Early"classics"of the 21st century!?

[TX85]

Everyone has their time-less classics that started in the 20th or even late 19th century!,It's now 11 years into the 21st and so is their any films in the last decade that you feel(whether you personally like them yourself or not)will become cult hits/timeless classics or appreciated&mentioned as underrated films in years to come?,For me in the top of my head it would have to be.....

The Matrix trilogy

The Lord of The Rings trilogy

All Harry Potter films

Star Wars Prequels/Die Hard 4/Rocky Balboa/Rambo/Indiana Jones 4/Terminator 3&4/Rise of the Planet of The Apes/Scream 4/Friday the 13th Remake/Conan 3D and Toy Story 3..As being part of old franchises

Spider-Man1&2

Batman Begins&TDK

Hulk films

Thor(Thor&Hulk to a lesser extend though)

Iron Man 1

Thor

Captain America

X-men films

Kick-Ass

Inglorious Bastards

The Hang Over(part 1)

Daniel Greg's James Bond films

The Departed(new Good Fellas)

Paranormal Activity films

Saw films

The Orphanage

The Incredibles

Finding Nemo

Shrek 1&2

Up

Transformers films

Mission Impossible films

The Road

Sherlock Holmes films

District 9

Twilight films(emo kid's casa blanca or gone with the wind)

Pirates of the Caribbean films

Fast&Furious films

Super 8(I really feel this will become the new E.T. or Close Encounters)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

IP Man 1&2

The Fighter

Early to tell for next year,But I can almost guarantee The Hobbit/TDKR/Avengers..and MAYBE Amazing Spider-Man and Man of Steel

 

[obin_gam]

Pan's Labyrinth will survive all those above I think.

 

[darkseid26]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Royal Tenenbaums

and this may be too early but I'd say The Social Network. I may love that movie too much.

 

[TX85]

I was going to say Social Network,But really depends how popular Facebook&Social media is in less than 10 years from now!!

 

[DACrowe]

No offense to the OP, but a lot of these superhero movies and genre films are not going to be "classics" in the same way not every western released in the 1950s is a classic.

Anyway a few I think we have seen (in semi-chronological order):

-Gladiator
-Almost Famous
-Memento
-Moulin Rouge!
-Lord of the Rings Trilogy
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
-Kill Bill: Both volumes
-The Royal Tennenbaums
-Brokeback Mountain
-Goodnight and Good Luck
-The Departed
-Pan's Labyrinth
-No Country For Old Men
-The Dark Knight
-Inglourious Basterds
-The Social Network
-Inception
-Black Swan
-Wall-E
-The Hangover....if Caddyshack and Stripes are considered ones....

My guesses.

 

[DACrowe]

double

 

[Speedball]

The Lord of The Rings

Harry Potter

The Dark Knight

Inglorious Bastards

The Departed

District 9

From your list, this is probably all that will be left.

Many of what you listed can not be considered Classic material, mainly because of reviews and public opinion.

I would add:

Gladiator

The Bourne Films

There are probably a lot of movies that I'm forgetting. I don't see why everyone likes the Social Network so much. It's boring, the story is disjointed, and the main character is irritating to no end.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

21 century = after Dec 31 2000 / starts January 1 2001
By example Gladiator and the first Matrix are still 20 century movies.

The only classic ( like Gone With the Wind classic ) I see is LotR.

 

[Ipodman]

Matrix and LOTR definitely... Spider-man probably...

 

[nite-owl]

The Room.

 

[Laderlappen]

The Social Network
Lord of the Rings
The Dark Knight
Avatar
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Brokeback Mountain
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gladiator
Mulholland Dr

 

[TX85]

There's a lot that I forgot about,I guess I thought of the big ones instead first,But yeah I also agree with..

No Country for Old Men
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BrokeBack Mountain
Bourne trilogy
Wall-E
Avatar
Inception

And I also want to add Slumdog Millionaire&Tron:Legacy

 

[TX85]

Many of what you listed can not be considered Classic material, mainly because of reviews and public opinion.

A lot of films that people consider"a classic"now did poor at the box office/got very mixed reviews and it was only with time that they became"cult hits"and people started to praise them as being awesome-amazing even today!

 

[jmc]

'Classics' is a bit subjective but if we're talking about a general consensus I think there is a bit of a criteria. Generally I find it takes about 10-15 years before you can come out and say a film is a 'classic', the question I usually ask is whether the film can still hold up 10 years after release, whether the same appreciation remains (or maybe even obtains more). It's surprising how many films that are released with waves of positivity don't hold water as easily a few years down the line and equally surprising how some films get ripped to shreds initially but become appreciated more as time goes by. I think a real classic has a combination of a) great story, b) entertaining characters c) quotable dialog d) memorable sequences e) that extra bit of something that distinguishes it from other films. I'll be honest and say I think it's too early for this century to be highlighting what should be going on the 'classics' list.

 

[jmc]

I'll add that I think it's important to remember that box office shouldn't be considered a factor.

