2000s Movies Are Weird
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- In which I indulge in my nostalgia for the 2000s.
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What is it that makes the Y2K era of movies so compelling? Is it that unique 2000s fashion? Is it the leather? The harsh blond high lights? Maybe it's all the Lindsay Lohan.
0:00 Intro
1:25 2000s Movie Landscape
2:33 Sexy Vampires and Leather
4:01 1970s Remakes and Nostalgia
4:42 Cheer and Dance Competition Movies
5:53 Beach Movies
6:58 American Kung Fu Movies
7:41 Freaky Friday and Body Swap Movies
8:24 2000s Celeb Culture
9:03 2000s Horror
9:38 The Ring and 2000s Color
10:40 Conclusion, Why The 2000s Matter
For me, it's about the 2000s movies that raised me. This was the last era when an A-List actor or a hot vampire could sell a movie to the masses. The 2000s also mark the rumblings of the franchise box office dominance that became commonplace by the 2010s. Unlike now, every blockbuster during the 2000s didn't come from under the Disney umbrella. But the 2000s is when it started, and that's what's so compelling about the niche trends of this era.
In this video essay (or opinion piece), I try to shed light on all of the niche movie genres of the 2000s. It's a Y2K video essay, a video essay about filmmaking, a video essay about art, leather, and beach bods. What kinds of movies were coming out after Y2K? What genres existed from 2000-2009 that movie-goers don't see any more? Watch this and find out my take.
Video essay, movie analysis, film history, y2k aesthetic, 2000s nostalgia, 2000s trends, 2000s movies, y2k movies
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#2000snostalgia #Y2K #2000sMovies - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Hello! Thanks for watching and/or scrolling down into the comments. Here are a bunch of genres and trends that Matt and I noted but that I wasn’t able to squeeze into the final video:
*Disaster Movies:*
Flight of the Phoenix
Cloverfield
Knowing
The Happening
The Perfect Storm
Day After Tomorrow
Pearl Harbour
Poseidon
War of the Worlds
*Spoof Movies:*
Scary Movie (1-4)
Epic Movie
Disaster Movie
Not Another Teen Movie
Date Movie
Superhero Movie
Meet the Spartans
The Comebacks
Extreme Movie (?)
*Nickelodeon Movies:*
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Snow Day
A Series of Unfortunate Events
*Early Superhero Movies:*
X-Men
Blade Trinity
Spiderman 1-3
Batman Begins
Daredevil
Fantastic Four
Elektra
Hulk
The Punisher
*ALSO, Non-comic book superhero movies:*
Catwoman
Unbreakable
Hancock
Push
Sky High
Zoom
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Underdog
*ALSO non-traditional comic book movies:*
Sin City
The Spirit
Constantine
Hellboy
Aeon Flux
*White-Lady-Girl-Boss:*
Erin Brockovich
The Devil Wears Prada
The Proposal
Miss Congeniality
Legally Blonde
Mean Girls
Hanging Up
The Perfect Man
The Women
In Her Shoes
*Dying Breath of 90s Comedy:*
Drowning Mona
Me, Myself and Irene
Committed (Heather Graham)
American Pie (American Wedding)
Road Trip/Eurotrip
*Something about Judd Apatow and/or gross-out comedies*
*Disney Theme Park Movies:*
Pirates of the Carribean
Mission to Mars
The Haunted Mansion
*Nicholas Sparks:*
A Walk to Remember
The Notebook
Message in a Bottle
Nights in Rodanthe
What are some movie genres/trends from the 2000s that you miss? Should I revisit the topic? You’re awesome if you made it through the video and left a comment, thank you ❤❤
How could I have forgotten spoof movies and white-lady-girl-boss movies?!
I think it was slightly into the 2010s, but I saw the Twilight spoof movie in theaters with my friends in high school. It's such a unique experience to see one in theaters. The audience feels permission to be loud and interact more than during regular movies. Ah the days
I'll admit, as a kid I really loved those dumb spoof movies. You're right, the theatre experience for them was way more of a hang out than anything else!
