10 Things About 2000s Movies That Everyone Misses Today

6. The Ball Gown Reveal

Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon
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Sticking to a similar theme for now, let's look at a centrepiece that always got the red carpet treatment during the 2000s.

What better way to mark an important moment or to signify that a character has gone through a change than to have them walk down some stairs in a beautiful flowing ballgown?

A Cinderella Story has one - when Hilary Duff first walks into the dance - and that's not the only time this tool was used. You've got the end of the first Princess Diaries movie, J-Lo's dress in Maid in Manhattan, and Amanda Bynes' reveal in What a Girl Wants.

Even Harry Potter got in on the fun with that famous scene from Goblet of Fire. You know, before Ron ruins everything. What a sore loser.

It might seem cheesy, but the noughties dress reveal is a beloved part of cinema history that many would be delighted to see make a comeback.

Films are all about escapism and living life vicariously through the stories of others, and who wouldn't want to imagine themselves standing in a beautiful dress with all eyes on them?

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Jacob Simmons has a great many passions, including rock music, giving acclaimed films three-and-a-half stars, watching random clips from The Simpsons on YouTube at 3am, and writing about himself in the third person.