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Some years are better than others. Of course 2021 was going to be shitty, have you been living under a rock and not heard of covid? 2019 was a great year for m
by Nimitz14 5y ago
Some years are better than others. Of course 2021 was going to be shitty, have you been living under a rock and not heard of covid?
2019 was a great year for movies for example.
- nickthemagicman 5y ago2019 remakes or sequels: Lion King, Spider Man, Jumanji, Frozen, Avengers, Toy Story, Aladdin, Dr Sleep, Godzilla, Terminator, John Wick, Zombieland. There were a few good movies in 2019 like every year. Hollywood overall has become extremely derivative and market focused.
- Nimitz14 5y agoIf you went back twenty years one could also compile a similar list (not necessarily remakes, but something of a similarly low quality). Pretty clear you just have an axe to grind.
- betwixthewires 5y agoGo look through a catalog of movies from the 90s and even late 80s, particularly 1999 which was the best year for movies by far in the history of Hollywood. The quality has gone down substantially.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoYour claim is false.
- anoonmoose 5y agoThe Wikipedia article for 1999 in film is there for all to see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film#1999_Wide-release_films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film#1999_Wide-release... Between The King and I (Disney animated), Baby Geniuses, Doug's 1st Movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, Wing Commander, The Rage: Carrie 2, My Favorite Martian, and Office Space, I see plenty of sequels, low-effort trash, and remakes. And that's just stuff that came out in the first three months of the year. edit: We got a remake of Wild Wild West, a remake of Tarzan, a sequel to Austin Powers, a sequel to The Brave Little Toaster, a prequel to Star Wars, and our second Shakespear adapation of the year in months 4-6. double edit: In 7-9, we got another Muppet movie, an Inspector Gadget remake, The Haunting and The Thomas Crown Affair were both remakes, a Universal Soldier sequel, and a Dudley Do-Right remake. I have no interest in continuing to analyze this list, thing were just as bad twenty years ago
- nickthemagicman 5y agoI appreciate you looking into this and maybe I stand corrected. This deserves further discussion for sure. I'll do it at some point in the future on a blog post and will link it here. Another interesting measure is studio funding of remakes and sequels (adjusted for inflation or as a percentage of total Hollywood's production spending) but that starts getting into blog post territory. Up until the past decade or so there was always something that was interesting at the movies. Not so much anymore.
- anoonmoose 5y agodon't link it here on my behalf; I read through your comment history and don't wish to read any more of your comments, much less blog posts
- nickthemagicman 5y agoI haven't looked through your comment history because I'm more interested in the topic instead of you. Cheers!
- allturtles 5y ago<dander up> Wait, which of sequel, low-effort trash, or remake are you calling Office Space?
- Jtsummers 5y agoArguably a sequel to the Milton cartoon shorts.
- anoonmoose 5y agoIt's a remake or a sequel, depending on how you wanna count that sort of thing (and, imo, it's not very good)
- allturtles 5y ago
- klmadfejno 5y agoMy favorite original movies of 2019: Parasite, 1917, Once upon a time in hollywood, midsommar, uncut gems, ford v. ferrari, the lighthouse, knives out, jojo rabbit, us, a number of shows that have shifted towards a streamed series format vs. traditional film I think the film industry is alive and well. I'd also say that dr. sleep only barely qualifies as a sequel if we're in the mood to complain about hollywood cliches.