I was just thinking the other day how far our expectations have fallen.... from regular people to critics, we often rate a modern movie FAR HIGHER than it deserves, because of how shit we expect movies to be in general now.
Vanilla Sky was a fairly amazing, well written, cerebral movie released in 2001 but critics & audiences hated it. Nowadays it’s sorta a cult classic, but back then it was shit on because it had decent competition. If that movie was released now, it’d get all the accolades. You can say the same about numerous movies from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.
Same with Jordan Peele’s shitty horror movies. They suck… but because they have this air of pretentious ‘art’ and it’s a Black guy making them, critics adore. It’s a sad state of affairs.
I loved Vanilla Sky. And you are right. Frequently I’ll watch a b movie from the 80s or 90s or some made for TV movie I had forgotten about and it’s brilliant by comparison to a lot we get today. A lot of entertainment today is so obsessed with representation or “the message”. Agree about Jordan Peele. I thought get out was way overrated but I guess I’m in the minority. I kinda feel like if he could a just write stories and shut up about race all the time he would be better. But like you said he is what critics love so he will always get praise. Same thing with female directors
This is definitely true of things like Top Gun as well. People are hungry for something new and good, and are willing to settle for decent.
Its probably a "broken clock is right twice a day" thing but I really enjoyed CODA, the best picture winner. It is a bit formulaic, yes, but it did a magnificent job of showing that family dynamic of "we hate each other sometimes, but we sacrifice for each other without (much) resentment" -- characters are fully fleshed out, even the mother who could have very easily teetered into "dumb jealous bimbo."
I hope that some day we look back on the Marvel Age and see it as the wasteland of originality that it really and truly was.
I was just thinking the other day how far our expectations have fallen.... from regular people to critics, we often rate a modern movie FAR HIGHER than it deserves, because of how shit we expect movies to be in general now.
Vanilla Sky was a fairly amazing, well written, cerebral movie released in 2001 but critics & audiences hated it. Nowadays it’s sorta a cult classic, but back then it was shit on because it had decent competition. If that movie was released now, it’d get all the accolades. You can say the same about numerous movies from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.
Same with Jordan Peele’s shitty horror movies. They suck… but because they have this air of pretentious ‘art’ and it’s a Black guy making them, critics adore. It’s a sad state of affairs.
lol, remember Black Panther was rated 97/100 while being a generic Marvel movie because "black guy" as you say
Meanwhile fantastic films like Old Henry and Vengeance slip through the cracks, ignored by everyone.
I loved Vanilla Sky. And you are right. Frequently I’ll watch a b movie from the 80s or 90s or some made for TV movie I had forgotten about and it’s brilliant by comparison to a lot we get today. A lot of entertainment today is so obsessed with representation or “the message”. Agree about Jordan Peele. I thought get out was way overrated but I guess I’m in the minority. I kinda feel like if he could a just write stories and shut up about race all the time he would be better. But like you said he is what critics love so he will always get praise. Same thing with female directors
This is definitely true of things like Top Gun as well. People are hungry for something new and good, and are willing to settle for decent.
Its probably a "broken clock is right twice a day" thing but I really enjoyed CODA, the best picture winner. It is a bit formulaic, yes, but it did a magnificent job of showing that family dynamic of "we hate each other sometimes, but we sacrifice for each other without (much) resentment" -- characters are fully fleshed out, even the mother who could have very easily teetered into "dumb jealous bimbo."
I hope that some day we look back on the Marvel Age and see it as the wasteland of originality that it really and truly was.
Vanilla Sky wouldn't get accolades today. Something about virtual sex bots of your crush and whatnot.