2000s movies are weird because high school students in those movies are 28 years old
lmao true😂 Took a while before they started casting actual kids as high schoolers
Lol a lot of movies from the 80s had +30 actors posing as teenagers
@@karolaina7969 Grease is the shining example where the “High School Seniors” are damn well pushing 40 🤣🤣🤣
I know your channel is cinema focused, but I would love to also see/hear your thoughts about TV during the 2000s. Much of that was a huge influence for me growing up, and while it's different from film, it really does contain a familiar sort of aesthetic and tone.
Awesome video!! Gonna actually rewatch it again soon.
Great suggestion! I probably spend more time watching TV than movies, and I think that the difference between the two is increasingly blurry.
With that said, I'd love to do a video on early reality TV from the 2000s😂 Also early single cam comedies like Malcolm In The Middle.
Hmmm🤔
2000s were great for movies both stand alone and franchises. Some of my personal favorites being Star Wars prequels, Benchwarmers, Superbad, Hot Rod, Accepted, The Matrix, Spiderman 1-3, Dodge Ball, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, The 40 year old virgin. The list goes on and on not even including Disney and Pixar movies
my favorite weird 2000s movie genre has to be the sports movies that involve an animal somehow, like the most valuable primate series
Hell yeah, get some skates on a chimp and I'm in!
This video seriously needs more views.
Also I find it fascinating that the 2000's were cashing in on the 70's the same way the 2010's was on the 80's.
Now we're in the beginning of the 2020's and I already feel the 90's creeping up.
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God all that felt awful to write.
Just endless pop culture recycling lol. I kinda love it tho, even if it's wrong😂 Fascinating to see what pop culture looks back on fondly, and what gets ignored.
The 2020s are chasing the 00s
@@corymiller536 they need to stay in their 15 second scroll ahh tiktok lane. Next thing you know there's gonna be a cash grab remake or live action adaptation for every 00s IP ever
They won't take the millennium from us
One thing comes to mind is how much all of the horror movies still hold up today, more than just about anything else from the 2000s.
8:40
That always makes me angry. Shame on Hollywood for side lining him, he’ll always be my ideal leading action hero
I think it's about time he had a major Hollywood comeback
@@ItsGregKon I heard he's gonna be the villain in Batgirl
@@dimitrescu182 That's gonna be awesome!!
@@ItsGregKon Aaaaaaaaaand it's been canceled. But, he did just win Best Actor for the Whale.
Oh I feel this. I recently made my own video analysing the very specific trend of 'adaptation of children's/YA fantasy book that'll hopefully get a dozen sequels' following Harry Potter's lead.
Oh I'll check that out! The HP franchise had a massive influence on the industry in so many ways.
Wow! That was so info packed!
In addition to the dance and cheer movies, there were also gymnastics movies that gave us training and ice bath scenes.
Also I forgot how many Scooby-Doo movies/shows there were during that time! So many!
So true! This video could have easily gotten out of hand if I included everything😂
Looking back it’s actually kinda surprising how FEW “torture porn films” were big in the 2000’s. Like it seemed so genre defining because the media would constantly highlight these films for being so controversial but really you only got the saw franchise, the hostel franchise, and that one movie where the truck driver spends all his time harassing a bunch of kids for some reason. The rest were pretty typical slasher flicks, remakes of foreign films and ghost movies with a emo twist. Not a lot of on screen torturing going on.
I think you missed fast and furious and those rap stars starring in movies.
Something I noticed from 2000s was that everyone looked so smooth, though it may just be the Video Quality of the time.
I LOVE THE BEACH MOVIES!!!!!!!! We're gonna make one together one day, starring Adam Sandler, Matthew McConaughey and Blonde Hair McGee - directed by McG of course, he's my favourite director.
