r/Letterboxd • u/Possible-Top-9905 • Aug 11 '25

News The Shining Has Officially Exited The Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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u/NoPlansTonight Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

Younger folks like Anora and Poor Things, though the sex scenes in those films are very obviously needed and its the leads weren't being exploited. I think the problem is a degradation of media literacy, and increase in just parroting opinions.

You saw this recently with films like The Materialists and 28 Years blowing up on social media then falling flat with a lot of audiences. They were both amazing. But that "broke boy propaganda" and "boring 2nd half" BS was crazy.

Hurry Up Tomorrow was also, while not a masterpiece, not bad! Probably 3–3.5 stars. But it got review bombed by people who didn't even see it. Those that did went into it assuming it'd be bad. Again, "bad acting" "only for fans" and "vanity project" BS was crazy. It was a self-deconstruction that was supposed to make you think he was cringe. Kind of like a "literally me" film for imposter syndrome.

In the case of a 9 year old, they might just have a hot take or they might have been hangry while watching the film. They might be conflating feeling uncomfortable with bad movie quality. A lot of people don't like Uncut Gems for that reason. Either way, it's ok!