Good movies post the year 2000
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Bentley’s Wife — 7 months ago(August 14, 2025 11:32 AM)
Almost every movie made after 2000 is good, that’s when technology significantly improved and directors weren’t limited to making boring ass “talky” films. Action movies took a huge leap forward as did animated and cinematography in general.
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Paul P. Powell — 7 months ago(August 26, 2025 01:30 PM)
Reluctantly must disagree. The less technology invariably makes the better film. Directors get more creative when faced with constraints and limits.
This is why -for example –James Bond movies always had verve, because you knew the stunts were for real.
It's also why film noir is as great as it is. Low budget was always the driving force behind noir.
High-tech was never needed throughout most of Hollywood history; and by this I mean the period of Hollywood history which counts the most: that being when most movie-goers were grown adults. Working men and women.
Eye-popping special FX were always available whenever they were truly needed, for example "
Wizard of Oz"
which still looks terrific. Or,
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
.
I'd even argue the Korda B&W 1940 "
Thief of Baghdad"
or the Archers'
"A Matter of Life and Death"
both have more storytelling magic than anything made by a computer.
And of course,
"Forbidden Planet"
and "
A Space Odyssey"
still look better than anything made today.
The bottom line: since adults obviously have deeper tastes than kiddies, pre-Lucas Hollywood should always rate higher than post-Lucas.
Why? Because a kiddie-centric Hollywood means a diet of hi-sugar, babyfied choices compared to the vast array of storylines which can interest grown adults.
It's disingenuous to style fifty years of Hollywood magic simply as "
more talky"
.
William Goldman lays all this down in his first industry expose'. I'm not just speaking subjectively here.
Paul P. Powell, Pool Player -
MovieManCin2 — 7 months ago(August 15, 2025 06:53 AM)
Mulholland Drive - 2001
No Country For Old Men - 2007
Inglorious Basterds - 2009
The Dark Knight - 2008
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood - 2019
Kill Bill Vol 1 - 2003
Little Miss Sunshine - 2006
Gone Girl - 2014
Oppenheimer - 2023
The Hurt Locker - 2008
Under The Skin - 2013
Melancholia - 2011
Annihilation - 2018
Ex Machina -2014
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