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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 22, 2022 4:22:29 GMT
When they came out. Or that felt really big at the time. Movies like Twister, Independence Day, and The Mummy Returns.
What are some other movies that were either massive cultural phenomenons, or borderline because of how big they felt at the time?
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Post by alpha128 on Sept 22, 2022 4:34:05 GMT
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 22, 2022 4:56:23 GMT
Maybe The Blair Witch Project, to a lesser extent.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 22, 2022 5:09:58 GMT
Austin Powers (2 mostly)
Napoleon Dynamite
Borat
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 22, 2022 7:19:57 GMT
It was 44 years before i was born, but Gone With The Wind
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Post by ck100 on Sept 22, 2022 8:11:17 GMT
Star Wars.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Sept 22, 2022 8:35:25 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on Sept 22, 2022 8:37:19 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on Sept 22, 2022 8:37:58 GMT
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Sept 22, 2022 9:02:42 GMT
Ghostbusters
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Post by Jason143 on Sept 22, 2022 9:03:47 GMT
Nope, it wasnt well received when it came out.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Sept 22, 2022 9:09:39 GMT
Nope, it wasnt well received when it came out. Maybe not at first, but 2001:A Space Odyssey WAS a movie that everyone went to see .... From IMDb
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Post by Marv on Sept 22, 2022 9:29:20 GMT
The Matrix...Partly due to it being such a cool innovative film...but also because of the conversation about it being an inspiration for the Columbine shooting. I remember how curious my whole family was to see the film when it finally came out on home theatre months later and I spent the majority of the film confused as to how anyone could think this would inspire a school shooting...and then I got to the scene where Neo and Trinity storm the building and open fire on everyone and I thought 'oh they mean this part'.
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Post by stryker on Sept 23, 2022 10:06:32 GMT
I don't think movies like Twister, Independence Day and The Mummy Returns were ever considered "a cultural phenomenon." Here are some which were "a (pop) cultural phenomenon."   ![]()  ![]()  |
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Post by politicidal on Sept 23, 2022 12:54:28 GMT
I think people sometimes forget that the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies were once like this. Especially the first three movies. Hell, Johnny Depp was Oscar-nominated for his performance in the first movie.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Sept 23, 2022 13:52:39 GMT
Infinity War and Endgame. A woman I work with was telling me that the weekends they both opened, the teachers in both her girls' schools were laying down the law as far as the kids not sharing spoilers or anything, not just to the other students but to the faculty as well. After what followed with the pandemic and all, it's easy to forget how big a deal those two movies were.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 23, 2022 15:53:28 GMT
The Dark Knight (2008).
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Post by Archelaus on Sept 24, 2022 3:27:51 GMT
How has no one mentioned Jurassic Park yet?
I wasn't born then, but it felt like Superman (1978) was a cultural event. Christopher Reeve became a star overnight, and the film popularized the motif of Clark Kent ripping his shirt open to reveal his "S" emblem underneath.
I'm pretty sure The Lion King (1994) was a cultural phenomenon. The songs were everywhere, and Simba being held in the air was parodied for years.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Sept 24, 2022 3:32:16 GMT
Give me Inception for the coining of the term “__ception” for anything with many complex layers.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 24, 2022 14:36:39 GMT
King Kong
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
The Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
The Godfather
Jaws
Star Wars
E.T.
Batman
Pulp Fiction
Toy Story
Titanic
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
Avatar
The Avengers
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