Back to the 90s!

[cricket]

Actually I have never seen Waterworld

And Frankenhooker rules

[Miss Vicky]

Costner's 90s feature movies, I've only seen the ones that I bolded...I really liked them too. I did see JFK but not watching that again. But do you have any of these that I haven't bolded that you might be voting for? If so I'll try and watch them.

For Love of the Game (1999)
Message in a Bottle (1999)
The Postman (1997)
Tin Cup (1996)
Waterworld (1995)
The War (1994)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
A Perfect World (1993)
The Bodyguard (1992)
JFK (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Revenge (1990)

A Perfect World is a lock for me. I'm surprised you haven't seen it. I know I nominated it for a HOF, but maybe that was before you joined? Dances With Wolves and Robin Hood are also locks.

I also really like The Bodyguard although if I vote for it, it'll be at the end. Waterworld and The Postman are maybes. Tin Cup is fun. I should revisit that. I need to rewatch Wyatt Earp as well, I haven't seen it in ages. I vaguely remember liking The War, but haven't watched it in a long time. I barely remember JFK. I'm not sure if I ever saw For the Love of the Game, Message in a Bottle, or Revenge. As a kid I was mostly limited to what we had on home video and we didn't have those.

[Citizen Rules]

A Perfect World is a lock for me. I'm surprised you haven't seen it. I know I nominated it for a HOF, but maybe that was before you joined? Dances With Wolves and Robin Hood are also locks.

I also really like The Bodyguard although if I vote for it, it'll be at the end. Waterworld and The Postman are maybes. Tin Cup is fun. I should revisit that. I need to rewatch Wyatt Earp as well, I haven't seen it in ages. I vaguely remember liking The War, but haven't watched it in a long time. I barely remember JFK. I'm not sure if I ever saw For the Love of the Game, Message in a Bottle, or Revenge. As a kid I was mostly limited to what we had a home video and we didn't have those.I just looked up A Perfect World and it was in the 6th HoF I wasn't in that one. Tin Cup sounds fun I'll try to check that out, thanks...Wyatt Earp is the next big Costner film I need to rewatch.

[Miss Vicky]

I just looked up A Perfect World and it was in the 6th HoF I wasn't in that one. Tin Cup sounds fun I'll try to check that out, thanks...Wyatt Earp is the next big Costner film I need to rewatch.

Jeez, that HOF was 10 years ago. I've been here forever.

[Citizen Rules]

Jeez, that HOF was 10 years ago. I've been here forever.I must've just joined MoFo around that time. That's a great films in the 6th HoF, impressive.

[MovieGal]

Citizen Rules

Patrick Swayze had a good run in the 90s.

You should watch Father Hood as well as his other films.

[Miss Vicky]

I haven't watched much of Swayze's work, but I love Point Break. It's not marked as watched for you, Citizen. I highly recommend it.

[Citizen Rules]

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Alive (1993)
Dir. Frank Marshall

Second time watching this. It's hard not to be impressed with the filming in the Canadian Rockies. The snow and the mountain terrain looks real, because it is. They hauled the actors daily up onto the mountain with helicopters to shoot on location. Of course the real plane crash that happened in 1972 with a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes, but still the movie looked real and that's a huge plus for a movie like this.

The true story of survival and cannibalism is about as haunting as they come. So yeah it's a good movie to watch. But I really didn't like some of the director's choices. The film opens with a now much older survivor speaking to the camera, he's played by a non credited John Malkovich and that just didn't work as it reminded me I was watching a movie when I seen that very familiar face. The old cliche of the agnostic being told to pray and refusing only 'to find god' and start praying towards the end of the movie was too much. But even worse the very next scene after the agnostic prays is a heavenly light coming through the planes window. The director had enough story he didn't need cliches like that but overall this is pretty good.

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[MovieGal]

Citizen Rules. You should watch To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar.

I rewatched it a few months ago, it was still a good film.

[Citizen Rules]

@Citizen Rules (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=84637)

Patrick Swayze had a good run in the 90s.

You should watch Father Hood as well as his other films.I'm not much of a fan of Swayze, nothing against him of course. I never heard of Father Hood, sounds like a fun easy movie.

I haven't watched much of Swayze's work, but I love Point Break. It's not marked as watched for you, Citizen. I highly recommend it.I think I heard of that, I see it's rated pretty high, the surfer angle is cool.

[gbgoodies]

Costner's 90s feature movies, I've only seen the ones that I bolded...I really liked them too. I did see JFK but not watching that again. But do you have any of these that I haven't bolded that you might be voting for? If so I'll try and watch them.

For Love of the Game (1999)
Message in a Bottle (1999)
The Postman (1997)
Tin Cup (1996)
Waterworld (1995)
The War (1994)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
A Perfect World (1993)
The Bodyguard (1992)
JFK (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Revenge (1990)


Message in a Bottle (1999) is one of my favorite Kevin Costner movies.

[gbgoodies]

Citizen Rules

Patrick Swayze had a good run in the 90s.

You should watch Father Hood as well as his other films.


I just rewatched Patrick Swayze's Three Wishes (1995) a few days ago. It's not a highly rated movie, but with the exception of one scene near the end of the movie, I liked it a lot. (The one scene I'm referring to is nothing bad or hard to watch. It's just a scene that didn't work well for me with the rest of the movie.)

[gbgoodies]

I was browsing through a list of some of the top romance and rom-com movies from the 1990s, and I realized that either I missed a lot of them, or I just don't remember these movies.

Does anyone have any recommendations from this list, or any suggestions of other romance or rom-com movies that I might have missed? Thanks.

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clueless (1995)
One Fine Day (1996)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Hope Floats (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)

[Thursday Next]

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clueless (1995)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)



These are my recommendations from that list.

[Citizen Rules]

I was browsing through a list of some of the top romance and rom-com movies from the 1990s, and I realized that either I missed a lot of them, or I just don't remember these movies.

Does anyone have any recommendations from this list, or any suggestions of other romance or rom-com movies that I might have missed? Thanks.

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clueless (1995)
One Fine Day (1996)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Hope Floats (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)I haven't seen many of those. My favorite is Blast from the Past (1999) which I mini-reviewed on this thread, link on the 1st post.

[Allaby]

I was browsing through a list of some of the top romance and rom-com movies from the 1990s, and I realized that either I missed a lot of them, or I just don't remember these movies.

Does anyone have any recommendations from this list, or any suggestions of other romance or rom-com movies that I might have missed? Thanks.

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clueless (1995)
One Fine Day (1996)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Hope Floats (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)

I recommend:

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Clueless (1995)
Hope Floats (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)

[seanc]

I was browsing through a list of some of the top romance and rom-com movies from the 1990s, and I realized that either I missed a lot of them, or I just don't remember these movies.

Does anyone have any recommendations from this list, or any suggestions of other romance or rom-com movies that I might have missed? Thanks.

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clueless (1995)
One Fine Day (1996)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Hope Floats (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)

This list is triggering marriage PTSD. :) Only half kidding. Some of these are pretty good. I have watched Hope Floats with my ex more than I care to admit. It’s a sweet movie and one that matches your sensibilities pretty well I think. Pretty Woman also just sticks out as something you should definitely watch. I’m not the biggest fan, but I think it’s a head above most rom-coms. Surprised you haven’t seen it.

[Holden Pike]

1Does anyone have any recommendations from this list, or any suggestions of other romance or rom-com movies that I might have missed? Thanks.

Pretty Woman (1990), The Bodyguard (1992), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Clueless (1995), One Fine Day (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), Hope Floats (1998), Practical Magic (1998), Sliding Doors (1998), The Wedding Singer (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Blast from the Past (1999), Never Been Kissed (1999), Runaway Bride (1999)
The Bodyguard is in no way a RomCom, of course. Would not classify Practical Magic as a RomCom, either. Sliding Doors is more of a dramady. Hope Floats is a drama.

Of that list, Pretty Woman (1990) and Four Weddings & a Funeral (1994) are must-sees in my book, with My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) I'd slot just behind those two. Blast from the Past is very cute, Honeymoon in Vegas is pretty fun, Never Been Kissed is alright, One Fine Day is old fashioned but sweet enough.

My taste in RomComs is mostly different than your list (and not only because I cannot stand Adam Sandler). My favorites are...

Joe versus the Volcano (1990)
L.A. Story (1991)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Hear My Song (1991)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Barcelona (1994)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Speechless (1994)
French Kiss (1995)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
The American President (1995)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Addicted to Love (1997)
Rushmore (1998)
Notting Hill (1999)

As many as four of those titles may be on my ballot. Of course, your mileage may vary.

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[Miss Vicky]

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)


These would be my recommendations from that list. Also this reminds me that there are some Richard Gere movies I need to revisit before I vote.

Edit: Also I second While You Were Sleeping and Grosse Pointe Blank from Holden's list.

[MovieGal]

Did anyone mention Sleeping With The Enemy?

Back in the day, it was a popular movie. Not sure how I would feel about it now.

Dying Young was a good movie too.

Julia Roberts had a good run in the 90s.

[gbgoodies]

Thank you for all the replies. Based on the recommendations, I've bumped these movies to the top of my watchlist:

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Hope Floats (1998)
Blast from the Past (1999)


Pretty Woman also just sticks out as something you should definitely watch. I’m not the biggest fan, but I think it’s a head above most rom-coms. Surprised you haven’t seen it.

I'm surprised that I haven't seen a few of these too, especially Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride, because I like Richard Gere, but I've never been much of a fan of Julia Roberts for some reason.


The Bodyguard is in no way a RomCom, of course. Would not classify Practical Magic as a RomCom, either. Sliding Doors is more of a dramady. Hope Floats is a drama.

Of that list, Pretty Woman (1990) and Four Weddings & a Funeral (1994) are must-sees in my book, with My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) I'd slot just behind those two. Blast from the Past is very cute, Honeymoon in Vegas is pretty fun, Never Been Kissed is alright, One Fine Day is old fashioned but sweet enough.

My taste in RomComs is mostly different than your list (and not only because I cannot stand Adam Sandler). My favorites are...

Joe versus the Volcano (1990)
L.A. Story (1991)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Hear My Song (1991)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Barcelona (1994)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Speechless (1994)
French Kiss (1995)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
The American President (1995)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Addicted to Love (1997)
Rushmore (1998)
Notting Hill (1999)


Thanks for the info about several of these movies. I thought The Bodyguard was supposed to be more of a romance/thriller, not a rom-com, but I've seen the trailer and it looks like it could be a good movie.

From your list, While You Were Sleeping (1995) is a lock for my list, and The American President (1995) and Defending Your Life (1991) also could make my list.

I've seen Groundhog Day (1993), As Good As It Gets (1997), and Notting Hill (1999), and I like them, but they're likely to just miss my list.

I've also seen Joe versus the Volcano (1990), L.A. Story (1991), French Kiss (1995), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), and Rushmore (1998), but it's been so long since I've seen them that I don't remember much about them. I'll have to rewatch them if I get a chance.


Did anyone mention Sleeping With The Enemy?

Back in the day, it was a popular movie. Not sure how I would feel about it now.

Dying Young was a good movie too.

Julia Roberts had a good run in the 90s.


I saw Sleeping With The Enemy a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, I thought it was overrated at the time.

I haven't seen Dying Young.

[honeykid]

Is there a moment in a movie more funny and disturbing at the same time then when Costner picks up Tina Majorino and tosses her into the ocean because she’s annoying him?

I cracked up laughing at that bit. It's the best part of the film, though I was the only person laughing in a full cinema, which I thought was weird and embarrassed the people I was with.

[honeykid]

I haven't watched much of Swayze's work, but I love Point Break. It's not marked as watched for you, Citizen. I highly recommend it.

Whether you end up liking it or not, Point Break is a must watch. :yup:

I was browsing through a list of some of the top romance and rom-com movies from the 1990s, and I realized that either I missed a lot of them, or I just don't remember these movies.

Does anyone have any recommendations from this list, or any suggestions of other romance or rom-com movies that I might have missed? Thanks.

