10 Movies You Shouldn’t Claim Are Your Favourite On A First Date
4. Birth Of A Nation (1915)
Imagine sitting down and youre chatting over coffee when that oh-so-important question comes up and he or she says their favourite movie is a silent film from 1915. That should be setting off alarm bells that youre on a date with a pretentious film snob, but it gets worse. Then they mention that it is almost three hours long, which confirms that they really are a pretentious film buff. However, there was only one movie made in 1915 that is almost three hours long, and that movie is Birth of a Nation. Being a long, boring, silent film isn't even the worst part of the film; Birth of a Nations story line is its greatest crime against humanity. In the movie, Americans, more specifically white Americans, are facing a danger known as black people and it is up to the Ku Klux Klan to save them. The movie is considered a classic because of its use of editing and narration that were incredibly influential when it came to making feature length films. On the other hand it had white people in blackface portraying African Americans as barbaric kidnappers and rapists. It also restarted the KKK, which led to the death of thousands of people, almost all of them African Americans. If someone mentions that this is their favourite movie, even as a joke, feel free to not only walk out, but knock a drink on their lap on your way out.
