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When Grown-ups Went To See Films About Grown-ups

The NYT Magazine had an article about how divorce sucks much more than how popular culture is now representing it few weeks back and it included an interesting sidebar about one of the most famous divorce movies ever – “Kramer Vs. Kramer”
The net/net is that it seems that we’ve regressed a bit, which is pretty obvious if you look at fashion these days: 50 year olds and 15 year olds are both in jeans and sneaks.

“Of the many notable things about ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ – nine Oscar nominations, five wins – perhaps the most surprising is this: It was the highest-grossing film of 1979.” To repeat: ‘Kramer vs. Kramer,’ a film about divorce, was the highest-grossing film related that year. To further illustrate how tastes in blockbusters has, er, evolved, here are the five top-grossing films of 1979 and the five top-grossing films of 2010:”

1979 2010
“Kramer Vs. Kramer” Toy Story 3
Rocky II Alice in Wonderland
Star Trek – The Motion Picture Iron Man 2
Alien The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Apocalypse Now Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

‘Nuff said.

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