jones thing wasn't planned.\nHarrison Ford had food poisoning so he couldn't do the choreographed fight scene and pitched this instead.", "timestamp": 1790275720 }, { "author": "furryousnews", "author_id": "7439518410025485358", "id": "7689160591927690014", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 2165, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "capitalism.\nthe actual answer is capitalsim.\nwe need to K it", "timestamp": 1790272306 }, { "author": "ironmaygan", "author_id": "6855526135759373317", "id": "7689255021871563534", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 450, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Like these two, with their hilarious expositional dialogue", "timestamp": 1790294246 }, { "author": "eeelllsss_0000", "author_id": "7159381959267927086", "id": "7689144524623594271", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 1076, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Everything is a bottle episode", "timestamp": 1790268527 }, { "author": "rygwenn", "author_id": "7266889773402555438", "id": "7689164742276694814", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 10765, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "So they are cutting the middle class out of the movies?", "timestamp": 1790273228 }, { "author": "patrickmiranda271", "author_id": "7081433783325787182", "id": "7689192672417923853", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 988, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Everybody wears brand new clothes with no wrinkles. Everything is to clean and neat.", "timestamp": 1790279720 }, { "author": "______tina________", "author_id": "7206060989796025390", "id": "7689242796407423774", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 233, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "I cant watch new movies or series. This and the agendas being pushed on us is probably why", "timestamp": 1790291392 }, { "author": "katersgonnakate89", "author_id": "6804881290681746437", "id": "7689168939930370830", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 259, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "My neighbor was the fudge shop lady in Groundhog Day. She said \"thank you, come again\" and got her SAG card.", "timestamp": 1790274201 }, { "author": "angryotterpop", "author_id": "7143585524867286058", "id": "7689169606992757518", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 58, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "i thought it had to do with crappy writing, and short sighted studios", "timestamp": 1790274377 }, { "author": "dcire11", "author_id": "7478745702803604513", "id": "7689340116993016598", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 2747, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "also colour...everything looks dull", "timestamp": 1790314060 }, { "author": "zephyrswept", "author_id": "6684791668074775558", "id": "7689160372691763981", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 5813, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "This also explains the general lack of new faces in film. Actors used these parts to climb the ladder and go on to better roles.", "timestamp": 1790272214 }, { "author": "moremarri", "author_id": "6875070447084864517", "id": "7689306195220300574", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 13, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Ex studio exec and I always point out to my kids when a character awkwardly nods or points and doesn’t actually say anything when the moment would be so much better if they simply spoke — and I tell them, they didn’t want to pay that actor decently, and got away with it.", "timestamp": 1790306149 }, { "author": "nyctofl23", "author_id": "7345862286053606446", "id": "7689315545413698335", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 360, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Basically there’s no whimsy characters anymore", "timestamp": 1790308323 }, { "author": "ragz2323", "author_id": "6923196344744035334", "id": "7689377307950154516", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 168, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Streaming ruined movies.. Quantity over quality", "timestamp": 1790322691 }, { "author": "jugglingdestinations", "author_id": "7207212813935395846", "id": "7689209238162309895", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 2, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "good point, but I thought you were going to call out CGI as the reason for the lackluster, lifeless feel and look of modern movies.", "timestamp": 1790283560 }, { "author": "justjusticeb", "author_id": "6845664840704312325", "id": "7689541525367243542", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 7, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "And everyone is over skinny and too perfect. Theres no authenticity anymore.", "timestamp": 1790360934 }, { "author": "fluff_off_1234", "author_id": "7080800304564208645", "id": "7689171440784818966", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 101, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "That, and then the wardrobe (to save on costume cost,they keep the original and the character is always \"clean\", no matter what supposedly happened 2min ago). But the main part is the LIGHTING. The 90's glow of cinema..used to be worm and calming. Now its fucking white cast surgery or the fake sun..HATE IT", "timestamp": 1790274758 }, { "author": "pamelajean34", "author_id": "6769208350955979782", "id": "7689258288727212814", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 331, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "As a writer, too many directors are no longer storytellers. They’ve become preachers.\nInstead of trusting the audience to watch a story, interpret it, wrestle with it, and come to their own conclusions, everything has to be spelled out. We have to be told exactly what to think, what to feel, who is right, who is wrong, and what lesson we’re supposed to take away.\nAnd unfortunately, I’d include Jordan Peele in that criticism. I know his films have plenty of fans, but they’re some of the biggest examples of this problem. The message becomes so heavy-handed that it overwhelms the storytelling, and I end up finding the films more preachy than compelling.