Maybe dislike is not the right word.
Entertainment from that time exists in a weird place where it feels modern due to high definition content and references that people still get today.
But it also feels outdated. I’ve only recently started to feel this way and after trying to figure out why, it was obvious in retrospect: the lack of smartphones and modern social platforms.
When I watch a movie from the early naughts and before and the plot includes issues locating someone (e.g. Will Hunting not showing up to his scheduled session with the math professor) I understand it and give it a pass. Obviously, they only had landlines, and early cellphones were too expensive to be common. It was understandable that it was a real problem if someone didn’t show up.
The opposite happens with movies from the late naughts and early 10s. A lot of people already had smartphones, although it still wasn’t a given.
I feel like they should have access to more modern stuff, although I clearly and obviously know why they shouldn’t.
They should be able to facetime someone if they need to chat with someone without having to travel all the way to the other person’s location.
They should be aware of any big events just because everybody talks about it in social media, which includes the most viral thing ever: memes. When they act surprised, and they actually are, about some big event that another character tells them about, it feels fake and not believable.
It just feels wrong.
That’s it.
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