Board 8 > What movies do you think will define this decade?

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When you think "80s movies" you probably think Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Terminator, Breakfast Club

When you think "90s movies," there's Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Jurassic Park

so like 20-30 years from now, what will be the first to come to mind when people think "2010s movies"?

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Do I have to name every marvel film or just the big ones

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sharknado 3: oh hell no!

it says everything you would ever need to know about this decade

that there was a movie named sharknado. and that there were at least three of them. and we as a society accepted this.

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Frozen
The Avengers (or Infinity War/Endgame)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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Johnbobb posted...

When you think "80s movies" you probably think Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Terminator, Breakfast Club

When you think "90s movies," there's Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Jurassic Park

so like 20-30 years from now, what will be the first to come to mind when people think "2010s movies"?

I notice there is a major elephant in the room in your opening post

what are the 00's movies

we're on the precipice of 2020 and I don't know the answer to this, so hell if I know what the 10's movies are

like, the only iconic 00's movie that springs to mind is the LOTR trilogy I guess

anyway the answer is basically the avengers

Paratroopa1 posted...

what are the 00's movies

we're on the precipice of 2020 and I don't know the answer to this, so hell if I know what the 10's movies are

like, the only iconic 00's movie that springs to mind is the LOTR trilogy I guess

Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
Bourne series maybe
You have all the Harry Potter movies in there bar Deathly Hollows
Kill Bill
Casino Royale
Ocean's Eleven
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy

And that's just series/parts of series.

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Oh The Dark Knight is good

most of those don't really jump to mind as iconicly representative of the 00's though, not in the same way that it's really easy to evoke the 80's and 90's

When I think 00s, my mind goes to Dark Knight, Pirates, Lord of the Rings, and maybe like Mean Girls and Shrek

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00 would be like superbad and hangover also

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As for marvel movies, I think people will look back on The Avengers and Endgame as the defining ones (while others like Guardians and Winter Soldier are less decade defining and maybe more defining of superhero movies specifically)

I'd also agree with Fury Road I think

Also want to throw in:
Inception
Deadpool
Get Out
La La Land

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oh I definitely second Get Out for the 10's

Into the spiderverse has just about everything that oozes 2010s

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But to seriously talk 2010s movies.

All mentioned before, but I agree they're good picks:

Frozen
Get Out
Inception
Deadpool
Avengers
Fury Road

Maybe How to Train Your Dragon, The Social Network, The Hunger Games, Gone Girl, or The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Might have to give the new Star Wars trilogy a shout simply for the discussions its caused.

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xp1337 posted...

sharknado 3: oh hell no!

it says everything you would ever need to know about this decade

that there was a movie named sharknado. and that there were at least three of them. and we as a society accepted this.

I somehow got the bright idea to try fact checking this. I found out that there are actually 6 of them and a Lavalantula spin off.
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The MCU, definitely.
Get Out
Was Fast Five 2010s? Furious 7, maybe, but definitely Fast Five for me if eligible
Pitch Perfect
Deadpool

Mmm, this needs some more thought...

When you think 2010s....

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The Avengers is easily #1, of course.

Even though Avatar was technically a 2009 movie, I'd argue it deserves to be brought up in this conversation, especially from a worldwide perspective.

Get Out is probably #2 for me, when considering the US alone, though it's an incredibly distant second.

I would call The Hunger Games an easy second (from an American viewpoint) if the YA craze had petered out just a few years later. As is, it might still be up there.

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Mega Mana posted...

Was Fast Five 2010s? Furious 7, maybe, but definitely Fast Five for me if eligible

Yeah, I think the MCU and the Fast & Furious franchise are the two omnipresent behemoths that will influence how films are made and distributed for the foreseeable future.

On the smaller scale you could make arguments for Bridesmaids, Get Out and Crazy Rich Asians.

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Rolycoly posted...

I would call The Hunger Games an easy second (from an American viewpoint) if the YA craze had petered out just a few years later. As is, it might still be up there.

I think it was more a continuation of a trend from the 00s with Twilight? At least in movies - YA fiction is still a ludicrously successful branch of books.

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Rolycoly posted...

