Usage of sympathize

[Daemon99]

If I want to show pity on the sad state of something, can I use the word 'sympathize'?

For example, can I say, I sympathize with the movies being made lately

Here, I mean movies are so bad that I almost pity them.

PS: I am not quite sure I made sense :)
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[SkiIucK]

I can see you are having a hard time dealing with this word, I can sympathize with that, but state yourself more clearly in the future.

J/k

[Jamie (K)]

No, "sympathize" means that you share or understand someone else's feelings. So, if you say, "I sympathize with the movies being made lately," it means that you agree with the ideas expressed in those films.

I don't know if you're expressing an emotion that we really have a way of describing in English. Maybe you could say, "I almost pity the people who made the movies that have come out lately," or, "The movies coming out lately have been painful to watch."

[Molly]

I pity the audiences of recent movies. :wink: