Best Film of 1999 (ongoing survey)
01-01-02 | 12:48 PM
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I'm going with something totally different than everyone else: Eyes Wide Shut.
Then I'd say, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, Being John Malkovich, and Three Kings. Then maybe American Beauty. I'm just not in love with it like alot of people are even though I do think it's great.
Then I'd say, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, Being John Malkovich, and Three Kings. Then maybe American Beauty. I'm just not in love with it like alot of people are even though I do think it's great.
01-01-02 | 01:31 PM
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Without a doubt, and by a wide margin:
Magnolia
Magnolia
01-01-02 | 01:51 PM
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1999 was the best year in cinematic history, period. I will say the best American movie was Three Kings and the best foreign film was All About My Mother with All About My Mother being the best film of the year.
01-01-02 | 08:42 PM
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Well, I'll have to go with Fight Club...at least today that's what I'll say. My 9+'s:
9 1/2:
Fight Club
The Insider
9:
Arlington Road
Being John Malkovich
Blair Witch Project (That's what I gave it at the time, so I'm not changing my mind)
The Iron Giant
Office Space
South Park:Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Toy Story 2
Lots of comedies in there, huh? I'll still haven't seen All About My Mother or Straight Story, though.
I'd say that 2000 was the best year for movies in a long time, not 1999. Interestingly, of my top 12 for 2000, 10 of them were released in November and December.
Barry
9 1/2:
Fight Club
The Insider
9:
Arlington Road
Being John Malkovich
Blair Witch Project (That's what I gave it at the time, so I'm not changing my mind)
The Iron Giant
Office Space
South Park:Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Toy Story 2
Lots of comedies in there, huh? I'll still haven't seen All About My Mother or Straight Story, though.
I'd say that 2000 was the best year for movies in a long time, not 1999. Interestingly, of my top 12 for 2000, 10 of them were released in November and December.
Barry
01-04-02 | 01:31 PM
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I wish this hadn't fallen out of everyone's view...
My guess was that Fight Club and American Beauty would be right together at the top... but at current count:
1) Magnolia (7.33 votes)
2) Fight Club (7 votes)
3) American Beauty (6.33 votes)
Straight Story is next with 3 votes, but it's obviously coming down to a completition between those 3 films (which is cool, since they're my top 3 from '99)
Hopefully we can get some more votes in, and I'm going to go ahead and start the '98 poll, here.
My guess was that Fight Club and American Beauty would be right together at the top... but at current count:
1) Magnolia (7.33 votes)
2) Fight Club (7 votes)
3) American Beauty (6.33 votes)
Straight Story is next with 3 votes, but it's obviously coming down to a completition between those 3 films (which is cool, since they're my top 3 from '99)
Hopefully we can get some more votes in, and I'm going to go ahead and start the '98 poll, here.
01-04-02 | 05:37 PM
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1999 was the best year for movies... A lot of people thank George Lucas for that. Apparently, so many studios were so afraid of setting any summer blockbuster against The Phantom Menace that they didn't produce action-y movies. (I believe it was also the last time yearly grosses were so high)
It seems, however, that 1999 was a fluke.
Was there another year were we had: American Beauty, The Matrix, Fight Club, Toy Story 2, The Straight Story, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, Being John Malkovich, All About My Mother, Iron Giant, Magnolia, The Insider, The Road Home, Ghost Dog, Three Kings, South Park: BLU, Topsy-Turvy, Boondock Saints, Go, Man on the Moon, The War Zone, Office Space, Virgin Suicides, Buena Vista Social Club, Eyes Wide Shut, The Talented Mr. Ripley...
And that's just movies I can vaguely remember, although not all are "classics" or 10s and some are IMO not that great (Green Mile).
I own most of those movies up there, or at least plan to. My vote, out of all those?
It's a tough decision between American Beauty, The Matrix, Fight Club, Toy Story 2, Straight Story... etc. You get the idea.
I'll go with Magnolia because I saw it two nights in a row after it came out and it was fantastic. Ask me again in 10 minutes and I'd change my mind.
It seems, however, that 1999 was a fluke.
