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movies that were really popular just a few years ago that seem to have already been forgotten?

posted 9 months ago by filmgeek99 (671)
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What are some movies that were really popular when they first came out in the past ten years or so that seem to have already been forgotten? This isn't necessarily about whether they were any good or not, just where they currently stand in terms of relevance and significance in film culture.

Here's a few that come to mind:

Bird Box (2018)
The Babadook (2014)
Zootopia (2016)
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Moonlight (2016)

What others come to mind?

[–] Melton (5566) 9 months ago

Many films are falsely championed as great by ‘critics’ because they meet certain woke criteria, but in reality the audience are indifferent or hostile towards them.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 9 months ago

🤣YOU ARE CONSISTENT...I WILL GIVE YOU THAT.

[–] parkerbot (10715) 9 months ago

Fifty Shades of Grey.
Hunger Games.
Twilight.

[–] blue1981 (8177) 9 months ago

Hopefully Barbie is in this category soon.

[–] filmgeek99 (671) 9 months ago

Probably will be.

[–] JoWilli (21621) 9 months ago

that ship has sailed after Ryan was nominated for an oscar.

[–] blue1981 (8177) 9 months ago

He was the only decent actor in the movie. Now that the Oscars are done and it seems there's no sequel in development Barbie can now be forgotten.

[–] JoWilli (21621) 9 months ago

I thought Margot and Ryan were both fantastic. I was just surprised Margots Hollywood Overlords snubbed her. I guess she isnt Hollywood royalty anymore.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 9 months ago

BARBIE WAS EXCELLENT...STOP BEING A HATER.

[–] mikethemartian (6996) 9 months ago

The J. J. Abrams Star Trek movie series grounded down to a halt.

[–] JoWilli (21621) 9 months ago

oh yeah, forgot about those.

[–] mtxmind (3296) 9 months ago

I've only seen the first 2. And the second one, I really struggled with.

[–] VinceD (10408) 9 months ago

Is it too soon to include the MCU films? They might not be forgotten, but they seem to have really taken a dive in the last few years.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 9 months ago

JUST DON'T MENTION THE GOTG...THOSE MOVIES FUCKING ROCK.

[–] moviechatterer (16326) 9 months ago

Thank god.

[–] Skavau (15993) 9 months ago

I think this is most movies now. There's much less room for longstanding cultural capital due to the flood of new content.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 9 months ago

💯

[–] mtxmind (3296) 9 months ago

"Flood of 'new' content...."

Relatively speaking, given the deluge of remakes, reboots that dominate lately.

[–] moviechatterer (16326) 9 months ago

I'm fine with that if it lowers the market share of "capeshit"

[–] mtxmind (3296) 9 months ago

Not a fan of MCU, I take it?

That's another played out film genre.

[–] overseas7 (5071) 9 months ago

Hunger games.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4549) 9 months ago

Most Netflix movies that were "the most watched movies in the world" or something.

From Bird Box to 6 Underground, Red Notice, The Gray Man, Don't Look Up & The Adam Project just to name some.

[–] Kowalski (79077) 9 months ago

THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT.

[–] jriley555 (8543) 9 months ago

I think 'Don't Look Up' will become a cult classic. Its a wonderful farce. Good farces sometimes have staying power.

[–] olioz (3860) 9 months ago

Agreed. I loved it.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4549) 9 months ago

I wanted to like it, I really did but it was VERY in your face.

They shot the art of subtlety out of a Canon. 😆

P.S. It's really not a bad movie & much much better than a lot of Netflix movies. It just came & went way faster than I thought.

[–] jriley555 (8543) 9 months ago

No worries. It wasn't subtle. But neither was Dr. Strangelove - its funny, I've read the contemporaneous NYT review of that and what the reviewer didn't get was how actually rickety & vulnerable the US & Russia were to nuclear exchange.