1998: Movies Sorted By Tier
Submitted by stooky on Sat, 05/22/2004 - 11:51
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- Great
- A Bug's Life
- The Butcher Boy
- The Celebration
- The General
- Grave Of The Fireflies
- **A tale of two young siblings affected by the American fire-bombings of Japan during the Second World War. Rife with exquisitely emotional story telling and refreshingly personal dialogue the film wrung every emotion from me with the unique power to communicate the full spectrum of human emotions. The film offers no samurai, dragons or warlords, instead relating a semi-autobiographical tale speckled with triumph and tragedy that is far more dramatic and rewarding than most of its counterparts. Grave Of The Fireflies is a marvellous, adult-anime masterpiece.
- Happiness
- Insomnia
- **A stunning minimalist thriller about a cop and his slow mental deterioration due to midnight sun and the mistaken shooting of his partner. The visuals are beautiful, the cast is excellent and the script is smart. This movie was a pleasure to watch.
- Out Of Sight
- Pleasantville
- Rushmore
- The Thin Red Line
- The Truman Show
- Very Good
- Babe: Pig In The City
- The Big Lebowski
- Bullworth
- Central Station
- Elizabeth
- Fireworks
- Gods And Monsters
- Henry Fool
- High Art
- Kirikou and the Sorceress
- Life Is Beautiful
- Live Flesh
- The Opposite Of Sex
- Pi
- Primary Colors
- The Red Violin
- **A moving film that examines the timelessness of beauty. Five stories tell the story of an exquisite instrument that carries with it a curse to the owner, magnifying their weaknesses. An unusual and captivating movie marred slightly by the inconsistancy of several sections.
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare In Love
- Smoke Signals
- Waking Ned Devine
- Good
- Affliction
- Antz
- The Big Hit
- The Borrowers
- The Boxer
- Buffalo 66
- A Civil Action
- Cube
- Dark City
- Deceiver
- Deep Impact
- Deja Vu (very cool if you can find it)
- Ever After
- Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
- Full Tilt Boogie
- The Gingerbread Man (Bad ending)
- Go Now!
- Love And Death On Long Island
- The Mask Of Zorro
- Mrs. Dalloway
- Next Stop, Wonderland
- Oscar And Lucinda
- Ronin
- A Simple Plan
- Slam
- Sliding Doors
- The Slums Of Beverly Hills
- The Spanish Prisoner
- There's Something About Mary
- Zero Effect
- Guilty Pleasures
- BASEketball
- Blade
- Can't Hardly Wait (teen friendly)
- Deep Rising
- Vampires
- The Wedding Singer
- Whatever
- Wild Things
- Average
- American History X
- Character
- City Of Angels
- Clockwatchers
- Dangerous Beauty
- Four Days In September
- Halloween: H20
- Hard Core Logo
- Hav Plenty
- Home Fries
- Homegrown
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- Kurt And Coutney
- The Land Girls
- The Last Days Of Disco
- Let's Talk About Sex
- Little Voice
- Living Out Loud
- Men With Guns
- A Merry War
- Mulan
- The Negotiator
- Orgazmo
- The Parent Trap
- Paulie
- Prince Of Egypt
- Simon Birch
- Six Days, Seven Nights
- Spiceworld
- Suicide Kings
- Tarzan And The Lost City
- Twilight
- Two Girls And A Guy
- Velvet Goldmine
- Wild Man Blues
- Wilde
- Woo
- X-Files
- Disappointing
- Another Day In Paradise
- Apt Pupil
- The Avengers
- Clay Pigeous
- Dance With Me
- Doctor Doolittle
- The Faculty
- Fallen
- The Governess
- He Got Game
- Hi-lo Country
- Hurlyburly
- Illtown
- Kissing A Fool
- Lawn Dogs
- Lolita
- Lost In Space
- Mighty Joe Young
- Les Miserables
- Night Flier
- Palmetto
- Pecker
- Permanent Midnight
- A Perfect Murder
- Playing By Heart
- Practical Magic
- A Price Above Rubies
- The Real Blonde
- Return To Paradise
- Rounders
- Rush Hour
- Swept From The Sea
- Urban Legends
- U.S. Marshals
- Your Friends And Neighbors
- Without Limits
- Wrongfully Accused
- Cellar Dwellers
- 54
- Black Dog
- Blues Brothers 2000
- Desperate Measures
- Disturbing Behavior
- Enemy Of The State
- Firestorm
- Godzilla
- Great Expectations
- Half-Baked
- Hard Rain
- Holy Man
- Hope Floats (So does s**t)
- Hush
- Knock Off
- Krippendor's Tribe
- Lethal Weapon 4
- Major League: Back To The Minors
- The Man In The Iron Mask
- Meet Joe Black
- The Newton Boys
- A Night At The Roxbury
- The Odd Couple II
- The Replacement Killers
- Small Soldiers
- Snake Eyes
- Soldier
- Sphere
- Stepmom (The cloying nightmare)
- Very Bad Things (Indeed)
- What Dreams May Come
- You've Got Mail
- The Big Stink
- Armageddon
- Dirty Work
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- Jane Austen's Mafia
- Phantoms
- Mercury Rising
- Nightwatch
- Patch Adams (possibly the worst film I have ever seen)
- Species 2
- Unfortunately Haven’t Seen
- Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
- Cousin Bette
- Down In The Delta
- The Eel
- Hilary And Jackie
- Niagara Niagara
- One Tough Cop
- La Seperation
- Taste Of Cherry
- The Thief
- Twenty Four Seven
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Hey you mentioned path adams..is that abit like 'Good Morning Vietnam' in the way that :
guy comes, changes the way things are, then leaves.
just a thought oh but with one big difference..good morning vietnam was a good film :)
I agree, Patch has a lot in common with Good Morning (A movie I loved when I was 15). Your last point hits the nail on the head.
