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SubG posted:I find this very triggering. Yeah the way they poo poo on O'Brien and leave him out of group photos because he's a non-com is ridiculous. Letting counselor Troi become a commander after she solved the core breach simulation was farcical. Of course you send Geordi to his death by radiation exposure. You should have tried that right off the bat,
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Sep 14, 2015 03:39
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SubG is referencing his extreme love for the Star Trek franchise and especially TNG, his thoughts compiled by forums user Ror like last month!! https://www.dropbox.com/s/61bpv05g5wocq86/subgtrek.html?dl=0
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Sep 14, 2015 12:28
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Has there been a better single year for movies than 1999, before or since? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film
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Sep 14, 2015 14:46
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Yes
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Sep 14, 2015 14:50
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Sep 14, 2015 14:56
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All.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:00
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Just skimming that "notable" list my top five for 1999 would be something like: Ghost Dog The Limey The Matrix Being John Malkovich The Straight Story …and four of those five aren't even my favorite movies by the people that directed them. A lot of times people's "best year" in movies just ends up being the year they were 12. You can read a bunch of essays here where people talk about their favorites, it's all subjective.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:07
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I'm not saying every movie made in 1999 was the best movie by that director or best movie starring those actors, but taking a year as an arbitrary unit of time, I can't think of any other year, considered as a whole, that was better than 1999.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:15
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That's cool and fine for you but plenty of other people think the same thing about every other year so it's kind of a pointless thing ya know? Also 1999 gave us The Phantom Menace so you know, disqualified....
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Sep 14, 2015 15:32
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Well that's why I was asking people's opinions.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:37
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Here's a question: what makes you think that is the best year for film? Even of the decade?
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Sep 14, 2015 15:39
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More movies that are good or significant in some way than any other year.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:42
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cheerfullydrab posted:More movies that are good or significant in some way than any other year. Right, but what are specific examples of films that you consider to be elevating that year above others? The wikipedia link you provided is comprehensive, but not qualitative.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:44
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Elaborate. Which movies? Compare it to say, 1994, or 2007. Does it remotely stack up to 1976, for example?
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Sep 14, 2015 15:47
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cheerfullydrab posted:I'm not saying every movie made in 1999 was the best movie by that director or best movie starring those actors, but taking a year as an arbitrary unit of time, I can't think of any other year, considered as a whole, that was better than 1999. Basically: FishBulb posted:That's cool and fine for you but plenty of other people think the same thing about every other year so it's kind of a pointless thing ya know?
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Sep 14, 2015 15:49
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Snak posted:Right, but what are specific examples of films that you consider to be elevating that year above others? The wikipedia link you provided is comprehensive, but not qualitative. I am thinking in the sense of how many movies that were significant in some way, not always because they were good ones. Sort of a big movies per pound kind of thing. I mean just scanning over that list you see The Thin Red Line Rushmore Office Space Analyze This Cruel Intentions The Matrix The Mummy Election Star Wars I Notting Hill Austin Powers 2 South Park movie Wild Wild West American Pie The Blair Witch Project The Sixth Sense American Beauty Boys Don't Cry Fight Club Pokemon I Toy Story 2 The Cider House Rules The Green Mile Magnolia I don't like every one of those movies but they were all pretty important. That's not a comprehensive list by far.
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Sep 14, 2015 15:59
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If Cruel Intentions and the Pokemon movie are the baseline for significant, you can turn out similar lists for most years. Like basically just Hollywood's output for 1982: 48 Hours Basket Case The Beastmaster The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Blade Runner Conan The Barbarian Creepshow The Dark Crystal Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Death Wish II Diner E.T. The Extraterrestrial and His Adventures on Earth Fanny and Alexander Fast Times At Ridgemont High First Blood Forbidden Zone Ghandi Halloween III: Season of the Witch Koyaanisqatsi A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Night Shift An Officer and a Gentleman One From The Heart Poltergeist Porky's Rocky III The Secret of NIMH Sophie's Choice Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn Swamp Thing The Thing Tootsie Trail of the Pink Panther Tron The Verdict The Wall White Dog The World According to Garp The Year of Living Dangerously Zapped!
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Sep 14, 2015 16:19
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Hey, that's a pretty good year also.
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Sep 14, 2015 16:49
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cheerfullydrab posted:I am thinking in the sense of how many movies that were significant in some way, not always because they were good ones. Sort of a big movies per pound kind of thing. I mean just scanning over that list you see Austen Powers 2 is "pretty important"? I'm not saying that you're wrong, but you haven't given any criteria for movies being significant, so all you're doing is making arbitrary claims. I'm certainly open to the idea of 1999 as a great year for films, but you haven't really made any kind of non tautological argument. I mean, even for the same decade, I probably prefer 1997: Titanic Men in Black Liar Liar Jackie Chan's First Strike Star Wars re-release (that's "important" right?) Dante's Peak Anaconda Grosse Point Blank The Fifth Element Jurrassic Park 2 (I don't like this film or think it's good, but it's at least as important as Wild Wild West) Con Air Face/Off G.I. Jane L.A. Confidential Seven Years in Tibet Gattaca Starship Troopers Amistad Jackie Brown Cube Good Will Hunting I don't think anyone is trying to attack you for saying that 1999 was a great year, it's just that you aren't doing much to convince us.