Even though Avatar was technically a 2009 movie, I'd argue it deserves to be brought up in this conversation, especially from a worldwide perspective.

Really? It's box office numbers are obviously historic, but nobody cares about the movie itself anymore. The only times I ever see anyone bring up Avatar in movie discussions are to point out how it completely faded from pop culture so quickly despite its success or to debate whether Avatar is remembered for anything other than being completely forgotten.
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2010s Movie. The Zeitgeist Movies. Not necessarily the best movies, but the ones that help or are defined by a decade...

Avengers / Endgame / Guardians of the Galaxy
Deadpool
Mad Max: Fury Road
Get Out
John Wick
Frozen
Skyfall
Star Wars Episode 7
Edge of Tomorrow
Fast Five / Furious 7
Baby Driver

Some others in contention:
The Hateful Eight / Django Unchained
Interstellar
Gravity
Drive
Boyhood
Ex Machina
Spotlight
Blade Runner 2049
The Martian
The Conjuring
10 Cloverfield Lane
Whiplash
Pacific Rim
Pitch Perfect
Godzilla
Wonder Woman / BvS / Man of Steel
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Snowpiercer
Neighbors
The Heat


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Bridesmaids will definitely be in the conversation as far as comedies go.

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Mega Mana posted...

2010s Movie. The Zeitgeist Movies. Not necessarily the best movies, but the ones that help or are defined by a decade...

Avengers / Endgame / Guardians of the Galaxy
Deadpool
Mad Max: Fury Road
Get Out
John Wick
Frozen
Skyfall
Star Wars Episode 7
Edge of Tomorrow
Fast Five / Furious 7
Baby Driver

Some others in contention:
The Hateful Eight / Django Unchained
Interstellar
Gravity
Drive
Boyhood
Ex Machina
Spotlight
Blade Runner 2049
The Martian
The Conjuring
10 Cloverfield Lane
Whiplash
Pacific Rim
Pitch Perfect
Godzilla
Wonder Woman / BvS / Man of Steel
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Snowpiercer
Neighbors
The Heat

Ooh, Baby Driver is a great pick. I may be biased, though, since I love that movie.

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Addendum:

Despite being a 1999 film, I strongly associate Matrix with the 2000s decade. If that were to count towards 2000s, Keanu Reeves helps define FOUR decades of movies IMO

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (80s)
Speed (90s)
Matrix (00s)*
John Wick (10s)

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The main contenders imo:

Get Out
Inception
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hereditary
John Wick


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I was about to mention Iron Man but I forgot that was last decade.

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Mega Mana posted...

Despite being a 1999 film, I strongly associate Matrix with the 2000s decade. If that were to count towards 2000s, Keanu Reeves helps define FOUR decades of movies IMO

To me it's very late 90s, like definitively so. To some extent Matrix, Fight Club and Office Space (and others) express a very specific sentiment that belongs in that exact place/time. Steve Austin being so popular at around the same time is connected too I'd guess.

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Xeybozn posted...

Really? It's box office numbers are obviously historic, but nobody cares about the movie itself anymore. The only times I ever see anyone bring up Avatar in movie discussions are to point out how it completely faded from pop culture so quickly despite its success or to debate whether Avatar is remembered for anything other than being completely forgotten.

You're talking from a (presumably) American film-discussion circle perspective, though. There's more nuance involved in determining the answer to this question; for its sheer scale and impact on subsequent movies, not to mention the movie industry in general, Avatar is absolutely up there, even if it's not so fondly remembered as a movie anymore.

Have an anecdote to put its impact into perspective: I watched it exactly once ever, in a theater when I was 12, and I have no interest in rewatching it. Nonetheless, I still remember the dazzling visual and aural experience, and I likely will forever.

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The Conjuring might be up there is well as that particular brand of 10s horror.

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IMO

Locks
The MCU
-100% probably the most defining movie(s) of the decade. Basically changed the landscape of how movie franchises are done. The consistency and number of films too also helps tremendously. Out of all of them The original Avengers, Infinity War/End Game, and I think Black Panther will be the ones I think most people will say had the most overall impact.

Frozen
-Until recently it was the highest grossing animated film ever. The sheer popularity of the film and the marketability of the character is also a huge plus. I can't remember another animated film get so much attention.

