90's Movies

I think legendary screenwriter, William Goldman, was right. The 90's were the worst decade for movies.

We do have iconic movies like "Unforgiven" or "Shawshank Redemption" "Ed Wood" and MAYBE "Pulp Fiction" but the rest are REALLY bad.

Maybe they're cringey because they are bad. Made through independent studios. They look cheap-ish. I think it's because by then, we were cutting corners and technology was improving to help it look less cheap. Also most were high on weed or shooting up heroin. Living in the last fog of the 80's.

The 80's had horrid putrid movies, but somehow they still looked good. There was a Reagan-esque sheen to them. For some reason, 90's movies started to have this overproduced weird look to them. Grunge music was a thing. As was grrl rock (look it up, not gonna explain this).

Most horror films of the 90's era are overlit, overwritten, poor acting, BUT with decent effects. It wasn't until "Seven" came along where we could get back to being natural lighting (thanks to cinematographer Darius Khondji's ability to experiment)

STUPID comedies like "American Pie" was a thing. God that movie is cringey.

Seriously, very few movies of this era hold up. Maybe the content was just too self absorbed. And also retread of what we've seen. Gen-Xers were all about nothing mattering.

I just hate the stench of a 90's movie. They have a very cheap looking feel to them. I can't describe the feeling. Maybe it's cringey because I was in college at the time and these shit movies remind me of the days of my fellow dorm mates watching them on a loop. Oof. Cringey.