kiki2
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posted on January 4, 2001 05:55:08 AM
What is your favorite movie of last year? My choice is "The Gladiator". What a great movie! The special effects were impressive but the acting was magnificent! I was blown away not only by Russell Crowe but by Jauquin (sp?) Phoenix. Wow, what a talent!
Anyway, of all the movies of 2000, that is my top choice!
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mybiddness
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posted on January 4, 2001 06:54:13 AM
I'm always making plans to watch a movie but seldom get around to it. Of the few I saw this year I think Mission Impossible 2 was the best... lots of action and Tom Cruise.
My favorite all time is probably Fried Green Tomatoes... Tawaaaanda!
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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RainyBear
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posted on January 4, 2001 07:41:17 AM
How about best and worst?
I didn't see too many movies last year, but here are my picks:
Best: Gladiator
Worst: Dr. T and the Women
Also, didn't Erin Brockovich come out last year? That one was also very good.
[ edited by RainyBear on Jan 4, 2001 07:42 AM ]
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bootsnana
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posted on January 4, 2001 07:47:26 AM
Liked: Meeting the parents (or something like that)
Hated: Lucky numbers with John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow. (BIG disappointment.)
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on January 4, 2001 07:53:16 AM
Hmm.. all the movies I think I've seen this year were "new release" rentals. Out of those, I think my best & worst were:
Best: Man on The Moon (Jim Carrey was amazing as Andy Kaufman)
Worst: The Waterboy (stoooooopid!)
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Julesy
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posted on January 4, 2001 08:03:44 AM
I liked The Virgin Suicides and Magnolia the best.
Gladiator was pretty cool, too. I loved the ending...the music coupled with the scenery made it eerie, but beautiful.
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eyeguy6
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:01:31 AM
Breakin' 2..'Electric Boogaloo. (I don't get out much).
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Zazzie
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:26:08 AM
I am embarassed to say that I went to see
'Dude, Where's My Car?'---and this dumb teenager movie turned into a campy science fiction movie that had me laughing at the stupidest things. Maybe not my favourite movie---but it got me giggling. This will be on the list of Cult Classics in a few years.
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RainyBear
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:44:46 AM
Zazzie, I saw it too. 
I don't think I liked it as much as you did, though. It wasn't as funny as I'd hoped and my husband fell asleep!
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mrssantaclaus
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posted on January 4, 2001 01:58:06 PM
I was really happy to see that Chuckie Finster finally got a Mommy and Kimmy is adorable.
Gosh, I need to get out without my kids more!
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bearmom
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posted on January 4, 2001 03:40:39 PM
Gladiator was great, What Women Want is worth going, just to see Mel, and it's funny, too!
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nutspec
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posted on January 4, 2001 04:15:24 PM
Gladiator - great stuff and effects - but predictable as watching a digital watch run.
U-571 - lots of slam - bang - noise and stuff - just as long as you know NOTHING about the REAL HISTORY of getting the enigma machine or of the battle for the North Atlantic. Thrill ride - but not deep enough to get your socks wet
Erin Brockovitch - was really OK and if you have ever been to the SlashX Bar in Hinkley you would recognize the location. (That is about all that exists of Hinkley today - the community is GONE) Ranked number two for me.
Where The Heart Is - with N. Portman was the one that I enjoyed the most. Kinda a chick flick at times - but people that you could believe exist are there on screen - and they were a quirky lot. (Doubt that many would agree with me though on this choice)
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xardon
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posted on January 4, 2001 06:42:01 PM
I only went to the movies a few times during 2000 and then only to take my 7 yr old son. I saw The Iron Giant, Titan AE, Toy Story 2 and Pokemon 2. I enjoyed all but the last.
The following movies are my favorites (among those I remember) that I saw on video this year. I'm sure some are 1999 films.
In order of preference:
Ride with the Devil
The Matrix
Gladiator
American Beauty
The Limey
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Frequency
Being John Malkovich
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on January 4, 2001 06:44:54 PM
I don't know if you all are aware of this, but you can get paid for giving your comments about your favorite movies (or anything else from foods, cars, insurance, websites, etc).
www.epinions.com
I do reviews on movies and other items every month and so far in the past few months they've mailed me over $100.
Just thought you might be interested. I love getting those "free money" checks in the mail every month!
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RainyBear
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posted on January 4, 2001 09:21:43 PM
Thanks ExecutiveGirl! I, too, like to get checks like that in the mail, so I'll mosey on over there.
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kiki2
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posted on January 5, 2001 04:21:55 AM
That link doesn't work for me! Maybe they got too overloaded! 
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truesmom
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posted on January 5, 2001 05:43:41 AM
My fave movie of this year had to be Almost Famous, I just loved it. The worst one was Blair Witch Project 2, it was so, so, so bad.
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labrat4gmos
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posted on January 6, 2001 07:56:41 AM
I didn't go to the movies last year, but my kids rented The Perfect Storm over the holidays. I only fell asleep once! That was the first rental I had seen all year too, I think. I thought it was pretty good. But, I enjoyed watching the hunk in it, as much as the movie.
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Muriel
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:15:12 AM
The last two movies I saw were Toy Story 2, which was actually pretty funny, and The Sixth Sense which had me clueless until the very end.
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preacher4u
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posted on January 8, 2001 02:16:06 PM
I don't know what the best was for me (probably the Gladiator) but I know which one was the WORST:
Scary Movie: The worst more tasteless piece of crap I've seen to disgrace a movie screen in a looong time. Ugh!
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snowyegret
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posted on January 8, 2001 03:44:42 PM
2001 
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Zazzie
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posted on January 8, 2001 04:15:05 PM
Preacher4u---did you see Scary Movie thinking it was going to be a parody on all the slasher movies?? Were you surprised when it turned into a teenage sex parody movie instead??
The marketing of that movie really ticked me off---because it was aimed at teenagers and even pre-teens because of the horror movie aspect---but it really had nothing to do with horror except as a back drop for all the other stuff.
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femme
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posted on January 8, 2001 04:28:36 PM
[ edited by femme on Jan 13, 2001 04:50 PM ]
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preacher4u
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posted on January 10, 2001 05:46:03 PM
Zazzie:
X-actly.
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kiki2
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posted on January 11, 2001 07:35:29 AM
Well, I have to say I agree about the marketing of Scary Movie. Let me say up front that I *never* let my daughter watch movies with violence or sex. She is 8 and I prefer she stick with her favorite Disney movies (or her current obsession, the musical CATS).
Last summer our family of three went on a camping trip. Was a blast! While driving around we spotted a drive-in theater that still showed movies. Hubby and I were thrilled! We seen "Scary Movie" was one of the movies showing. We had been wanting to see it and since we were sleeping in a tent at a campground, no sitter was available. We took our daughter. Let's just say five minutes into the movie I had her lie down and face the back of the seat and go to sleep! The movie was absolutely raunchy and I am far from a prude! I had no idea that it was going to be as such thinking like mentioned here, that it was some comedy take-off of horror movies. I won't be making that mistake again!
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Zazzie
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posted on January 11, 2001 09:27:40 AM
Both my children were nagging me to see this movie. They had seen the ads (placed in shows that young teenagers watch)--and I have never let them see the real teen slasher movies they thought maybe I would let them see a comedy version.
BUT---SuperMUM has a weapon---I always take a peek at a Movie Review site that is aimed at parents ---and it took me about a paragraph to give them my answer
The site is below--It is called Screen It and it takes a movie apart from a parental viewpoint.
http://www.screenit.com/
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