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One of the last '90s' movies

posted 10 years ago by Fluke_Skywalker
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Obviously this was released in '01, but the first few years of every decade have a pop culture hangover from the previous one. If you look back at the films, TV shows and music from the 90s you see this, and it's evidenced here as well. Just a year or two later the pop culture landscape had changed dramatically. 9/11 had happened, musical tastes had done an about face from the bubblegum heavy pop of the late 90s, and we were on the verge of the "dark, gritty" era of genre films.

Had Lara Croft: Tomb Raider come out just a few short years later it would've looked and felt radically different IMO. Timing is everything.

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[–] kanyon18080 10 years ago

Well look at the second movie it feels like a completely different series.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 10 years ago

I almost mentioned the second TR film, but to be honest I've never managed to finish it. What I have seen did obviously feel different than the first one, but I didn't know whether to chalk that up to changing times or the change in directors.

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[–] kanyon18080 10 years ago

It's not a bad movie. You should try and finish it. I actually watched it last night on AMC with story notes. Pretty interesting stuff went into making that movie.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 10 years ago

The original is one of my all-time guilty pleasure movies and I get the urge to re-watch it every few years or so. I feel a re-watch coming on, so I'll give Cradle of Life another shot.

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[–] CrashHolly8 10 years ago

I got you, which means I understand. I'm still shocked, Duke Nukem doesnt have movie. 3D came in 1996 and atm Arnold Schwarzenegger and Scott Steiner had impressive bodies. I mean imagine, if Arnie did Duke Nukem movie in 1997 instead Batman & Robin. Or, when Scott Steiner became Big Poppa Pump, I think Steiner's body was at its peak in 2000.

[–] buzzmandlids 9 years ago

Lol
Arnie in Batman

"Chill out"
"Cool party"

Hahahahahhaha

[–] tralycr_c-1 9 years ago

It feels like an early '00 movie to me. If it was '90s it would have been much better and the action more interesting. It was during the transition period right before Bourne Supremacy came out and gave us the shaky-cam, which is still with us to this day, cuz god forbid we be able to see the action happening in front of us.

There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.

[–] Franky88 (288) 5 years ago

I miss 90s

[–] bigbadwolf666 (4707) 5 years ago

Me too.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18433) 2 years ago

I feel like that third Mummy movie still had some of that "turn of the millennium" DNA in its direction. Not surprising since it was helmed by Rob Cohen.