The 100 Greatest movies of the 1990s 1. Goodfellas (51 Viewers)

[Terminalxylem]

I liked Boogie Nights but #3 of the 90's? Seems like it shouldn't be even a top 20

Do you not care for PTA? This movie made his reputation. Especially the "Sister Christian" scene, which is one of the greatest uses of tension in all of cinema.

I didn’t know who he was, though Licorice Pizza is one of the worst films I’ve ever sat through (on a plane).

TWBB is great, and Magnolia was pretty good IIRC. If it’s dark, maybe I should give BN a chance.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I dislike PTA's films intensely, but Boogie Nights is the one exception.

What about Hard Eight do you find detestable?

It's OK. Not great, not bad.

 

[General Malaise]

I liked Boogie Nights but #3 of the 90's? Seems like it shouldn't be even a top 20

Do you not care for PTA? This movie made his reputation. Especially the "Sister Christian" scene, which is one of the greatest uses of tension in all of cinema.

I didn’t know who he was, though Licorice Pizza is one of the worst films I’ve ever sat through (on a plane).

TWBB is great, and Magnolia was pretty good IIRC. If it’s dark, maybe I should give BN a chance.

I would. It's fantastic.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Magnolia is so good. Julianne Moore is great in that

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

3. Boogie Nights (1997)

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham

Synopsis: The rise and fall of a late 70s porn star.

You’ve got the touch! Sung by Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler.

“The Touch” is my favorite scene. I still argue to this day that it would have been a huge hit except that the bass got in the way of the vocals.

This movie is a revelation. I could watch it a zillion times and it would never get old. All of the actors are outstanding. There are some very very dark moments in this- perhaps the darkest is when Roller Girl confronts the guy who knew her in high school. Or when Dirk is alone with the dude in the car. Or the court case (the guy who played Julianne Moore’s husband was John Doe from X!) So many classic moments, feel Iike I’m not doing it justice here.

Never seen it

GTFO. We should start a thread where we assign each other a movie to watch (that we will probably dislike )

YES!

I'm going to make @General Malaise watch Jack and Jill

 

[rockaction]

I have a semi-cool PTA story. About nine years ago, my friend was sitting in her kitchen in Los Angeles one random afternoon. There's a knock at the door. A woman said they were filming in the neighborhood and looking for interiors to shoot in. She said it wouldn’t take long and they’d pay a few grand. She asked if my friend would be open to the director taking a quick look inside. My friend was a little skeptical and said she needed to call her husband. While she was trying to reach him, PTA himself walked up to the door and said something like, “Hi, I’m Paul. We’re shooting a little video in the neighborhood.” My friend worked in the industry and recognized him. She geeked out a little, cut him off, and invited him in. He walked around the house for a minute, said he loved the house but it wasn’t exactly what they were looking for. He apologized for the disruption, invited her to stop by their food truck if she was hungry, and then left. This is what they were shooting.

Okay, meeting PTA would have been very cool. I think meeting Greenwood and Yorke would have sent me somewhere else in the coolness factor. I would have asked them to play "Life in a Glasshouse" and then feigned anger when they couldn't produce the jazz band to back them. Okay, I just would have been speechless.

 

[Ilov80s]

Looking at my rankings from when KP and I did this, here is where I lined up with Tim's last 10 picks

12. Good Will Hunting- I had it 21
11. Unforgiven- I had it 7
10. Europa Europa- unranked
9. Titanic- unranked
8. Quiz Show- I had it 25
7. Hoop Dreams- Unranked, we did not count docs
6. Fargo- I had it 5
5. The Silence of the Lambs- I had it 8
4. Pulp Fiction- I had it 19
3. Boogie Nights- I had it 28

WIth 2 movies left, I do not believe my top 4 ranked movies had yet been posted by Tim. Two of them are foreign fiilms and not too much of a surprose. The other 2 are no brainers.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

3. Boogie Nights (1997)

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham

Synopsis: The rise and fall of a late 70s porn star.

