The 100 Greatest movies of the 1990s #27. Casino (115 Viewers)

[Ilov80s]

The Player is a 5 star perfect movie

 

[Don Quixote]

Tracking shot to open the movie is up there with Touch of Evil for one of the best to open a movie.

 

[dgreen]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

 

[Ilov80s]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I've read the book - have not seen the movie.

 

[General Malaise]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

 

[Todem]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

Anytime I really like a movie….like really really like……I see it again plenty.

If you have not seen it in 33 years……how good could have it been?

Obviously not top 100 in the 90’s for you.

 

[General Malaise]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

Anytime I really like a movie….like really really like……I see it again plenty.

If you have not seen it in 33 years……how good could have it been?

Obviously not top 100 in the 90’s for you.

I've only seen Schindler's List once. I think that's an incredible movie, but I'm in no hurry to see it again and again. I could say this about plenty of films. I've seen Saving Private Ryan once. That was great. That was also enough for me.

Plus, most of my rewatches in life come from TNT or USA or whatever the free cable channels were in the 90s/00s that just showed movies like Shawshank Redemption on constant loop, so if I were in a hotel room with nothing to do, I'd watch again and again just because.

How exactly would I watch a movie like The Player again and again? Never on free cable, I don't own the DVD and I'm surely not going out of my way to pay for the experience again when other movies I haven't seen are out there.

 

[General Malaise]

Plus, with 5 kids, I don't exactly have all the free time in the world to re-watch movies. I'd say over the last two decades + of fatherhood, I've seen an average of 5 new movies a year, tops. The golden era of series like Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Bear, etc provided me with far more entertainment than movies did during that same time.

 

[Todem]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

Anytime I really like a movie….like really really like……I see it again plenty.

If you have not seen it in 33 years……how good could have it been?

Obviously not top 100 in the 90’s for you.

I've only seen Schindler's List once. I think that's an incredible movie, but I'm in no hurry to see it again and again. I could say this about plenty of films. I've seen Saving Private Ryan once. That was great. That was also enough for me.

Plus, most of my rewatches in life come from TNT or USA or whatever the free cable channels were in the 90s/00s that just showed movies like Shawshank Redemption on constant loop, so if I were in a hotel room with nothing to do, I'd watch again and again just because.

How exactly would I watch a movie like The Player again and again? Never on free cable, I don't own the DVD and I'm surely not going out of my way to pay for the experience again when other movies I haven't seen are out there.

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hundreds of DVD/Blue a Ray/4K discs. Have a killer sound bar home theater system etc.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I have seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

But as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

 

[General Malaise]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

Anytime I really like a movie….like really really like……I see it again plenty.

If you have not seen it in 33 years……how good could have it been?

Obviously not top 100 in the 90’s for you.

I've only seen Schindler's List once. I think that's an incredible movie, but I'm in no hurry to see it again and again. I could say this about plenty of films. I've seen Saving Private Ryan once. That was great. That was also enough for me.

Plus, most of my rewatches in life come from TNT or USA or whatever the free cable channels were in the 90s/00s that just showed movies like Shawshank Redemption on constant loop, so if I were in a hotel room with nothing to do, I'd watch again and again just because.

How exactly would I watch a movie like The Player again and again? Never on free cable, I don't own the DVD and I'm surely not going out of my way to pay for the experience again when other movies I haven't seen are out there.

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hindredsnof DVD/Blue Ray/4K discs.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I ha e seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

It as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

I'm more interested in your guitar collection.

My childhood friend is a guitar nerd and we were talking about Jim Irsay's collection. Holy moly is that thing incredible.

 

[Todem]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

Anytime I really like a movie….like really really like……I see it again plenty.

If you have not seen it in 33 years……how good could have it been?

Obviously not top 100 in the 90’s for you.

I've only seen Schindler's List once. I think that's an incredible movie, but I'm in no hurry to see it again and again. I could say this about plenty of films. I've seen Saving Private Ryan once. That was great. That was also enough for me.

Plus, most of my rewatches in life come from TNT or USA or whatever the free cable channels were in the 90s/00s that just showed movies like Shawshank Redemption on constant loop, so if I were in a hotel room with nothing to do, I'd watch again and again just because.

How exactly would I watch a movie like The Player again and again? Never on free cable, I don't own the DVD and I'm surely not going out of my way to pay for the experience again when other movies I haven't seen are out there.

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hindredsnof DVD/Blue Ray/4K discs.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I ha e seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

It as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

I'm more interested in your guitar collection.

My childhood friend is a guitar nerd and we were talking about Jim Irsay's collection. Holy moly is that thing incredible.

Hahaha yeah I have a decent amount of great axes. And play em all.

My prized possession is my Alex Lifeson Custom Shop 355

Only 300 were ever made.

I have #207

 

[General Malaise]

Looking at the full list so far, here are the ones that I have no memory of:

93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
77. Crumb
68. The Witches
64. Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
35. The Player

Most of those I’m not surprised by The Witches was pretty big at least to kids and I would think adults with kids. That movie scared the crap out of me. I think they recently did a remake of it. The Player is just perfect though. It’s very much locked into its early 90s Hollywood world but it still works perfectly imo. The cameos are incredible, Bruce Willis, Julia Robert’s, Nick Nolte,Cher, Johh Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds, etc. - they totally immerse you into the idea that this is really Hollywood even while being so ridiculous it couldn’t be. Or could it?

I remember really liking The Player but haven't seen it since I watched it in '92. Would like to watch this one again.

Anytime I really like a movie….like really really like……I see it again plenty.

If you have not seen it in 33 years……how good could have it been?

