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1999 was a great year for movies
By: Tryp_OR Date: September 6, 2024, 2:11 pm
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NY Times article listing readers' favorites:
HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/movies/readers-favorite-1999-movies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ik4.D4Rb.Xh8Vm3GxPE7X&smid=url-share
I saw almost all of these in the theater and liked them. At the
time Charleston had a couple of art theaters in addition to the
multiplexes, so I often went twice a week.
It's hard to choose a clear favorite. I guess I'd have to go
with the masses and say The Matrix, but I was very fond of Being
John Malkovich for its absolute weirdness.
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Re: 1999 was a great year for movies
By: NoLongerAubergine Date: September 6, 2024, 2:59 pm
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NY Times article listing readers' favorites:
HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/movies/readers-favorite-1999-movies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ik4.D4Rb.Xh8Vm3GxPE7X&smid=url-share
I saw almost all of these in the theater and liked them. At the
time Charleston had a couple of art theaters in addition to the
multiplexes, so I often went twice a week.
It's hard to choose a clear favorite. I guess I'd have to go
with the masses and say The Matrix, but I was very fond of Being
John Malkovich for its absolute weirdness.
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I thought 1999 was a pretty specific reference, so had to read
the link to remember what premiered that year. Oh, yeah; the
year of mostly weird. Mostly not my genre. :)
I did see some of them in the theatre and streamed others
subsequently. Favorites were probably Sixth Sense, Blair Witch,
Office Space, and Galaxy Quest. Though I rate these just in
comparison to some of the others that year.
Other movies in that same decade had me leaving the theatre
stunned at how good they were. #1 (tie) The Piano and Pulp
Fiction. I'm not sure what all this says about my taste as I
can't really pinpoint commonalities.
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Re: 1999 was a great year for movies
By: Thetis099 Date: September 6, 2024, 3:28 pm
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I agree that 1999 was a good year for movies. Pre knowing
Spacey is a real dickhole, American Beauty (1999) was a favorite
of mine, but I don't enjoy watching him anymore. I still watch
Girl Interrupted (1999) and Girls Don't Cry (1999) when I find
these movies on somewhere.
Edited to add, I also love SLC Punk (1999)!
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Re: 1999 was a great year for movies
By: Paloma Date: September 7, 2024, 1:20 am
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1999 did have some good movies! But great? Not so sure. Les
Liaisons Dangereuses will always beat out Cruel Intentions.
American Beauty was overhyped, and Being John Malkovich was more
an expression of the zeitgeist than a classic.
So we've got The Sixth Sense, which is the OG of contemporary
horror and suspense. And The Matrix, which still stands as the
opening of the epic sci-fi trilogy. Those are classics!
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