Are we not going to talk about how BRIGHT 2000's movies are?

Funny how the early 2000s still felt like the 90s compared to today lol. The 2010s also feel old now with such rapid technological advancement.

"Chick flicks" were definitely a defining genre of the era too. Devil Wears Prada, Mean Girls, Love Actually, 13 Going on 30, Miss Congeniality, Mamma Mia, I could go on and on since there were so many. They definitely had that same 2000s movie feeling to them though.

I feel like you can’t talk about 2000s movies without mentioning the EXCESS of parody movies

Now having lived in 4 decades, I'll say the 2000s were definitely my favorite, and films added to the overall joy in that era.

The early 2000s has a 90s feel to me still. Feels like the actual 2000s didn't kick off until 2003, similar to 2013 with the 2010s.

I love cinematography, one thing you didn’t point out is that digital didn’t surpass film for movies till 2013. The vast majority of movies in the 2000s were indeed on film.

The 2000s The last decade where Hollywood was transitioning from original films to giving up and making franchise

2007 was an amazing year! So much awesome movies!

Movies from the 2000s just seem hopeful and full of life, the comedy in them is also raw and unfiltered. Now everything is filtered to not offend anyone…. If you haven’t watched it yet, I highly recommend “Accepted” starring Justin Long!

One of my favorite shots in any movie that depicts the sign of the times is the final shot in Superbad, showcasing just another day in a shopping mall.

Something that helped 2000s movies feel special was the amazing marketing behind them. I love looking at the old products and ads and such for movies like Spider-Man and Shrek.

2000s is the best era for sense of humor, compared to these days

I believe that the defining genre of the 2000s was fantasy: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars prequels, Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, etc... As for superhero films, X-Men preceded Spider-Man in that decade. The Hong Kong influence in Hollywood also continued from the 90s w/ the rise of wire-fu & gun-fu techniques seen in the likes of Kill Bill & Mission Impossible 2.

I really miss the 2000s especially the movies. The world lived a certain "joy" and hope for a better future and this was reflected in society as a whole in music, arts and movies where we had an explosion of romantic comedies, adventur, the beginning of superheroes and coming age movies and animations. All these productions aspire to a bright future, but mostly they were all human stories and everyday dilemmas (of course until the 2008 crisis)

For some reason, i feel a string and special interest about 2000s and early 2010s stuff (technology, lifestyle, music, videos, movies and video-games), like if it would has a special "air" like smelling an old book. It feels like unique.

also Teen comedies that bled into the early 2000's once started in late 90s. like she's all that , ten things I hate about you, and american pie series which stayed till 2012.

I always defined the early 2000s as the chill slacker period, wicked clothes, awesome films, chill music, just a whole atmosphere of peace and calmness, no rush, just smoke weed and listen to The Kottonmouth Kings

The 2000’s were the best days to be a kid! The movies, shows, and overall lifestyle was Heaven compared to the craziness that goes on today. It was a perfect balance between advanced technology and still having an old school mindset. I remember the closest thing to social media was video game consoles and those were the good old days. I miss media companies creating fun and entertaining shows and movies that weren’t afraid to touch on serious issues in order to teach kids how to be decent human beings. The 2000’s were the good old days!

The 2000s was the last time big Hollywood movies had original ideas. The problem is much of our good memories are tainted by the 2010s making endless sequels to these successful original movies. Movies today are creatively bankrupt and we have to turn to the internet for indie creators making new ideas, because you won't get it from Hollywood movies anymore, just regurgitated sequels.

2000s movies are way better then 2020s of movies

Great video. I feel like horror movies were huge in the 2000s as well. Texas chainsaw massacre, the hills have eyes, the ring... Just to name a few. I'm 30 now and its wild to see so much nostalgia for the 2000s. Didn't feel that long but ago but here we are! What a special time.

Oh the 00’s…. Waking up on a spring day smelling the fresh air. Booting up my modded Xbox original followed by watching American pie band camp with my two older bros. Those were the days.

Pretty bizarre to see all these comments about how hopeful and peaceful the 2000s were lmao. It’s because you were a kid, its how people always feel about their childhoods after the fact, it’s certainly not how the rest of the world felt

a much better decade than we give it credit, I miss those silly 00s comedies they were funny, positive, high energy, distinct from each other and with a lot of soul in general a more positive time than today, everyone got along and lived without worries and that reflected in media

I think it’s sad how less and less tv shows are filmed on film. this distinctive look that’s still versatile but just makes everything look more rich in detail and color. And the range goes from breaking bad to glee easily but they all have this beautiful film texture.

