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The Golden Age Of Movies Is Behind Us—5 Reasons Why Films Made Now Just Don’t Hit The Same
Ask anyone to come up with a modern equivalent to classic action movies, rom-coms or teen movies like "Mean Girls" or "She’s All That," and they probably can’t. Here’s why.
By Mia C. Gonzalez4 min read
At the risk of sounding like an overly nostalgic, whiny, try-hard Millennial (I promise, I’m not!), have you noticed that so many rom-com, action, and high school movies today are just…not very fun to watch? Like they’re devoid of the key ingredients that made us fall in love with ‘90s and early 2000s classics? As if the ones being made today just don’t hit the same as the ones that came out 20 years ago, arguably the Golden Age of action, rom-coms, and teen movies?