\nGive me characters. Give me conflict. Give me subtext. Give me something to think about afterward.\nTrust your audience enough to let us figure it out. Rant over.", "timestamp": 1790294988 }, { "author": "tholaran", "author_id": "7160059811770172462", "id": "7689593466275644173", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 74, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Not to mention the fact that everything is CGI and green screens now, and they just cast the same ultra famous actors for all their movies. The immersion is nonexistent at this point.", "timestamp": 1790373019 }, { "author": "syreen100", "author_id": "6676630604689884165", "id": "7689203044693099282", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 5581, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Scenes also had backgrounds and looked real and lived in. Now everything looks like an Ikea show home.", "timestamp": 1790282110 }, { "author": "xabior7", "author_id": "6652719808528629765", "id": "7689619219659768598", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 14, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "This and the fact all homes and sets in general (and often costumes) don’t feel lived in, slightly messy, everything is too over curated and “aesthetics”", "timestamp": 1790379118 }, { "author": "yaagi_bl", "author_id": "7494399880245855254", "id": "7689317422376960790", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 12, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "I’ve been thinking this for the longest around 2018 that’s when tv and movies just fell off", "timestamp": 1790308807 }, { "author": "djamadori", "author_id": "7457054533567874090", "id": "7689145290871767822", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 169, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "so true, I watched \"my Greek wedding\" the other night and there was a scene of the old grandma walking through sprinklers at night like a vampire. it was so funny and I thought they don't do stuff like this in new movies.", "timestamp": 1790268738 }, { "author": "ewithersict", "author_id": "6904014074393822213", "id": "7689172928156009246", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 640, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Couple this with the fact that actors are filling their faces with Botox and can no longer make facial expressions and everything seems flat and lifeless.", "timestamp": 1790275128 }, { "author": "vequihellin", "author_id": "6942598983698383877", "id": "7689189978065945347", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 128, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Saw another video that said that they stopped 'aging' things. Clothes and sets no longer look lived in. They're crisp and new looking. It spoils the illusion in a way you can't quite identify. But once you see it, you can't stop seeing it. Even 'gritty' shows - body armour is crisp and new looking. Weapons are clean and undamaged. My husband wears body armour at work and his looks ATROCIOUS. The edges of all the straps and velcro are slightly frayed and worn, it's soft and creased in some places, with worn patches in others where his equipment abrades it. You see NONE of that in movies and TV shows made more recently. Characters are kitting up in brand new, unblemished kit. The same is true for even tiny things. Mobile phones that are completely perfect and scratch free, laptops that look like they just came out the box even though they've apparently been lumped around in a backpack in the apocalypse, homes with no clutter, no random items on the side, new looking carpets in places that are supposed to be poorly looked after, sofas that have no creases or sagging. Pay attention and you'll start to see the incongruities all over the place.", "timestamp": 1790279077 }, { "author": "fexchef", "author_id": "6846110804456293382", "id": "7689152026912129822", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 1, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Surely there are many other reasons that movies are bad nowadays. for instance, there’s no more subtle wordplay or dialog like you see in movies like the Big Chill or Notting Hill", "timestamp": 1790270354 }, { "author": "jarv365", "author_id": "7412350467428303902", "id": "7689487762194449165", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 16, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Mclovin would be cut from a modern comedy now", "timestamp": 1790348492 }, { "author": "emanuellemcintosh", "author_id": "7095082320881370117", "id": "7689434801025008406", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 29, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "also no more on location filming", "timestamp": 1790336103 }, { "author": "bjarki_steinn", "author_id": "6754847287921361925", "id": "7689180417765458710", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 67, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "The MCU suffers immensely from this. Why should I give a shit about the stakes of the movie if I have no connection to the people the heroes are saving? Most of those movies are just about superheroes in an empty world. Notably, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and (DC’s) Superman don’t suffer from this problem.", "timestamp": 1790276850 }, { "author": "mystical.shit", "author_id": "7046431927834280965", "id": "7689165432544101127", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 197, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "so capitalism and greed is destroying cinema because the people in charge don't really care about art.", "timestamp": 1790273344 }, { "author": "reinareireina", "author_id": "7647684616229749768", "id": "7689977270874161928", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 11, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Wat? Capitalism is the villain?!??? You don’t say.", "timestamp": 1790462382 }, { "author": "jaaaaaaddddeeeee", "author_id": "6815030532209525765", "id": "7689154964460208926", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 