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.
The Equalizer 3 and Indiana Jones as well.
Interestingly, Margot Robbie, the actress for Barbie, is actually a Lemmy user. I randomly found her in a thread talking about the movie industry strikes.
Lol, if i was as famous i too wold use an A.I. generated image of myself as my social media profile picture.
She is also the moderator of [email protected].
Such a multi-talented actress!
I’ve been going through that account’s posts and I legitimately can’t tell if it’s actually her or not.
There’s no way that’s her real account - she barely has a social media presence, idk if she was even on Reddit.
I think if it was a fake they’d draw more attention to themselves- since that’s the most likely motive for doing it. But she doesn’t really do that, the only mention of her acting career were her comments supporting the strike.
Actually, if you would go and watch the barbie movie instead of bitching about it you would find a very good Oscar worthy movie which humorously points out several flaws in our current society hiding in plain sight.
And truly, what or who is bigger then oppenheimer in modern history? The man literally changed the world and is more or less the reason behind the longest period of peace in the west and beyond. It turned out that fear, deterrence, is the only thing that keeps war away.
They got that message loud and clear in Iran and Northern Korea. Especially after what happened in Libya and Syria.
Anyway, politic bullshit aside so far 2023 is, I think, a very good year for cinema.
Next to that I’ve seen this meme repeat itself yearly over the last five years. It’s getting tiresome. It’s time to think up a new one.
Not to derail your point, but I am 100% positive that the meme isn’t saying Barbie is a bad movie at all. This meme isn’t near as deep as you’re giving it credit for.
It’s making the observation that Hollywood has eroded its creative foundation to the point that there have only been two movies that anyone is talking about this year. Whereas in years past there would be dozens.
I have certainly noticed that over the last few years I care less and less about yet another Marvel movie or remake of an awesome 80s or 90s movie. It’s extremely obvious why masterful productions like Barbie and Oppenheimer stand out above everything else this year. These would have been great movies in the 90s too, but they would have actually been competing against substantially more films that are worth talking about.
Studios used to make more films at lower budgets. Now they put all their eggs in fewer baskets. Theatres are struggling with the low volume of new releases.
On the other hand, the crappy live action Flintstones movie came out in 1994, so it wasn’t all winners.
Ah yes, nostalgic gatekeeping bullshit. Kindly go fuck yourself
Pretty sure if I went back and watched all those and barbie I’d probably enjoy Barbie more.
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”?
What they really trying to say is they like tasteless foods.
If I were to liken some of those movies to food, I’d definitely say Forrest Gump is the pink slime of movies.
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.
Wow. Those are some truly bad takes.
Really? What about them is bad?
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.
It’s free on YouTube, Kevin Smith uploaded it.
You can steal it though. 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
It’s on YouTube, no need to pirate it.
Challenge accepted