This is an interesting analysis because I remember how people around the early 2010s were glad the flashy 2000s were over. I remember everyone from critics, pop-culture experts and just people in general complaining about that “era”, and especially the films were oftentimes considered "creatively empty" during this period. The economic recession definitely changed the game, because around this time, revolutionary cinema like the Dark Knight and Casino Royale came out and really changed it all. Every blockbuster after that was either dark or "serious", probably because people craved that at the time - realism as a coping mechanism in response to the recession. We are seeing a similar pattern now with current dominating movies, it's either repetitive superhero films or reboots - it seems quite dull and I wonder if we're gonna have something like "The Dark Knight" or "Casino Royale" to shake things up and change the film industry in like 5 years time. That will unfortunately probably call for another global crisis once again, (despite we’ve already had Covid and an inflation) but one can wonder.

If I could grow up again I would savor those days more thoroughly

As someone who was a kid during the 2000s the style of it is very nostalgic

Transformers 2007 will always be my childhood favorite 😊

2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 were more than 10 years ago. This still blows my mind.

Another defining genre of the early 2000s was the historical epic: think Gladiator (2000), Troy (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and 300 (2007). We don’t get movies like that today.

If the 80s and 90s didn’t have such good movies- the 2000s would definitely be my top favorite decade in cinema. The colors in real life movies and animation were vibrant, they were ironic, raunchy, ahead of their time and clearly very nostalgic.

I remember being like 8 years old and feeling so old looking at my baby pictures. To put it in context, I was 8 in 2012. And the pictures when I was a kid had our old plasma TV in the background and half of them I had red eyes in lol. Crazy how much can change within 10 years Edit: damn I’m waiting for one of y’all to reply with my social security lmao

I really miss the Superbad, forgetting sarah marshall, I love you, man; Talladega Nights, Get Him to the Greek, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Accepted, Waiting..., etc man these styles of movies need to come back. 30 minutes or less movie was one of the last ones it feels like.

Would love to see one of these for the 70's! I have a huge soft spot for 70's movies! Morbidly, I love 70's blood! Shit just looked like red paint from the hardware store that's not safe for skin contact and I love it! Also, 70's clothing and hair styles are the bees knees! Really underrated!

Another genre that comes to mind when thinking of movies in in the 2000s is disaster/apocalypse movies, usually some environmental calamity or alien invasion... such as The Day After Tomorrow, The Happening, The Core, War of the Worlds, I Am Legend, Cloverfield... There was even that parody "Disaster Movie"

Saints Row 2 is the most 2000s game.

This was a weird decade. It isn´t as instantly recognizable as any of the others, but now it is starting to become nostalgic.

I think one big change in shows and movies is how we communicate. People don't understand it now, but cell phones and access to Google in your pocket changed so much of how we lived. The number of movie or show plots based off of the simple concept of not being able to get an answer right away or just not being able to contact a person is crazy. Just can't be as creative and fun anymore.

The 2000s was also the last decade when alternative music was mainstream and at its peak. You had so many different genres such as punk rock, pop punk, hard rock, metalcore, emo, scene, indie, etc. that were equally popular during this time period. Ever since the 2010s, alternative music has been completely out of the mainstream. Unfortunately, the only genres that are popular now are pop, R&B, and rap. My personal favorite bands from the 2000s range from punk to metalcore such as green day, blink 182, sum 41 and killswitch engage, trivium, avenged sevenfold, bullet for my valentine, etc. I even love the hard rock bands from this decade such as breaking benjamin, three days grace, etc.

One thing i noticed about the 2000s is how much better and popular movies with a medieval/ancient setting got. i can't even think of any good 90s movies with that setting maybe Braveheart. in the 2000s you had a lot more epic movies like lord of the rings 300 gladiator and many more in the 90s people preferred modern times or sci-fi. in the 2000s it suddenly became cool again to fantasize about being a spartan warrior or a medieval knight .in the 90s that was considered nerdy we wanted to be like Rambo or the terminator.

2000s raunchy comedies definitely had a lot of heart that often sneaks up on you. The endings of Knocked Up, Superbad come to mind.

As someone who was born in the early 2000s, I can definitely relate to this video and agree with the points that were brought up here. There was something rather special about the mid-late 2000s that I don't think could ever be so easily replicated.