You’ve got the touch! Sung by Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler.

“The Touch” is my favorite scene. I still argue to this day that it would have been a huge hit except that the bass got in the way of the vocals.

This movie is a revelation. I could watch it a zillion times and it would never get old. All of the actors are outstanding. There are some very very dark moments in this- perhaps the darkest is when Roller Girl confronts the guy who knew her in high school. Or when Dirk is alone with the dude in the car. Or the court case (the guy who played Julianne Moore’s husband was John Doe from X!) So many classic moments, feel Iike I’m not doing it justice here.

Never seen it

GTFO. We should start a thread where we assign each other a movie to watch (that we will probably dislike )

That's a very good idea!

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

9. Titanic- unranked

I know it's sort of a chick flick or at least that's my perception of it but it's hard to imagine the 90's without Titanic. It's kind of an epic blockbuster. You are right that docs probably shouldn't make a movie list (not a TON of epic ones) though I might put Supersize Me on a 2000's list.

 

[shuke]

The music in Boogie Nights is as good as any of the movies listed thus far.

Dazed
Pulp
Boogie
Reservoir
Good Will Hunting

That's a road trip list of songs right there!

Was just going to post this. Not just great songs, but incredible use of them.

 

[General Malaise]

I dislike PTA's films intensely, but Boogie Nights is the one exception.

What about Hard Eight do you find detestable?

It's OK. Not great, not bad.

So funny how two people can watch the same movie and come away with vastly different opinions.

Feel like I'm learning quite a bit about life from this thread.

 

[General Malaise]

The music in Boogie Nights is as good as any of the movies listed thus far.

Dazed
Pulp
Boogie
Reservoir
Good Will Hunting

That's a road trip list of songs right there!

Was just going to post this. Not just great songs, but incredible use of them.

Philip Baker Hall was such an underrated actor. Library cop in Seinfeld, Hard Eight, BN. So good.

 

[General Malaise]

9. Titanic- unranked

I know it's sort of a chick flick or at least that's my perception of it but it's hard to imagine the 90's without Titanic. It's kind of an epic blockbuster. You are right that docs probably shouldn't make a movie list (not a TON of epic ones) though I might put Supersize Me on a 2000's list.

I mean.....if you've watched Spike Lee's 1997 documentary called "Four Little Girls" and don't consider it one of the best docs of all time, then I don't know what qualifies as "epic". Surprised Tim left it off.


But I would totally be down for a separate list of best docs. Didn't we have a thread dedicated to documentaries in here?

Supersize me was great. Did he die?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

9. Titanic- unranked

I know it's sort of a chick flick or at least that's my perception of it but it's hard to imagine the 90's without Titanic. It's kind of an epic blockbuster. You are right that docs probably shouldn't make a movie list (not a TON of epic ones) though I might put Supersize Me on a 2000's list.

I mean.....if you've watched Spike Lee's 1997 documentary called "Four Little Girls" and don't consider it one of the best docs of all time, then I don't know what qualifies as "epic". Surprised Tim left it off.


But I would totally be down for a separate list of best docs. Didn't we have a thread dedicated to documentaries in here?

Supersize me was great. Did he die?

Yes. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/24/nx-s1-4978739/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me

 

[General Malaise]

3. Boogie Nights (1997)

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham

Synopsis: The rise and fall of a late 70s porn star.

You’ve got the touch! Sung by Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler.

“The Touch” is my favorite scene. I still argue to this day that it would have been a huge hit except that the bass got in the way of the vocals.

This movie is a revelation. I could watch it a zillion times and it would never get old. All of the actors are outstanding. There are some very very dark moments in this- perhaps the darkest is when Roller Girl confronts the guy who knew her in high school. Or when Dirk is alone with the dude in the car. Or the court case (the guy who played Julianne Moore’s husband was John Doe from X!) So many classic moments, feel Iike I’m not doing it justice here.

