The surprise success of this surreal duo proves cinema remains a powerful cultural force and suggests audiences want more than franchises

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      Not hard at all. I can already tell you I liked Everything Everywhere All at Once (this year’s BP winner) way more than Dances with Wolves.

      1991 is a uniquely weak year for the Academy though. You might have had a stronger argument with 1994 or 1995, but I can still think of plenty of movies released in the last decade that I would rank up there with Schindler’s List or Pulp Fiction.

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        Bickering about dumb movie stuff really makes me feel like the internet is healing after reddit. 🌞 It’s good to be back.

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          Some random personal favorites of the last 10 years off the top of my head, in no particular order

          • Everything Everywhere All at Once (I know, I already mentioned this one, but it really liked it)
          • John Wick
          • Zootopia
          • Midsommar
          • The Grand Budapest Hotel
          • Mad Max: Fury Road
          • Arrival
          • Blade Runner 2049
          • Parasite
          • Isle of Dogs
          • Your Name
          • The Green Knight
          • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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      The studio system broke down in the late 2000s, between China becoming a market and the massive, MASSIVE flood of money from lotr, HP, marvel and other similar copypasta franchishes the pressure for sequels and the like exploded, and independent directors lost a lot of their room to experiment.

      Streaming is the second half, everybody wants something with a long tail, ie you can recognize it from the Netflix catalog, which pushes harder for sequels and franchises