Pretty Woman (1990)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Clueless (1995)
One Fine Day (1996)
Practical Magic (1998)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)

You might like Ever After but it's not something I like for much other than Drew, but then, I don't like fairy tales.

[mrblond]

Thank you for all the replies. Based on the recommendations, I've bumped these movies to the top of my watchlist:

Pretty Woman (1990)
The Bodyguard (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Hope Floats (1998)
Blast from the Past (1999)


Second Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
This is under high consideration for my ballot.

[Citizen Rules]

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Dir. Clint Eastwood

For some reason I thought this was about an absent father bonding with his small son who he hadn't seen for years as he was in prison on a petty charge. I thought Costner had broke out of prison and took his son on a cross country trip with the police on his tail. Wow, was I wrong about that...I probably shouldn't make up my own synopsis! Not really the type of movie I was looking to watch last night with pizza...but it was well made and solidly directed by Clint Eastwood who's a favorite director of mine. Kevin Costner was exceptional in a role quite different than I had seen him in before. Of course any period piece film is a plus for me and so is setting it in the deep south, probably because that's quite a different place than where I live on the west coast. Oh, Laura Dern was looking great.

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90s movie #40

[gbgoodies]

You might like Ever After but it's not something I like for much other than Drew, but then, I don't like fairy tales.


I'm hit or miss with Drew Barrymore. I watched The Wedding Singer today and I realized that I seem to like Adam Sandler's movies when she's in them. I don't know if it's because those are his better movies or if it's because she's very likable in rom-coms.

[gbgoodies]

Second Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
This is under high consideration for my ballot.


Several people recommended Four Weddings and a Funeral, so I bumped it up near the top of my watchlist.
I'm going to try to watch it some time this week.

[gbgoodies]

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Dir. Clint Eastwood

For some reason I thought this was about an absent father bonding with his small son who he hadn't seen for years as he was in prison on a petty charge. I thought Costner had broke out of prison and took his son on a cross country trip with the police on his tail. Wow, was I wrong about that...I probably shouldn't make up my own synopsis! Not really the type of movie I was looking to watch last night with pizza...but it was well made and solidly directed by Clint Eastwood who's a favorite director of mine. Kevin Costner was exceptional in a role quite different than I had seen him in before. Of course any period piece film is a plus for me and so is setting it in the deep south, probably because that's quite a different place than where I live on the west coast. Oh, Laura Dern was looking great.

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90s movie #40



I watched A Perfect World for a HoF a while back, and I liked it. I thought it was one of Kevin Costner's best performances.
I'm going to try to rewatch it for this countdown, but even though it's a good movie, I don't expect it to make my list.

[honeykid]

I'm hit or miss with Drew Barrymore. I watched The Wedding Singer today and I realized that I seem to like Adam Sandler's movies when she's in them. I don't know if it's because those are his better movies or if it's because she's very likable in rom-coms.

For the most part those are the only Sandler movies I watch. Willingly, at least. :D

[Miss Vicky]

For the most part those are the only Sandler movies I watch. Willingly, at least. :D

The only Sandler movie I watch willingly is Airheads.

[honeykid]

Airheads is fine. :) I did thnk about specfically naming that one, but as he's not the lead and I put "for the most part" I let it go.

[iluv2viddyfilms]

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A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Dir. Alfonso Arau


Nice to look at period piece movie about a returning WWII vet who returns home to his wife a woman who he hardly knew and discovers she's not the woman he thought she was. Keanu Reeves is the vet. Once he leaves his wife he meets a pregnant Mexican American woman who's wealthy family owns a huge vineyard in Napa Valley California. The Spanish-Italian actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón is the unmarried pregnant woman returning home to a strict family, fearing the worse from her very stern father. She bumps into the vet on a bus and after getting to know each other he offers to accompany the young woman to her family's vineyard estate, pretending to be her husband. But only for one day at which time he will leave, making it appear that the husband has left the young woman.

The film has a great setting and some solid acting from Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Giancarlo Giannini who plays her father...and from veteran actor Anthony Quinn who plays the kindly grandfather. Keanu Reeves well is more or less himself. The story can be cliched at times and a bit overly wrought but still enjoyable as long as one doesn't look for perfection here.

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90s movie #34
I haven't seen that in years, but I liked it a lot and it's a chick flick done right.

[Citizen Rules]

I haven't seen that in years, but I liked it a lot and it's a chick flick done right.This Earth Is Mine (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053355/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1) (1959) was very similar and I liked that alot better.

[Citizen Rules]

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Dante's Peak (1997)


The funnest movie I've watched in a long time. This was a blast! and in more ways than one Totally implausible of course to drive a suv nearly underwater or to drive on a river of lava, but who cares...this was exciting and the practical special effects (not CG) looked great and added so much to the movie. The screenshots I used don't do the film justice as the actual effects are far more spectacular. Loved the location shooting in Idaho for the town and shooting in my state at Mount St. Helens crater which looked amazingly mammoth on screen. I don't think they could make a film like this today and if they did it would probably be all green screen and CG.

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90s movie #41

[Citizen Rules]

If you end up enjoying Volcano, you should check out Dante's Peak.Thanks for the recommendation. I just watched Dante's Peak and loved it!

[gbgoodies]

I watched a few of the rom-coms that were recommended recently. These are just some quick thoughts about them.

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations. :)


Pretty Woman (1990) - Good movie. I liked Richard Gere's character more than Julia Roberts' character. She came across a bit pretentious at the beginning, but she got more likable as the movie went on. I loved their chemistry, and I loved the ending.

The Wedding Singer (1998) - I think this is one of Adam Sandler's better movies, but it's not as good as 50 First Dates.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - This was okay, but not as good as I had hoped. There was just too much going on, and in the end, I didn't really care who ended up with who.

Blast from the Past (1999) - This movie was a lot of fun. It's probably the best of my recent watches.

French Kiss (1995) - I like both Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan, and the movie was good, but I found Kevin Kline's french accent a bit distracting.

[Citizen Rules]

I watched a few of the rom-coms that were recommended recently. These are just some quick thoughts about them.

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations. :)


Pretty Woman (1990) - Good movie. I liked Richard Gere's character more than Julia Roberts' character. She came across a bit pretentious at the beginning, but she got more likable as the movie went on. I loved their chemistry, and I loved the ending.

The Wedding Singer (1998) - I think this is one of Adam Sandler's better movies, but it's not as good as 50 First Dates.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - This was okay, but not as good as I had hoped. There was just too much going on, and in the end, I didn't really care who ended up with who.

Blast from the Past (1999) - This movie was a lot of fun. It's probably the best of my recent watches.

French Kiss (1995) - I like both Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan, and the movie was good, but I found Kevin Kline's french accent a bit distracting.Glad you liked Blast from the Past, me and my wife really liked that one. We've seen it twice and it always puts a smile on my face. I considered watching or rewatching all of the other ones you just watched. I've seen The Wedding Singer and might check that out again, if I have the time. Stay tuned! I'll be posting more 90s movies. I'm aiming for 100 watched before the countdown starts.

[Citizen Rules]

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Boys on the Side (1995)
Dir. Herbert Ross

I liked it well enough and it had it's strong points. The overall story line worked well and I liked all three of the actresses (Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore). I laughed, sometimes, but I wish this had been even more focused on the drama and personal interactions of the three leads. It's a story about female bonding with life's difficulties told from a female viewpoint which I liked, but it seemed at times to be a world written by a male and indeed the writer was a man. Has Drew Barrymore ever looked cuter in a movie!
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90s movie #42

[gbgoodies]

Glad you liked Blast from the Past, me and my wife really liked that one. We've seen it twice and it always puts a smile on my face. I considered watching or rewatching all of the other ones you just watched. I've seen The Wedding Singer and might check that out again, if I have the time. Stay tuned! I'll be posting more 90s movies. I'm aiming for 100 watched before the countdown starts.


Thanks for the recommendation of Blast from the Past. I don't know yet if it will make my list, but it has a chance.

I always enjoy reading your reviews, so keep them coming. :)

I've watched or rewatched almost 50 movies for this countdown, but I just haven't had time to post about them. Some of my favorites have been Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), Ghost (1990), Analyze This (1999), Primal Fear (1996), and Heart and Souls (1993).

[xSookieStackhouse]

would be good if all the cinemas would do 90s movie marathons like back in the day

[honeykid]

Has Drew Barrymore ever looked cuter in a movie!
It's a good question. But, if we're literally talking cute, then probably not.

All those in agreement?

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Sleepy Hollow (1999)


I'm a fan of Tim Burton and it's always a treat to look at the visual world that he envisions on screen. In Sleepy Hollow he creates the look of another world, like a town that's out of time and perched on the edge of midnight. Loved the monochrome lack of colors and the set oozed dread, very cool. Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors and I liked the way he played his character. He never went too big or over the top, he gave a very controlled, metered performance, I liked that. I liked everyone else too especially Christopher Walken who I wish had more airtime. I read that Depp did all of his own stunts including the horse carriage chase fight scenes, impressive as some of those were dangerous looking.
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Volcano (1997)


A good movie to watch if you don't care what you watch. I watched it and was bored silly. A couple of nights ago I seen the much superior Dante's Peak (1997) and let me say Volcano blew😁 I liked Anne Heche which is the reason why I watched the movie and I liked Don Chedle and Tommy Lee Jones was doing his usual self. The script is hyper from the get go and everyone is talking fast, I guess they were excited to see red hot lava in the streets of L.A. Problem was the sound mix made it hard to catch all the dialogue and there was no time for a personal story so I didn't care if these people made it or not.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Dir. Michael Patrick Jann

'A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win.'


Dark comic, mockumentary that reminded of the quirkiness of Best In Show (2000) and made me laugh as much! This was funny, the humor poked fun at just about everything and probably could not be made today. Featuring a large cast of familiar and is Amy Adams first movie, I didn't even recognize her at first she was so young here.

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Dick (1999)
Dir: Andrew Fleming

Yahoo, this was a blast from the past! Dick kinda reminded me of That 70s Show, in that it makes all sorts of references to the 70s which I'm sure went over the heads of some people who weren't around back then. For me the steeped in the 70s made it all the more fun. Loved the sets and costumes that were authentic 1972, lots of attention to detail in this area. But mostly I loved the comic charm of the two ditzy but nice teen girls who end up becoming Youth Advisors to President Nixon and in doing so uncover crucial evidence that helps break the Watergate case. Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams made a great team here.

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Dan Hedaya made a great Richard Nixon, spot on, funny too. Equally funny was the bumbling team of Woodward and Bernstein All The President's Men (1976) played by Will Ferrel and Bruce McCulloch in smaller roles...this clearly a Kirst Dunst & Michelle Williams film.

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Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Dir. Bob Rafelson


'The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.'

I'll sum this movie up in one sentence: Impressively spectacular location filming in Kenya, coupled with a BBC style television script that's about as fresh as week old biscuits.

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Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Dir. Woody Allen

'An ordinary American family goes on vacation to Europe. Because of the Cold War they are stuck in the U.S. Embassy surrounding by the Soviet forces.'

This sounded good but it sucked. I usually like Woody Allen movies and usually like Woody Allen in them, but not here. See Woody and Julie Kavner in that screenshot? That was my reaction too.

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Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Dir. Woody Allen

'An ordinary American family goes on vacation to Europe. Because of the Cold War they are stuck in the U.S. Embassy surrounding by the Soviet forces.'

This sounded good but it sucked. I usually like Woody Allen movies and usually like Woody Allen in them, but not here. See Woody and Julie Kavner in that screenshot? That was my reaction too.

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Woody Allen kind of lost me after Annie Hall. Though I did like Blue Jasmine a lot. But Cate Blanchett is in it. She's is always worth seeing. Am I right?

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Woody Allen kind of lost me after Annie Hall. Though I did like Blue Jasmine a lot. But Cate Blanchett is in it. She's is always worth seeing. Am I right?Yup Blue Jasmine is good so is Cate Blanchett. One of my favorite Woody Allen films has the other 'Kate' in Wonder Wheel (2017).

