Topic: The Movies From Within My Lifetime

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1997
In this year... Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.... The U.S. television networks adopt ratings systems for their programming, similar to those used for motion pictures..South Park is aired for the first time on Comedy Central...Buffy the Vampire Slayer premieres on the The WB.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are Movies I Never Seen
- Air Force One
- Alien Resurrection
- Alein Nation: The Udara Legacy
- Amityville Dollhouse
- An American Werewolf in Paris
- Anaconda
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mysetery
- Batman & Robin
- The Batman Superman Movie
- Best Men
- Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
- Chasing Amy
- Con Air
- Conspiracy Theory
- Contact
- Cube
- Devil's Advocate
- Double Team
- The Edge
- The Fifth Element
- Fire Down Below
- Flubber
- Fools Rush In
- G.I. Jane
- The Game
- Good Will Hunting
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- The Jackal
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- A Kid in Aladdin's Palace
- The Landlady
- Liar Liar
- Mad City
- Men in Black
- Metro
- Mimic
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- Mr. Nice Guy
- Murder at 1600
- The Night Flier
- Night Scream
- Nothing to Lose
- The Nurse
- Quicksilver Highway
- The Relic
- The Replacement Killers
- Spawn
- Starship Troopers
- Swearing Allegiance
- Titanic
- Tower of Terror
- Trial and Error
- Vegas Vacation
- Volcano
- Winter Sleepers
- Wishmaster

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Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Year: 1997
Director: Jim Gillespie
Rating: R
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Ryan Phillippe
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Muse Watson
Bridgette Wilson

Plot:
Jennifer Love Hewitt (from TV's Party of Five) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (Scream 2) star with Freddie Prinze, Jr., Ryan Phillippe and Johnny Galecki in this terrifying tale of a body that just won't stay dead.

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave, and he's looking for more than an apology. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is a "pure fright machine (that) scares the hell out of you!" - Norman Wilner, Toronto Star

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This one is not what I would call a favorite... but I do enjoy it now and again. Even though this is little more then an entertaining teen slasher... I do enjoy seeing the familiar faces. Just to name a few we have one of my all-time favorites Jennifer Love Hewitt who I absolutely adored in Ghost Whisperer, then there was Sarah Michelle Gellar who was of course Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then there was Johnny Galecki who was in Roseanne and is currently starring in The Big Bang Theory. But as I was saying... over all not a terrible horror. It is entertaining for what it is... but don't go into this one with too high of expectations.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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1998
In this year... Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.... BBC America launches in the United States...Charmed premieres on The WB...Elton John was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, UK.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are Movies I Never Seen
- American Histroy X
- Armageddon
- Black Dog
- Blade
- Bride of Chucky
- Can't Hardly Wait
- Chairman of the Board
- City of Angels
- Dark City
- Deep Impact
- Desperate Measures
- Disturbing Behavior
- Don't Look Down
- Enemy of the State
- The Faculty
- Godzilla
- Halloween H20
- Hard Rain
- Hercules & Xena: Battle for Mt. Olympus
- Holy Man
- Hush
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- Lethal Weapon 4
- Lost in Space
- The Mask of Zorro
- Meet Joe Black
- Mercury Rising
- Merlin
- Milo
- A Murder of Crows
- The Negotiator
- Patch Adams
- Pleasantville
- Possums
- Practical Magic
- Psycho
- Rock & Roll Frankenstein
- Ronin
- Rounders
- Rush Hour
- Saving Private Ryan
- Scream 2
- Stephen King's The Shining
- Six Days, Seven Nights
- Small Soldiers
- Soldier
- Species II
- Sphere
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- The Toxic Avenger II
- The Truman Show
- US Marshals
- Urban Legends
- John Carpenter's Vampires
- The Waterboy
- The Wedding Singer
- What Dreams May Come
- Who Am I?
- Wild Things
- Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
- Witchouse: Blood Coven
- You've Got Mail

[Najemikon]

Well, I see you have Ronin, so that's a must. Not sure if it's your sort of thing though? Did you read the Michael Bay thread? I posted a YouTube video of the final car chase in Ronin.

[hal9g]

Well, I see you have Ronin, so that's a must. Not sure if it's your sort of thing though? Did you read the Michael Bay thread? I posted a YouTube video of the final car chase in Ronin.

....and today is Sean Bean's birthday!

[Alien Redrum]

Ronin is awesome.

[addicted2dvd]

Thanks for the suggestion... I just watched the trailer... and while it looks like a very good movie... I just not in the mood for it today. Though it is one I plan on watching before too long.

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Title: The Mask of Zorro
Year: 1998
Director: Martin Campbell
Rating: PG-13
Length: 137 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Jose Maria de Tavira
Deigo Sieres
Emiliano Guerra
Yolanda Orizaga
Paco Morayta
William Marquez

Plot:
The original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, is captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Anna. 20 years go by and his mortal enemy, Don Rafael Montero, returns to California with a plan to become wealthy at the expense of the peasants.

The story of an aging blade (Anthony Hopkins) passing along his wisdom and his edge to an angry young thief (Antonio Banderas). The young Zorro learns about politics, love, and war, at the feet of his teacher. His quest for personal revenge gives fire to his role as Colonial Mexico's most swashbuckling activist, one who must fight for his country and his woman (the ravishing newcomer Catherine Zeta-Jones, also quite handy with a sword).

