The 1999 Cinematic Year In Review

TOP ELEVEN BEST (no particular order)

Fight Club
The Talented Mr. Ripley
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Three Kings
Goodbye, 20th Century!
The Matrix
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Run Lola Run
Eyes Wide Shut
Arlington Road

(Movies I missed that might fall on this list: Magnolia, The Straight Story, The Insider, Cider House Rules)

TOP ELEVEN WORST (no particular order)

Superstar
The Bachelor
The King and I [not Anna and the King]
Pokemon, the First Movie
My Favorite Martian
Bicentennial Man
8MM
The Mod Squad
The General's Daughter
Inspector Gadget
Random Hearts

(Movies I missed that might fall on this list: Baby Geniuses, Body Shots, The Other Sister, Bats, Carrie 2: The Rage)

OVERRATED AND OVERHYPED (no particular order)

Waking Ned Devine
Star Wars, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
American Pie
The Blair Witch Project
The Iron Giant

(Note that a place on this list doesn't mean a movie is bad, just not as good as everyone seemed to be saying it was)

UNDERRATED (no particular order)

Simply Irresistible
Ravenous
Instinct
Lake Placid
Arlington Road
House on Haunted Hill

(Note that a place on this list doesn't mean a movie is great, just better than people gave it credit for)

A LONG LIST OF OTHER THINGS WORTH MENTIONING

Worst Ending Ever: The Bone Collector

Theme I've Had More Than Enough Of: "The Catholic Church is bad."

Directors Who Need a Talking-To: Chris Columbus, Joel Schumacher

I Pity Da Fool: Christopher Lloyd

Weirdest Ever: Goodbye, 20th Century!

A Wink and a Nod: EdTV

Generation Y's First Movie: Go

Least Likely to Start a Serious, Dramatic Career, a la Jim Carrey and Robin Williams: Pauly Shore

Pika! Pika! Pikapi! Pikachu! Chu! Chu! Pikapi! Pikapi! Pikapikapika! Pikachu! Pika! Pika! *sound of head slamming repeatedly into theater floor*: Pikachu's Vacation

Lowest CAP Score, Probably Ever: Idle Hands

Ickiest Use of Sean Connery's Splotchy Mostly-Naked Body: Entrapment

Ridiculous Makeup: Queen Amidala

Worst Preview: Supernova

Blew It!: Stir of Echoes, Sleepy Hollow, Office Space

Made a Lot of Money; How?: Double Jeopardy

Best Use of Chow Yun-Fat: Anna and the King

Hey, Rocky, Watch Me Pull a Bad Movie Out of My Hat: Summer 2000

Crappy Ripoff: Jawbreaker

Flik 4 Guyz: Any Given Sunday

Die, Film Career, Die: Clare Danes, Robin Williams, the cast of Friends




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