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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 30, 2023 14:41:48 GMT -5
I just got Waiting for Guffman from the library. I will probably watch it tomorrow night. May be the best of the Guest and Company spoofs. But then almost all of them are A+ on the grading scale. I'm very partial to "Best of Show." But my two younger boys showed dogs when they were younger, so we watched the Westminster Dog Show every year. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 30, 2023 15:54:06 GMT -5
May be the best of the Guest and Company spoofs. But then almost all of them are A+ on the grading scale. I'm very partial to "Best of Show." But my two younger boys showed dogs when they were younger, so we watched the Westminster Dog Show every year. I am, too. Haven't showed them, but we love them, and that movie captures the emotion and the silliness of all that dog show hoopla. And both "Spinal Tap" and "Mighty Wind" are nearly flawless. Like picking your favorite child. |
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Post by commond on Aug 30, 2023 16:21:27 GMT -5
My favorite film from 1996 is Shall We Dance? I absolutely adore that film. Shall We Dance? and Tampopo are probably my two favorite feel-good Japanese films of all-time. I'm also a big fan of Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies. I like most of Leigh's 90s films, but Secrets and Lies is his best. As a huge Ozu fan, I love watching family dramas, and Secrets and Lies is one of the best examples from the 90s along with Ang Lee's early work.
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Post by berkley on Aug 30, 2023 19:38:20 GMT -5
My favorite film from 1996 is Shall We Dance? I absolutely adore that film. Shall We Dance? and Tampopo are probably my two favorite feel-good Japanese films of all-time. I'm also a big fan of Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies. I like most of Leigh's 90s films, but Secrets and Lies is his best. As a huge Ozu fan, I love watching family dramas, and Secrets and Lies is one of the best examples from the 90s along with Ang Lee's early work. Haven't seen Secrets and Lies but agree that Hall We Dance and Tampopo are first rate. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 6, 2023 11:43:14 GMT -5
And we make it to 1997. Two weeks seems to be the new norm. I've never seen Titanic, by the way. Men in Black - Is it a great movie? Probably not. But it's a very fun movie. Tommy Lee Jones is his usual stoic great self. Remember when Linda Fiorentino was supposed to be the next big thing? The alien designs are fun and effective. Just a good time. Jackie Brown - I don't like this as well as a lot of other Tarantino films. It's a good movie and I get what he was doing. And it's great to see Pam Grier in a starring role and Robert Forster is great. I just find it a little bit slow in general and it really drags at times. It's still a very good film though. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - I think this is a super fun and very smart spy spoof that his been horrendously diluted by terrible sequels. I think you have to be very familiar with the Bond films, their imitators and the earlier spoofs for it to be truly effective. And the more familiar you are with 1960s pop culture the better. It's not an all time great film...but it's far better than it gets credit for. The Full Monty - This film came out of nowhere to be a massive critical and financial hit. I think it's a great comedy that's not afraid to also look at some very serious topics, particularly unemployment and underemployment and the breakdown of industrial work. Solid work by the entire cast. Geri's Game - Just a brilliant short from Pixar. One old man playing chess against himself. And it is a world of humor, pathos and sympathy. All in four minutes. As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; Good Will Hunting (eons); Life is Beautiful; L.A. Confidential (haven't seen in so long); The Fifth Element (ditto); Boogie Nights (ditto); Gross Pointe Blank (I remember really liking this, but it's been at least 20 years); Donnie Brasco (soooo long); Chasing Amy; So what's my favorite film of 1997? This is actually a bit hard because while I've seen most of the big films of 1997, it's been around 20 years since I've seen most of them. And honestly, my memory just isn't that good any more. So I'll say Geri's Game, because I can watch that little movie over and over and over again and laugh every damn time. And 1997 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by berkley on Sept 6, 2023 12:07:23 GMT -5
Of the ones Slam mentioned I thought Austin Powers, Jackie Brown, and Boogie Nights were all really good. LA Confidential too. I'll go through the wiki list a little more carefully later on but I think my favourite movie of 1997 will be Lynch's Lost Highway, which still seems under-rated to me. I saw it again at the theatre not too long ago, maybe a year or two, and it held up.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 6, 2023 12:19:08 GMT -5
Of the ones Slam mentioned I thought Austin Powers, Jackie Brown, and Boogie Nights were all really good. LA Confidential too. I'll go through the wiki list a little more carefully later on but I think my favourite movie of 1997 will be Lynch's Lost Highway, which still seems under-rated to me. I saw it again at the theatre not too long ago, maybe a year or two, and it held up. I'm about 95% sure I've never seen Lost Highway. It just seems to have faded in to the background. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 6, 2023 14:28:29 GMT -5
Looking over the list of movies at the wiki page, I'm going to go ahead and say that Jackie Brown is my favorite for this year - it's by far Tarantino's best film, and I doubt he'll ever top it.
Life is Beautiful in particular as well as Boogie Nights and The Full Monty are also quite good.
Otherwise, I'm surprised at how many movies came out this year that I found genuinely entertaining even if they're not cinematic masterpieces: the aforementioned Men in Black, Austin Powers, Grosse Point Blank, and the 5th Element, but also Con Air and Wag the Dog. However, none of them hold a candle to The Man Who Knew Too Little which, like the preceding year's Bigger Than Life, is another unexpectedly funny and charming movie starring Bill Murray.