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned
THX

My Thoughts:
I decided to watch this movie mainly for the fact that I never seen the sequel... The Legend of Zorro... even though I have owned it for almost a year now (got it for my birthday last year). Since I plan on watching it here soon I wanted to remind myself of this one first. I must say... I forgot how much fun this movie is. I enjoyed it quite a bit. It has plenty of good action/adventure as well as just the right amount of comedy mixed in. The movie is also well paced... you never feel the least bit bored while watching. And the entire cast does a great job. And of course Catherine Zeta-Jones looked just amazing. This is one I definitely feel comfortable recommending.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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1999
In this year... Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... Actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt... The Sopranos premieres on HBO... Super Bowl XXXIII: The Denver Broncos win their second Super Bowl in a row, defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34–19.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are Movies I Never Seen
- The 4th Floor
- American Pie
- Analyze This
- The Astronaut's Wife
- Atomic Train
- Audition
- Austin Power: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Baby Geniuses
- Bats
- Believe
- Bicetennial Man
- Big City Blues
- Big Daddy
- The Blair Witch Project
- Blast from the Past
- Blue Streak
- The Bone Collector
- Bowfinger
- Bringing out the Dead
- Christina's House
- Deep Blue Sea
- The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself
- Desert Heat
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
- Double Jeopardy
- EDtv
- End of Days
- Entrapment
- Fight Club
- Forces of Nature
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
- Galaxy Quest
- Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
- Girl, Interrupted
- The Green Mile
- The Haunting
- House on Haunted Hill
- Idle Hands
- Inspector Gadget
- Joan of Arc
- Lake Placid
- Man on the Moon
- The Matrix
- The Messenger: Story of Joan of Arc
- The Mummy
- My Favorite Martian
- Mystery Men
- Never Been Kissed
- The Ninth Gate
- Notting Hill
- One Man's Army
- Payback
- The Rage: Carrie 2
- Ravenous
- Reckless + Wild
- Runaway Bride
- The Sixth Sense
- Sleepy Hollow
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
- Stigmata
- Stir of Echoes
- Stephen King's Storm of the Century
- The Substitue 3: Winner Takes All
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Universal Soldier: The Return
- Varsity Blues
- Virus
- Warlock III: The End of Innocence
- Wild Wild West
- Witchouse

Sitting here looking at the above list and I see a few I would like to check out. I would like to check out Audition as I heard a lot about that one. But also curious about the movie Ravenous as well. Or I could go for a Catherine Zeta-Jones Double Feature and watch Entrapment. Then there is also a few of my old favorites here as well. Oh... what to do... what to do! Well the first thing I need to do is take a break and go outside to cut some grass.

[Achim]

I hope you'll be in the mood for Audition

[Kathy]

I have to agree with Achim on this one. It is a must for any horror fan.

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Title: Audition: Uncut Special Edition
Year: 1999
Director: Takashi Miike
Rating: Unrated
Length: 110 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Japanese: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Ryo Ishibashi
Eihi Shiina
Tetsu Sawaki
Jun Kunimura
Renji Ishibashi
Miyuki Matsuda

Plot:
A middle-aged widower is urged by his teenage son and a film producer friend to start dating again. They devise a plan to hold a phony film audition to meet new women. The widower falls for a beautiful ballerina with a suspicious past, and their courtship veers from polite romance to psycho-nightmare!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Interviews
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I have been curious about this film for some time now. Seen several good reviews for it. And I basically agree. Though I did have a bit of trouble with the subtitles. I am a rather slow reader so there was some pausing and rewinding going on... even though most the dialog was fairly short and to the point.... some of it was not. I like how they built up this movie... basically going from a drama to a psychotic horror movie. There is some graphic violence in this one. It is a pretty disturbing film. And it is one that will leave you thinking well after the movie is over. If you never seen this one... it is definitely worth checking out.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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2000
In this year... Talk show host David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital... Boomerang, The secondary Cartoon Network channel is launched... Big Brother premieres in the United States...    Survivor premieres on CBS sparking a major blitz of interest in "reality TV" in the U.S.

My choices:
Titles in Italic are Movies I Never Seen
- The 10th Kingdom
- 28 Days
- American Psycho
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
- Bedazzled
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
- Bless the Child
- Boiler Room
- Bring it On
- Cast Away
- The Cell
- Charlie's Angels
- Chocolat
- Circus
- Corky Romano
- Cremains
- Dope Case Pending
- Dr. T & the Women
- Dracula 2000
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Erin Brockovich
- An Everlasting Piece
- Expecting Mercy
- The Family Man
- Fear of the Dark
- Final Destination
- Frequency
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
- Get Carter
- The Gift
- Ginger Snaps
- Go Fish
- Growing Up Brady
- Hanging Up
- The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
- Hollow Man
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Komodo
- Little Nicky
- Lost Souls
- Meet the Parents
- Memento
- Men of Honor
- Mirror Mirror 4: Reflections
- Miss Congeniality
- Mission Impossible 2
- Pitch Black
- Prison of the Dead
- Proof of Life
- Ready to Rumble
- Red Planet
- Remember the Titans
- Requiem for a Dream
- Return to Me
- Romeo Must Die
- Saving Silverman
- Scary Movie
- Scream 3
- Shadow of the Vampire
- Shanghai Noon
- Shriek if You Know What Killed Me Last Friday the 13th
- The Skulls
- The Slasher
- Sleepy Hollow High
- Space Cowboys
- The St. Francisville Experiment
- Tigerland
- Titan A.E.
- Traffic
- Unbreakable
- Urban Legends: Final Cut
- Vertical Limits
- The Watcher
- What Lies Beneath
- What a Woman Wants
- The Whole Nine Yards
- X-Men

This time I am leaning towards watching The Gift as the trailer looks really good. And it has several stars in it that I like. Though I am not positive yet as it looks like there is some other good titles in that list.

[Jimmy]

American Psycho

[Rogmeister]

I saw Proof Of Life in a theater when it was first released.  I didn't care much for it.  You should take out Corky Romano and Deuce Bigalow and use them to reenact the woodchipper scene from Fargo...