For lack of a better movie, Roman epic Gladiator , starring Russell Crowe, is the best film of 2000. They weren't so much bad as bland. Nothing stood out.
Nothing offends but nothing surprises.
Theater chains, many of which went bankrupt in 2000, fed into this homogenization by showing flavorless oatmeal movies on three screens. But really, I think it was just a boring year. I rented arthouse flicks but they were some of the worst. There wasn't the big blockbuster or a movie everyone talked about. Movies created more buzz when star vehicles such as Little Nicky and The 6th Day flopped.