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Sep 14, 2015 16:52
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I personally prefer 1994. That was a really good year. It graced us with such films as Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon: The Professional, The Lion King, and most important of all Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.
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Sep 14, 2015 17:01
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1999 being a notable year in moviedom isn't an unusual opinion. I remember even at the time hearing in press stories that collectively the releases that year were received exceptionally well. I also definitely remember a lot of "why can't 2000 be more like 1999" type of chatter the following year. Using my powerful scientific and statistical analysis abilities, I seem to get more relevant results googling "1999 a great year for movies" than doing the same for other years. I don't have any particular strong opinion on this, just throwing the guy a bone; he's definitely not alone.
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Sep 14, 2015 17:45
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Yeah, but so what. You gotta give me something better than fuckin' Analyze This, Austin Powers 2 and The Cider House Rules if you're talking about how it was just a banner year for movies.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:10
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You guys are forgetting 2007 These are all taken from Wikipedia's Wide Release list so don't shoot me. I just didn't want to go through IMDB's 124,000 item list. Good movies (in chronological order) Zodiac Hot Fuzz Ratatouille Rescue Dawn Sunshine Sicko The Bourne Ultimatum Hot Rod (*) 3:10 to Yuma Shoot 'Em Up Eastern Promises Into The Wild Michael Clayton Gone Baby Gone No Country For Old Men The Mist Charlie Wilson's War There Will Be Blood Noteworthy movies (in chronological order) Bridge to Terabithia (*) Black Snake Moan (*) 300 Reign Over Me (*) Blades of Glory (*) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (*) Bug (*) 28 Weeks Later Ocean's 13 1408 Transformers Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (*) I Know Who Killed Me (*) Rush Hour 3 Superbad Balls Of Fury (*) Across the Universe The Darjeeling Limited (heh) In the Valley of Elah The Kingdom (*) Why Did I Get Married? (*) Things We Lost in the Fire Dan in Real Life (*) American Gangster Bee Movie (*) Hitman Juno I Am Legend Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Alien Vs Predator Requiem (*) (*) - Ain't seen it
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Sep 14, 2015 18:39
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This year has Fury Road and a new SW. That's pretty good.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:41
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Fayez Butts posted:You guys are forgetting 2007 Mostly because this is a fun game, a not because of overly pedantic judgementalism.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:43
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All years are good movie years (1890 to present.)
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Sep 14, 2015 18:44
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Snak posted:Bolded titles that stretch the definition of "noteworthy" I am fully prepared to defend every item on this list, hahaha I Know Who Killed Me - A pile of hot garbage in epic proportions. The last we really saw of Lindsey Lohan, and a there was blue arm that kills people (I think?). Definitely noteworthy Rush Hour 3 - The last we'd see of Chris Tucker for 5 years and the last time Jackie Chan was popular in the States. I would say his last good movie, but I just don't know. Hitman - If I'm remembering this correctly, one of the first attempts to do a good job at making a video game movie. It failed of course. Alien Vs Predator Requiem - Didn't have the memorable tagline of the first, but it was a good, gory return to R-rated form. I think some goons in CineD liked it.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:53
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How the gently caress is Dan In Real Life noteworthy? E: and I guess you could call I Know Who Killed Me noteworthy in the same way as Birdemic where the public reaction was noteworthy, but AVPR? Nah.