Also have to mention two low-key but very solid and engaging SF films: Gattaca and Contact.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 6, 2023 15:57:43 GMT -5
Looking over the list of movies at the wiki page, I'm going to go ahead and say that Jackie Brown is my favorite for this year - it's by far Tarantino's best film, and I doubt he'll ever top it. Life is Beautiful in particular as well as Boogie Nights and The Fully Monty are also quite good. Otherwise, I'm surprised at how many movies came out this year that I found genuinely entertaining even if they're not cinematic masterpieces: the aforementioned Men in Black, Austin Powers, Grosse Point Blank, and the 5th Element, but also Con Air and Wag the Dog. However, none of them hold a candle to The Man Who Knew Too Little which, like the preceding year's Bigger Than Life, is another unexpectedly funny and charming movie starring Bill Murray. Also have to mention two low-key but very solid and engaging SF films: Gattaca and Contact. is The Shawshank Redemption of action movies: always on somewhere, impossible not to tune in no matter what part of the movie it is. Makes Die Hard look like a documentary. |
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Post by berkley on Sept 6, 2023 19:58:45 GMT -5
Looking over the list of movies at the wiki page, I'm going to go ahead and say that Jackie Brown is my favorite for this year - it's by far Tarantino's best film, and I doubt he'll ever top it. Life is Beautiful in particular as well as Boogie Nights and The Full Monty are also quite good. Otherwise, I'm surprised at how many movies came out this year that I found genuinely entertaining even if they're not cinematic masterpieces: the aforementioned Men in Black, Austin Powers, Grosse Point Blank, and the 5th Element, but also Con Air and Wag the Dog. However, none of them hold a candle to The Man Who Knew Too Little which, like the preceding year's Bigger Than Life, is another unexpectedly funny and charming movie starring Bill Murray. Also have to mention two low-key but very solid and engaging SF films: Gattaca and Contact.
I forgot 5th Element, definitely one of the best of the year - in spite of Willis, who is one of those performers I dislike on sight. I have a similar reflex negative reaction to Uma Thurman but I haven't seen Gattaca yet. I'll watch it one of these days, though, because of its reputation as a good SF movie. Contact, I think I might try to read the Carl Sagan novel first.
I haven't seen a lot of Bill Murray movies. Not sure why, since I do find him funny more often than not. I'll try to remember to keep these two titles in mind.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 8, 2023 22:10:44 GMT -5
On my IMDB list, I have Starship Troopers as my favorite film of 1997.
It’s such great satire, but also highly entertaining.
But yeah, it’s a weird choice. I like Austin Powers a lot. Also ConAir is a lot of fun!
I started scanning the “1997 in Film“ link to see what I might have seen in the last few years that might be in the running.
Oh! The Eel! Such a great movie!
I also noticed three or films that I haven’t seen that look interesting.
I guess I’m sticking with Starship Troopers for now.
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Post by jennywhite on Sept 17, 2023 13:42:49 GMT -5
My favorite movie of 1999 is The Green Mile
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Post by commond on Sept 19, 2023 6:47:09 GMT -5
Kitano's Hana-bi and The Eel are two of my top 10 films from the 90s. A close third for 1997 would be Tsai Ming-liang's The River, which I thought was an amazing film. There's lot of good stuff though. Lost Highway is great, as is Taste of Cherry. I have a lot of time for Boogie Nights and L.A. Confidential as well.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 22, 2023 14:21:02 GMT -5
And we make it to 1998. A little over two weeks (it's been hell at work). And 1998 may defeat me. I've seen a number of movies from the year, but almost all of them I've seen once and not for over 20 years. So we'll see. Saving Private Ryan - I mention this one because it's a big important movie. I saw it when it came out and thought it was pretty brilliant, particularly the opening scenes at Normandy. But I've not seen it again since 1998. So who knows how I'd feel now. The Big Lebowski - I'm the one. I didn't like The Big Lebowski the first time I saw it. And then I got kind of soured on it because of the hype and the memes and whatnot. And then I saw it a second time, maybe 7 years ago. And I decided it was okay, but not great. It's one I feel like I owe a third watch just because I really so love the Coen Brothers. A Bug's Life - My boys loved this remake of The Seven Samurai. So I've seen it a lot. It's a reasonably cute movie, but definitely lesser Pixar. It was the very first movie we owned on DVD. I do find myself saying "gaps happen." So there's that. The Mask of Zorro - I'll cop that I'm a pretty big Zorro fan. And I thought it was nice to have an actual Spanish Zorro with Antonio Banderas. And Catherine Zeta-Jones was particularly fetching in the movie. It's not the best Zorro movie ever. But it's an entertaining swashbuckler. And sometimes that's enough. As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; American History X (not in over 20 years); The Truman Show (all of 20 years); Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Rushmore; Dark City; Run Lola Run; Blade (I haven't seen it since it came out); Out of Sight; Rounders (at least 20 years); Ronin; Waking Ned Devine (I really liked it, but haven't seen it in eons); So what's my favorite film of 1998? I almost want to give it an incomplete, just because there are so many movies that it's been so long since I've seen. Gun to head, forced to choose, I guess I'd say A Bug's Life, just because it's so familiar and inoffensive. But I'm not sure that's really the correct choice. And 1998 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 22, 2023 16:49:28 GMT -5
This one’s easy.
The Big Lebowski
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