1997: Movies Seen
Submitted by Imposter on Tue, 07/20/2004 - 02:28
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Ichiban
- Fireworks - dir: Takeshi Kitano; st: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
*****
- Jackie Brown - dir: Quentin Tarantino; st: Pam Grier, Robert Forester, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro
- L.A. Confidential - dir: Curtis Hanson; st: Kim Basinger, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
- Princess Mononoke - dir: Hayao Miyazake; st: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi
****½
- Children Of Heaven - dir: Majid Majidi; st: Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Mohammad Amir Naji, Fereshte Sarabandi, Dariush Mokhtari
- Cure - dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; st: Koji Yakusho, Masoto Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
- Happy Together - dir: Wong Kar-Wai; st: Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Chen Chang
- Insomnia - dir: Erik Skjoldbjærg; st: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Mathiesen, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand
- Wag The Dog - dir: Barry Levinson; st: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, William H. Macy
****
- The Apostle - dir: Robert Duvall; st: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash
- As Good As It Gets - dir: James L. Brooks; st: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Boogie Nights - dir: Paul Thomas Anderson; st: Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle
- Contact - dir: Robert Zemeckis; st: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, David Morse, William Fichtner
- Donnie Brasco - dir: Mike Newell; st: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo
- Grosse Point Blank - dir: George Armitage; st: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd
- Kundun - dir: Martin Scorsese; st: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Tencho Gyalpo, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar, Geshi Yeshi Gyatso
- Life is Beautiful - dir: Roberto Benigni; st: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Lidia Alfonsi
- Live Flesh - dir: Pedro Almodóvar; st: Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem
- The Spanish Prisoner - dir: David Mamet; st: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pigeon, Ben Gazzara, Ricky Jay
- Trekkies - dir: Roger Nygard; st: Trekkies
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald - dir: Koki Mitani; st: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Keiko Toda
- Year of the Horse - dir: Jim Jarmusch; st: Neil Young & Crazy Horse
***½
- Air Force One - dir: Wolfgang Petersen; st: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - dir: Jay Roach; st: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers
- Deconstructing Harry - dir: Woody Allen; st: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Richard Benjamin
- Fever Pitch - dir: David Evans; st: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Richard Claxton, Ken Stott, Lorraine Ashbourne
- Good Will Hunting - dir: Gus Van Sant; st: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver
- In & Out - dir: Frank Oz; st: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds
- Men In Black - dir: Barry Sonnenfeld; st: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn
- Starship Troopers - dir: Paul Verhoeven; st: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
- Tomorrow Never Dies - dir: Roger Spottiswoode; st: Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher
***
- Con Air - dir: Simon West; st: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi
- Cop Land - dir: James Mangold; st: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
- The Devil's Advocate - dir: Taylor Hackford; st: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey
- Face/Off - dir: John Woo; st: Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon
- The Fifth Element - dir: Luc Besson; st: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker
- Lolita - dir: Adrian Lyne; st: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain
- Open Your Eyes - dir: Alejandro Amenabar; st: Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri, Chete Lera
- Private Parts - dir: Betty Thomas; st: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti
**½
- Alien: Resurrection - dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; st: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan
- Commandments - dir: Daniel Taplitz; st: Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia, Shirl Bernheim
- Fierce Creatures - dir: Fred Schepisi, Robert Young; st: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett
**
- Chasing Amy - dir: Kevin Smith; st: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes
- Scream 2 - dir: Wes Craven; st: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar
*½
- Batman & Robin - dir: Joel Schumacher; st: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman
Zero
- The Game - dir: David Fincher; st: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Unger, James Rebhorn
I argue that "The Game" and "Chasing Amy", although not great films, deserve some kind of merrit. C'mon, C.A.'s got the funny as heck explanation of fisting and Banky's warping of a young child's mind with equine porn. Priceless. (and Ben Affliction is not that bad.)
Other than that I agree with your ratings. Good list.
Tallyho
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I dunno....try as I might, I just can't get over the fact that both movies left me feeling like crud afterwards. In the case of The Game, I felt like trampled crud.
These things are hard work! How'd you do 'em so quickly??
The Game mad me feel the same way...but I liked it...sorta. Weird movie. It has exactly the same problems as Panic Room.
C.A. made me feel all chipper.
They are! One day I was looking at another list, I think it was by SandDenz and I was all like "Ew, I've seen hundreds of films...blah blah blah...I've seen 'em...blah blah blah...I'd love to do this but...blah blah blah." Anyway Jim's like "I'd love to see that" and I'm such a Jim-fan that I decided "Why the heck not". Well the first ten were like pulling teeth.
Then I found a website, weehoo! That lists most of the "better" films made every year, yeehaw! And I just scanned through them and typed out the ones I'd seen, Oh Yeah! And that's how I manage to do 5 years in 3 hours, D'oh!
That web site is...wait for it...here it is...it's incredible...did I tell you about my dogs?...mmmmm fried chicken is nice...right here. Hope it helps.
Tallyho
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I must admit to going through your lists to fill out a lot of the mid-to-lower rated flicks throughout the years (unfortunately we've both seen plenty of those). And of course I'm remembering more I've seen for lists I've already done here. D'oh!
Thanks for the link. Maybe by the time I hit the 40s I'll have this thing down (in about six or seven months, given this rate).
Ouch, you gotta watch back-handed compliments like that. The latest one I remembered is a Christopher Lambert film with a hot female genie, now I've just gotta find the title. :?)
I admit it (not proudly), I've seen many, many, MANY bad films.
Tallyho
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