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Micheal Bolton is one of my favorite characters from a movie ever.
As a stand alone film The Matrix would have been one of the best Science fiction films to date. It has aged very will. The sequels should have been better. Jada Pickett sucks ass. lolI think 1999 was actually a comeback of sorts for Hollywood. The past 24-36 months deal with a lot of bloated sequels, and some real failures. Plus the Asteroid Summer of Deep Impact vs. Armageddon was pretty terrible.
One by one summary of what was vs. how they're looked back on.
1. Fight Club-At the time this was a generational counter culture movie for the people who were the last/youngest of Gen X and missed movies like Singles, Reality Bites, etc. It was extremely popular and the "twist" was very innovative. It's still revered but not looked back as fondly by Gen Zers due to some people misinterpreting the premise and tone as a combination of toxic masculinity and privilege.
2. Being John Malkovich-Very clever break the fourth wall indie film that was a must see back then and frequently owned on DVD. It's not as remembered now mostly because Malkovich isn't doing movies as much and has slowed down (apparently he's doing a NetFlix show the last few years Space Farce as his primary role).
3. American Beauty-Another movie that was at the time generational due to questions of "the American Dream" and midlife crisis. It's basically unofficially banned/a non-factor due to Kevin Spacey nowadays. Mera Survani was such a big star back then. She never truly reached the peak of her peers.
4. The Blair Witch Project-See my comments above. I hate it and to from the 1999 and 2000 era that and Gladiator are the two most overrated films. But to most of the public, it's still very endearing all these years later and is seen as loved and an innovative film....for some odd reason.
5. The Sixth Sense-Probably the hottest movie at the time of release. Like Fight Club, the "twist" was seen as innovative, original, and unique. It's still very loved. Shyamalan's had his hits and misses over the years, but this was during his hot streak and anytime he comes back (Split=very good, Old=meh) it will give a bump to this film.
6. The Matrix-Personally I don't really like this film however it's an all time great that is still loved and recommended to this day. Even with terrible sequels and that new one which is better off left not talking about.
She's worth slapping Chris Rock in front of a billion people.... Jada Pinkett sucks ass. lol
I haven't seen it in a few years but the last time I did it seemed lame and tacky, like a movie trying really hard to seem cool. The acting hasn't aged well with me either. Saying I can't stand it was a bit over the top but I'm not sure why I loved it so much in highschool and college.Why do you dislike it now? Just curious.
While I don't think Fight Club is some brilliant movie, I think it's just one of those things where the fans/people obsessed with it/take it seriously kind of ruin it or take away the wrong/worst ideas from it.
Groupthink, frat boy antics, broism, and toxic masculinity are words I've heard thrown around as modern takes on the film, which is why it's been sort of archived.American Beauty: Dumb, pretentious
Blair Witch Project: Mostly Dumb, kind of cool for the unique camera perspective i guess
Fight Club: One of those movies I can always watch. Not sure why it gets so much resentment. Some people may be taking it too seriously
Matrix: Technical achievement of its time, great film and if they stopped making Matrix movies after this one it would've been totally fine
Office Space: Classic, forever apropos
Phantom Menace: In retrospect it obvioulsy isn't a very good movie and but it had some great moments. The hype of seeing a NEW star wars movie was very exciting too
Sixth Sense: Still a good movie, not great anymore but if you want it once a decade or whatever it still has some charm
Ten Things I Hate About You: Classic, forever apropos
Micheal Bolton is one of my favorite characters from a movie ever.
Eh I know it's loved. I personally just don't like so much about the film.As a stand alone film The Matrix would have been one of the best Science fiction films to date. It has aged very will. The sequels should have been better. Jada Pickett sucks ass. lol
Ripley and Eyes Wide Shut for me off that list. Oddly enough for the Eyes Wide Shut, it's not one of my all-time favorites (though I do think it's really, really good) but few works of art can make me want to go out and do something that's entirely my own. It's a physical reaction. Not sure why or if I really even want to know why - I think there's something about its conventional story structure that's mixed in with some unsettling details that make it so invigorating. Damn, I wish we'd gotten one more Kubrick film. What a director.
Office Space is something that I watched a couple of months back and found pretty overrated.
Don't question the Grand Duke!OP went from listing 6 films originally to now listing about 20. Weirdly he has dropped being John Malkovich from the original list.