Comics hit their early forties and start making movies their children can watch. These films are usually downright creepy.
What's your thoughts on that subject?
Tallyho
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well your right alot of comics do seem to do that and its nice in a way if they want their kids to enjoy their work.
But i think they have to at least try and make a clever choice on the movie they work on. Now alot of actors dont do that, for example..De Niros choice to do 'rocky and bullwinkle' and do a skit on it where he re-uses the line 'You talkin to me?' which could cheapen its cult and classic status.
But he's proved that he can do comedy with Meet thew parents and Analyze series.
But i think if your a comic Actor who is gonna do a kids movie then i think its important to be resepected and admired by kids before you start the movie, so that the kids who watch it will know your style and relete to it.
I think theres only a couple of actors who made the perfect swap. one that comes to mind is John Candy (RIP) he started in more adult comedies (Trains,planes and autos & blues bros.)
but is admired by kids from his parts in Home alone, Rookie of the year and Cool Runnings
But to close, i think that its important that the children know your work at least a little before you make a childrens movie, and that you have background in comedy. and oh yeah try not to make the film to 'nice' and 'sweet' ..you will just scare them :)
so thier my thoughts on 'comics doing kids movies' , its nice but make the right ChoicE!!
oh and a message to serious actors ..dont do kids movies if you can help it, leave it to the funny ones
(no de niro..put the script down)
ok so bye mate keep up the great posts and take care
From A Movie fan
Ha! (no de niro..put the script down).
That's priceless. Good answer A Movie Fan.
Tallyho
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hehehe Glad You enjoyed my post.
bb m8
A Bug's Life - Seven Samurai, the comedy.
Pacino was as good as I've ever seen him in Insomnia - "Let me sleep...let me sleep."
Pleasantville didn't grab me.
The Truman Show may be the closest hollywood has ever come to what was called, back in the 60s and 70s, new wave sf.
The Red Violin is another one that, I think, only you and I have thought very good here at TL.
I see you rate Deep Impact more highly than Armageddon. I do too now, though I didn't at first. In fact I managed, here, to persuade Jim to accept my erronious point of view. (Sorry about that, Jim. I'll have to change that and add an explanatory note.)
Enemy of the State ain't so bad.
Hard Rain is so bad. Talk about all wet. Such a lack of plot that the action goes on and on way past the point of any credibility.
Godzilla's got Jean Reno in it...huh?...huh?...huh?
Hey, what brought you around on Deep Impact over Armageddon, bertie?
... and at the risk of opening a new debate, The Core has 'em both beat (not that it's a copycat).
Deep Impact would still be #1 in my book even though it plays like a television movie.
T'ho
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Jim, with all the posting I've been doing lately I managed to lose the thread on this one. Some deep dark psychological reason for that, no doubt. You could be forgiven for thinking bertie wasn't talking to you anymore.
What changed my mind was simply viewing both movies again with a serious eye. I can't even say Armageddon is better no-brainer entertainment since not only has it no brain it batters you about the head with the empty skull. At most it's a very guilty pleasure. Makes me laugh still, such as when the big black guy says to the psych. tester "When this is over, can I, like, get a hug from you?"
No worries - I just assumed you lost me in the flurry of activity. Stooky is keeping you plenty busy. Hey, it's great to have you back as a regular presense! Oh, and Armageddon definitely has more laughs, both planned and unintentional.
Wow! Another keen insight Bertie, I'd never thought of that. It's a silly Seven Samurai.
Um...It's not the one with Al Paciner. :# <---stook hiding behind a bush
Really, what didn't you like?
agreed.
A beutiful film, and I always enjoy movies that discuss the relationship between history and beauty. The scene in which a pompous violin virtuoso plays The Red Violin is amusing, mainly because of Samuel's reactions. Jackson is a marvel in an unconventional role.
I'm glad to hear it, I'd have to go into another M. Bay rant. I remember reading Rolling Stone in 1998. Peter Travers had just named Armaggedon the worst film of the year (1998). (Michael Bay wrote a letter to the editor in the next issue compaining about the mistreatment.) Travers' review was an excellent inditement of such crap. Sadly Rolling Stone has axed their archive (bad) and it's gone.
I agree, but I just didn't like it.
Hard Rain is an incredibly funny comedy about a idiotic director who filled a soundstage with water and many waterlogged performances. Isn't it?
Casting Cristian Slater was a daring choice. He's gotten wide-cheeked, kinda like a naughty squirrel.
Trust me, if Godzilla had maintained the silly fun qualities of the first 25 minutes and not introduced the big dumb green thing it'd be in th eGood section.
T'ho
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Sorry, I neglected to get back to this list and reply, but, as you know, I found out about this earlier Insomnia at a future list. (I'm getting all tensed up here.) So you didn't need to hide after all.
These same-titled movies are a trap for future unwary readers, though. Watcha gonna do about it? (I'm guessing sit back like a big ole spider and wait for the flies to come to your nefarious web.)
Re. Pleasantville: sometimes you just don't know why a movie doesn't do it for you.
I think Mr Slater was also one of Hard Rain's producers and probably casted himself. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
Imposter has fixed this problem on his lists, which are pretty darn good, you should check 'em out. As for me...Haha...Haha..BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHA...does that answer your question. >:?D
I get what you mean.
He's one of the producers, that explains the casting. The director who made this muck is the same person who now directs episodes of Alias. An interesting side-note.
T'ho
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