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re: Worst decade of movies?

Posted on 4/9/12 at 8:02 pm to
Posted by drewhowie
Michigan
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 4/9/12 at 8:02 pm to
why the hate for the 2000's? i can name a lot of movies off the top of my head...

LOTR Trilogy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Departed
No Country for Old Men
The Big Lebowski
The Dark Knight
Inception
Memento
Pixar Movies in General (Greatest year for animation probably)
Adaptation
Children of Men
Inglorious Basterds
Kill Bill
Snatch
Lost in Translation
The Hangover
Zombieland
Shaun of the Dead
Zodiac
Minority Report

just to name a few movies that i think the general audience enjoys, at least on this board
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/9/12 at 8:56 pm to
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But the 90's also featured some other worldly level of suck...Highlander 2



90s was a great decade for drama, but shite for comedy. Sure it had Dumb and Dumber and The Big Lebowski, but compared to the 2000s with Apatow and Wright, it doesn't hold a candle to it.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/9/12 at 9:00 pm to
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Pixar Movies in General (Greatest year for animation probably)



While they are indeed great, the 2000s certainly aren't the best for animation, especially due to the basic death of 2-D animation on the big screen. The 90s was the greatest time for animation in general.

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The Big Lebowski


90s

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Inception

2010s

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The Hangover


Should not be mentioned in this conversation.
Posted by drewhowie
Michigan
Member since Sep 2010
1065 posts
Posted on 4/9/12 at 9:02 pm to
quote:

The Hangover Should not be mentioned in this conversation.


i've never actually seen it. but it seems to be a go to comedy among many people
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 4/9/12 at 9:10 pm to
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if you mean mainstream hollywood films, then the 2000's



I agree though the 2010's are shaping up to be worse.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/9/12 at 9:12 pm to
quote:

I agree though the 2010's are shaping up to be worse.



2011 was shite for sure, but I don't see any reason its looking to be horrible, especially with 2012 looking to be the best year in film in over a decade.
Posted by drewhowie
Michigan
Member since Sep 2010
1065 posts
Posted on 4/9/12 at 9:57 pm to
quote:

quote: I agree though the 2010's are shaping up to be worse.


2012 is going to be awesome. And I thought 2010 was a pretty solid year. 2011 was just barren though
Posted by Unbiased Bama Fan
Member since Dec 2011
2950 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 3:33 am to
quote:

Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Rocky 3
Rocky 4
Planes, Trains, Automobiles
War Games
Nightmare on Elm Street
Evil Dead series
Friday the 13th
Driving Miss Daisy
Vacation series
Beverly Hills Cop series
48 Hours


You know it's a weak decade when these are some of the movies which top the list for best movies of the decade. The early '90s produced more quality movies than the entire '80s decade.

Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
18981 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 3:54 am to
Of course most people are going to say the 2000s because those movies haven't had as much time to be romanticized yet. I agree with the OP the 70s was the worst IMO. I hated Star Wars, Superman and Jaws
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:13 am to
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I agree with the OP the 70s was the worst IMO. I hated Star Wars, Superman and Jaws


Yeah, let me write down your name and know you aren't to be taken seriously. There were more films released in 70s besides those three films, like:

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Network
Rocky
The French Connection
Patton
Close Encounters
The Exorcist
American Graffiti
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Monty Python's the Life of Brian
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Deliverance
Young Frankenstein
The Last Picture Show
Dog Day Afternoon
Animal House
Alien
Marathon Man
The Last Detail
Dirty Harry
All the President's Men
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Halloween
MASH
Cabaret
Annie Hall

Now please apologize, because I'm just going to guess that you either thought that about half these films were made in another decade, or you haven't seen these films and thus don't know shite about film.
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 4:19 am
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
18981 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:28 am to
quote:


The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver

Network
Rocky

The French Connection
Patton
Close Encounters
The Exorcist
American Graffiti
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Monty Python's the Life of Brian
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Deliverance
Young Frankenstein
The Last Picture Show
Dog Day Afternoon
Animal House
Alien
Marathon Man
The Last Detail
Dirty Harry
All the President's Men
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now

Halloween
MASH
Cabaret
Annie Hall


I liked the ones in bold
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 4:33 am
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:30 am to
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I've seen the ones in bold



FIFY.

Seriously, don't act like you've seen even a fourth of that list. We both know you're lying.
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
18981 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 4:48 am to
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The Godfather
The Godfather Part II

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Chinatown
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Network
Rocky
The French Connection
Patton
Close Encounters
The Exorcist

American Graffiti
Blazing Saddles

Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Monty Python's the Life of Brian
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Deliverance
Young Frankenstein
The Last Picture Show
Dog Day Afternoon
Animal House

Alien
Marathon Man
The Last Detail
Dirty Harry
All the President's Men
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Halloween
MASH
Cabaret
Annie Hall


have seen the bold
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 4:50 am
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:19 am to
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have seen the bold



If you have (I hope not), then your taste in film is completely terrible. This isn't an opinion, but a fact.
Posted by BaddestAndvari
That Overweight Racist State
Member since Mar 2011
18276 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 7:45 am to
So I'm going to post in here, and say that the rise of Youtube alone knocks the 2000s from ever being able to be on this list.. because of that, I would have to go with ... 80s? or 90s?

Personally I would have to go with the 80s, because I have seen waaaay less from the 80s that I like. People that said 70s

ETA: OML: OCELOT!!
This post was edited on 4/11/12 at 7:47 am
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9110 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 8:29 am to
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You know it's a weak decade when these are some of the movies which top the list for best movies of the decade. The early '90s produced more quality movies than the entire '80s decade.


Those are just a few that popped in my head. It wasn't an exhaustive list. I just think "worse decade ever" implies that the 80s completely sucked. I didn't even mention Goonies, Ghostbusters, etc. The 80s were great if for no other reason than John Hughes and Steven Spielberg. Movies may not have been the masterpieces they were in the 70s but they were fun just like the decade itself.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37209 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 8:45 am to
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So the 70's comes in 2nd behind the 1950's - and you know what this tells me?

I need to check out more movies from the 50's.



I'm of the belief that 1950's > 1970's, but that's just me.



In terms of

quote:

Worst decade of movies?


As said above, that's just a negative way to put it. Maybe "Weakest Decade of Films?"

80's or the 60's. Probably the 80's. And it's not because they are bad decades, it's just the 40s, 50s, 70s and 90s are so good. A case can be made for the 2000s, but I find that decade to be slightly more quality focused.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 8:48 am to
I've been going through a 50's rampage, and am blissfully ignorant of the 40's, which while I know it has Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and It's a Wonderful Life I've always assumed as a rather weak decade for film. I've just gone through most of the 50s classics and am about to start on that decade.
Posted by BhamTigah
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Member since Jan 2007
14082 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 8:54 am to
The 1880's had very few quality movies.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
34044 posts
Posted on 4/11/12 at 9:41 am to
I'm not seeing much voting. Four pages of dogging a guy for saying the 70's. I love the 70's. BUT, how about everybody say a decade. Just a thought.

80's for me. :notducking: Just compare the MWADS awards. The top 20 films of the 90's & 00's blow away the 80's. Maybe not in comedies, sci fi and nastolgia for some. But in pretty much everything else 90's and 00's win IMO. According to us, The Breakfast Club is the best movie of the 80's. When we are done with all the MWADS, 30's-00's (just guessing in the year we stop), I'm pretty sure the 80's would have the overall worst top 20. Yeah. Yeah. I said it.
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