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Yup Blue Jasmine is good so is Cate Blanchett. One of my favorite Woody Allen films has the other 'Kate' in Wonder Wheel (2017).
I haven't seen that. Is it comical?

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I haven't seen that. Is it comical?Nope. It's a serious drama.

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Cry Baby (1990)
Dir. John Waters


Visually John Waters (writer & director) nails it with his first and maybe only big budget studio film. But compared to his previous tiny budget, indie hit Hairspray, this one ends up failing to developing any heart for the characters. Cry Baby reminded me of one really long SNL skit in that the characters ham it up to the max for comedy effect but there's next to no character development or story building, so I didn't care what was going on.


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Wyatt Earp (1994)
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan

I liked it better that I remembered but a couple of days after watching the film and my initial enthusiasm is waning some. I thought Kevin Costner made a good adult Wyatt Earp but I didn't buy his portrayal of a young and unjaded Earp...there was just too much of Costner's own personality in the young adult Earp scenes for me to buy it. The story structure was good and having watched a number of documentaries on Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the O.K. Corral I have to say they got the major facts of Earp's life correct. Of course no one agrees what actually happened at the shootout other than it wasn't at the O.K. Corral but in a vacant lot adjacent to a photography studio.

The stand out actor was Dennis Quaid in what has to be the most believable Doc Holiday I've ever seen on film. I liked the sets, especially the wood framed buildings with canvas walls and ceiling...that's authentic to a boom town as it's the fastest way to get something like a bar up and running. It also makes for awesome looking set lighting as all of the ambient light is diffused through the canvas, lighting everything inside equally and yet softly which adds a unique look.



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Dir. Ron Underwood


This was a fun one. Not my usual movie fare but it was spirited enough that I got a chuckle out of it now and then and the shooting location made all the difference. Tremors isn't a serious flick but the teaming of Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward made one heck of a good buddy-buddy team. So did the gun toting couple of survelaist played by Reba McEntire and Michael Gross. The giant worm critters were kinda cool in a 1950s sci fi-monster movie way.

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[SpelingError]

Tremors is a lot of fun. It has no chance at making my ballot, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Dir. Ron Underwood


This was a fun one. Not my usual movie fare but it was spirited enough that I got a chuckle out of it now and then and the shooting location made all the difference. Tremors isn't a serious flick but the teaming of Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward made one heck of a good buddy-buddy team. So did the gun toting couple of survelaist played by Reba McEntire and Michael Gross. The giant worm critters were kinda cool in a 1950s sci fi-monster movie way.

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I recently heard Tremors referred to as "a 5 star 3 star movie," and that does seem about right. It can't transcend being a 3 or 3.5 star movie, but it is kind of the best kind of fun, 3 star movie that a 3 star movie can be.

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I recently heard Tremors referred to as "a 5 star 3 star movie," and that does seem about right. It can't transcend being a 3 or 3.5 star movie, but it is kind of the best kind of fun, 3 star movie that a 3 star movie can be.A 5 star 3 star movie, I like that. Yeah that works for Tremors it gets the fun part so right.

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Finding Graceland (1998)
Dir. David Winkler

Interesting screenplay and overall idea but some of the casting (Johnathon Schaech) didn't work though that could be down to the director's take on the story. Harvey Keitel as 'Elvis' was good but I couldn't help but feel like his Elvis was a bit aggressive but overall I liked his character. I liked the Marilyn Monroe impersonator, Bridget Fonda who sang as Marilyn the Irving Berlin song You'd Be Surprised. One of the fun moments was when a stage freight Keitel performs as Elvis and lip syncs the Elvis hit, Suspicious Minds (song in the movie's soundtrack by Mark Campbell). Harvey Keitel might not be singing but he does get some of Elvis' karate moves down during the stage performances. This would be a favorite if say someone like John Cusack had played the young guy who picks up 'Elvis' as a hitchhiker and drives him to Graceland.

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Bridget Fonda as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in Finding Graceland
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Bugsy (1991)
Dir. Barry Levinson

Director Barry Levinson's stylish take on gangster Benjamin Siegel aka Bugsy. I've never been a fan of Warren Beatty he always seemed like a bit of a space cadet but her as 'Bugsy' he was perfect as the sometimes off the wall gangster who built the Flamingo hotel casino in Vegas. The movie is richly decked out with period piece sets, cool cars and glamours dames as in Bugsy's love interest Virginia Hill (Annette Bening). The script is tight and flows nicely, close to a perfect film at least no complaints from me.

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90s movie #53

[gbgoodies]

If you haven't seen them, I recommend the following two movies:

Dave (1993) starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Laura Linney, Ving Rhames, Charles Grodin, and Ben Kingsley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDreDT3E6A


The American President (1995) starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox and Richard Dreyfuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrC75wUKoFM

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Bugsy (1991)
Dir. Barry Levinson


This is a good movie. Hope voters going to put it on the list.

[honeykid]

They won't. Well, not enough anyway and I'll be one of those who won't. It's a little surprising to see this being spoken well of actually as, at the time, it was not well received at all.

[Holden Pike]

They won't. Well, not enough anyway and I'll be one of those who won't. It's a little surprising to see this being spoken well of actually as, at the time, it was not well received at all.
Bugsy wasn't well received upon its release? By what metric?!? It was almost universally praised by all the major critics and nominated for all kinds of awards, including eight Golden Globes (winning Best Picture Drama) and ten Oscars, including Best Picture (back when there were only five nominees) and Best Director. It did well at the box office, too, netting $50-million domestically. It was released in December but didn't go wide until closer to January, so the bulk of its receipts came in during the next calendar year, especially after its avalanche of high-profile nominations. If you put that money all in 1991, it would have been just outside of the top twenty, about five million more than Thelma & Louise made domestically.

So...not sure where you got the idea that it was not well received? It most certainly was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksFWVcnH8sY

[honeykid]

Bugsy wasn't well received upon its release? By what metric?!? It was almost universally praised by all the major critics and nominated for all kinds of awards, including eight Golden Globes (winning Best Picture Drama) and ten Oscars, including Best Picture (back when there were only five nominees) and Best Director. It did well at the box office, too, netting $50-million domestically. It was released in December but didn't go wide until closer to January, so the bulk of its receipts came in during the next calendar year, especially after its avalanche of high-profile nominations. If you put that money all in 1991, it would have been just outside of the top twenty, about five million more than Thelma & Louise made domestically.

So...not sure where you got the idea that it was not well received? It most certainly was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksFWVcnH8sY

I just remember, pretty much, everyone over here hating it or, at least, not liking it and running it down. Maybe the US liked it and the rest of the world didn't?

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I just remember, pretty much, everyone over here hating it or, at least, not liking it and running it down. Maybe the US liked it and the rest of the world didn't?I could see people comparing Bugsy to Goodfellas, Scarface or Casino and saying something like, 'Ah Bugsy is mafia light, just a chick flick with some gangsters'. Me, that's exactly why I liked it better than those other movies, that and it was so damn stylish in it's period costumes and sets.

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Elizabeth (1998)
Dir. Shekhar Kapur


Historical period piece film done right. I can't say I've seen much from the director Shekhar Kapur except his remake of The Four Feathers, which I didn't care for. But on my second watch of Elizabeth my enthusiasm for the movie remains high. The direction is excellent, the film is engaging, exciting and the characters compelling. A lot of the credit goes to Cate Blanchett who plays Elizabeth I. Credit also to amiable Geffery Rush who plays the queens adviser and supporter. A lock for my ballot.

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Dir. Tim McCanlies


The good thing about going to IMDB and reading about the movies I just watched and seeing what other movies the director and lead actors had done is that I end up finding some neat films I'd never heard of. After watching Drop Dead Gorgeous (1997) a week ago I looked up some of the actresses in the film and under Alexandra Holden's film credits I found Dancer, Texas Pop. 81. It sounded interesting enough so I watched it. My review is: Interesting indie film, appropriately fascinating shooting location, decent enough story line, crummy soundtrack and most of the guys look like soap opera leading men type. A diminished and simple southwestern sounding soundtrack would have been an improvement, along with casting at least some character type actors.

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[Holden Pike]

I could see people comparing Bugsy to Goodfellas, Scarface or Casino and saying something like, 'Ah Bugsy is mafia light, just a chick flick with some gangsters'. Me, that's exactly why I liked it better than those other movies, that and it was so damn stylish in it's period costumes and sets.

Barry Levinson's Bugsy does work as a nice, unofficial prequel to Scorsese's Casino. The start of the Mob in Vegas and its downfall.

The only two of its ten Academy Award nominations Bugsy won for were Albert Wolsky's costume design and the art direction and sets of Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh. All showcased beautifully by Allen Daviau (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=61345)'s cinematography. Daviau previously lensed Avalon (1990) for Barry as well as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Color Purple (1985), and Empire of the Sun (1989) for Spielberg, Peter Wier's Fearless (1991), John Schlessinger's The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), and Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life (1991), among others.

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Throw in a score by Ennio Morricone, a script by James Toback (Fingers, The Pick-Up Artist), and a stellar cast (Beatty, Kingsley, and Keitel were all Oscar nominated) and you have a terrific flick.

As wonderful as it is, and I encourage everybody to watch it, it may have a tough hill to climb, MoFo List wise. The decade had some amazing Mafia-related films, obviously starting with Scorsese's GoodFellas (1990) and Casino (1995), Joel & Ethan Coen's Miller's Crossing (1990), Mike Newell's Donnie Brasco (1997), DeNiro's A Bronx Tale (1993), DePalma's Carlito's Way (1993), Phil Janou's State of Grace (1990), Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990), and on and on and on.

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Nice screen shots Holden. I'm guessing you made those yourself?

[Holden Pike]

Yup, grabbed from my DVD. :)

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Yup, grabbed from my DVD. :)You must have HD graphics on your computer, my screenshots look like blurry crap:eek:

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Extremely new MoFo here, so apologies in advance if I commit any faux pas in regards to this thread, it's purpose, and how it (the thread) fits into the HOF, which I am still trying my best to understand so I might participate in it more substantively.


Assuming we can make suggestions here (90s films), I highly recommend Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993)


One of the most moving and powerful films about love and loss ever made IMO. Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger are brilliant as C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. Stellar supporting cast.


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Extremely new MoFo here, so apologies in advance if I commit any faux pas in regards to this thread, it's purpose, and how it (the thread) fits into the HOF, which I am still trying my best to understand so I might participate in it more substantively.

Assuming we can make suggestions here (90s films), I highly recommend Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993)

One of the most moving and powerful films about love and loss ever made IMO. Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger are brilliant as C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. Stellar supporting cast.
No faux pas at all😊 Suggestions are good, in fact I do have Shadowlands (1993) as a 90s movie to watch before the Top 100 1990s Movies countdown deadline is up. I believe we have around 6 weeks to submit our ballots? You're certainly welcomed to submit a ballot just take a look at the rules/guidelines here: https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=2523009#post2523009
You mentioned HoF, I'm currently hosting the 34th HoF anyone is welcomed to post their thoughts on the nominations there, nominations are on the 1st post of the 34th HoF thread. If you stick around you could join the 35th HoF when it kicks off.

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Another 90s film I recommend if you're partial to sci-fi and/or horror is the unsung post-apocalyptic cyberpunk sleeper Hardware (1990). Dylan McDermott tangles with murderous robots, and Iggy Pop has a great voiceover cameo as DJ "Angry Bob"


https://youtu.be/e0k2YvEns-M?feature=shared


I don't imagine this would make the HOF cut, but it's still a fun watch...

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No faux pas at all😊 Suggestions are good, in fact I do have Shadowlands (1993) as a 90s movie to watch before the Top 100 1990s Movies countdown deadline is up. I believe we have around 6 weeks to submit our ballots? You're certainly welcomed to submit a ballot just take a look at the rules/guidelines here: https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=2523009#post2523009
You mentioned HoF, I'm currently hosting the 34th HoF anyone is welcomed to post their thoughts on the nominations there, nominations are on the 1st post of the 34th HoF thread. If you stick around you could join the 35th HoF when it kicks off.


