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Movies that shook the world.
Post movies that changed cinema and explain why...
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Jaws is an obviuos one.
The first Big Summer Block buster. Look at cinema now and everything is geared towards the big blockbuster film. We owe or summer viewing experience to jaws. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing....probably a bit of both. I would write something more in depth and informative. Alas i'm at work, so you can shit off:mad: |
Film: A Streetcar Named Desire
Why: Brando, nuf said |
Two Words..... Star Wars
Do I really need to explain this one... |
Just to add to what Regal said, while Jaws was the ultimate one, we can't forget all the great Spielberg films that defined a generation (Jurassic Park, ET etc.).
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The Godfather....well maybe not but awesome nonetheless.
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Birth of a Nation
Wizard of Oz Psycho The Matrix |
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Plus it sucks. |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T. King Kong (Original) Schindlers List Raging Bull Apocalypse Now |
Hmm i don't think any of those "changed" cinema. Great films, but didn't change cinema.
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Star Wars is without a doubt the biggest one.
Not just it's popularity, but it's breakthroughs. Jaws was the first summer blockbuster, but Star Wars cemented it. It revolutionized special effects and blockbuster escapist cinema. It was the biggest deal ever at the time and still is really. That's why the 30th Anniversary is all over tv and Star Wars only grows in popularity and legend as the years go on. The anticipation of the prequels (all criticisms aside) was the biggest thing in the world at the time. Jaws was a big one, and I'd say Jurassic Park, Excorcist, Titanic. The original King Kong comes to mind too. Along with Star Wars, King Kong has inspired more filmakers, effects artists, storytellers and imaginations than any film ever. If it wasn't for King Kong, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackskson wouldn't make movies. They've said it themselves. |
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It was also the first movie to have an original musical score. Theres a few other big things that have to do with it I can't remember at the moment. But either way it was big. |
To be honest there are not a lot of films that you caould say truly changed cinema. It is a pretty exclusive group.
Yeah King Kong did....i couldn't be arsed to pick it out. Now you have made me. Happy prick:mad: |
Yea there are alot of great, successful, highly popular and even iconic films. But theres not really many that "shook the world".
It's actually easier to pick people who changed cinema, rather than movies. For instance, I wouldn't be comfortable picking just one movie of Spielbergs as the one that shook the world, but rather his whole body of work. Same with Lucas and others. |
Yeah that's a good point.
The thing is the further along the timeline we go the harder it will be for anyone to change cinema. I mean shit, it's a pretty tall order:lol: |
I'd put Wizard of Oz up there definately.
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It really is hard to form a list, because so few TRULY did shake the world Star Wars and King Kong are by far the easiest.
I'd also throw in Evil Dead. It was essentially a budget film, and low fi at the time, but really did shake up the way we looked at horror movies. For better or worse, it changed the scene. |
There's a reason it went from cult to mainstream.
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It'd be good to find somebody who could make cinema good again. With these studios not willing to make a gamble on anything half decent and instead pouring all their money into surefire hits (i.e. sequels, trilogies etc.) we are going to see less and less great one-off films.
I just watched Copolla's 'The Conversation' with Gene Hackman and realised we will never see another movie like that in the current climate. Plus there's very few directors in the mainstream atm who are capable of pulling that off. (Btw, I didn't watch the film with Hackman, he was in it) |
Gilgi
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Not sure if I entirely agree with this, but tossing it out there. The Exorcist.
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Undisputed
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I agree with Gigli
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I mean, come on, it taught people what NOT to do. That had to change something.
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Pulp Fiction was pretty influential
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Yea I don't know if there has been one film that has really changed cinema. I mean, Star Wars had many technical innovations and a huge cultural impact, but Lucas drew from his influences (Kurosawa) and it's story is pretty basic.
I'm sure a lot of people would argue for Citizen Kane, but at the time of it's release it wasn't revered like it is today. I think people are too quick to recognize change through things like special effect, sound etc. When the real changes came from certain filmmakers and movements (new wavers, neorealists etc.) |
Yea Lucas drew from influences but now people draw from him. He drew from archetypes, which Star Wars has become the vehicle to move forward.
You can absolutely see parallels in storytelling in new things with Star Wars. The basic trilogy layout, the idea of continuous chapters. Pirates seems to have heavy similarities. It's funny, because Lucas likely took some loose things from Lord of the Rings while makign Star Wars, and years later Peter Jackson used Star Wars heavily in how he approached LOTR |
Star Wars without a doubt changed film making completely, it opened new doors for technology and creative ideas.
Psycho created the horror film basically, or the horror film as we know it. Rocky also created a formula that is still in effect, the inspirational character piece. Lord of the Rings took the creativity of Star Wars and took it to unseen levels, no CGI has ever been as good. |
Matrix as well.
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I disagree, the LOTR CG is very very good, but King Kong and Episode 3 were better.
That doesn't take away anything from them though, this was of course 2-3 years later, and CG is something that moves fast. |
It amazes me how well the CGI in Jurassic Park still is, even by current standards. I think it's proof that skill outweighs technology. Nearly 15 years later with greater technology and cheaper, easier and more accessible tools movies continue to come out with CGI that is subpar to the original breakthrough.
I guess thats what makes the top team at ILM the best in the business, with WETA in close second. |
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Halloween pretty much made slashers, even though it followed in Psycho's footsteps.
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Halloween was an independent film as well. It was huge for that. Its certainly the father of all slasher films. Great call.
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I suppose Toy Story is a good call too. It was the first of what seems to be the forseeable future of all animated features. Now 2D animation is all but extinct and CG animated films with big name actors lending their voices is all the rage.
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It seems like it has been a bit forgotten lately, but that doesn't really mean anything yet. Even something as classic as Star Wars went through a period in the early 90s where it was on the low. It's time and new generation that decide on it's longevity and it came back huge in the mid 90s. And I don't think it's going anywhere. |
God I hate Star Wars.
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Battlestar Galactica featured in theater sound effects which heralded simulation and surround sound. In that sense, it was a breakthrough. I've never seen the movie, so I can't talk about the graphics or anything.
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