The1990s was a banner decade for movies.
Now in the 2020s, the 2000s are starting to feel further and further away.
That may be a little distressing for some, melancholic for others.
Time comes for us all.
And boy, did it influence the way we consume movies.
Even themovies of the 2000s that you’ve forgotten abouthave shaped the rest of the century in film.
Animation techniques, the explosion of genre films, and even memes have this decade of movies to thank.
These, and many more 2000s movies, birthed literal subreddits of memes years after they premiered.
Some movies, likeRace to Witch Mountain, have beenoutshone by the very memes they spawned.
“Going viral” was not a thing in the 2000s in the way we think of it now.
That repetition creates familiarity, which inevitably leads to memes.
Superheroes were no longer just for young men.
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Don’t forget thata stinger at the end ofIron Manshaped the modern blockbuster industry for good.
That all changed thanks to a tireless New Zealand director by the name of Peter Jackson.
So came a new age, an age of fantasy.
There is noGame of Throneswithout this decade.
The 1990s were not a great time for horror.
Horror needed a jolt of energy, andThe Blair Witchbrought it.
Found footage was suddenly viable, and the 2000s ran with it.
Other genres got in on the game, likeDistrict 9.
Far from being a flash-in-the-pan, found footage horror is here to stay.
Now,a year rarely goes by without at least one foreign-language film in the Best Picture category.