 

[Secret Fawful]

-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
-Rise of the Planet of The Apes
-Spider-Man 2
-Batman Begins
-Iron Man
-Captain America: The First Avenger
-X-Men 2
-X-Men: First Class
-Casino Royale
-The Incredibles
-Finding Nemo
-Shrek
-District 9
-Super 8
-Gladiator
-Almost Famous
-Memento
-Moulin Rouge!
-Lord of the Rings Trilogy
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
-Kill Bill: Volume 1
-Kill Bill: Volume 2
-The Royal Tenenbaums
-The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
-Shaun of the Dead
-Hot Fuzz
-Antichrist
-Brokeback Mountain
-Goodnight and Good Luck
-The Departed
-Pan's Labyrinth
-No Country For Old Men
-The Dark Knight
-Inglourious Basterds
-The Social Network
-Inception
-Black Swan
-Up
-The Hangover
-The Bourne Identity
-The Illusioniste
-Paprika
-Tokyo Godfathers
-Ghost in the Shell 2
-Cowboy Bebop: Knockin On Heaven's Door
-The Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Muholland Dr.
-Inland Empire
-Rabbits
-Spirited Away
-Howl's Moving Castle
-Ponyo
-Lilo and Stitch
-Holes
-Napoleon Dynamite
-Nacho Libre
-Amelie
-Oh Brother, Where Art Thou

But the kings of them are Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, The Life Aquatic, Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl for me.

 

[November Rain]

I know this may sound a bit stereotypical, but i would say 99% of us wouldn't know a classic film if it hits us in the face.

there are so many great pieces out there, an incredible amount outside the realms of mainstreams and i truly doubt that any superhero film would be considered a classic.

also the problem with a lot of good films at this era, is that they are quickly cashed in to make lots of sequels with kinda destroy the classicness of the originals, so 10 years down the line, the franchise is not looked at in the same light as it was when originally conceived.

alot of the films now will be seen as groundbreaking or so forth but honestly, this is the decade of harry potter as much as i hate to say it.

I haven't event watched a single one.

dare i say the twilight saga should also be quoted.

but for pure cinematic brilliance, i may have to come back to you guys on that one.

 

[Silvermoth]

I disagree. The original Superman movie is considered a classic. Why wouldn't any of the cbms of the last decade be considered classics?

By the way, I would add "Amelie" and "Lost in Translation" to the movies most likely to be remembered in the future. And "Children of Men" and "Scott Pilgrim" as cult classics.

Even movies such as "Team America" or "The Bourne Ultimatum" perfectly capture the feeling of paranoia and terror which plagued the post 9/11 decade of movies.

 

[jmc]

I disagree. The original Superman movie is considered a classic. Why wouldn't any of the cbms of the last decade be considered classics?

Coz 90% of them are formulaic.

 

[November Rain]

I disagree. The original Superman movie is considered a classic. Why wouldn't any of the cbms of the last decade be considered classics?

By the way, I would add "Amelie" and "Lost in Translation" to the movies most likely to be remembered in the future. And "Children of Men" and "Scott Pilgrim" as cult classics.

Even movies such as "Team America" or "The Bourne Ultimatum" perfectly capture the feeling of paranoia and terror which plagued the post 9/11 decade of movies.

At its time, the supermen films stood alone and not as part of a collection, plus they deviated abit from the comics and therefore stood on their own as its own entity.

While at this moment, the superhero thing is a larger piece of the whole so their impact is far more restricted and thus less classical.

take in point, i would consider a classic to be something that in 30 years time, they tried to do a remake of and our generation would go 'no way, there's no way they can do that'.

and we have film franchises like batman, spiderman, hulk,punisher, x-men (to a certain extent) whom have already pushed the reboot button making their original outings, less classical. I would put the newer superman film in that category in there as well with respect to superman returns (which i saw as more of a re-envision of the first film).

 

[November Rain]

Coz 90% of them are formulaic.

and also studio cash cows

 

[Laderlappen]

The Dark Knight will be a classic I think in the way like Jurrassic Park or Titanic. A big popular movie that was talked about for a long time. Ledger's performance will be iconic I think which will help it. The other comicbook movies, I agree wont become classic. They are kinda popular kinda entertaining when they come out, but wont be remembered as classics.

 

[November Rain]

outside of this place, i don't see people talking about the dark knight anymore though, with or without ledger

 

[cherokeesam]

I disagree. The original Superman movie is considered a classic. Why wouldn't any of the cbms of the last decade be considered classics?

Probably because, adjusting for inflation, not many of the latest glut of CBMs can measure up to Superman's box office.

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/inflation.php

From the chart, you see that only TDK, Spidey 1 & 2, and Burton's Batman 89 had higher superhero numbers than Donner's Superman.

Plus, as mentioned above, Superman was unique at the time in 1978, and was the first true attempt at a (serious) superhero movie....no other franchise player would emerge until Batman in '89.

I'd say the movies of the 21st century that are destined to become bona fide classics are:

Avatar
Nolan's Batman series
Raimi's Spider-Man series
the Harry Potter films
the Pirates films
the Iron Man films
the X-Men films
the Shrek films
LOTR
the Transformers films
2nd trilogy Star Wars
the Toy Story films
Alice in Wonderland
The Matrix, primarily the first one
The Twilight saga
The Incredibles
Up
Finding Nemo
Cars
Wall-E
the Ice Age films
the Kung Fu Panda films
The Polar Express
A Beautiful Mind
the Fast and Furious films
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Ring films
The Hangover
Inception
Gladiator
The Bourne films
the Ocean's Eleven films
National Treasure
300

 

[redhawk23]

Do people really not know that The Matrix came out in 1999?