Never seen it

GTFO. We should start a thread where we assign each other a movie to watch (that we will probably dislike )

YES!

I'm going to make @General Malaise watch Jack and Jill

Can I film the experience MST 3000 style?

 

[Ilov80s]

I liked Boogie Nights but #3 of the 90's? Seems like it shouldn't be even a top 20

Do you not care for PTA? This movie made his reputation. Especially the "Sister Christian" scene, which is one of the greatest uses of tension in all of cinema.

I didn’t know who he was, though Licorice Pizza is one of the worst films I’ve ever sat through (on a plane).

TWBB is great, and Magnolia was pretty good IIRC. If it’s dark, maybe I should give BN a chance.

I would best describe Boogie Nights as Goodfellas about the porno industry.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I liked Boogie Nights but #3 of the 90's? Seems like it shouldn't be even a top 20

Do you not care for PTA? This movie made his reputation. Especially the "Sister Christian" scene, which is one of the greatest uses of tension in all of cinema.

I didn’t know who he was, though Licorice Pizza is one of the worst films I’ve ever sat through (on a plane).

TWBB is great, and Magnolia was pretty good IIRC. If it’s dark, maybe I should give BN a chance.

I would best describe Boogie Nights as Goodfellas about the porno industry.

I did enjoy Goodfellatio.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I liked Boogie Nights okay. Had no reason to watch it again.

 

[TripItUp]

3. Boogie Nights (1997)

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham

Synopsis: The rise and fall of a late 70s porn star.

A great, great movie. Maybe priced a little high for my liking but definitely in my personal top 10. Minor complaints, Wahlberg overacted a bit IMHO. I know the bad actor was part of his character, but that's not what I'm talking about...he just fell short compared to the amazing cast he was surrounded by. Movie was also a bit too dark to rank this high for me personally, I don't need sunshine and roses but this was a dark film at its core which typically doesn't rank as high for me.

Trip's Official Ruling: Slightly Over Ranked(Makes my top 10)

 

[TripItUp]

speaking of dark movies

8MM with Nic Cage makes my top 100

 

[TripItUp]

Looking at my rankings from when KP and I did this, here is where I lined up with Tim's last 10 picks

12. Good Will Hunting- I had it 21
4. Pulp Fiction- I had it 19
3. Boogie Nights- I had it 28

these feel like misses by you

 

[TripItUp]

11. Unforgiven (1992)

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

Synopsis: A former, aging outlaw takes on a final bounty.

Missed a review on this. One of my favorite Westerns and I love Westerns. Hackman is my favorite actor of all time. Freeman and Eastwood nail their roles. So yeah, I'm good with this.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

 

[TripItUp]

12. Good Will Hunting (1997)

Directed by: Gus Van Sant

Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck

Synopsis: A troubled math genius undergoes therapy.

You’re not perfect sport, and let me save you the suspense: the girl you met, she’s not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you’re perfect for each other- Robin Williams as Sean

The crowning achievement of the careers of Affleck, Damon and Williams. A nearly flawless film IMHO. Acting, Script, authenticity, Story. Worthy of the critical acclaim.

Trip's Official Ruling: Slightly Under Ranked (Makes my top 5)

 

[rockaction]

this was a dark film at its core

It was really dark. Nearly pitch black. I once saw a stripper I knew dress as Rollergirl and sort of elide away from what we might call normalcy and into that mentality. It was actually quite profoundly sad.

There's a scene in Boogie Nights where I became really sensitive to people that cheerlead the film for the wrong reasons (KP and tim don't do that, I think, just in case anybody is wondering) and I'm always a little rattled that people miss the real pain that manifests in the characters and their acquaintances. Eh, people probably get it just fine and it's me, but I'm not so sure sometimes.

 

[Zow]

I liked Boogie Nights okay. Had no reason to watch it again.