I appreciate the information! I think I have a few more weeks to go to establish "residency", as it were, but I will submit a ballot as soon as that bridge is crossed 👍


Also, while I'm thinking of it, I don't think The Commitments (1991) has been mentioned yet. One of my favorite Alan Parker films (and favorite music films)👍


https://youtu.be/3paf2TLrgsg?feature=shared

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...Also, while I'm thinking of it, I don't think The Commitments (1991) has been mentioned yet. One of my favorite Alan Parker films (and favorite music films)👍It might have been mentioned in the 90s Countdown Preliminary thread? Or maybe not. I do remember that it was in an HoF eight years ago, that's where I seen it. It seems to be a popular movie here at MoFo.

[Holden Pike]

[The Commitments] might have been mentioned in the 90s Countdown Preliminary thread? Or maybe not. I do remember that it was in an HoF eight years ago, that's where I seen it. It seems to be a popular movie here at MoFo.

Except it somehow missed the MoFo musicals list!

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Strike! (1998)
Dir. Sarah Kernochan


Another 90s movie I never heard of until I went searching for them. This one was a bit uneven and needed to avoid the usual gags like the vomit scene which was more gross than funny. Mostly however the focus is on on the individual girls at a 1963 finishing school, some want to be there and some don't. When they find out the board of directors wants to sell their school property for a commercial real estate development and move the girls into a new co-ed school with a bunch of boys...the girls feel that will take away their autonomy and their chance to succeed in a mostly male dominated world. The humor comes from the girls plans to frame the boys who are coming to their school for a mixer dance.

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The Puppet Masters (1994)
Dir. Stuart Orme

'The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.'


A better sci-fi flick than its repetition would suggest. I'm guessing the low 5.9 current rating at IMDB reflects all of the 1 rating scores with many of them mentioning the movie isn't as good as the book. Which is just why books and movies should never be compared. I'm not saying this is great sci-fi like Invasion of the Body Snatchers though Donald Sutherland appeared in both films. The Puppet Masters is a decent screenplay but something about the way it was filmed and the shooting locations makes it seem like a made for tv movie or more apt like an extended episode of the 90s The Outer Limits. Not great but worth a watch.

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A Thousand Acres (1997)
Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse


I give this high marks for stirring acting by Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange. They power this stilted movie that relies on long blocks of exposition that explain scenes that aren't shown. This is based on the 1991 novel by Jane Smiley which won the Pulitzer Prize. I haven't read the book but I believe it was character dynamic rich with many subplots wove through the narrative. In the movie they don't have time for this so they just gloss over and have the two lead actresses explain what happened. However they pack so much emotions into their story of abuse at the hands of their father played by Jason Robards that the movie still works.


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Twister (1996)
Dir. Jan de Bont


Fun movie! This would make a good Saturday night pairing with Dante's Peak (1997). Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton make the movie as fun as the twisters throwing semis around does. Big budget film looks great.

rating_3_5++
90s movie #59

[honeykid]

I love Twister. It won't be on my 25, but if I was doing a fun 90's list, it might get there.

[Holden Pike]

The Puppet Masters (1994)
Dir. Stuart Orme

A better sci-fi flick than its repetition would suggest. I'm guessing the low 5.9 current rating at IMDB reflects all of the 1 rating scores with many of them mentioning the movie isn't as good as the book. Which is just why books and movies should never be compared. I'm not saying this is great sci-fi like Invasion of the Body Snatchers though Donald Sutherland appeared in both films. The Puppet Masters is a decent screenplay but something about the way it was filmed and the shooting locations makes it seem like a made-for-TV movie or more apt like an extended episode of the 90s The Outer Limits. Not great but worth a watch.

rating_3++
90s movie #57

Yeah, I similarly think The Puppet Masters is a little better than its reputation, but not quite good, either. I have it in my thread on the genesis of Alien Body Snatcher Flicks (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=297860#post297860)...

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The Puppet Masters (1994 – Stuart Orme)
This is an odd entry in the genre, and while the ending is a mess I do respect it in a weird way. This time the filmmakers decided to go back to the true source, Robert Heinlein's 1951 novel, that predates Jack Finney's story and Invaders from Mars. But as a movie, it is very much aware of every body snatcher flick that came before it, and assumes the audience is too. These stories usually start out establishing the setting the invasion is going to take place and a few key characters who we will follow try to survive. It may be half an hour or longer before any of the main characters actually come in contact with the aliens masquerading as humans, and longer still before they realize what is going on. By contrast, The Puppet Masters just jumps right the Hell in to the deep end. About ten minutes in the main character, Sam (Eric Thal), has been changed and is shooting up the place. His father (Donald Sutherland) and would be romantic interest of a scientist (Julie Warner) and all the others recognize what is going on immediately. There is no drawn out set-up, no disbelief or sense of "what is happening?", just wham, bam, that guy is a space alien…GET HIM! I kind of like that the movie just starts in the second act. While that approach is interesting, what it leads to is characters we don't really care about and a finale that just comes apart at the seams. The unexpected energy of the beginning and the assumption that fans of the genre don't need their hands held when it comes to a supposed mystery of aliens taking over human beings is fun while it lasts, but it's a shame the filmmakers didn't have something as equally revolutionary for the last couple reels.

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Twister (1996)
Dir. Jan de Bont


Fun movie! This would make a good Saturday night pairing with Dante's Peak (1997). Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton make the movie as fun as the twisters throwing semis around does. Big budget film looks great.

rating_3_5++
90s movie #59


Twister is one of those movies that I watch whenever I'm flipping channels and find it's on. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton have great chemistry, and the movie is a lot of fun with some thrills thrown in. It has a chance to make my list.

[Citizen Rules]

Twister is one of those movies that I watch whenever I'm flipping channels and find it's on. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton have great chemistry, and the movie is a lot of fun with some thrills thrown in. It has a chance to make my list.After seeing As Good As It Gets (1997) I wanted to see more Helen Hunt movies as I'd never seen her TV shows but she had an interesting/colorful screen personality and that's why I watched Twister. Now after watching Twister I want to see more of Bill Paxton movies as he also has a colorful and interesting character. I've been doing that alot during this 90s watch period, I'll see a movie then look up some of the actors and then watch their movies. I found alot of good films to watch that way. So right now I'm off to look up Bill Paxton filmography on IMDB.

[mrblond]

After seeing As Good As It Gets (1997) I wanted to see more Helen Hunt movies as I'd never seen her TV shows but she had an interesting/colorful screen personality and that's why I watched Twister.

I think you need The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001). That's a really colorful and great. Helen Hunt in the hands of the master of cinema, that's a cult. ;)

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I think you need The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001). That's a really colorful and great. Helen Hunt in the hands of the master of cinema, that's a cult. ;)Right now I'm only watching 1990s films but The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) sounds good to me, so I saved it and will watch it at a later date, thanks.

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Batman Returns (1992)
Dir. Tim Burton


This is so different visually than the first Batman movie Tim Burton directed, this one has Burton's unique style in full effect. As a result it's more appealing visually and funner to boot. Very creative characters and kudos to the casting of Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken and the return of Michael Keaton.


3.5++
90s movie #60

[MovieGal]

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Batman Returns (1992)
Dir. Tim Burton


This is so different visually than the first Batman movie Tim Burton directed, this one has Burton's unique style in full effect. As a result it's more appealing visually and funner to boot. Very creative characters and kudos to the casting of Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken and the return of Michael Keaton.


3.5++
90s movie #60

Out of the Tim Burton Batman, I like this over the first film.

[Citizen Rules]

Out of the Tim Burton Batman, I like this over the first film.
Me too. I have two more Batman films from the 90s to watch. I don't believe I've ever seen them before.

[MovieGal]

Me too. I have two more Batman films from the 90s to watch. I don't believe I've ever seen them before.

I don't care to see the Val Kilmer or George Clooney ones.

Adam West, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Julie Newmar...will always be my favorites.

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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Dir. Jon Avnet

'Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.'

I've never had Fried Green Tomatoes, I'm guessing that's a southern thing and I'm from the west coast...but if I ever get the chance I'd try them, they don't look too bad. Good movie and an easy watch.


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90s movie #61

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I don't care to see the Val Kilmer or George Clooney ones.

Adam West, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Julie Newmar...will always be my favorites.Adam West? You and me and Captain Steel are probably the only MoFos who like the old Adam West Batman TV series. I watched all of the episodes a year ago. I thought it might get stale but it was so damn funny as the show poked fun at itself. I could watch it again too.

[MovieGal]

Adam West? You and me and Captain Steel are probably the only MoFos who like the old Adam West Batman TV series. I watched all of the episodes a year ago. I thought it might get stale but it was so damn funny as the show poked fun at itself. I could watch it again too.

The Adam West are like the original comic...campy and that's how it should be..

I know ppl will dislike me after this but my ranking of the Joker

Cesar Romero.
Heath Ledger
Jack Nicholas on
Jared Leto

and THAT is where it ends..

Just as Clooney, Kilmer and Pattinson get no watch or love from me

West
Bale
Keaton
Affleck

[Citizen Rules]

The Adam West are like the original comic...campy and that's how it should be..

I know ppl will dislike me after this but my ranking of the Joker

Cesar Romero.
Heath Ledger
Jack Nicholas on
Jared Leto

and THAT is where it ends..

Just as Clooney, Kilmer and Pattinson get no watch or love from me

West
Bale
Keaton
AffleckI've never seen a Nolan Batman movie.

[MovieGal]

I've never seen a Nolan Batman movie.

You know me...comic book nut!

I love Ra's Al Ghul and Scarecrow, both Batman villains

I watched Smallville (Superman) and Gotham (Batman) TV series.

[Citizen Rules]

You know me...comic book nut!

I love Ra's Al Ghul and Scarecrow, both Batman villains

I watched Smallville (Superman) and Gotham (Batman) TV series.I never seen Smallville, but I heard of it.

[MovieGal]

I never seen Smallville, but I heard of it.

Oh my, Justin Hartley as Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) is just as delicious as Terence Stamp's voice as General Zod!

[gbgoodies]

Adam West? You and me and Captain Steel are probably the only MoFos who like the old Adam West Batman TV series. I watched all of the episodes a year ago. I thought it might get stale but it was so damn funny as the show poked fun at itself. I could watch it again too.


Count me in as a fan of the old Adam West Batman TV series. It's definitely a bit goofy, but it's a lot of fun. Hubby and I watch the reruns on MeTV whenever we can.

[gbgoodies]

You know me...comic book nut!

I love Ra's Al Ghul and Scarecrow, both Batman villains

I watched Smallville (Superman) and Gotham (Batman) TV series.


Smallville was great, but we haven't watched it since it originally aired.

[gbgoodies]

Oh my, Justin Hartley as Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) is just as delicious as Terence Stamp's voice as General Zod!


I liked Justin Hartley as Green Arrow (Oliver Queen). I was surprised that they recast the role for the Arrow TV series, but it seems to have worked out for him because he had great success with This Is Us and Tracker.

[honeykid]

Me too. I have two more Batman films from the 90s to watch. I don't believe I've ever seen them before.
Now, a lot of people are going to tell you not to bother and, it's possible, they're right. But...

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They're also wrong.

Plus, if you like the Adam West version (count me in with that too) then both of them might feel a little more familiar/you might not hate them as much. :D They're a 180 turn from the first two.

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Drew sure looks great there, now I'm more motivated to watch that Batman version.

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Defending Your Life (1991)
Dir. Albert Brooks


I really enjoyed this one. The highest praise I can give any movie is to say that it engaged me and made me think about the world that was being created right before my eyes. I often like these type of movie takes on an afterlife, which might seem odd for someone like me who's decidedly not religious and a nonbeliver. What I appreciated about Defending Your Life was that it didn't hit the viewer over the head with some mainstream religious ideas, that would've turned me off. Instead the film takes a sort of west coast-transcendental approach to the big what if.

