With the decade coming to a close I recently overheard a very interesting discussion surrounding the quality difference between the movies of the 90s and the movies of the 00s. The consensus was that the quality of the movies from the 00's has lacked in comparision to the 90s.
Movies of the '90s
Titanic
Schindler's List
Silence of the Lambs
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank Redemption
American Beauty
Braveheart
Jurassic Park
Fight Club
The Matrix
Good Will Hunting
Movies of the '00s
The Departed
Brokeback Mountain
Slumdog Millionaire
Lord of the Rings
The Pianist
Gladiator
No Country for Old Men
A Beautiful Mind
A Dark Knight
Million Dollar Baby
Crash
The final conclusion was that at some level TV shows of the 00's, that act like movies, in that they must be watched in sequential order, have become big budget productions that rival and may exceed the quality of Hollywood Blockbusters:
Sopranos
24
Lost
Mad Men
Six Feet Under
West Wing
The Wire
What are your thoughts? Has big budget TV replaced movies in production extravagance and quality?
1 comments:
Given that many people spend WAY more in TV bills these days it's great that the shows are taking over from the movies. At least there is some value for our "free" TV.
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