A movie classic doesn't mean it's old, but rather that it's a film that will stay popular. Usually, a movie comes out, and people either watch it or not, and it gets forgotten pretty quickly. However, when a movie comes out and remains popular for years afterward, it's considered a classic. Additionally, when a movie is released in cinemas and flops, but then gets rediscovered on VHS, DVDs, or streaming, it's considered a cult movie.
That said, it seems like the 21st century is pretty weak in producing movie classics, as if there hasn't been one since the 1990s. Maybe the LOTR movies, some Marvel movies, or Nolan's Batman movies? Compare them to Forrest Gump or Pulp Fiction or The Godfather and they look pretty weak.
That said, it seems like the 21st century is pretty weak in producing movie classics, as if there hasn't been one since the 1990s. Maybe the LOTR movies, some Marvel movies, or Nolan's Batman movies? Compare them to Forrest Gump or Pulp Fiction or The Godfather and they look pretty weak.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
