I recently read a quote from Seth Rogen about the nature of art that really stuck with me.
“I have accepted that a lot of what I do will not age well,” he said, before adding, “BBut the thing is, nothing ages well.
Not sure if nothing Ages well. Casablanca It still looks very good; The godfather also. But it is true that many films no It ages well, even some of those films that were very popular, and even critically respected, when they were first released. Today we look at films like this, films released in the 2000s that were already starting to age poorly — but received very positive reviews from critics back in the day. (How terrifying is it that the early 2000s can accurately be described as “in the past?”)
The ten films below (with one notable exception) have received enough positive reviews from film critics to earn a fresh or even certified rating from the aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. (By the way, does anyone else eat anything but certified fresh tomatoes? When I go to the grocery store, the first thing I do is find someone in the produce section and ask, “Excuse me, where do you keep your certified fresh tomatoes?”)
The only film on the list below that received a poor score from film critics did something even more impressive and prestigious: it received a major Academy Award nomination. So I included it because, well, if this movie can get an Oscar nomination, anything is possible – and Seth Rogen is right and any movie can age poorly.
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