Get Out
-This one gets in I think mostly though how it spread through word of mouth and simply how much the internet as a whole really go behind the film. This is 100% the most notable horror movie of the decade.

Fast V (and its sequels).
-While I think the original movie and its immediate sequels are seen as "movies that were in the 2000s", I think the vast shift in how the franchise was handled starting with Fast V really marks it as among the defining franchises of the decade. It is greatly boosted continual added star power, and by Paul Walker's untimely departure.

Might be
The Social Network
-This is tricky because it 100% benefits from looking back at what Facebook was when this came out. I think this is more Facebook defined a lot of the decade more than the movie, but it's splitting hairs there.

Mission Impossible (Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation, Fallout)
-Like TFATF, I think we see the first few as movies we know played when they did, but Ghost Protocol was such as massive jump in quality that it was pretty much undeniable. I think that this set of 3 movies might be the greatest 3 non superhero action movies ever made in a row from the same franchise. However, unlike TFATF franchise it doesn't quite have the overall notoriety despite the 3 films being critically acclaimed.

The Hunger Games
-I think these are good movies, but I wonder in like a couple of decades if people will look back and remember "Oh yeah these movies". This is a weird case of even though there is/was a lot of content made about the franchise a lot of it seems somewhat separated from the movies.

Disney "Live Action" Remakes
-So, are these movies notable by themselves or just because they are mostly remakes of defining 90s movies? I think that in retrospect people will know these happened in this decade but I feel like the public perception will shift towards unfavorable. But they are extremely popular now so who knows.

John Wick Franchise
-Basically the movie franchise that revived Keanu Reeves' action career and catapulted it into one of the best action series we've had. Might have had some play in The Matrix 4 being a thing soon.

Mad Max: Fury Road
-I think as far as movies go this is one of the best and it's here for that alone, but I'm unsure how decade "defining" it is.

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
-Here's the thing, this greatly depends on how the last movie is (which I'll see this week). The prequel trilogy (late 90s to early 2000s) were simply not good enough to a point that I'd not say those are defining. But the simple attention this set has gotten might warrant its conclusion. Of course if The Rise of Skywalker ends up being bad probably not.

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
-While I think this is a good movie, I'm not sure if the franchise as a whole will be attributed as more of a 2020s thing with all the spinoffs etc that are planned.

Joker
-This movie is a little too new to really make a conclusion. However, this movie and buzz around it I think really defines the social climate of society right now, so I'd say out of all of the ones on this tier this probably has the best chance at being considered a defining movie.

Good/Popular Movies but I don't think they define the decade
Inception
Interstellar
-These are great movies, but I don't think I'd say they are decade defining.

Planet of the Apes reboot Trilogy
-A strange case of a reboot trilogy that is actually good. However, I also feel overall it is overlooked by the public which is what hurts it.

Skyfall
-I'd call Casino Royale a defining 2000s movie. I don't think Skyfall is quite there.

The Hobbit Trilogy
-A case of a set of very well known movies that I don't think have enough lasting appeal, unlike the original trilogy run.

The Purge franchise
-I feel like people will know this franchise started in the 2010s, but unlike something like Nightmare of Elm Street (80s), it didn't start with a good entry (and I don't think any of them have been good).

Gravity
-If everyone had an imax or 3d theater at will and could watch this, 100% I think people would remember the experience as a landmark of the decade, but that's basically a thing that is gone now and I think overall public memory will fade.

Logan
-This is another movie where I really like it, but not sure if simply being a "departure" from the norm of a super hero movie is enough to get it to "defining"

The Revenant
-While this is another great movie, I don't think Leo getting his oscar is enough.

Zootopia
-I've said before that this is my favorite animated film of all time. But, I admit being in the shadow of Frozen is pretty hard to overcome.

The "DCEU"
-If these movies were better, maybe. But I think they'll be remembered for being DCs failed attempt to emulate Marvel more than anything.

Hereditary
-I think in a decade this will be looked at at one of the greatest horror movies of all time, but I'm not sure how long lasting the overall effect will be when you compare it to something like The Ring (2000s).