I feel like decades are becoming less and less defined, at least as far as entertainment and general clothing styles. Mostly just defined by what model phone somebody's holding in a movie to me.

This is off topic but late 90s & 2000s wrestling hit very different as well. Felt very raw & edgy if it makes sense. The stage, the themes, the camera flashes everything looked soo good.

In terms of technology, it's certainly true that digital post production became dominant during this period, however Digital did not surpass Film until the early 2010s. You had early adopters like George Lucas, Michael Mann and David Fincher but most directors didn't switch until the following decade.

During the 2000s is when they started stopping a movie, completely flat to do a flashback or explaining entire backstory

That's definitely true about fashion and the music genres, in the 00s 2 biggest styles standed out where you're either into baggy clothes of street hip hop or that skater like streetwear Emo lifestyle, they were the best of both worlds!

Im glad someone spoke on this, i always had this feeling when I watched older films and noticed a huge shift

Amazing video series, how can this video only have 800 views? Its so well done. Keep up the good work!

I clicked because of Superbad, I remember really relate to this movie and how I felt the similarities between me and Jonah Hill.. rough school days, alone and sad and want to be popular 😔, wish that I could relive the vibe..

That Scorpion King reveal 😂

Wow the way you explain things really help me understand why we do some of the things that you don’t think much about while editing a video/movie.

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With the 2000s I also notice a large suburban theme. Like every single romcom is in the suburbs with a random person always running.

There were a lot of really great movies during this time, and audiences loved them. But soon everything will be a franchise/shared universe or reboot!

Dude, omg, thank you so much for the flashbacks, lmao😂❤!! I'm about to go watch the 90s and 80s ones now, lol

I never thought I was going to miss the 2000's but here we are.

LOVE the video. It speaks to so much of what I feel about movies and culture generally in the 2000s. My only criticism would be the use of the term punk rock. Pop punk and alt are better descriptions. When I think of punk I think of Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Casualties, DRI, Black Flag, etc.

A couple movie trends I remember seeing a lot as a kid in the early 2000s was live action movies staring talking CGI animals, spy dramas and everything being in 3D at the time. Another thing was that every movie at the time was colour graded to be ether a dark lightning blue or desert brown. One furniture trend I want to see return some day are those large ass box tv’s with the large speakers on the side of them. Those things were cool.

I’m so happy I stumbled upon ur channel and when I saw you did this type of vid for the 80s and 90s I had to see those first and then finish this one and I even watched a few of your first videos and this channel is so much fun for a film lover like me. Please keep up the interesting video ideas, essays, and reviews bc u are an incredible KZfaq Channel and I’m so glad to subscribe and see what else u bring to this awesome channel

at this point 2000s movies are pretty much all i watch. not necessarily just for the nostalgia factor either i think most new movies just genuinely suck

2008 was the peak of cinema 🎦

Watched "Knocked Up" for the first time recently and it really made me reminisce about my childhood. I miss the 2000s. Simpler times, but still enough entertainment and technology that felt cool.

Commenting after having watched the video. I subbed and liked after like three seconds of hearing the narrator speak. Dude you are so likeable. I was right in liking and subbing because no matter what you said I was entertained so well. Kudos.

I miss the 2000s...

The 2000's was nuts and awesome at the same time. Alongside raunchy comedies, there were a lot of teen/college oriented parody movies. Another trend was live action adaptions. While they have been done over the decades, this was the big boom of so many properties finally coming to live action, thanks to all the new technology (most especially CGI). On one hand, you've got live action Scooby Doo, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Dragonball... on the other hand, we got Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man and Watchmen. Come to think of it, this was also a huge, HUGE resurgence of sci-fi/fantasy. Since the 2000's, these genre's have been going strong in cinema. There was SO MUCH fantasy in the 2000's. Oh, and don't forget the increased use of wire work kung fu in live action movies, thanks to the Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

I also think a big difference in films from the 2000s as opposed to those from the 2010s onwards is politics There definitely were political films from the 2000s but they were always relevant to the plots and if they weren’t the politics were subtle, whereas I find contemporary cinema is really unsubtle and shoves unnecessary politics down your throat at the expense of good story (The Last Jedi is a film that immediately pops to mind which does this rather jarringly, specifically the casino scene)

2000s movies and the weird obsession with that bloom effect almostfelt like i needed sunglasses to watch them

As someone who really loves movies, good movies to be precise, I love your content maan.. Btw you nailed it on that fashion photo of all the 2000's looks in one picture 👌🏽💯 had me "ROTFLMAO" #2000 reference 😉😂

Best time 2000s and 2010s after that...today's social media change a lot of things...we can say in a good way but also open some many things like scams and many more... Great presentation man! Your voice is great to hear! And editing is on point! Keep growing! 👏🏻🔥

Transformers, Iron Man and the Dark Knight were some of the most badass movies of my childhood

Widescreen became popular in the 2000s, yes, but this was before HDTV. DVD already supported widescreen, which (together with TV broadcasts starting in the 90s) allowed it to be become as popular in the 2000s as it did. The rise of HDTV only started in the second half of the decade.

