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I’m no expert but two things seem likely: 1. Genre popularity seems to move in cycles of trends. We’ll certainly look back at the Marvel eta as the time when “
by sickcodebruh 4y ago
I’m no expert but two things seem likely:
1. Genre popularity seems to move in cycles of trends. We’ll certainly look back at the Marvel eta as the time when “the nerds” took over and dominated media. My wife often remarks “I never thought I’d live the day when I saw a serious, high budget interpretation of ${something that seemed totally underground when she was a teenager}.” I’m sure there’s a market/economic explanation for this, where Studio A and Studio B release popular movies of similar genres around the same time so Studios C-Z plan their releases accordingly. If comedy is waning right now (and I’m not sure it is) it will probably swing back around, just as fantasy and action and horror all have.
2. This article strikes me as being akin to the old “music isn’t good anymore, everything after ${year} is trash” argument. It’s easy to look back at earlier times, pick out the gems, and decide that it was some magical time. All you have to do is forget about all the crap. (See also: Woodstock 1969 and claims of “life was simpler” about any era imaginable.) It’s hard to compare the current comedy environment to past “golden eras” while we’re still living it.
I can’t say I’ve come across too many recent comedies that absolutely killed me but they’re out there. “Booksmart” (2019) was easily the best new comedy movie I’ve seen in years. Profane and hilarious. Nora from Queens is high up there, too. We probably won’t remember this decade for comedy but I’m sure we’ll look back and identify some clear winners.
- tetris11 4y agoI'd argue that the recent popularity of certain underground genres isn't to do with a cyclical trend, but due to better profiling of audiences via big tech. Movie execs can now see the size and wealth of a certain audiences that were previously invisible to them, and coupled with an increase in writers from diverse backgrounds, can more easily offer these underground genres to a more mainstream audience.
- dragontamer 4y agoLets see... the most recent comedy movies I've seen... Knives Out (2019) was probably the one I enjoyed the most. JoJo Rabbit was trying too hard IMO, but I still smiled/laughed throughout it. WW2 is kinda overdone at this point (though serious films like Downfall are worth revisiting) Free Guy was fine? Apparently "The Suicide Squad" also counts as a comedy. I guess Deadpool and Deadpool 2 were also fine. Maybe other people are tired of comicbook / superhero movies, but really I'm personally only tired of the "Marvel Formula" (and Deadpool / The Suicide Squad strays pretty heavily from the formula). Going back a bit further is "Jumanji"... There's a lot of flicks / comedy films out there. Nothing is quite as good as Airplane but I'd say Knives Out is on-par, maybe even better than Clue (1985). I don't really like the "Despicable Me" series, but my nieces really wanted to watch "Minions: Rise of Gru" and I actually enjoyed that one. (My nieces love this series, so I can say that I've watched all of it and its mostly trash. But Rise of Gru actually got me to laugh) -------- I'm no critic. I enjoy just a basic flick now and then. Honestly, I'd rewatch "Knives Out" more than any Adam Sandler movie from the 90s or even Austin Powers. 90s era comedy just didn't mesh well with me, despite me growing up at that time. I do have a soft spot for the dry 80s stuff with Leslie Nielsen, and I guess I really liked Jackie Chan's action/comedies through the 90s and 00s. I dunno, if I think "90s comedy I enjoyed", I think of Men in Black or Aladdin? Nothing in the list that this author wrote.
- __derek__ 4y ago> It’s easy to look back at earlier times, pick out the gems, and decide that it was some magical time. All you have to do is forget about all the crap. Case in point: the Master of Disguise.
- DontchaKnowit 4y agoHow dare you speak Ill of that masterpiece.