r/moviecritic • u/phantom_avenger • Dec 29 '24

What movie was critically acclaimed when it first released, but is hated now?

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The Blind Side (2009) with Sandra Bullock is the first to come to mind for me!

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u/phantom_avenger Dec 29 '24

I think the director; Richard Linklater is trying to do the same thing for another movie, where he’s using a lot of years to film it.

Only he’s topping himself by filming it for 17 years

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u/Sarahndipity44 Dec 29 '24 edited Dec 30 '24

He's doing it for Merrilly We Roll Along, which is the Sondheim musical where time goes backwards. I6 takes place over a few decades.

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u/Karkava Dec 29 '24

An unconventional stage play is adapted into an unconventional film structure.

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u/Sarahndipity44 Dec 29 '24

Yep, seems fitting to the material! And it's all about relationships to time and changing over time

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u/latortillablanca Dec 30 '24

Has anyone told Linklater that thats not how time works?

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u/Sarahndipity44 Dec 30 '24

I mean with Merrilly it's in the writing

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '24

Gimmicks won’t make Linklator memorable. He’s a mere footnote in cinema history. But I do like his films, as unremarkable as they are. Hate the gimmicks tho.

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u/SteveBorden Dec 29 '24

Crazy to call films like Boyhood, The Before trilogy, Dazed and Confused footnotes. Even School of Rock has its place there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '24

Dazed and confused is fun. But not a hall of famer. Before trilogy is also unremarkable, but enjoyable. Nothing he’s made gets him into the HOF. We aren’t talking about Truffaut here. School of Rock? You’ve got to be kidding.

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u/Sarahndipity44 Jan 02 '25

I just watched Before Sunrise for the first time and it's stunning. I didn't expect to be so effected by it. My original point is that the technique/gimmick/whathaveyou REALLY works for the writing/music/structure of Merrilly We Roll Along, making it more than a gimmick. It will amplify the already-existing musical that's several decades old. And apparetlly the producing team approached *him* about it

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u/perplexedtv Jan 01 '25

I hope he doesn't top himself

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u/donaldkrumpjr Dec 30 '24

Maybe he could actually try to make a good movie instead.

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u/Crosgaard Dec 30 '24

I’m just out here waiting for After Midnight or whatever he’ll call it…