Yes! Our Masterpiece
All these trends were actually very popular in the 80's movies as well!
I'm not sure if this was already mentioned, but disney channel original movies were big back then too, really enjoyed them back in the day
Agreed! Halloweentown was my absolutely favorite
Movies where dogs and other anime talk. There are thousands of movies with talking dogs
I absolutely hate going to the beach, but loved all of those beach movies. Lol
I typed in 2000s movies, super baked hoping no wishing to find a video just like this and I found this. I am so happy I havent looked at your channel but pls make more videos like this. Maybe Video game commercials of 2000s reality tv shows of 2000s, kid reality tv shows 2000's, Humor of the 2000's, fashion of the 2000's, ect
Ahahaha yessss! My next video is on a niche 2000s trend so I hope you enjoy it. Also, there's a whole playlist of similar videos on my channel 😊
x2 I searched 2000's movies, I needed an analyisis of this decade in film
Great video another 00's trend at least in the early part of the 2000's was street racing movies, like Gone in 60 seconds, Fast and the Furious series, and then you had the video games like Need for Speed Underground games, Burnout,Midnight Club, etc...
Ohhh that's a good one, I love the street racing movies and games. They're a great mixture of 2000s style and music!
Yes! Long live Chan the Man! (He had his best performances in this decade in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and Stop-Loss).
Forever a Channing Tatum fan
I’m glad you made this video because I always thought this is true
2000s were definitely a growing period for movies
The only thing I think you missed was inclusion of low render CGI in tons of action movies
2:33 Thank you for not blaming Twilight for the s3xy vampire trope, I've always argued that the s3xy vampire Trope has been around a lot longer than Twilight and yet people still blamed Twilight. So thank you for clearing things up.
It’s actually even older - Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula is chuck full of sexuality. It’s quite literally a critique on women’s sexuality and the horrors of falling prey to it. That was all the way back in the late 1800s!
I never noticed the whole beach movie stuff!
Great movie!
Don't forget that weird gross out humor trend that There's Something About Mary and American Pie started.
Van Wilder
Norbit
Road Trip
Scary Movie Series
Freddy Got Fingered
Saving Silverman
Joe Dirt
Not Another Teen Movie
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Bad Santa
Slackers
Cue the politically incorrect humor and stuffed animals here __________
Soooo many R-Rated comedies. I do miss the Judd Apatow ones
i love y2k stuff i cross-dress as a y2k girl now and I'm purchasing a classic car soon and i will bee seen driving it as a 2000s girl probably in a Oldsmobile dynamic 88 of 1960-1964 or a 1960 chrysler 300F letter series car and a 1964 Lincoln convertible in the sunset
Such a vibe, love it
Fantastic video, subscribed and keep up the good work.
Thank you so much!
I was born in 2000 and I miss being a 2000s kid fr now I’m 21
Always a 2000s kid at heart
@@ItsGregKon facts me too
@@ItsGregKon me too. Born In 96. Turned 13 in 09. then highschool happend. Sigh.
I love this videoooo!!! I was born in 1992 and think 90's movies are like misogynistic and OLD. 2000's movies make me feel so nostalgic.
Yeah some stuff is very “of the time” and definitely not something you could do today but I think it’s unfair to judge them by modern standards.
Without those films we probably wouldn’t have got other ones that were really solid and stood the test of time better.
1:17 literally had Higher stuck in my head all day
Also, Sexy Vampire thing was influenced by Vampire The Masquerade Tabletop rpg, first published in 1991, that influenced and contributed the gothic punk mood of late 90s/early 2000s
What about the mo-cap movies that Zemeicks was doing in the mid-late 2000s notably Polar Express, Monster House and A Christmas Carol? But it died by the very early 2010s with Mars Needs Moms.
Ouuu good point, you're so right. Zemeckis was really pushing the mo-cap tech hard. I could probably do a whole video on mo-cap movies alone, hmm...