Same. I get the love, but it wouldn’t be in my top ten.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I mean.....if you've watched Spike Lee's 1997 documentary called "Four Little Girls" and don't consider it one of the best docs of all time, then I don't know what qualifies as "epic". Surprised Tim left it off.

never heard of it.

I like to say that I like documenteries but maybe in reality I don't watch that many? I like history and so that's what I'll watch. Random history docs about historical figures or a battle/war or some event that happened long before I was born. I don't think I have watched or can name that many named ones but like I said I liked Supersize Me and West of Memphis. I also liked the Enron one or Project Nim. I know The Cove by name but I have zero interest in watching that. There's the Michael Moore ones from the 2000's. Raiders! was neat as was Never Surrender. I once watched Triumph of the Will in film class. I had The Food That Built America, Dark Side of the Ring and Hatfields & McCoys in my tv list.

you could do a doc one if you wanted.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Nearly pitch black

I mean, I liked it.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Another one I really liked from Morgan Spurlock was 30 Days

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Many of the 30 For 30's docs are excellent.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Speaking of 90s docs, I think many in here would like American Movie and that one is on Prime.

 

[KarmaPolice]

9. Titanic- unranked

I know it's sort of a chick flick or at least that's my perception of it but it's hard to imagine the 90's without Titanic. It's kind of an epic blockbuster. You are right that docs probably shouldn't make a movie list (not a TON of epic ones) though I might put Supersize Me on a 2000's list.

I mean.....if you've watched Spike Lee's 1997 documentary called "Four Little Girls" and don't consider it one of the best docs of all time, then I don't know what qualifies as "epic". Surprised Tim left it off.


But I would totally be down for a separate list of best docs. Didn't we have a thread dedicated to documentaries in here?

Supersize me was great. Did he die?

He passed last year.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Looking at my rankings from when KP and I did this, here is where I lined up with Tim's last 10 picks

12. Good Will Hunting- I had it 21
11. Unforgiven- I had it 7
10. Europa Europa- unranked
9. Titanic- unranked
8. Quiz Show- I had it 25
7. Hoop Dreams- Unranked, we did not count docs
6. Fargo- I had it 5
5. The Silence of the Lambs- I had it 8
4. Pulp Fiction- I had it 19
3. Boogie Nights- I had it 28

WIth 2 movies left, I do not believe my top 4 ranked movies had yet been posted by Tim. Two of them are foreign fiilms and not too much of a surprose. The other 2 are no brainers.

How i line up with tim:

12 Good Will My #30 (seems a little low)
11 Unforgiven My #10
10 Europa n/a (never seen)
9 Titanic not rated
8 Quiz Show My #85
7 Hoop Dreams n.a
6 Fargo my #26 but would be #3 now
5 Silence My #2
4 Pulp My #6
3 Boogie My #1


The ones in my top 20 not shown up so far are: Heat, Sweet Hereafter, Cable Guy, Three Colors: Red, Boys Don't Cry, The Ice Storm, Out of Sight, and The Thin Red Line.

 

[TripItUp]

The ones in my top 20 not shown up so far are: Heat, Cable Guy, Out of Sight, and The Thin Red Line.

These 4 easily make my top 100.

 

[beer 30]

Supersize me was great. Did he die?

My 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon in relation to Morgan Spurlock. When I lived in Columbus, OH we lived in a neighborhood where the houses were right on top of each other. One of neighbors inherited his grandma's house so he left, literally just left and his house went into foreclosure. Anyhow, right at the very beginning of the Supersize Me 2 movie you see Spurlock leaving a house as a guy & his daughter are seeing him off. That was my neighbor Jim. He & Spurlock were very close friends and Jim helped with the movie. Jim was a really good dude but very bad with finances.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Magnolia is so good. Julianne Moore is great in that

Don't get me started on that pile of excrement...

 

[KarmaPolice]

Magnolia is so good. Julianne Moore is great in that

Don't get me started on that pile of excrement...

Why don't you enjoy great cinema?