*OMG!* I absolutely *LOVE* looking at what extras are wearing in 2000s movies! Like Not Another Teen Movie for example. Remember these people came with these hairstyles and clothes from home! They're told to look like a student for example but that man in the back brought the frosted tips spiked up wholly on his own accord and I find it hilarious and fascinating to hunt for in the background

The 2000s have my fav films and shows. The Star Wars prequels, Raimi trilogy, Harry Potter, lord of the rings, smallville, ICarly, clone wars, avatar the last air bender, Superbad, and more. Sometimes I wish I was born a little earlier than 2005 so I could experience this time with more than just a few very early memories.

Mean Girls is the quintessential “2000s” movie for me.

I love the teen comedies of the 2000s like Superbad and America Pie

Dude where’s my car is perfect encapsulation of 2000s style and humor.

My Favorit movie decades are the 90‘s and 2000‘s! 💪

“2000s movies feel different because life was different in the 2000s.”

The main differences is a stronger and stronger reliance on cgi especially in blockbuster action films

Compared to now, I really miss those good ole days.

Cgi also started to make movies rubbish. It was once something that complimented and enhanced a movie. Into the 2010s it started to become a replacement for poor story writing. Like frosting/icing enhancing a cake, you wouldn’t want it to become the cake. Unfortunately i think cgi overuse is big reason to why we have so many poor movies today

I grew up in the 2000s, born in 03, didn't listen to Holiday by Green Day, definitely didn't listen to In the Club by 50 cent. I didn't even have internet access until 2011 and instead listened to Karsh Kale from my windows XP sample tracks and Styx from my parents 80s music collection. Grew up in the 2000s, on 80s and 90s tech and media; I'm an anomaly.

The love you showed my favorite starwars character Jar Jar just got you a new subscriber

2010's next ! Also you just gained a new subscriber your content is awesome you don't deserve only 5k subs

2000s was also the resurgence of fantasy movie, Lord of the rings, Harry Potter, chronicles of Narnia

i feel like my biggest problem personally with movies now is i can no longer relate to them, even if i didn't enjoy movies from the 2000's, i understood the references and what was going on, now i just feel lost

8:55 i love that copyright bypass, well done sir!

Surf’s Up is the epitome of using 2000s music

The amount of great comedy movies we got back then was such a luxury compared to today.

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I think you forgot about Blade that literally started the marvel movie craze making super hero movies popular.

I'd say the 2000's was the bridge between the real world of the 20th century and the online world. You had one step in each world at the same time.

I just prefer the charm of 2000s media in general. One of my favorite game systems is the PS2. I get excited when something from the 2000s get rereleased on Blu-Ray or 4K and modern game systems. Good chunk of my favorite movies are from the 2000s like The Incredibles, SpongeBob Movie, Jimmy Neutron, Shrek, Cars 1 and so much more! I still listen to Nelly, Linkin Park, Craig David, Sisqo and whatever is in those movie and video game soundtracks for licensed music. I have nothing against the 2010s and 2020s (My recent additions to the favorites list of movies are both Sonic movies, Mario Bros. Movie, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, Turning Red, Lightyear, Minions: Rise of Gru and Across the Spider-Verse) and also enjoyed stuff from the 1920s -1990s, just felt like I hit the sweet spot with stuff from the 2000s. And I'm 19 (As of writing this comment) while other people my age plays Fortnite and Rocket League while I still enjoy playing games like Kingdom Hearts II, SpongeBob BFBB, Original Xbox Star Wars games, Megaman Zero and SSX 3 and that tells ya something.

Someone here commented on how bright 00's films were and honestly I think the world in general was just brighter. I don't want to sound crazy but it's like there was more "sunshine" in everything. Once Bieber arrived on the scene, everything started getting darker and it hasn't stopped lmao.

This video answered so many questions!

Great KZfaq channel I feel like it will be viral in the future!

2000's to late 2000's were amazing years