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Sep 14, 2015 18:57
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Snak posted:I don't think anyone is trying to attack you for saying that 1999 was a great year, it's just that you aren't doing much to convince us. I don't think anyone was trying to attack me. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, but so what. You gotta give me something better than fuckin' Analyze This, Austin Powers 2 and The Cider House Rules if you're talking about how it was just a banner year for movies. Here's some I left off my last list, all of which I have personally enjoyed and will go to bat for: A Civil Action Affliction A Walk on the Moon October Sky The Straight Story Dick Bowfinger Three Kings The Insider Dogma Mansfield Park Sleepy Hollow Man on the Moon Galaxy Quest The Talented Mr. Ripley Ride with the Devil Angela's Ashes
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Sep 14, 2015 18:57
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Dogma is probably the most significant, given that it was Kevin Smith's peak as a director, but I'm not sure about the rest. Maybe Galaxy Quest, but I'm iffy on that.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:00
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I Before E posted:How the gently caress is Dan In Real Life noteworthy? I am not prepared to defend Dan In Real Life
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Sep 14, 2015 19:04
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Your 2007 list reminded me that 1999 also had a movie called Sunshine, and it's one of my favorite movies of all time. Everyone should watch it if they haven't, it's got Ralph Fiennes playing three separate roles, three men in three generations. It's the movie equivalent of one of those giant airport novels about the struggles of a big family over the years. This family in Sunshine is Hungarian, and jewish, and the setting is Budapest between the 1890's and 1950's.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:07
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Fayez Butts posted:I am fully prepared to defend every item on this list, hahaha I guess we just have pretty different definitions of noteworthy, because you are including things that are only "noteworthy" for how much people didn't care and immediately forgot about them. cheerfullydrab posted:I don't think anyone was trying to attack me. You are winning me over. Bolded films that I love.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:09
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I Before E posted:Dogma is probably the most significant, given that it was Kevin Smith's peak as a director, but I'm not sure about the rest. Maybe Galaxy Quest, but I'm iffy on that. I posted my "significant" list earlier, that second list was responding to the dude who seemed to want a list of actual good movies. That second list is only movies that were not on the first list, that I've actually seen, and that I actually think are good. Even with those strictures I found 17 drat movies without trying.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:10
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I Before E posted:How the gently caress is Dan In Real Life noteworthy? I never saw Dan In Real Life but the image of Carrell's sad face lying on a bunch of pancakes is seared into my brain for some reason, so I'll give it that.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:22
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Ror posted:I never saw Dan In Real Life but the image of Carrell's sad face lying on a bunch of pancakes is seared into my brain for some reason, so I'll give it that. It took you saying this for me to realize that Dan In Real Life is not Lars and the Real Girl. Which is not Jeff Who Lives At Home. I wasn't getting these movies actually confused, I just had never bothered to for clear mental images of them and stuffed them all in the same memory cubby.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:25
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The short time when mumblecore entered the mainstream. There were also 3 middling Iraq war movies on that 2007 Wikipedia list alone.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:35
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Here, I went through the alphabetic 1999 list and found movies that I've seen that were on neither of my first two lists. These are movies I've seen and liked but some are kind of hard to defend. Again, I definitely enjoyed all of these, some even had a huge impact on me, but there's a few stinkers on this list. 10 Things I Hate About You The 13th Warrior Any Given Sunday Arlington Road The Big Kahuna Blast from the Past Breakfast of Champions But I'm a Cheerleader Cradle Will Rock Detroit Rock City EDtv eXistenZ The Haunting Jesus' Son Liberty Heights Light It Up Mumford The Ninth Gate Payback Snow Falling on Cedars Stir of Echoes Teaching Mrs. Tingle Titus Topsy-Turvy The Virgin Suicides Wakko's Wish The War Zone Teriyaki Hairpiece fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Sep 14, 2015 |
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I'm on an eight hour train and a little wiki research project sounds fun. The Masters - Primarily and most obviously, 1999 saw Stanley Kubrick's first in twelve years and final film Eyes Wide Shut Paul Thomas Anderson put out his third feature, Magnolia. Milos Forman made Man on the Moon which I think was the second dramatic role for Jim Carrey after the Truman show, so it kind of cemented that dramatic turn as not a fluke, maybe. Pedro almodovar won his first Oscar with All About My Mother Idk if Thin Red Line is considered '98 or '99 but it was Malick's first movie in two decades. Masters subcategory: The Davids - David Fincher made Fight Club which was pretty cool I guess and David Cronenberg returned to scifi after crash and some weird romance that I haven't seen, with Existenz . The Newcomers - The Blair Witch Project became one of the most successful indie films of all time, kicking off found footage as a horror subgenre and helping further the "just go make your loving movie" ethos. The Matrix launched a new era of scifi or something and invented bullet time I think. The Sixth Sense announced the arrival of M. Night Shyamalan and only lost to jar wars at the box office. On that note, the aforementioned three original properties held three spots in the year's box office top ten along with a couple other originals like loving Big Daddy . Spike Jonze made his first feature, Being John Malkovich, Criterion. We also got Sofia coppolas directorial debut, the Virgin suicides, of which I will pull out of my rear end the opinion that it popularized the dream pop film aesthetic. Lynne Ramsay's first movie, Ratcatcher, which would go on to be deemed criterion as gently caress. The Miscellany - I haven't seen Girl, Interrupted but it seems like a solid movie with an ensemble female cast. Office Space and American Pie are probably kind of influential in their respective comedy subgenres. The South Park movie and boondock saints are probably significant somehow. The Iron Giant is chill and Toy Story 2 is the first Pixar sequel and poo poo and it was pretty good! It's the first movie I remember citing as 100% on rotten tomatoes which is 90% meaningless. Also Tarzan pioneered use of a new animating program that helped things in 2d films look more 3d or something, which seems weird with things like toy Story happening but I'm ignorant regarding animation. The Talented Mr. Ripley is pretty good. American Beauty is something. - Ok I'm on mobile and got lazy toward the end and I'm not really arguing for this year over others but it does indeed seem like it was a pretty loving great year to be a frequent moviegoer. marblize fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Sep 14, 2015 |
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