Was there another year were we had: American Beauty, The Matrix, Fight Club, Toy Story 2, The Straight Story, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, Being John Malkovich, All About My Mother, Iron Giant, Magnolia, The Insider, The Road Home, Ghost Dog, Three Kings, South Park: BLU, Topsy-Turvy, Boondock Saints, Go, Man on the Moon, The War Zone, Office Space, Virgin Suicides, Buena Vista Social Club, Eyes Wide Shut, The Talented Mr. Ripley...
And that's just movies I can vaguely remember, although not all are "classics" or 10s and some are IMO not that great (Green Mile).
I own most of those movies up there, or at least plan to. My vote, out of all those?
It's a tough decision between American Beauty, The Matrix, Fight Club, Toy Story 2, Straight Story... etc. You get the idea.
I'll go with Magnolia because I saw it two nights in a row after it came out and it was fantastic. Ask me again in 10 minutes and I'd change my mind.
01-04-02 | 07:51 PM
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Ugh...I frankly think that 1999 is one of the most overhyped years. Of the latter five years of the 90's, I found '98 and '96 to be much more varied and interesting. Case in point - people have pretty much picked 3-4 films as best of 1999, but if you look at 1998's poll, it's all over the place, with no real concensus. That, IMO, is a sign of a good year.
01-04-02 | 08:36 PM
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Looks like everyone forgot about my favorite movie of 1999:
Run Lola Run
Oh well.
I certainly don't agree that 1999 was overhyped, in fact 1999 is the only year that I have ever felt compelled to jot down a list of my favorite movies... *runs to get list*...
1. Run Lola Run
2. Being John Malkovich
3. American Beauty
4. Election
5. Magnolia
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Toy Story 2
8. The Matrix
9. South Park: BLU
10. Fight Club
Run Lola Run
Oh well.
I certainly don't agree that 1999 was overhyped, in fact 1999 is the only year that I have ever felt compelled to jot down a list of my favorite movies... *runs to get list*...
1. Run Lola Run
2. Being John Malkovich
3. American Beauty
4. Election
5. Magnolia
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Toy Story 2
8. The Matrix
9. South Park: BLU
10. Fight Club
01-05-02 | 12:16 AM
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I've changed my mind, after looking through my movie spreadsheet (Nerd alert!), I've determined that 1999 was truly a great year for movies. Wow!
Sorry for the second post. Thanks,
Barry
Sorry for the second post. Thanks,
Barry
01-07-02 | 12:06 AM
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Ah... with some more votes in, the current result has become a TIE:
1) American Beauty (9.33 votes)
1) Magnolia (9.33 votes)
3) Fight Club (9 votes)
Keep 'em coming!
1) American Beauty (9.33 votes)
1) Magnolia (9.33 votes)
3) Fight Club (9 votes)
Keep 'em coming!
01-07-02 | 12:43 AM
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Since everybody is listing more than, say 6, here is my top 10 for 1999:
1. The Matrix
2.Magnolia
3.American Beauty
4.Fight Club
5.Three Kings
6.The Talented Mr. Ripley
7.The Sixth Sense
8.The Green Mile
9.Being John Malkovich
10. Election
1. The Matrix
2.Magnolia
3.American Beauty
4.Fight Club
5.Three Kings
6.The Talented Mr. Ripley
7.The Sixth Sense
8.The Green Mile
9.Being John Malkovich
10. Election
01-07-02 | 11:40 AM
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Originally posted by Grimfarrow
Ugh...I frankly think that 1999 is one of the most overhyped years. Of the latter five years of the 90's, I found '98 and '96 to be much more varied and interesting. Case in point - people have pretty much picked 3-4 films as best of 1999, but if you look at 1998's poll, it's all over the place, with no real concensus. That, IMO, is a sign of a good year.
Ugh...I frankly think that 1999 is one of the most overhyped years. Of the latter five years of the 90's, I found '98 and '96 to be much more varied and interesting. Case in point - people have pretty much picked 3-4 films as best of 1999, but if you look at 1998's poll, it's all over the place, with no real concensus. That, IMO, is a sign of a good year.
My vote: The Talented Mr. Ripley