Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?

Thomas Flight
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5.1M views · 3 years ago · essay · evergreen

A video essay by Thomas Flight asking why recent movies feel different from older ones. It looks at changes in how films are made, shot and told.

HN people link it as a good overview of the topic and use it in arguments about changing storytelling.

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@bze122025 · in “Shamelessness as a strategy (2019)”
This video gives a good overview ▶ this video
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@CharlesW2023 · in “Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?”
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@jger152023 · in “Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?”
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@pbronez2025 · in “America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars”
We’re just pushing into meta-modernism, and we need to get there faster. Basically, the cultural journey is: naive idealism -> ironic skepticism -> balanced synthesis. More concretely: first we told stories about how good guys were good and trustworthy. Then we told stories about how good guys could be corrupted. Now we’re trying to tell stories where good guys exist despite the possibility of corruption. It’s useless to believe that everything is so complex maybe good and bad aren’t meaningful. We need the courage to take a moral stand amidst complexity. link ▶ this video
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