I was interested about how Judgement City functioned, it's rules, it's customs and why there's so much food there and why nine pies?...Why did Brooks get a 2 star hotel when Streep got a 4 star accommodations. Brooks' character ponders those questions and so did I. I liked how the film never spelled out exactly what this afterlife place was all about but instead leaves the audience with enough information to be intrigued without dumbing down his script and explaining every last detail. We're shown enough of Judgement City to create an alternative world but not too much as to ruin the illusion.

rating_4
90s movie #62

[iluv2viddyfilms]

Defending Your Life is a very wonderful and it's definitely due for a rewatch for me. It belongs in the upper echelon of that sub-genre of films that focus on people confronting death and the afterlife or coming back to set things straight or being on trial in some way, shape, or form before things can be made correct. Films such as:

A Matter of Life and Death
A Guy Named Joe
All Dogs Go To Heaven (sad this didn't make the MoFo musicals top 100, but it sure made my list!)
Heaven Can Wait

Defending Your Life is wonderful and I really enjoy Albert Brooks' films and find them today to be largely underappreciated and even forgotten in some respects, especially for anyone under the age of 30 where maybe they only know that name from Finding Nemo or Finding Dory.

MoFo-er Holden Pike actually introduced me to the films of Albert Brooks years ago. I had known about Albert Brooks for some time at that point as a comedian and also having appearing in a couple films, Taxi Driver of course and a film I saw and enjoyed as a kid called The Scout, but I didn't realize he was a filmmaker and director.

It's been years since I've gone through and watched his films, so they're definitely due to a re-visit for me. I think Lost in America is the best of what I've seen from him (and I'm a sucker for road movies - especially ones set in or featuring the gorgeous and unique landscape of the American southwest), but Defending Your Life is sure wonderful too.

Oh and one last thing, speaking of Albert Brooks, I absolutely loved his chilling turn as the antagonist in Drive. Absolutely dark role for him playing against type AND Drive was my pick for second best film of the 2010s behind only, oddly enough, a different Ryan Gosling film, Blade Runner 2049, which is criminally underrated, misunderstood (among critics, regular movie-goers, AND Blade Runner fans alike).

[iluv2viddyfilms]

I finally submitted my 1990s ballot after much squirming, hemming, and hawing and rewatching some old favorites as well as exploring and expanding out to some new favorites.

I definitely included a good number of "usual suspects" but I tried to gear my list toward films that, while well known, are often not given their due and justice in court, especially for those who think 1990s cinema begins with Goodfellas and Silence of the Lambs, ends with The Matrix and American Beauty, and has two big support columns named Pulp Fiction and Forest Gump in the middle of the decade. All six of those films are wonderful for various reasons, but tend to be films that first come to mind when thinking of 1990s cinema - which is fine, but there's so many great films that are overshadowed by the 1,000 gorillas of 1990's cinema.

The 1990s was a decade that saw me from age seven to age seventeen so even though I clearly remember the 80s and consider myself an 80's kid in the early days of my youth, it was the 1990's where I came into film as a decade that I saw as my "contemporary."

Hopefully my top pick makes not only the list but makes the MoFo top 10. I'll have to look to see where it placed in the original list, but it's not a film that's as widely named or first thought of when a person discusses the great 1990s films, but just like I truly and objectively believe My Fair Lady is the greatest musical of all time, Shane is the greatest western of all time, I truly believe my top pick for the 1990s is the best film of that decade.

[Citizen Rules]

Defending Your Life is a very wonderful and it's definitely due for a rewatch for me. It belongs in the upper echelon of that sub-genre of films that focus on people confronting death and the afterlife or coming back to set things straight or being on trial in some way, shape, or form before things can be made correct. Films such as:

A Matter of Life and Death
A Guy Named Joe
All Dogs Go To Heaven (sad this didn't make the MoFo musicals top 100, but it sure made my list!)
Heaven Can Wait

Defending Your Life is wonderful and I really enjoy Albert Brooks' films and find them today to be largely underappreciated and even forgotten in some respects, especially for anyone under the age of 30 where maybe they only know that name from Finding Nemo or Finding Dory.

MoFo-er Holden Pike actually introduced me to the films of Albert Brooks years ago. I had known about Albert Brooks for some time at that point as a comedian and also having appearing in a couple films, Taxi Driver of course and a film I saw and enjoyed as a kid called The Scout, but I didn't realize he was a filmmaker and director.

It's been years since I've gone through and watched his films, so they're definitely due to a re-visit for me. I think Lost in America is the best of what I've seen from him (and I'm a sucker for road movies - especially ones set in or featuring the gorgeous and unique landscape of the American southwest), but Defending Your Life is sure wonderful too.

Oh and one last thing, speaking of Albert Brooks, I absolutely loved his chilling turn as the antagonist in Drive. Absolutely dark role for him playing against type AND Drive was my pick for second best film of the 2010s behind only, oddly enough, a different Ryan Gosling film, Blade Runner 2049, which is criminally underrated, misunderstood (among critics, regular movie-goers, AND Blade Runner fans alike).Hey I took your advice and looked up Albert Brooks' movies that he directed. He didn't direct very meaning but they seem to be the kind of movies I'm interested in watching and I did really like Defending Your Life so I'll check out his other films, thanks.

[Holden Pike]

Albert Brooks is a genius. Defending Your Life may be the most accessible of the films he wrote and directed, but they are all worth seeing, and the first four (Real Life, Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life) are very special.

Check out my Albert Brooks Appreciation Thread (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=253881#post253881).

Last year's documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is very good, especially at laying out how unique and influential his voice really was in the sixties and seventies comedy scene. Hard for a super fan like me to criticize the project too much, as Rob Reiner gets his longtime friend to talk about his career and process in a way perhaps nobody else could, and thank goodness it was captured for posterity! But my one gripe is I wish the documentary spent as much time examining his films as it did the bits he worked out for talk shows.

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Dead Man (1995)
Dir. Jim Jarmusch


I first watched this over 10 years ago and it was the 9th movie I reviewed here at MoFo. I watched this last night and my rating hasn't changed and I'm still impressed for the most part but damn if that score by Neil Young didn't start to grate on my nerves, and I like his music but it was played at a very loud volume compared to the dialog and played all the time. After about the 1st hour I became accurately aware of the score and it did diminish the movie's impact. I do believe a lighter but same score would've made the movie better for me.

rating_4
90s movie #63

[dadgumblah]

Adam West? You and me and Captain Steel are probably the only MoFos who like the old Adam West Batman TV series. I watched all of the episodes a year ago. I thought it might get stale but it was so damn funny as the show poked fun at itself. I could watch it again too.

I love the Adam West Batman! I was a kid when it was brand-new, so that tells you how old I am. But the twist is, as a kid, I took it totally seriously. :D It wasn't till I'd aged a few years and knew quite a few references (Mayor Linseed=Mayor Lindsay) and got the camp that I enjoyed it even more. The camp was through the roof, especially Adam West's performance. Plus, as testosterone kicked in, I really loved Julie Newmar as Catwoman, then Eartha Kitt (that meow was delicious!) as the next series Catwoman. Anyway, just popping in to report my patronage of Adam West's Batman. Carry on.

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Movie version of Daniel Defoe's classic novel written in 1719. This movie stars Pierce Bronson as Crusoe and William Takaku as Friday. I somehow expected more in the way of the psychological effects of being isolated on a deserted tropical island. Overall this was unsatisfying and not the greatest production, though it did look like it was filmed in part in the tropics. I did like Bronson and Takaku in their roles and think they both did a fine job making their characters motives seem very humanistic.

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90s movie #64

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'Four English women, after World War I, who are unhappy with their lives, and their time away on vacation in a beautiful Italian villa.'

Based on Elizabeth von Arnim's 1922 novel 'The Enchanted April' and featuring four British actresses who discover their inner self while on vacation in an Italian vila in April. Nice low key movie filmed on location at Castello Brown, Portofino Italy. I'd call this relaxing, not rushed, not over hyped and very British in tone.

rating_3_5
90s movie #65

[cricket]

A few movies I like; A Perfect World, Dante's Peak, Twister, and especially Elizabeth. A few more I don't like, especially Dead Man. It's progress.

[Citizen Rules]

A few movies I like; A Perfect World, Dante's Peak, Twister, and especially Elizabeth. A few more I don't like, especially Dead Man. It's progress.
Before I rewatched Dead Man I would've said it was a lock for my ballot based on the one time watch 10 years ago, but now I don't know if it will make it or not. My wife really likes the movie Elizabeth, btw thanks for the reps:p

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Mars Attacks!(1996)
Dir. Tim Burton

Tim Burton's nod to 1950s sci-fi 'b' movies and based on the Topps 1962 trading cards of the same name. Burton's 'b' movie stands for big budget with lots of big fun. This is a huge multi million dollar budget, and a huger ensemble cast, that reads like the who who's of Hollywood with the likes of:


Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Lukas Haas as Richie Norris, Natalie Portman, Sylvia Sidney, Tom Jones, Christina Applegate, Pam Grier, Jack Black

That's right, the film has a very young Natalie Portman at the start of her film career...and at the other end of the spectrum is veteran actress Sylvia Sydney who's career started in the 1930s and made only one more film after this one.

What can I say! It's a fun film, with some quirky moments, heavy on the visuals with creativity that's out of this world but of course that's no surprise as this is a Tim Burton film.

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90s movie #66

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To Die For (1995)
Dir. Gus Van Sant
*spoilers*


I guess I expected more out of this movie as I've heard about it ever since it first came out 30 years ago, but last night was my first viewing and I wasn't impressed. I didn't think the screenplay was that well polished and wished it had went a different direction with Nicole Kidman's character vamping, cheating, stealing, lying and manipulating her was to the top of her news profession. But that's not how the story went and I was baffled by her stupid decision to involve three teens in bumping off her husband when there were clearly savvier ways of climbing to the top without risking jail for murder. I've never been a fan of Nicole Kidman, I don't think she's that great of an actress. Here she played her upwardly mobile would-be news anchor as a ditzy blonde who just happens to be deranged. I didn't buy her character. Illeana Douglas was the standout actor here and her screen time made the movie.

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90s movie #67

[gbgoodies]

Mars Attacks!(1996)
Dir. Tim Burton



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90s movie #66


I love Mars Attacks!, but with only 25 spots, I'm not sure that I'll be able to find room for it on my list.

[Robert the List]

I appreciate the information! I think I have a few more weeks to go to establish "residency", as it were, but I will submit a ballot as soon as that bridge is crossed 👍


Also, while I'm thinking of it, I don't think The Commitments (1991) has been mentioned yet. One of my favorite Alan Parker films (and favorite music films)👍


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Finally someone finds a winner.

[Citizen Rules]

I love Mars Attacks!, but with only 25 spots, I'm not sure that I'll be able to find room for it on my list.I'd like 100 spots on my voting ballot:D The funny thing about Mars Attacks! is that, as the wife and I were watching it we both were sure we'd never seen it before. But after the movie was over I logged into MoFo and found I'd seen and even reviewed it only eight years ago...Where did those memories of the fist watch go???

[gbgoodies]

I'd like 100 spots on my voting ballot:D The funny thing about Mars Attacks! is that, as the wife and I were watching it we both were sure we'd never seen it before. But after the movie was over I logged into MoFo and found I'd seen and even reviewed it only eight years ago...Where did those memories of the first watch go???


Eight years is a long time. I've forgotten about some movies I've seen less than 1 year after watching them.

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For the Moment (1993)

'The story of airmen training in rural Manitoba in the summer of 1942 to go overseas and become bomber pilots in World War II, as well as the romantic entanglements which overcome them while they contemplate life and love in a world at war.'

Well this sounded good but it was poorly done with a silly script. Later I found out this was a made for Canadian TV movie. It's like a Hallmark film without the polish. Nice shooting locations however.



