Dad came home yesterday with this story from his Speculative Fiction class (lit majors, in their junior year).
A student was in front, assigned to report about the film The Matrix.
Reporter (asking class): “How many of you have seen The Matrix?“
(Two students in class raise their hands.)
Reporter: “How old were you when you saw it?”
Two students: “9 years old.”
Reporter: “Did you understand it?”
Two students: “No.”
Reporter: “Neither did I.”
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It is a pity that our future leaders have never seen one of the defining films of my generation. Then again, that’s probably what our parents say about us, too.
(Incidentally, I am a huge fan of The Matrix, and we even made a fan film for it, which I just found online now. There was also cosplaying involved, and some sort of swordfighting, though thankfully there are no records of those.)
This is actually quite disturbing. 10 years is not that long ago. Plus with the ease of getting copies of a movie these days (even just the legal ways), I am just really surprised.
Simon: Yes! But when we were 9, did we watch current films, too? I sure as hell didn’t, unless they were Disney cartoons. I remember watching The Empire Strikes Back over and over when I was little, but I only fully appreciated the meaning when I was older.
I fell asleep first time I watched A New Hope.
Hah! my attention span is longer, I fell asleep on empire strikes back while watching it on a marathon run!
This is Renz btw.
I loved the first movie… I kinda understood it on my first watch… Maybe in my own twisted way. ;p
I agree. I think I only watched Back To The Future III, Ghostbusters 2, and Batman back when I was around that age. But when you get older, not giving a chance to watch some of the great movies is almost a crime.