So the 00s were were made up of a few big trends and then many small trends. Two noticeable change I notice early on, is the decline in the Action Thriller genre that was a staple of 90s Films and the other being the death of the courtroom Drama trend of the 90s, mostly centring on John Grisham Novels.
The 90’s had so many actions films that no matter how ludicrously high-stakes the action was or how much cocaine the executives were doing it still gave you an absolute thrill!!
You had some ridiculous or unrealistic ones like Air Force One that were still an absolute blast but also the really thrilling ones with great story and character development like Terminator 2, The Fugitive, The Matrix and so many others!
I remember the 2000s as lots of teen movies with pop punk soundtracks, mostly centered around the plot of getting laid
Not sure if i can call it a trend but there is also the downfall of 2d animated movies and the start of dominance for cg animated movies, especially the reference parody pop culture comedys inspired by Shrek such as Shark Tales, Chinken Little, Robots and Madagascar. Also the 00's were the peak of the terrible parody movies such as like Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Date Movie, Meet the spartans, etc.
Just discoreved your channel recently and i absolutely love it. Also sorry if i wrote anything in a weird way, i'm not a native english speaker LOL.
You're so right. Lot's of great innovation in animation at the time. I was actually thinking of doing a video on 2000s parody movies! There were a lot and then they just disappeared lol.
Thank you so much! Your English is great!
I love your video! Lots of facinating points. The only thing to dig more into would be the "coming of age" movies. They are all the same and got very similar plots. Maybe you could make a video about that?
Born in 1991
I truly was a “kid” in the the 2000’s I loved the movies !
"likely problematic" and with those words . . . . I will never watch a video from this channel again.
Aw baby got so offended you had to announce your departure. This isn’t an airport, you can just leave 👋
So being able to sell a movie based on the actor has definitely been a thing for very long time Even more so back in the day 40's 50's I think because their private life was so private this Was a way to see them. And now of course.....
2000's is the last Era where the actor could sell the movie and the last actor today that can do that is Leonardo Dicaprio.
6:26 - Morgan Freeman was in a Beach movie? Wow.
The best beach movies were in the 80's, esp. Bernie's
Glad I found this video :)
Just for the record, The Hot Chick came out BEFORE Freaky Friday '03 so it wasn't exactly following the trend of those FF-like movies.
Best movie from the year 2000:
BATTLE ROYALE
A classic from Japan
Hold up, 430 subscribers? This is a goldmine that'll be fun to watch grow!
It's slow growth, but comments like yours give me faith😊 Thank you!
Good! You should keep going!
I remember as a child watching Camp Lazlo, edd ed eddie, and Billy and Mandy on my CRT. Those days were amazing compared now.
same thoughts
I don’t think you can blame interview with a vampire for the sexy vampire trend when Buffy was a thing
Buffy is awesome! Definitely deserves credit there. But it premiered a few years after Interview With a Vampire. Still, Buffy for sure contributed in the TV realm during the 2000s
11:02 omfgosh i nearly pissed myself laughing🤣. subscribed! i never thought of that but the mcu is sooo like a military operation, and if that's true, disney® is like a megalomaniacal mastermind operation hahaha.
and im not a huge movie buff but i miss that specifically campy or "corny" melodramatic dialogue particularly from star wars episode 3, my favorite, where i think it was typified. Im not ashamed to admit i love the sincerity to it. Hayden got memed on for being angsty and edgy and awkward, but I thought the performance was perfect, and there was no better casting imo. It might be nostalgia but i greatly prefer it to Kylo, and especially prefer it over the post-ironic and constantly sarcastic characters like the MCU has, where they try to be funny and dont take themselves seriously. While I enjoy that for everyday conversation, I actually miss it in my movies!