 

[nirad3]

Like I said, I do like Adam Sandler and think he's a very funny person, but the yelling and screaming and silly voices just don't do anything but annoy me now.

Sandler is awesome in 3-5 minute segments. Two full hours? Pass.

I try to not live with regrets, but one of my bigger regrets in life was passing on my friend's invitation to hang out / drink beers at a bar with her and her cousin (Adam Sandler) after he performed a comedy show at our college. This was in the mid-90's, when he was just starting to emerge from SNL. Like him or not, that would have been epic. Huge fail on my part.

 

[timschochet]

2. Schindler’s List (1993)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis: A German industrialist saves lives during the Holocaust.

The list is life- Ben Kingsley as Itzak Stern

I won’t comment too much about either this film or the one I chose as #1 because if you’ve seen them there shouldn’t be much more to say. But I do want to talk about Ralph Fiennes because IMO he gives the finest acting performance of the decade. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (didn’t win) but in actuality the moment he appears on the screen (about a third of the way through the film) he is the star of the film- the entire middle section of the film is really about him, his motivations, etc. By way of comparison he has much more screen time than Anthony Hopkins in Lambs, and Hopkins won Best Actor.

Fiennes was great in Quiz Show and he’s been great ever since (I saw The Menu last year and it’s a weird quirky film that I can’t quite recommend but Fiennes is outstanding.) His brother has also turned into a terrific actor (anyone watch The Handmaid’s Tale?) But this is clearly Ralph’s finest moment.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The scene that affects me the most is "I pardon you". Fiennes is amazing in Schindler's List.

 

[Softballguy]

Speaking of 90s docs, I think many in here would like American Movie and that one is on Prime.

One of the funniest movies ever made.

RIP Mike Schank

 

[Gally]

We should start a thread where we assign each other a movie to watch (that we will probably dislike )

This is a great idea with the caveat that the assigner has to at least like the movie to some degree. Figure out some scoring method (not sure what makes sense without thinking about it more) and see what happens.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Magnolia is so good. Julianne Moore is great in that

Don't get me started on that pile of excrement...

I’m sure Shawshank is playing on TBS for the 10,000th time

 

[beer 30]

2. Schindler’s List (1993)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis: A German industrialist saves lives during the Holocaust.

The list is life- Ben Kingsley as Itzak Stern

I won’t comment too much about either this film or the one I chose as #1 because if you’ve seen them there shouldn’t be much more to say. But I do want to talk about Ralph Fiennes because IMO he gives the finest acting performance of the decade. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (didn’t win) but in actuality the moment he appears on the screen (about a third of the way through the film) he is the star of the film- the entire middle section of the film is really about him, his motivations, etc. By way of comparison he has much more screen time than Anthony Hopkins in Lambs, and Hopkins won Best Actor.

Fiennes was great in Quiz Show and he’s been great ever since (I saw The Menu last year and it’s a weird quirky film that I can’t quite recommend but Fiennes is outstanding.) His brother has also turned into a terrific actor (anyone watch The Handmaid’s Tale?) But this is clearly Ralph’s finest moment.

2-2 on the last ones on your list...never seen it

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Magnolia is so good. Julianne Moore is great in that

Don't get me started on that pile of excrement...

I’m sure Shawshank is playing on TBS for the 10,000th time

Weird that they'd show a movie people actually want to watch.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The ones in my top 20 not shown up so far are: Heat, Cable Guy, Out of Sight, and The Thin Red Line.

These 4 easily make my top 100.

I am surprised by that last one. I didn't take you for a Thin Red Line guy.

 

[General Malaise]

I mean.....if you've watched Spike Lee's 1997 documentary called "Four Little Girls" and don't consider it one of the best docs of all time, then I don't know what qualifies as "epic". Surprised Tim left it off.

never heard of it.

