Only Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers stood the test of time - the rest is just meh.
Are you really trying to say The Shawshank Redemption and Forest Gump are just “meh”?
The Shawshank Redemption’s political subtext just seems so utterly naive today - and Forest Gump’s is downright alt-historical.
Speed is just cop-prop, Interview With A Vampire glorifies yet another Antebellum South slave owner, The Crow is just right-wing revenge fantasy in goth clothing, and Ace Ventura’s gross transphobia is so fucking ick it might just as well be used as a TERF training documentary.
Oh, and Maverick just wasn’t that good to start off with.
Sooo… “meh” is still generous, methinks.
I mean this is kinda bs. We had some really good movies released this year as well.
Barbie - besides all the bitching on lemmy, it’s actually a good movie
Oppenheimer - Maybe an all time classic
Spiderman Across the Multiverse - maybe one of the best superhero movies ever
Super Mario Bros - Not my type of movie but a commercial hit
Guardians of the Galaxy - Another really good superhero movie
John Wick 4 - Super fun movie
And that’s just halfway through the year.
Edit: and mission impossible this year too
We also had the new Mission Impossible movie which was a really good action flick.
Also Dumb and Dumber!
Crazy that Jim Carrey put out three huge movies in one year!
On the other hand, the crappy live action Flintstones movie came out in 1994, so it wasn’t all winners.
1999 was a good year too.
Fight Club
The Matrix
Sixth Sense
10 Things I Hate About You
The Mummy
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Being John Malkovich
Dogma
The Iron Giant
I swear I used to own Dogma on DVD. Apparently you can’t beg borrow or steal a copy anywhere nowadays. It’s one I’d love to watch again, too.