/end of rant.
and what a coincidence i searched for 2000's movies aesthetic right around the time you upload this
Thank you!😀 Glad you enjoyed the video. True! That corny melodrama is something we just rarely see today. What weird time for movies!
bro ill help you make that beach movie,i have blonde hair too !
Digital backlot was incredible - stuff like Captain Sky and the World of Tomorrow, Speed Racer, Sin City...
there were also those "old auteurs try digital for the first time and make some cheaper, experimental stuff that is disliked by the public, then loved 10 years later by a cult audience" movies. Stuff like Miami Vice by Mann, The things Schrader did, or Argento or De Palma... metaphysical, weird action films.
There was that "grindhouse" type cinema that was overtaken by the straight-to-video market and the SyFy channel and Asylum. That trend was interconnected with the throwback go the 70's thing. Things like Death Race reboot franchise, Tarantino and Rodriguez, all the different classic horror franchises getting reboots, exploitation revivals like Crank and other Neveldine and Taylor stuff.
Another genre of action was the EuropaCorp-like movies. Today it has been deformed into bad straight-to-video stuff with actors like Jaaon Statham (even though he still plays in larger movies)
Worldwide coming of age movies were popular among alternative communities, emos, scene kids, people into anime and forums... movies like the likes of Lukas Moodyson's, stuff like Suicide Room, Fish Tank, Lily Chou-Chou were popular and lived another life as gifs on forums full of teenagers... that's also were a lot of queer people were hanging around and it kinda bled over into 2010's with the festival-circuit queer dramas... movies like Blue is the Warmest Color, Mysterious Skin, Floating Skyscrapers....
Along these lines, there was the Japanese boom in interest among US audiences. Cellphones, anime, manga, games, all thing japanese was influencing a lot of Hollywood and with the rise of the Internet people were more into Japanese culture (lots of early youtube uploads were Niconico re-uplods, AMVs, gaming parodies focusing on Sega, Capcom, Konami, Sony and Nintendo franchises... all kinds of action shows for kids were also manga-inspired and even lots of brands like Marvel heavily tried to appeal to anime and manga fans.
Spy movies. No more words needed.
From what I researched, 20 years ago, 2002 alone had way too many sequels, with most of them having 2 in the title. And 2009 might've been the year animated movies peaked, but it was also the year movies based on kids shows peaked. Not just because there were so many of them, but because each of them are unique in completely different ways. Demonstrated in this playlist of reviews I made! Enjoy!
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you deserve so much more subs lol
I appreciate that! Slowly but surely I'll get more 😁
I like this era
Underrated video
Thank you!
LMAO WTF are you talking about, Tom Cruise is the world's biggest movie star for 40 years and still on the top of the world. Tom has a worldwide box office of $12.1 billion without any help from the MCU.
The 90s we're grungy and the 2000s we're even grungier. There is a certain style that a lot of the goofy comedies of that time we're insane. Just look at the live action Scooby Doo movies. You can even see it in music videos like the one for Kryptonite by 3 doors down. There's just a grungy look to it and I love it.
You have good quality content 👌👌
Thank you! 😁 More on the way
@@ItsGregKon looking forward to it 🙃
Ur personal attachment to this decade increased the value of this essay exponentially.
9:28
All the nostalgia.
This hit me so hard. Why didn’t I realise it was the golden era.
the 2000s is lit tis year is crap and i wish it was the 2000s again and id be a girl lol y2k von Dutch hottie
I thought you were going to talk about the end of the golden age of romcoms.
We all know about the movies Ice age, Kungfu Panda, Rattatouille, Shrek and the others right? (im not trying to sound mean)
The Dream Works classics!
I love leather and latex but not because of 2000s movies....(❤️🔥bianca beauchamp❤️🔥)
nostalgia for 20000s? It barely did anything. 2010 barely did anything. This decade too.
ok zoomer.
I'm so sorry, I spent the 00s avoiding 00 movies because they were so triggering and pure rape culture. I scoured every movie before 2000 looking for something better