20 Reasons Why Growing Up in the 80s and Early 90s Was Best Time For Cinema
article about growing up in the 90s-00s and why this was the best time to be growing up with cinema, he raises some valid points. In the article he mentions that hes 20 years of age and often receives pity regarding the cinematic era that defined his adolescence. Now this rebuttal is not to pity him or anyone of a similar age. Seeing The Lord of the Rings trilogy at a more impressionable age will no doubt justifiably create some wonderful memories and being a kid and having a new Pixar film to celebrate almost every year is something a child of any generation would appreciate. But as a child of the 80s and around 10 years his senior, it felt a response was in order. The 80s was an era now too often clouded in nostalgia (anyone actually watched The Goonies recently? Its basically 114 minutes of shouting). Modern day audiences clamour for it (see remakes of, The A-Team, The Karate Kid and Red Dawn et al. or unnecessary sequels to Tron and possibly even Ghostbusters and Top Gun) so first and foremost, this article will try and avoid that; anyone of any era can be nostalgic about something. But the 80s and early 90s was a legitimately great cinematic era to grow up in for so many reasons and here, in no particular order, are 20 of them. This is by no means an exhaustive account so please feel free to add your own or tell me why Im wrong.