¡Desconecta con la aplicación Player FM !
“Y2K” Movie Review
Manage episode 455062703 series 10748
Rated R
Opens: December 6, 2024
Kevin says Y2K kinda sucks!
Every generation has it all-night teen movie – from AMERICAN GRAFITTI and SIXTEEN CANDLES to CAN’T HARDLY WAIT and SUPERBAD. Now Millennial nostalgics are getting their chance with Y2K.
The story follows a high school misfit in 1999 attending a New Year’s Eve party where he hopes to finally kiss the girl of his dreams. However, when the Y2K bug executes at midnight and the machines start a violent revolt, the partying teens have to try and survive.
I’m all for the genre mix-up we get in this film, however, the movie fails to commit to either one.
The all-night party film half of the script just strings together a series of clichés. At least the sci-fi thriller element tries to be unique. However, aside from aping the goofy opening sequence of Stephen King’s coke-fueled fever dream MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, the story ends up stumbling into that film’s own incoherence.
Even if you’re weepingly nostalgic for 90s music, AOL, and a quote-unquote “simpler” time before social media, the lack of story depth and likeable characters found me rooting for the killer robots.
Y2K gets two dial-up modems out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
Email the Show
Follow the show on Twitter (@FGATM)
Follow Kevin on Twitter (@kevincarr)
54 episodios
Manage episode 455062703 series 10748
Rated R
Opens: December 6, 2024
Kevin says Y2K kinda sucks!
Every generation has it all-night teen movie – from AMERICAN GRAFITTI and SIXTEEN CANDLES to CAN’T HARDLY WAIT and SUPERBAD. Now Millennial nostalgics are getting their chance with Y2K.
The story follows a high school misfit in 1999 attending a New Year’s Eve party where he hopes to finally kiss the girl of his dreams. However, when the Y2K bug executes at midnight and the machines start a violent revolt, the partying teens have to try and survive.
I’m all for the genre mix-up we get in this film, however, the movie fails to commit to either one.
The all-night party film half of the script just strings together a series of clichés. At least the sci-fi thriller element tries to be unique. However, aside from aping the goofy opening sequence of Stephen King’s coke-fueled fever dream MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, the story ends up stumbling into that film’s own incoherence.
Even if you’re weepingly nostalgic for 90s music, AOL, and a quote-unquote “simpler” time before social media, the lack of story depth and likeable characters found me rooting for the killer robots.
Y2K gets two dial-up modems out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
Email the Show
Follow the show on Twitter (@FGATM)
Follow Kevin on Twitter (@kevincarr)
54 episodios
Alle episoder
×Bienvenido a Player FM!
Player FM está escaneando la web en busca de podcasts de alta calidad para que los disfrutes en este momento. Es la mejor aplicación de podcast y funciona en Android, iPhone y la web. Regístrate para sincronizar suscripciones a través de dispositivos.