#y2k movies

[cherrycolacandy]

Emmy Rossum at the premiere of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ (2004)

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Corpse Bride (2005) 🪦

[y2kprettyprincess]

Drew Barrymore, Demi Moore, Luci Liu, and Cameron Diaz

[oh-bother-stickers]

[gothgoblinbabe]

Im smashing my head through drywall and foaming at the mouth oh my god I want him

{Hugh Jackman In Someone Like you (2000) }

Also this is 100% not mine, all the credit goes to oldmovie_edits on TikTok

[whatever-y2k]

[iloveannaliese]

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[hystericwaif]

the best movie ever ♡

[spuffybot]

Ok was just having this debate with a friend who thinks Mission Impossible 2 is an abomination. And while I will give her that it is an anomaly within the MI canon and arguably is not a MI movie (Ethan doesn’t go rogue, he’s behaving OOC, the tone and vibe are off) I stand by the fact that it is a quintessential, iconic, and absolutely incredible Y2K movie.

1. The Soundtrack: much like the year 2000 classics Charlie’s Angels and Dracula 2000 this movie features Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Rob Zombie, Butthole Surfers, and Foo Fighters to name a few. It’s such an abrupt departure from the first film (the majority of songs on the first MI soundtrack aren’t even featured in the movie.)

There’s just something so utterly Y2K about Ethan throwing his glasses over the side of a mountain and them exploding to the sound of Limp Bizkit.

2. Ethan: just Ethan Hunt in this movie. Listen there are 6 MI movies that show Ethan as a perpetually serious genius with a passionate dedication to his friends and his mission. But there is only one movie where Ethan hunt is a sexy playful badass and that’s MI2. I would go as far as to say that Tom Cruise has never looked better in his life and I know that’s blasphemy against our lord and savior Lestat. But Ethan in MI2 is just GIVING. The arms. The smile. The ridiculous blowout that both falls into his eyes and tousles in the wind. This is peak sex appeal Cruise (it’s also before we knew he was all culty and creepy so it feels less bad to be deep in my feels about how hot he is.)

3. The John Woo of it all: John Woo said the year is 2000 and we will have DRAMA we will have FASHUN and we will have BIRDS. There is so. Much. Unnecessary. Slo. Mo. In. This. Film. SO MUCH. And the action sequences? I know this is a franchise known for its over the top action sequences but the ones in this film don’t even make sense.

4. The Title Sequence: honestly if anything in this movie is a fever dream (even more than the doves that fly out of an explosion) it’s the title sequence which feels like a mashup of every Y2K music video and action movie combined.

5. The Birds: listen I wasn’t going to ignore this scene. THIS SCENE. What can be said? It’s iconic. It’s absurd. It’s the epitome of the decadence, drama, and corniness of the year 2000.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. MI2 may not deserve a place of honor in the official canon of Mission Impossible but it is hands down one of the best movies of 2000 and it deserves to be remembered as such.

[soyka4]

mean girls 2004

[girlwhopoststhings]

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Small Soldiers (1998)

[y2kprettyprincess]

Brittany Murphy & Dakota Fanning at the premiere of 'Uptown Girls', 2003

[vocemematouprimeiro]

Saltburn - Emerald Fennell

[ratsinthecinema]

Igby Goes Down (2002)

Kieran Culkin & Claire Danes

I can fix him

[whatever-y2k]