Watch “the notebook”, Fried Green Tomatoes” or, my latest favorite, “The Time Traveler’s Wife”.
There are still great stories out there.
This is coming from a 56 year old that watched the original Star Wars 26 times in the theater. For me it is all about the story now. It is why I simply could not stomach the last three SW movies.
Holy cow, 26 times?
Actually I can relate. My friends and I were little kids when we saw it in the theater, and it practically defined our childhood. Nearly all of our pretend play for the next several years was Star Wars based (it was always a fight over who got to be Han Solo). That movie is still seared into me in a pretty fundamental way, as corny as that sounds.
Just read your post and at least I do not feel alone in getting older. I was a senior in high school, when the first Star Wars came out, over 30 years ago.
I love you!
someone else who is willing to admit to seeing SW over 25 times in theater (me too)