ROTTEN TOMATOES: New Line Cinema: A Retrospective

New Line Cinema: A Retrospective

by Alex Vo | May 07, 2008

Summary

Rotten Tomatoes celebrates four decades of New Line Cinema by proffering our 25 favorite NLC classics, sifting through a legacy spanning from Pink Flamingos to The Golden Compass, and all the Freddy Kruegers, Austin Powerses, and cute Hobbit children you can stuff in-between. Back to Article

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Endri writes:
on May 08 2008 11:44 AM

Blade is sick.

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Alex Vo writes:
on May 08 2008 11:59 AM

Also, I'm surprised by the Wedding Crashers love. I thought it was decent, if realllly long and with a few superfluous characters (come on, Jane Seymour's character was only there to show off her tits...no contribution to the plot).

Placing Magnolia on the list that high was a tough call, but the movie is great and the finale is just so ballsy (fitting for a retrospective about a studio that lived off ballsy moves). There's nothing worse than a crappy ending, but the fact that we still want to re-watch Magnolia after all these years makes us think that ending's got something real going for it.

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Poor_Frisco writes:
on May 08 2008 01:16 PM

I am very pleased with the love for P.T.A.
Magnolia is my all time favorite movie

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iRich writes:
on May 08 2008 02:13 PM

I can't believe some people are arguing that Blade II was superior to Blade. The first movie was entertaining and fun, the second was a complete mess and a severe dissapointment. The story in Blade was terrible and the movie completely fell apart towards the end.

The bashing of Magnolia is pretty dissapointing also, personally I believe that Punch-Drunk Love deserved a place on the list to.

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Axem5 writes:
on May 08 2008 02:38 PM

Alex Vo, you can make a retrospective of me anytime

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dead72m writes:
on May 08 2008 04:10 PM

It's nice to see 3 of the films that have been listed in RT's NLC best are the Nightmare films... I wonder where Dream Master would have fit into that list if it was longer..

I do agree with the listings of Dream Warriors, New Nightmare and the original classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, even though I'm a Friday the 13th fan I still love Freddy and all his splender truly a reinvention of the genre...

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smartmoviekid writes:
on May 08 2008 06:57 PM

im shocked nobody's talking about it, but im so glad they added "American Splendor" to this list. Among the most unique and entertaining pieces of character study i will ever see. I loved the LOTR trilogy, own all 3 extended editions, and they will forever be in movie lore as one of the best trilogies ever.

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smartmoviekid writes:
on May 08 2008 07:01 PM

austin powers definately deserved a nod here as well. Shagadelic, baby!!!

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smartmoviekid writes:
on May 08 2008 07:03 PM

Evil Dead was also a revolutionary film for its time. such unadulterated blood, guts, and in-your face horror for a small budget. defenately worthy.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on May 08 2008 07:27 PM

In reply to this comment (#1726155)
Jen Yamato is a totally radical ;) great to see such

love for one of my, along with many others, fave movie, Tenage mutant Ninja

Turtles. this list definitely deserves a high fiving cowabunga!!!

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jason.quiggle writes:
on May 09 2008 03:11 PM

The order of the films in your list are highly debatable. Plus all the glaring omissions..but i suppose that was inescapable.

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spitting into the wind writes:
on May 09 2008 04:32 PM

Good list. I absolutely adore Magnolia, Se7en, and all the LotR movies.
I am quite surprised however that 3 Elm street movies made the list. The original yes, for its impact on the Horror genre but ALL of the sequels sucked giant elephant Balls!!
Also Dark City was a cracker. The Player, like most of Robert Altmans' movies,I found overrated. Never even heard of Gummo I have to admit. The still does make it look somewhat creepy.

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Scott Weinberg writes:
on May 09 2008 04:48 PM

Damn good list.

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cypress550 writes:
on May 10 2008 11:59 AM

evil dead or blade should be number 1

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Baobabs writes:
on May 11 2008 05:34 PM

Great list! Yes, it really is a shame that the New Line honchos somehow got themselves in big enough trouble to be ousted, and their company downsized & absorbed into parent company WB. Hollywood needs more independent thinkers like that, but I guess they must have crossed the line, somehow.
But in its lifetime New LIne took a lot of risks that paid off in great films. My faves are Hairspray! TMNT, and the LOTR trilogy. Definitely FOTR at #1 is a great choice, I agree with that positioning.
I'm printing the list and will make a point of renting the ones I haven't seen yet!
-Babs

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lordfirefly writes:
on May 13 2008 09:56 AM

Se7en is, by far, one of my favorite movies! That movie opened so many doors for me. I began watching more of Freeman's and Pitt's other movies. I also read Paradise Lost. Which is an amazing book. Go figure I began to get interested in such great works as Paradise Lost, Catcher in the Rye and Dante's Inferno several months after I graduated high school. :)

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