3597, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "That makes so much sense. Worlds seem so much smaller on tv and movies now. They only interact with the same four people.", "timestamp": 1790270983 }, { "author": "daniel.ocean53", "author_id": "7359600606569300997", "id": "7689477894002950930", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 5, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Storytelling used to be craft, now is data mining.", "timestamp": 1790346096 }, { "author": "catpuff818", "author_id": "6975690367677563909", "id": "7689698903981622046", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 11, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "the guy in the elevator in Spiderman 2.", "timestamp": 1790397593 }, { "author": "khajiithascomments", "author_id": "6994758032475440134", "id": "7689163766878290701", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 72, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "it also feels like movies now exist to \"just get it over with\" instead of something to sit and experience. they all feel like they more exist to just kill time instead of a story and world to enjoy", "timestamp": 1790273008 }, { "author": "vaccinessavelives6", "author_id": "7427221817972753450", "id": "7689815978083402509", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 14, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "TV too. Every episode advances the story. There are no more “filler” episodes.", "timestamp": 1790424890 }, { "author": "hemlinescribe", "author_id": "7420979720911504427", "id": "7690982690527494942", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 2, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Some of the most famous line deliveries and interjections in film are from random background or small part actors doing their best to react (sometimes overly so) to the stuff happening around them. Like, that airport lady from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles will always be iconic.", "timestamp": 1790696525 }, { "author": "suzykb4", "author_id": "6897667316197213190", "id": "7690792323202663198", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 6, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "I’ve also noticed that it now seems comply acceptable for a season of a tv series to be 8 episodes. Thats ridiculous when it used to be common for a season to be 20+ episodes. So just greed, as usual.", "timestamp": 1790652156 }, { "author": "daithidb", "author_id": "6813408221249520645", "id": "7690161866862166806", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 5, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "I feel 80s and 90s movies were some of the best", "timestamp": 1790505373 }, { "author": "emiliooooo_", "author_id": "6734897780709655558", "id": "7691168294829048628", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 0, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "That was Vincent D’onofrio?!", "timestamp": 1790739682 }, { "author": "aine.carolina", "author_id": "6814449738604364805", "id": "7691376518157189908", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 0, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "2015? You're being too kind... I'd say 2008/2010 tops", "timestamp": 1790788160 }, { "author": "taylorleeramirez", "author_id": "6813350667789779973", "id": "7689428171724489503", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 21, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Movies also used to have warm yellow hues to them in terms of color and lighting now almost every movie is cool toned and grey.", "timestamp": 1790334621 }, { "author": "imperfectpaul", "author_id": "6809010924201493510", "id": "7691484777232646945", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 1, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Smartphones and Streaming disconnected us and ruined the world.", "timestamp": 1790813462 }, { "author": "justathriftygirl99", "author_id": "11113967", "id": "7689390217035727629", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 11, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "They’re too over produced now.", "timestamp": 1790325792 }, { "author": "lisaforde10", "author_id": "7050450969376949253", "id": "7689179758031078166", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 20, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "Most actors of today as so bland and so robotic. Plus the films have too much filter on their actors.", "timestamp": 1790276697 }, { "author": "r3as0n5", "author_id": "7210898523180516357", "id": "7689184270287995681", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 38, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "You’re so right! Our British soaps, they no longer have extras in pubs or other third spaces. Just takes away from the authenticity", "timestamp": 1790277738 }, { "author": "kalee_rae_", "author_id": "6976492552463696897", "id": "7691446068239794964", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 0, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "There are parallels with gaming too, where there is this idea of the NPC. People are now applying these concepts to real life, which is deeply narcissistic and shows that people have divided how they see others into ‘main characters’ and ‘extras/NPCs’. Apart from the main characters of their own lives they don’t see other people as fully realised humans, which is so problematic", "timestamp": 1790804356 }, { "author": "imgassie", "author_id": "7355863679050499115", "id": "7691463282402411278", "is_creator": false, "is_pinned": false, "likes": 0, "parent_id": "root", "replies": [], "text": "maybe they will have AI day players", "timestamp": 1790808399 } ], "content_id": "7689138137385209102", "content_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@treehousedetective/video/7689138137385209102", "extracted_at": "2026-10-01T14:43:45.440305117+00:00", "extraction_method": "api", "limit_applied": 1000, "limited": false, "platform": "tiktok", "stats": { "extracted_comments": 50, "max_depth": 0, "top_level_comments": 50, "total_comments": 50 } }