denstorebog Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Pixar is a good keyword. But we can't avoid discussing the concept of "post-9/11" in this thread. It affected Batman, it affected James Bond. Heroes became as nasty as the situation required them to. Gentlemen turned grimdark because they had to. That, to me, is probably the central theme of the noughties. I'm sure y'all can think of many more franchises that reflect this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Pixar is a good keyword. But we can't avoid discussing the concept of "post-9/11" in this thread. It affected Batman, it affected James Bond. Heroes became as nasty as the situation required them to. Gentlemen turned grimdark because they had to. That, to me, is probably the central theme of the noughties. I'm sure y'all can think of many more franchises that reflect this. Not a movie, but 24 (although it was created and shot before 9/11) reflects this- of course, it is the most oughty series of the oughts, no contest there. For movies, the Bourne trilogy, specially the last two movies (made both post 9/11 and post 24) clearly is either the #1 or at least a serious contender: Dark and gritty; The lead is an anti-hero with memory issues (same as Memento and Wolverine in the X-men, and there's probably more); The anti-hero with a dark past (both movies mentioned above and a ton of others); The anti-hero isn't above murder, torture, or whatever gets him results, rarely if ever questioning his methods (tons of examples of this); The last two movies have non-stop Shakycam, something that is also very characteristic of the oughts; Deals with shadowy government agencies doing shadowy things in the name of stopping terrorism and/or threats to the US; And there's probably even more stuff I'm forgetting. Seriously, I honestly doubt there's a candidate that is a better fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 George Clooney political movies were a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 2001: A Space Odyssey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_ Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Spiderman (2002) for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 George Clooney political movies were a thing. Which ones? The only one I remember was Good Night and Good Luck, which was an acclaimed film, but wasn't that big of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionAhaiReborn Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Michael Clayton, Syriana, Burn After Reading, Up in the Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Michael Clayton, Syriana, Burn After Reading, Up in the Air Apart from Syriana, none of these movies really qualifies as political (Ides of March does, but it's from 2011, and it was a flop). And none of them were that big of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyenon15 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 all these had a political presence2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - CIA officer2005 Good Night and Good Luck2005 Syriana2006 The Good German2009 The Men Who Stare at GoatsNo "big deals" butcollectively I call them a thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionAhaiReborn Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Apart from Syriana, none of these movies really qualifies as political (Ides of March does, but it's from 2011, and it was a flop). And none of them were that big of a deal. Syriana, Michael Clayton, and Up in the Air were all nominated for Academy Awards (several, in the case of the latter two). All of the movies I mentioned had nakedly political themes- have you seen them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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