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re: 1999 the last great year at the movies
Posted on 2/6/18 at 4:09 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 2/6/18 at 4:09 pm to Bench McElroy
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2007 was a better year for movies than 1999.
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Posted on 2/6/18 at 4:12 pm to H-Town Tiger
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It think it’s true that when we look back we get a better appreciation for the overall quality in a given year then in the here and now in most cases. But ever year has plenty of crap especially if we go off box office numbers. 1994 gets mentioned as one of the 2-3 best years for cinema history and the #5 grossing film was The Flintstones
I totally agree. Every year has great stuff and absolute garbage. It's just the nature of the garbage changes. Just because we have more sequels now doesn't mean that the original movies coming out of Hollywood 20 years ago were any more original. Or that a sequel can't be original. The Godfather Part II is one of the greatest films ever made. It is also a sequel.
1999 was a great year. But I'm completely averse to calling it the last great year. There's been plenty of great film years since then.
What is interesting is that the article references an EW article which heralded 1999 as the first year of the 21st century (I remember that cover story from back in the day). Looking back, it seems 1999 feels more like an era closing than one beginning. It feels like the last gasp of the indie film revolution being swallowed whole by Hollywood, which really got going in 1994.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 4:58 pm to OMLandshark
2016 Hell or High Water was a masterpiece
This post was edited on 2/6/18 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 2/6/18 at 4:59 pm to Jay Ming
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2016 Hell or High Water was a masterpiece
Haven't seen it yet. I also remembered Hacksaw Ridge which would probably make it.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 5:31 pm to H-Town Tiger
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From the best picture nominees 94,97,98 are all outstanding.
1999 is no slouch either:
The Green Mile
The Sixth Sense
American Beauty
The Insider
Cider House Rules
Four of the five are very solid films that would stand up well in any other year.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 6:36 pm to RLDSC FAN
Most years have plenty of great/intelligent/ interesting movies. The problem is, studios aren't just churning out mindless sequels, dreck comedies, by-the-numbers rom-coms and forgettable action extravaganzas for the hell of it. They're putting out the stuff people will flock to the theater for. If even a significant minority of the people who go around bemoaning the current state of cinema actually put their money where their mouths are, they could effect real change. But most of them aren't nearly as discriminating as they want people to believe.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 7:18 pm to RLDSC FAN
Clickbait article, clickbait thread. Nah.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 7:49 pm to partywiththelombardi
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Pretty sure American Pie didn't win the Oscar that year...American Beauty I think is the title you were looking for.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 7:58 pm to Baloo
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1. Star Wars: Phantom Menace
4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
When I saw the teaser for The Spy Who Shagged me in the theater, I was on the floor on my knees crying I was laughing so hard.
Teaser for The Spy Who Shagged Me
Posted on 2/6/18 at 10:46 pm to Jay Ming
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2016 Hell or High Water was a masterpiece
People are throwing around masterpiece wayyyy to often now. And I really liked Hell or High Water
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