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Now, everyone go back and edit their posts to list whether they watched their overrated choice on release, or years later on streaming media!
Seriously though, I am genuinely curious how much of a factor context is here. Take for instance The Matrix. I am only using this as an example, but I will happily admit that at the time I found it groundbreaking. While there were a few dark gems of science fiction such as Dark City or 12 Monkeys floating around, my memory of science fiction at that time was polluted with by-the-numbers films like Independence Day, Event Horizon (shivers), and Men in Black. I say by-the-numbers in regards to casting, simplicity of plot, or pushed blockbuster intended hype. In that context, The Matrix was quite unique (IMO). Granted The Matrix had hype, but I believe that was more to do with how the trailers only teased at what the hell was going on in that movie, which typically are notorious for just being a mini outline of the movie, exposing all of the possible plot points. I remember a comment that it may have been the first time WB allowed their logo to be distorted for the first time during the intro title sequences (I may very well be wrong on that, but that memory is popping up for some reason!).
I think if I had waited until now to see that movie---out of its context of where sci-fi was at its time of release---, then I probably would laugh in watching a movie (with now mediocre effects) taking itself way too seriously.
As far as to the OP's topic:
Little Miss Sunshine pissed me off.
ID4 (if that wasn't already obvious!)
Titanic.
Shutter Island.
Interstellar (cries).
The Martian.
Probably Avatar. Though gorgeous, it was so simple and should have been a lot more given the scale of production.
and Wing Commander. Ha! Just kidding. That movie had no hype. It just sucked. Bad.
hm... why am I listing mostly only sci-fi!?
Oh. I loved Kane, btw.
Now, everyone go back and edit their posts to list whether they watched their overrated choice on release, or years later on streaming media!
Seriously though, I am genuinely curious how much of a factor context is here. Take for instance The Matrix. I am only using this as an example, but I will happily admit that at the time I found it groundbreaking. While there were a few dark gems of science fiction such as Dark City or 12 Monkeys floating around, my memory of science fiction at that time was polluted with by-the-numbers films like Independence Day, Event Horizon (shivers), and Men in Black. I say by-the-numbers in regards to casting, simplicity of plot, or pushed blockbuster intended hype. In that context, The Matrix was quite unique (IMO). Granted The Matrix had hype, but I believe that was more to do with how the trailers only teased at what the hell was going on in that movie, which typically are notorious for just being a mini outline of the movie, exposing all of the possible plot points. I remember a comment that it may have been the first time WB allowed their logo to be distorted for the first time during the intro title sequences (I may very well be wrong on that, but that memory is popping up for some reason!).
I think if I had waited until now to see that movie---out of its context of where sci-fi was at its time of release---, then I probably would laugh in watching a movie (with now mediocre effects) taking itself way too seriously.
As far as to the OP's topic:
Little Miss Sunshine pissed me off.
ID4 (if that wasn't already obvious!)
Titanic.
Shutter Island.
Interstellar (cries).
The Martian.
Probably Avatar. Though gorgeous, it was so simple and should have been a lot more given the scale of production.
and Wing Commander. Ha! Just kidding. That movie had no hype. It just sucked. Bad.
hm... why am I listing mostly only sci-fi!?
Oh. I loved Kane, btw.
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