I like to say that I like documenteries but maybe in reality I don't watch that many? I like history and so that's what I'll watch. Random history docs about historical figures or a battle/war or some event that happened long before I was born. I don't think I have watched or can name that many named ones but like I said I liked Supersize Me and West of Memphis. I also liked the Enron one or Project Nim. I know The Cove by name but I have zero interest in watching that. There's the Michael Moore ones from the 2000's. Raiders! was neat as was Never Surrender. I once watched Triumph of the Will in film class. I had The Food That Built America, Dark Side of the Ring and Hatfields & McCoys in my tv list.

you could do a doc one if you wanted.

I don't have the dedication or brain power to pull a whole list off. Hats off to Tim for seeing these through.

If you like history about things before your time, then I strongly suggest "Four Little Girls". I'd suggest it for everybody, TBH. Heartbreaking film about the Birmingham church bombings at the hands of racist KKK POS who forever altered the lives of the families and the church impacted by the bombings. Spike Lee let's the family members retell the story and the agony and anguish and loss these people discuss is just so deep and impactful. Rich characters throughout and some learning along the way. It really is a triumph of documentary film making, IMO.

 

[FarFromHome]

I had never seen Schindler's List. We did 30 days training in Southern Germany and they took us to Dachau as the Army's idea of R and R. Got in a fist fight with one of my better friends after making a playful, but unacceptable comment. Full fledge fist fight 15 feet from a stained white wall they used to execute humans. About a month after we returned I watched Schindler's List for the first time with a case of beer. I literally just bawled. So emotional. It just hit me so hard. Just a brutal experience.

 

[KarmaPolice]

this was a dark film at its core

It was really dark. Nearly pitch black. I once saw a stripper I knew dress as Rollergirl and sort of elide away from what we might call normalcy and into that mentality. It was actually quite profoundly sad.

There's a scene in Boogie Nights where I became really sensitive to people that cheerlead the film for the wrong reasons (KP and tim don't do that, I think, just in case anybody is wondering) and I'm always a little rattled that people miss the real pain that manifests in the characters and their acquaintances. Eh, people probably get it just fine and it's me, but I'm not so sure sometimes.

Curious what you mean by this.

I dig it because it's funny in parts, quotable, but mostly it's a movie about a "family" of really troubled and sad people.

 

[General Malaise]

Speaking of Fiennes, I'm a little surprised English Patient got left off. I thought he was great in that and that movie was terrific.

 

[KarmaPolice]

3. Boogie Nights (1997)

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham

Synopsis: The rise and fall of a late 70s porn star.

You’ve got the touch! Sung by Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler.

“The Touch” is my favorite scene. I still argue to this day that it would have been a huge hit except that the bass got in the way of the vocals.

This movie is a revelation. I could watch it a zillion times and it would never get old. All of the actors are outstanding. There are some very very dark moments in this- perhaps the darkest is when Roller Girl confronts the guy who knew her in high school. Or when Dirk is alone with the dude in the car. Or the court case (the guy who played Julianne Moore’s husband was John Doe from X!) So many classic moments, feel Iike I’m not doing it justice here.

Never seen it

GTFO. We should start a thread where we assign each other a movie to watch (that we will probably dislike )

That's a very good idea!

I think it's a fun idea, but I wouldn't want it to descend into negativity and railing on other people's tastes. It would also be a little tough at the start figuring out what people haven't seen before. I would be open to ones that somebody has seen, but just 1x and a really long time ago. Truthfully, I am not sure Boogie Nights would be where I'd start with you, but I am not sure what else would be interesting.

Actually, a director I think you would like is Hirokazu Kore-eda. He has become one of my favorite directors working, and I was thinking about him a bit this week as I looked at lists of recent movies. A movie that would probably be in my top 10 from the 90s now would be After Life. It is set in the after life (surprise!) the concept is people have to choose one memory from their life to take with them on the step. He is often compared to Ozu when I read reviews and such. I can see that - he does different genres but there is also a tenderness and themes of family dominating his movies.

I haven't seen all his movies yet, but I am slowly working through them and have really liked what I have seen so far.