Modern day classics

I disagree.
I'm not convinced that 3D as it exists now has any long-term relevance.
I don't think technical advances have a long lasting on viewers. I understand something being influentional, but I don't think it'll ever be considered a classic because it's a bad movie.

And I don't agree that any Fincher movie is objectively better than Hitchcock.
Audiences respond to differently things over time, because if something enjoys the kind of universal acclaim of a 'Rear Window' the audience becomes familiar with it.
'Rear Window' was remade this decade with Shia Lebeouf, so it's still relevant.

 

Well, I'm sorry that you have such a single-minded view of the world.

No movie is "objectively better" than another movie. None. "Better," at least in the context of works of art, is entirely a matter of opinion. Opinions aren't objective. Opinions might be fair or well-reasoned or intelligent or deeply considerate. But they're not objective.

 

Thin Lizzy's catalog.

 

Its following was far too small. It's in the Freaks and Geeks category: very classic to verrrrry few.

 

What's your damage?

And the lack of mention of Schindler's List so far is sad. Or Pulp Fiction. I guess I'm stretching the parameters into the 1990s thereby, but I think a 20-year window is perfectly fine.

 

Nobody saw "It's a Wonderful Life" in the theatre. In fact, it was considered a flop. "Star Trek" wasn't a big hit in its initial run. Too soon to tell.

 

I think DW's original post went with a 20-year window.

If so ... my movies division would include:

Pulp Fiction Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Trainspotting Gran Torino
American Beauty Titanic

It's not so much that these were all great films (especially Titanic), but they all were influential.

I realize I'm leaving a ton of other movies out, but these stand out off the top of my head.

(EDIT: He did say since 2000 ... well, some of those movies still qualify)

 

I thought he said post-2000, but if it was really 20 years I'd say Toy Story and the entire Harry Potter series.

Also, American Pie was way better than Superbad, and it introduced the world to the concept of MILF.

 

One might say that "The Graduate" did that in 1967.

But, someone will probably find an even earlier example.

 

Oedipus.

 

Avatar?

I'll grant that a decent number of people might come up with The Jazz Singer as the first talkie. The smaller number who have seen it would tell you it's a meh movie with a couple of good scenes.

So tell me what you think of the first two-strip Technicolor? Three-strip? Cinerama/Cinamascope/Todd-AO? (I'll take any one of the three.). No Googlng.

Technological advances have nothing to do with classic status.

 

Yeah, first use of fluffer; first use of strap-o....

Oops, different kind of classic. Never mind.