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90s movie #68

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Shadowlands (1993)
Dir. Richard Attebourgh


I want to thank @BigBendHiker68 (https://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=129459) for recommending this movie to me. This is a very well made, well acted and very sad movie based on the life and love of C.S. Lewis who's best known for writing The Chronicles of Narnia. I really liked Debra Winger in this.

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90s movie #69

[BigBendHiker68]

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Shadowlands (1993)
Dir. Richard Attebourgh


I want to thank @BigBendHiker68 (https://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=129459) for recommending this movie to me. This is a very well made, well acted and very sad movie based on the life and love of C.S. Lewis who's best known for writing The Chronicles of Narnia. I really liked Debra Winger in this.

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I'm glad you enjoyed it Citizen Rules.. One of my top ten favorite films.

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Dir. Peter Farrelly


I've seen this only one time, back in the early 2000s. I liked it then but as time went by my taste in movies has definitely changed, so I wasn't sure if I even wanted to rewatch this again, let alone would still like it. But I did like it. I laughed, I liked the characters and the story. Sure some of the jokes were too juvenile for me but there was some dumb fun stuff here and there that made me smile...I mean it's always good to be smarter than the dumb guys in the movie.

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90s movie #70

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Dir. Michael Caton-Jones


'In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.'

Third time watching this, not a perfect movie maybe a bit too much on the Hollywood entertainment side but I like it as for a good part of the movie it puts the viewer in the hot seat of a B-17 coming under fire over enemy territory. Solid cast and we get to see some real B-17s.

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90s movie #71

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Dir. Wolfgang Petersen


Dustin Hoffman saves the world from the deadly Motaba virus which is spreading like wildfire and killing everyone who comes into contact with it. Making matters worse the army has the cure for the deadly virus but wants to keep it a secret so it can use the Motaba virus as a biological weapon. The army general is so evi.. that he's willing to drop a massive fuel bomb on a small California coastal town just to keep the world from learning about the evil plans for the ultimate biological weapon.


Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone were offered the leading role of Colonel Sam Daniels, but they all turned it down and that's when Dustin Hoffman got the part. The script was slightly re-written to suit his character. Director Wolfgang Petersen was very happy about these changes in casting and concept, because he felt that his film would gain a lot of suspense if a dramatic actor like Hoffman, who never played an 'action hero' in a blockbuster entertainment before, would be tasked with saving the world.I have to say Dustin Hoffman was the right choice for the film. He plays it like you'd expect as a everyday guy, not perfect, not super brave but determined to do his job even if that means going against the evil army general played by Donald Sutherland. I liked Cuba Gooding Jr in this as well.

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90s movie #72

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Batman Forever (1995)
Dir. Joel Schumacher

The 3rd Batman installment and the first Batman film directed by Joel Schumacher. The differences between this and Tim Burton's first two Batman movies are evident. Schumacher seemed to have wanted to chart his own vision and visually borrowed heavily from the 1960s tv Batman show with bright garish colors and plenty of tilted camera angles plus a few 'easter eggs'. All that is OK with me, but Jim Carrey (the Riddler) sucked the life right out of the film. I'm actually a fan of Carrey so for me to find his overly hammy performance so annoying must mean it was even worse to endure for non Carrey fans. I did like Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face but his character gets no real backstory or insight as Carrey gobbles up all the available airtime with his antics. Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne was fine, I wasn't a fan of Nicole Kidman in this probably not her fault as Carrey monopolizes the entire film.


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90s movie #73

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Batman and Robin (1997)
Dir. Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher's second time out as a Batman director yields a movie that has the lowest IMDB score for any of the Batman films, currently setting at a dismally low 3.8. But I liked it! What I liked was that all the characters got a lot more backstory and that gave them more motive and more depth. I equally liked the side story of an ailing Alfred with more time spent in Wayne Manor. In the tv series Bruce Wayne's life was equally important as Batman's daring adventures so I was glad to see Batman and Robin create more world building and yet there's still enough adventure excitement.

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90s movie #74

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Emma (1996)
Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence


British made for TV movie based on the classic Jane Austen novel written in 1815. Emma (Kate Beckinsale) is a member of British high society and fancies herself a matchmaker. The only problem is her match making causes more problems than love. I really liked this adaption of the classic novel. I though Kate Beckinsale excelled at being abit of a snob with good intentions. I equally liked Samantha Morton as Harriet Smith a young single woman that Emma befriends despite Harriet's lack of 'noble heritage'. Production standards were high for a made for TV movie, the costumes were time period correct and the attention to detail was excellent.

90s movie #75
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Emma (1996)
Dir. Douglas McGrath


The same year that the British TV movie Emma came out so did this bigger budget film with an international cast. This time Gwyneth Paltrow plays Emma the high society single woman who plays match maker for the other singles in her well-to-do circle. Gwyneth Paltrow plays it more light, more kind heartened and I equally liked her Emma. I've not read the Jane Austen novel on which these movies are based so I have no idea which Emma is closer to the novel. This version with alot more money is able to do a much grander on location shooting and has superior lighting and score. As far as the script goes I think I might prefer the British TV version but this version was easier to follow who loved who.

90s movie #76
rating_4

[honeykid]

I'm glad you liked the Batman's enough not to hate them. :D As someone who never fell into Jim Carrey's schtick, I can confirm he was beyond boring in this and, as I remember it, did indeedf have too much time on screen, but he was the big star of that film and, when news he was cast as The Riddler came out, even as someone who didn't like him I could see that was good casting. Sadly, it just didn't work out that way (and I was so annoyoed at how little time Drew had onscreen as she was the main reason I went to see it)

I'm also pleased you saw those two versions of Emma, as I was going to recommend the latter after seeing you review the former until I scrolled down and saw you'd watch that too.

Have you seen Clueless? Because that's the 90's verison of Emma.

[Citizen Rules]

I'm glad you liked the Batman's enough not to hate them. :D As someone who never fell into Jim Carrey's schtick, I can confirm he was beyond boring in this and, as I remember it, did indeedf have too much time on screen, but he was the big star of that film and, when news he was cast as The Riddler came out, even as someone who didn't like him I could see that was good casting. Sadly, it just didn't work out that way (and I was so annoyoed at how little time Drew had onscreen as she was the main reason I went to see it)
Agreed...less Carey-more Drew🙂
I'm also pleased you saw those two versions of Emma, as I was going to recommend the latter after seeing you review the former until I scrolled down and saw you'd watch that too.

Have you seen Clueless? Because that's the 90's verison of Emma. I seen Clueless but I don't think I really liked it, either that or I can't remember it, which is a distinct possibility. I also have Emma (2020) to watch and I found the 1972 British TV mini series Emma and I'll check that one out too once I'm done with the 90s.

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Gas Food Lodging (1992)
Dir. Allison Anders

In a small southwest town a single mom (Brooke Adams) works as a waitress trying to raise her two teenage daughters. The oldest daughter (Ione Skye) runs wild, sleeps around and stays out all night long causing big problems at home. The youngest daughter (Fairuza Balk) is trying to find a suitable man for her lonely mom and is looking for her long absent father (James Brolin). This is a nice slice of life type movie made by independent film maker Allison Anders.

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90s movie #77

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Grace of My Heart (1996)
Dir. Allison Anders

'Edna wins a recording contract singing her own song at a competition in 1958. After trying to make it as a singer/songwriter for 11 months in NYC, she has success writing songs for others at the Brill Building.'

It just so happened that on the night before I watched Grace of My Heart I watched another film by director Allison Anders and I didn't even realize it until just now when I went to write this review! I liked this film after seeing Illeana Douglas in To Die For I looked up her filmography as she struck as a very natural type actor who never seems to be acting but instead seems very real. Here is no exception she's very much herself and so I bought the story of the movie. I liked this too and I'll have to check out more movies from the director.

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90s movie #78

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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Dir Alan Rudolph

A period piece biography about writer, poet, critic and satirist Dorothy Parker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker) and her group of intellectual writer artist friends who met regularly at the Algonquin Hotel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table) in Manhattan for a 10 year period from 1919-1929. The movie is told from the view point of an older and even more jaded Dorothy Parker in the late 1940s and 1950s. Those segments of the older Dorothy are done in black & white, with her memories of the past (which is most of the film) being done in color.

Interesting subject matter that was also the subject of PBS' American Masters TV series: The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch (https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-algonquin-round-table-about-the-algonquin/527/). One of the few films where Jennifer Jason Leigh has a lead starring role.

The dialogue is hard to pick up at times as the director uses overlapping conversation technique and Jennifer Jason Leigh does an accent that is hard to understand at times though I believe her accent is spot on for the real Dorothy Parker. I just wish the post sound mixing had been tweaked so that the spoken words were more audible. The performances were fine in this smaller indie film and the cast is stacked with many recognizable names and faces. I would watch this one again.


rating_3_5++
90s movie #79

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Dir. Lasse Hallström

Such a good movie, I'd call this near perfect and part of that perfection is the film never over tries to impress, it just flat out impresses. I shutter to think what this film would've been like if a different director had helmed the project. I couldn't image this movie as a Spielberg film. So props to Lasse Hallström and the fine cast of actors but especially to the screenplay that rings true and never oversells it's points. Making my ballot.



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90s movie #80

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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
Dir. Joan Micklin Silver

An outsider type teenage girl (Hillary Wolf) who's had it with her self absorbed and strangely dysfunctional extended family who basically ignores here...decides to run away from home by hiding in her step brothers (Dan Futterman) truck. He's on his way back to his isolated cabin on a mountain lake. Her entire extended family end up at the lake only to have her run away again which forces them to deal with their own interpersonal issues....Hmm that sounds deeper than the film was but it was well made, never overly sentimental and funny without relying on gags and slapstick. Well made film.


rating_3_5
90s movie #81

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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
Dir. Paul Cox

'The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.'

Not a religious movie, it anything it shows the hypocrisy of both organized religion and the government failing the lepers who are forcibly banned to a remote peninsula on Molokai island. Either the makeup people did an amazing job or they found people who had leprous. Interesting movie shot on location.


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90s movie #82

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Ed Wood (1994)
Dir. Tim Burton


Ed Wood Jr reminds me of Orson Welles in that both went for their dreams and did it their own way. Ed Wood might have been voted worst director but the guy had some unique film ideas that were way ahead of there time. I mean a film about a cross dresser Glen or Glenda made in the 1950s, wow...I can't image what the 50s audience responses to that was, they must have been shocked.

Tim Burton does a wonderful job and I loved the music score choice for Ed Wood and the use of the theremin to create some really cool sounds! I loved that Tim Burton believed in his vision so much that he refused to shoot this in color, but instead switched studios so that he could do it his way. And the black & white film makes this movie. I don't know if I'd like it as much if it was in color.

I've seen this three times now and every time Bill Murray's performance bugs me. Whenever the camera is on him he plays to it, hamming it and going to far over the top. Criswell the psychic (Jeffery Jones) was one of my favorite secondary roles. He has one of the best lines in the movie when he lets Ed in on the secret of ballyhoo. Sarah Jessica Parker as the 'horse faced actress' Dolores Fuller was good. God! they actually said that about the real actress, she wasn't that bad looking. Martin Landau as the aged Bela Lugosi won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and it's easy to see why. Such a moving performance and without Martin Landau's Lugosi Ed Wood wouldn't be the same.

rating_4_5
90s movie #83

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Ed Wood (1994)
Dir. Tim Burton


Ed Wood Jr reminds me of Orson Welles in that both went for their dreams and did it their own way. Ed Wood might have been voted worst director but the guy had some unique film ideas that were way ahead of there time. I mean a film about a cross dresser Glen or Glenda made in the 1950s, wow...I can't image what the 50s audience responses to that was, they must have been shocked.

Tim Burton does a wonderful job and I loved the music score choice for Ed Wood and the use of the theremin to create some really cool sounds! I loved that Tim Burton believed in his vision so much that he refused to shoot this in color, but instead switched studios so that he could do it his way. And the black & white film makes this movie. I don't know if I'd like it as much if it was in color.

