The surprise success of this surreal duo proves cinema remains a powerful cultural force and suggests audiences want more than franchises

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      Not hard at all. I can already tell you I liked Everything Everywhere All at Once (this year’s BP winner) way more than Dances with Wolves.

      1991 is a uniquely weak year for the Academy though. You might have had a stronger argument with 1994 or 1995, but I can still think of plenty of movies released in the last decade that I would rank up there with Schindler’s List or Pulp Fiction.

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        Bickering about dumb movie stuff really makes me feel like the internet is healing after reddit. 🌞 It’s good to be back.

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          Some random personal favorites of the last 10 years off the top of my head, in no particular order

          • Everything Everywhere All at Once (I know, I already mentioned this one, but it really liked it)
          • John Wick
          • Zootopia
          • Midsommar
          • The Grand Budapest Hotel
          • Mad Max: Fury Road
          • Arrival
          • Blade Runner 2049
          • Parasite
          • Isle of Dogs
          • Your Name
          • The Green Knight
          • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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      The studio system broke down in the late 2000s, between China becoming a market and the massive, MASSIVE flood of money from lotr, HP, marvel and other similar copypasta franchishes the pressure for sequels and the like exploded, and independent directors lost a lot of their room to experiment.

      Streaming is the second half, everybody wants something with a long tail, ie you can recognize it from the Netflix catalog, which pushes harder for sequels and franchises

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      That’s a pretty low bar:

      1991 -
      Winner - DANCES WITH WOLVES
      AWAKENINGS
      GHOST
      THE GODFATHER, PART III
      GOOD FELLAS

      Godfather III was largely disliked at the time, nominated because it’s a Godfather film. Even now it’s 66% on RottenTomatoes.

      Ghost and Dances with Wolves were pretty trash.

      Better movies in the last decade? Don’t even have to really think too hard about it, Everything Everwhere All At Once. Both Spider-Verse movies.