I've seen this three times now and every time Bill Murray's performance bugs me. Whenever the camera is on him he plays to it, hamming it and going to far over the top. Criswell the psychic (Jeffery Jones) was one of my favorite secondary roles. He has one of the best lines in the movie when he lets Ed in on the secret of ballyhoo. Sarah Jessica Parker as the 'horse faced actress' Dolores Fuller was good. God! they actually said that about the real actress, she wasn't that bad looking. Martin Landau as the aged Bela Lugosi won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and it's easy to see why. Such a moving performance and without Martin Landau's Lugosi Ed Wood wouldn't be the same.

rating_4_5
90s movie #83


I've never been a huge fan of Burton's films, and a few of them are simply godawful (the dreadful POTA "remake" comes to mind) but I love this one, so much so I bought it on Blu-ray.

[Citizen Rules]

I've never been a huge fan of Burton's films, and a few of them are simply godawful (the dreadful POTA "remake" comes to mind) but I love this one, so much so I bought it on Blu-ray.What is POTA? I have no idea.

[Holden Pike]

POTA = Planet of the Apes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_EwsMhn2Y

[iluv2viddyfilms]

Ed Wood is great and the film is Tim Burton's masterpiece. While Mr. Mop Head is no where near the top of greatest filmmakers ever and much of his filmography is hit or miss, I do love what he has done in combining the charm of the macabre post punk goth aestetic with humor and whimsical fantasy to the classic Universal horror of the 1930s and expressionism of the silent German films of the 1920s.

Ed Wood is a masterpiece and one of the best films about film making and deserves to be seen by everyone before finalizing your ballots.

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The Truman Show (1998)
Dir. Peter Weir


Most comedic actors have the ability to do fine drama work if given the chance and if the director reals them in and keeps them from going over the top. Peter Weir did a fine job keeping the comic inside of Carey from escaping to many times in The Truman Show. I can some up how much I like this movie with one phrase...I wish it was longer! There's such a wealth of story exploration in this high concept comedy-drama that I wish it was 3 or 4 hours long. Heck I wish it was a mini series I liked it that much.


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90s movie #84

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Home Fries (1998)
Dir. Dean Parisot

'Pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.'


There's the best thing about this movie, Drew Barrymore. Drew is very cute, charming and likeable so why did we need to have murder attempts put into this comedy? I liked the rest of the cast too but I don't find murder mixes well with cutesy comedy.

rating_3
90s movie #85

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The Truman Show (1998)
Dir. Peter Weir



Most comedic actors have the ability to do fine drama work if given the chance and if the director reals them in and keeps them from going over the top. Peter Weir did a fine job keeping the comic inside of Carey from escaping to many times in The Truman Show. I can some up how much I like this movie with one phrase...I wish it was longer! There's such a wealth of story exploration in this high concept comedy-drama that I wish it was 3 or 4 hours long. Heck I wish it was a mini series I liked it that much.


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90s movie #84





I haven't seen this in ages, and don't remember it too well, other than the general premise of his life being an (unrealized) artificial construct being broadcast to the public. It's available on Kanopy, and I think I will queue it up this weekend...

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I haven't seen this in ages, and don't remember it too well, other than the general premise of his life being an (unrealized) artificial construct being broadcast to the public. It's available on Kanopy, and I think I will queue it up this weekend...I hadn't seen The Truman Show since my one time viewing some 20 years ago, I didn't remember much of anything either. I was surprised at how much I liked it. It will make my ballot for the 1990s Top 100 Countdown.

[BigBendHiker68]

I hadn't seen The Truman Show since my one time viewing some 20 years ago, I didn't remember much of anything either. I was surprised at how much I liked it. It will make my ballot for the 1990s Top 100 Countdown.


I'm looking forward to revisiting this film! I think Carrey is at his best in his more seriocomic/dramatic roles, i.e. Cable Guy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and this one ..

[Robert the List]

Ed Wood is great and the film is Tim Burton's masterpiece. While Mr. Mop Head is no where near the top of greatest filmmakers ever and much of his filmography is hit or miss, I do love what he has done in combining the charm of the macabre post punk goth aestetic with humor and whimsical fantasy to the classic Universal horror of the 1930s and expressionism of the silent German films of the 1920s.

Ed Wood is a masterpiece and one of the best films about film making and deserves to be seen by everyone before finalizing your ballots.
I can never get past Depp sounding like Mickey Mouse.
I keep hearing, "Hey, Pluto"

[gbgoodies]

I hadn't seen The Truman Show since my one time viewing some 20 years ago, I didn't remember much of anything either. I was surprised at how much I liked it. It will make my ballot for the 1990s Top 100 Countdown.


I rewatched The Truman Show a few weeks ago and I was surprised at how much I had forgotten about the movie. My list is still way too long, (somehow I'm going to narrow it down to 25 this weekend), but it has a slim chance to make my list.

[gbgoodies]

I'm looking forward to revisiting this film! I think Carrey is at his best in his more seriocomic/dramatic roles, i.e. Cable Guy, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and this one ..


I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I think it's Jin Carrey's best dramatic role.

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I rewatched The Truman Show a few weeks ago and I was surprised at how much I had forgotten about the movie. My list is still way too long, (somehow I'm going to narrow it down to 25 this weekend), but it has a slim chance to make my list.I just watched a movie you had mentioned as a personal favorite. I'll post it in this thread tomorrow, it was a good funny movie.

[gbgoodies]

I just watched a movie you had mentioned as a personal favorite. I'll post it in this thread tomorrow, it was a good funny movie.


If it's the movie I think it was, I'm glad you liked it. I'm looking forward to reading your review.

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Like James Bond would do, I'm cutting right to the chase...

Favorite character: Judy Dench as 'M'. Dench gave the movie needed weight and seriousness. It's too easy for any of the various Bond films to venture into overly light entertainment, but Judy Dench as the hard-as-nails M kept the film grounded.

Favorite chase scene: The tank, that's why I used that image. So cool watching Bond plow through the streets of Saint Petersburgh, bashing through buildings and running over cars with a real army tank. So kudos for one of the best chase scenes in a Bond film.

Favorite Bond girl: Izabella Scorupco as Natalya. I liked her character and she did a very believable (to my ears) Russian accent. I bought her as her character and that says a lot. She's not my favorite Bond girl of all time but a good actress and a plus for the movie.

Favorite shooting location: Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico...need I say more! That was such a stunning real world location to shoot at, loved the vertical height which gave the film a three dimensional effect.

Favorite scene: As always it's inside of 'Q's work shop. I always enjoy the banter from Q (Desmond Llewelyn) and the various Bonds. Love the way Q scolds Bond for being basically a reckless big kid with some very dangerous toys...that helps to define Bond and make him more fun than lethal, which to me is a plus.

Not my favorite Bond movie by far, not even my favorite Pierce Bronson Bond film, but it had it's moments.

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90s movie #86

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I wish I could say something more positive but I want to give an honest review...and honestly this didn't work for me. I had thought this would be a frankly stark, first person telling of living and dying from AIDS/HIV and it was in a way...but the presentation of the narrator's voice sounded fake to me like a stage actor giving a dramatic reading while doing a sales pitch. The poetic speak didn't add to the experience, it made me not take the situation as serious as it should be taken. I wish just an everyday sounding voice was used to speak matter of factly instead of the poetically polished voice.

Making it worse was the many overly creative turned phrases mixed with an odd soundtrack, neither helped matters. I kept thinking of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, as the narrator's melodic voice and metaphorically turned phrases made me think of that movie... and the Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin kept popping into my head.


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90s movie #87

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Before The Rain (1994)
Dir. Milcho Manchevski

Filmed in the Republic of North Macedonia...they had a name change in 2018, before that they were known as Macedonia and back in the Soviet Union days they were known as Yugoslavia, I think they once made a cheap little car there called the Yugo.

Visually the film is a treat with gorgeous views of Macedonia and the small rural villages that were so terribly divided. With the exception of a few dicey directorial choices the film cinemagraphically is a stand out. What a cool looking garden that is in the first screen shot. In the third screen shot I like the way the lone man is framed by the darkness of the interior walls, he stands alone just like his character in the movie. The lone tree too suggest isolation.

I sure hope these people in Macedonia got their act together and stopped killing each other because as the film showed us it looked like a beautiful version of hell.

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90s movie #88

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Soapdish (1991)
Dir. Michael Hoffman

'An ambitious television soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.'

Enjoyed watching this! Soapdish was creatively funny! A lot of comedies just don't work for me but this movie which mainly takes place on the set of a popular nighttime tv soap opera made me laugh and more that once. First off there's an assemble cast of very talented actors: Kevin Kline and Robert Downey Jr., Whoopi Goldberg and Sally Fields are four of my favorite comedic actors, all of them are so personable and so funny! The rest the cast is a hoot too. Soapdish is one of the rare movies that I could watch multiple times.


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90s movie #89

[Holden Pike]

Blue (1993)

I wish I could say something more positive but I want to give an honest review...and honestly this didn't work for me. I had thought this would be a frankly stark, first person telling of living and dying from AIDS/HIV and it was in a way...
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90s movie #87

Our of curiosity, how did you choose this title? If it was just from a list of supposedly worthwhile 1990s movies, was it meant to be Derek Jarman's Blue or Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue? Both were released in 1993, and the Kieślowski is much better known (and, for my money, a much better film).

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Our of curiosity, how did you pick this movie? If it was just from a list of supposedly worthwhile 1990s movies, was it meant to be Derek Jarman's Blue or Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue? Both were released in 1993, and the Kieślowski is much better known (and, for my money, a much better film).
Yes, I know that Derek Jarman's Blue and Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue are two very different movies. I watched Blue (1993) for the 34th HoF.

[iluv2viddyfilms]

I was just a bit curious and was counting how many of my picks for this countdown made the original list a decade ago and it was exactly 10. I didn't partake in that countdown but hopefully my entries can give a tiny boost to a few that may not have made the cut the first time around.

[Diehl40]

Except it somehow missed the MoFo musicals list!

The Commitments
It was between 101-105 on the final list

[gbgoodies]

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Like James Bond would do, I'm cutting right to the chase...

Favorite character: Judy Dench as 'M'. Dench gave the movie needed weight and seriousness. It's too easy for any of the various Bond films to venture into overly light entertainment, but Judy Dench as the hard-as-nails M kept the film grounded.

Favorite chase scene: The tank, that's why I used that image. So cool watching Bond plow through the streets of Saint Petersburgh, bashing through buildings and running over cars with a real army tank. So kudos for one of the best chase scenes in a Bond film.

Favorite Bond girl: Izabella Scorupco as Natalya. I liked her character and she did a very believable (to my ears) Russian accent. I bought her as her character and that says a lot. She's not my favorite Bond girl of all time but a good actress and a plus for the movie.

Favorite shooting location: Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico...need I say more! That was such a stunning real world location to shoot at, loved the vertical height which gave the film a three dimensional effect.

Favorite scene: As always it's inside of 'Q's work shop. I always enjoy the banter from Q (Desmond Llewelyn) and the various Bonds. Love the way Q scolds Bond for being basically a reckless big kid with some very dangerous toys...that helps to define Bond and make him more fun than lethal, which to me is a plus.

Not my favorite Bond movie by far, not even my favorite Pierce Bronson Bond film, but it had it's moments.

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GoldenEye is my favorite of the Pierce Bronson Bond movies. I liked his chemistry with Izabella Scorupco (Natalya), and I also liked Natalya's interactions with Boris (Alan Cumming).

Out of curiosity, what is your favorite Bond movie, and what is your favorite Pierce Bronson Bond movie?

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Soapdish (1991)
Dir. Michael Hoffman

'An ambitious television soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.'

Enjoyed watching this! Soapdish was creatively funny! A lot of comedies just don't work for me but this movie which mainly takes place on the set of a popular nighttime tv soap opera made me laugh and more that once. First off there's an assemble cast of very talented actors: Kevin Kline and Robert Downey Jr., Whoopi Goldberg and Sally Fields are four of my favorite comedic actors, all of them are so personable and so funny! The rest the cast is a hoot too. Soapdish is one of the rare movies that I could watch multiple times.


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I'm glad you enjoyed Soapdish. It has an amazing cast, and it's one of the funniest movies of the decade. It's a lock for my list, and several members of the cast could appear more than once on my list.

[honeykid]

I can never get past Depp sounding like Mickey Mouse.
I keep hearing, "Hey, Pluto"

Then I don't recommend Longlegs. :D I mean, it's more Michael Jackson, but the point stands.

[Citizen Rules]

GoldenEye is my favorite of the Pierce Bronson Bond movies. I liked his chemistry with Izabella Scorupco (Natalya), and I also liked Natalya's interactions with Boris (Alan Cumming).

Out of curiosity, what is your favorite Bond movie, and what is your favorite Pierce Bronson Bond movie?I watched all the Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Bronson Bond movies about a year ago. The Pierce Bronson moves tend to blur together in my mind as I've only seen them once but I liked Bronson Bond movie that starts off with him in a Russian prison with long hair and a beard, I don't know what it was called? My favorite Bond films would be Dr No, From Russia With Love Goldfinger and Thunderball.

[gbgoodies]

I watched all the Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Bronson Bond movies about a year ago. The Pierce Bronson moves tend to blur together in my mind as I've only seen them once but I liked Bronson Bond movie that starts off with him in a Russian prison with long hair and a beard, I don't know what it was called? My favorite Bond films would be Dr No, From Russia With Love Goldfinger and Thunderball.


I think the Bond movie that starts with him in the Russian prison is Die Another Day. I liked Halle Berry in it, but I didn't think the premise of the movie was very good.

I haven't watched most of the older Bond movies in years, so I don't remember them well, but I remember the big spider in Dr. No about halfway into the movie. I watched that movie once, and then never rewatched it.

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Dir. Ang Lee

'Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The older two daughters are the title opposites.'

One of the best Jane Austen movies that have been adapted from one of her novels. The director Ang Lee really captured the mannerisms and dialogue of the late 1700s upper class English gentry. Shooting locations are stunning and the historical old estates beautiful especially the amazing interiors. Great cast too Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and my favorite Alan Rickman. A joy to watch.


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90s movie #90

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Mansfield Park (1999)
Dir. Patricia Rozema

'Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.'


Based on the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name. Like Sense & Sensibility this is set in the upper crust well to do rich of England's late 1700s. This pokes a good deal of satirical wit at the rich who despite their status in life and lofty positions can't seem to get help being daft and pompous all at the same time. Funny film though it's mostly a drama. The lead actress Frances O'Connor who plays Fanny was great in this as was the rest of the cast.


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90s movie #91

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Dances With Wolves Extended Version (1990)
Dir. Kevin Costner

Dances with Wolves gets a perfect rating_5 from me. BUT this review is about the Extended Version vs the original version.
The extended version adds almost an hour of footage and stretches the movie from 3 hours to just about 4 hours long. If someone had seen neither version I would highly recommend they start by watching the original theritcal version. Not because it's 1 hour shorter but because like most extended or director's cut movies, the extra film footage and scenes don't always fit perfectly with the flow of the movie in the Extended version. However for fans of Dances With Wolves the chance to see almost an hour more worth of longer scenes and brand new scenes is pretty exciting stuff.

I rate the Extended Version:
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90s movie #92

[Thursday Next]

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Dir. Ang Lee

'Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The older two daughters are the title opposites.'

One of the best Jane Austen movies that have been adapted from one of her novels. The director Ang Lee really captured the mannerisms and dialogue of the late 1700s upper class English gentry. Shooting locations are stunning and the historical old estates beautiful especially the amazing interiors. Great cast too Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and my favorite Alan Rickman. A joy to watch.


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90s movie #90


One of my favourites :up:

[Citizen Rules]

One of my favourites :up:Both the wife and I really liked that Sense & Sensibility. One of these days I'm going to watch every film and miniseries I can that's based on Jane Austen's novels.

[ScannerDarkly]

I highly reccomend Jesus' Son (1999)


Billy Crudup
Denis Leary
Holly Hunter
Samantha Jane Morton
Jack Black


A short appearance by dennis hopper.


Its in my top three just because i relate alot. To bad i havent the read the novel, but theres plenty of films i love based off of novels ive never read. Ill try and read this on.

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Heavy (1995)
Dir. James Mangold

'The life of an overweight, unhappy cook is changed after a kind, beautiful college drop-out comes to work as a waitress at his and his mother's road-side restaurant.'

The more I think about this movie the more I like it. Though when watching it I was frustrated by the film's ambiguity. It did have a great story outline, intriguing characters and a solid cast. Yet it had so many open avenues and unexplained character motives that I had questions in my mind as to why everyone was so weird? Worth watching though.


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90s movie #93

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Dir. John McTiernan

'In the beautiful and dangerous Amazon rainforest, dissimilar people must make their choices between business, science, and love.'

Agh, what a ridiculous movie this was and it's all the director's fault. John McTiernan was an accomplished director of big budget action films (Predator, Die Hard,The Hunt for Red October) then he decided to make a serious message film shooting in the jungles of southern Mexico and telling the story of how an eccentric and cranky old man scientist (Sean Connery) finds the cure for cancer from an indigenous native tribal medicine man. The scientist has gone 'native' moving his base far into the jungle and breaking all communications with the outside world. Finally a message comes from him saying he needs equipment and an assistant...enter the young, independent and of course attractive woman scientist (Lorraine Bracco). The jungle is being destroyed by development as there's a race to find the missing ingredient in the serum that cures cancer. This all sounds good, but our director decided his film should have the same style of comic bickering banter and romantic love hate attraction that Jewel of the Nile had. Only Jewel of the Nile was a fun Hollywood flick not to be taken seriously and so it worked. But with Medicine Man the bickering for comedy reminded me of the old tv series Maude or perhaps The Jeffersons.

The director later on ends up phone tapping his co producer, lying about it and spends a year in jail, his career ended. He should've made one more movie, an autobiography.


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90s movie #94

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That Night (1992)
Dir. Craig Bolotin

'That Night is a 1992 American coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Craig Bolotin and starring C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis. It is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Alice McDermott. This film marks the film debut of both Eliza Dushku and Katherine Heigl. Wikipedia'

Sometimes odd in what this pre teen girl does but it reminded me of the tv show The Wonder Years, though I've never actually seen that show. Really good performance from Juliette Lewis and Eliza Dushku as the preteen girl who's trying to grow up way too fast and has made wild girl Sheryl her role model.

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90s movie #95

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Dir. Sydney Pollack

'In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.'

This was OK, if you like Robert Redford it's probably a good movie to watch. At 2h 20min it felt long like unnecessary scenes could've been trimmed or removed. No complaints.

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90s movie #96

[Robert the List]

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Dir. Sydney Pollack

'In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.'

This was OK, if you like Robert Redford it's probably a good movie to watch. At 2h 20min it felt long like unnecessary scenes could've been trimmed or removed. No complaints.

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90s movie #96
It's OK, you can stop now!

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It's OK, you can stop now!Ha:p, I'm going to 100, then I want another 100. Right now 90s movies is my thing. I have alot of 90s movies on my watch list.

[Holden Pike]

What you didn't mention about Havana is that it is obviously a sort of soft remake of Casablanca, using the same basic archetypes and situations, set against the Cuban Revolution rather than WWII. It has terrific production design recreating pre-Castro Cuba and top notch cinematography by the great Owen Roizman, who had worked on two of the previous Pollack/Redford projects in Three Days of the Condor and The Electric Horseman as well as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Straight Time, and Tootsie, among others. It is actually a very solid Redford performance, after starring in only four movies in the whole decade of the 1980s, and it may be the last time he looked like a full-on movie star. But to say Havana doesn't have the memorable wit or stakes of Casablanca is an understatement. There is a good supporting cast, including Alan Arkin, Richard Farnsworth, and Raul Julia, but they simply aren't given much to do, character wise. Not a bad movie, it is a good-looking glossy production, it just feels hollow, less than the sum of its parts, and ultimately forgettable.

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Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Dir. Irwin Winkler

'Returning to Hollywood 1951 after working in France, a movie director meets McCarthyism head-on.'

How could a movie that's packed with talented actors and covers the daunting subject of Hollywood blacklisting during the House Committee on Un-American Activities aka McCarthism rein of terror...be so inept?

Answer: a weak script. The only good scene was the dynamic communist hearing confrontation with Robert De Niro who plays a film director who's been subpoena to appear before the Committee to 'name names', which means he's suppose to rat on his fellow film makers and out them as communist/former communist. That scene was good, it had power and weight, it felt important, but the rest of the film was just waiting around for that one final show down.

Trumbo (2015) covered the subject at hand, much better. Even more revealing is the documentary, Trumbo (2007) which like the movie is the story of blacklisted Hollywood writer Dalton Trumbo.



rating_3
90s movie #97

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Greedy (1994)


'Rich old Uncle Joe is surrounded by relatives waiting/hoping for him to die while trying to look good and backstabbing the competition.'

Funny movie, where the comedy comes out of the character's situation and personalities. I laughed and most comedies don't work for me. I liked Kirk Douglas as the millionaire old man who's family is trying to connive their way into his good graces so they can inherit his 25 million dollars. Michael J. Fox worked well in his role as the only un-greedy relative who ends up wanting the money too. Good ending.

rating_3_5+
90s movie #98

[honeykid]

I recently watched a film (I know, me! :D ) called Greedy People, which reminded me a little of this. A lot darker (it's a black comedy, heavy on the black IMO) and 'more modern' (I remember Greedy felt like a 40/50's throwback when I saw it, but you might be interested in it.

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Dances With Wolves (1990)
Dir. Kevin Costner

I already reviewed the extended version of this movie. This is the original theatrical release an IMO much better. Not because it's shorter but because the story flows more evenly and keeps the focus on Kevin Costner's character and his journey of enlightenment, which then keeps the story more focused.



rating_5
90s movie #99

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It Could Happen To You (1994)
Dir. Andrew Bergman

A nice guy police officer (Nicholas Cage) promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress (Bridgette Fonda) if he wins...Then he wins and keeps his word much which angers his annoying self centered wife (Rosie Perez). I liked the idea of the story and the actors better than the finish product. Nic Cage and Bridgette Fonda were good on screen but are very likable...but Rosie Perez is the most annoying thing in the world.

rating_3
90s movie #100

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Indian Summer (1993)
Dir. Mike Binder

'Seven friends reunite for a week-long reunion at a summer camp in Ontario they used to attend as children which is now threatened with being closed down.'


Filmed on location at Camp Tamakwa in Ontario Canada which is a real camp. Fun film, not great but some interesting actors like Bill Paxton and Alan Arkin. Some cool scenery at the lake, makes the movie watchable.


rating_3
90s movie #101

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Tin Cup (1996)
Dir. Ron Shelton

'A washed-up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the U.S. Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival's girlfriend.'

Liked this pretty much, but a bit too heavy on the golf competition for me. My favorite part was the first act set on the out of the way driving range in the countryside of Texas, cool location that gave the movie character. Costner did a different character here and he did it well. Cheech Martin was effective. Worth a watch.

rating_3_5
90s movie #102

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It Runs in the Family (1994) aka My Summer Story
Dir. Bob Clark

'In this sequel to A Christmas Story (1983), it is now summer in the Parker family and the usual number of events is happening in their separate lives.'

If you're a fan of the original A Christmas Story be prepared to be disappointed if you watch this. It does have the same characters but different actors. It has the same house and the same narrator who originally wrote these stories. The kids are OK but no match for Peter Billingsley and without his ability to make the movie personable, it just doesn't work. Charles Grodin attempts to do Darren McGavin and loses his on sense of comic timing. Though Mary Steenbergen makes a great mom!


rating_2_5
90s movie #103