Obviously not top 100 in the 90’s for you.

I've only seen Schindler's List once. I think that's an incredible movie, but I'm in no hurry to see it again and again. I could say this about plenty of films. I've seen Saving Private Ryan once. That was great. That was also enough for me.

Plus, most of my rewatches in life come from TNT or USA or whatever the free cable channels were in the 90s/00s that just showed movies like Shawshank Redemption on constant loop, so if I were in a hotel room with nothing to do, I'd watch again and again just because.

How exactly would I watch a movie like The Player again and again? Never on free cable, I don't own the DVD and I'm surely not going out of my way to pay for the experience again when other movies I haven't seen are out there.

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hindredsnof DVD/Blue Ray/4K discs.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I ha e seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

It as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

I'm more interested in your guitar collection.

My childhood friend is a guitar nerd and we were talking about Jim Irsay's collection. Holy moly is that thing incredible.

Hahaha yeah I have a decent amount of great axes. And play em all.

My prized possession is my Alex Lifeson Custom Shop 355

Only 300 were ever made.

I have #207

Whoa! Uh, I'm going to pass that info on to my buddy. He is a HUGE Lifeson fan.

Pic of what my buddy was shredding on this spring.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I don't think I've heard of it.

See Pip, it's not just me.

 

[timschochet]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

It WAS a prelim for the West Wing. The West Wing pilot consisted of ideas Sorkin wanted to put in The American President but didn't have room for.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

2 shows that didn't get a mention that I enjoyed but either didn't rank or just drew a blank

Da Vinci's Demons

Britannia

Never heard of them.

I don't think I've heard of it.

See Pip, it's not just me.

You've made this joke about a dozen times now and I was just joking around that I'm not the only one that hasn't heard of obscure not well known stuff

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I guess I haven’t seen a lot of 90s movies. To be fair it was the decade of my twenties so I was drunk and stoned a lot.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I know a lot of 90s music.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Haven’t seen these:

99. Madonna: Truth Or Dare
94. Les Miserables
93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
90. The Sandlot
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
84. Babe
81. Mulan
77. Crumb
76. A Time to Kill
68. The Witches
63. The Rainmaker
56. The Lion King
55. Life Is Beautiful
54. To Die For
53. Mr. Holland’s Opus
42. What’s Love Got To Do With It
35. The Player
34. The American President

 

[Todem]

I guess I haven’t seen a lot of 90s movies. To be fair it was the decade of my twenties so I was drunk and stoned a lot.

Same!!!!

No Naked Lunch in this countdown!!! No street cred for the 90’s

 

[General Malaise]

I guess I haven’t seen a lot of 90s movies. To be fair it was the decade of my twenties so I was drunk and stoned a lot.

Me too, but I was also living alone for the first time in the rainy PNW and couldn't afford bar hopping every night!

But I found a theater in downtown Portland called The Mission, an old building with a balcony that converted to a movie theater. They didn't show new releases, but lots of indie flicks and big films that weren't quite out in the video stores.

Movies also cost $1 for admission and they sold craft beer by the pitcher. I LOVED this place. Saw so many 90s movies here.

It's still around but I don't have the free time I once did and downtown Portland isn't an ideal place to park a minivan for hours on end.

American President was great - but I only saw it once. In that theater. Would like to watch it again. I never watched West Wing either....

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Spoiler: movies I haven't seen

99. Madonna: Truth Or Dare
94. Les Miserables
93. Guilty By Suspicion
92. The Commitments
88. Defending Your Life
87. Reversal of Fortune
82. Primal Fear
81. Mulan
78. Glengarry Glen Ross
77. Crumb
70. Swingers
68. The Witches
65. The Hurricane
54. To Die For
48. Thelma and Louise
42. What’s Love Got To Do With It
35. The Player
34. The American President

 

[General Malaise]

I guess I haven’t seen a lot of 90s movies. To be fair it was the decade of my twenties so I was drunk and stoned a lot.

Same!!!!

No Naked Lunch in this countdown!!! No street cred for the 90’s

I rented that movie. It was, uh, not what I was expecting.

 

[Jayrod]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

What the what? I don't think I'd have this in my top 100.

Dave was a better movie.

 

[B Maverick]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

Along with Independence Day, this has one of the best Presidential movie speeches.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

What the what? I don't think I'd have this in my top 100.

Dave was a better movie.

100%.
Considering what is ranked way lower and probably wont be included at all, fluff like this ranks at #34.
Well written fluff, but if you gave me a 100 random movies from the 90s to pick from and American President was one of them It would be eliminated without a second thought.

 

[General Malaise]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

What the what? I don't think I'd have this in my top 100.

Dave was a better movie.

100%.
Considering what is ranked way lower and probably wont be included at all, fluff like this ranks at #34.
Well written fluff, but if you gave me a 100 random movies from the 90s to pick from and American President was one of them It would be eliminated without a second thought.

Would you also have a baker's dozen of children's movies?

 

[Alex P Keaton]

35. The Player (1992)

Directed by: Robert Altman

Starring: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Peter Gallagher, Fred Ward

Synopsis: A threatened Hollywood studio executive murders a screenwriter.

What an interesting concept it would be to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. - Tim Robbins as Griffin Mills.


Although he went on to make many more films (including 1993’s superb Short Cuts which just missed out being on this list, I think this black comedy might be Robert Altman’s last classic work, along with M*A*S*H* and Nashville. It’s funny, disturbing, and one of the best movies I’ve seen about Hollywood. (Though it’s really a commentary on the cutthroat elements of American society in general.) Outstanding movie.

This is top-25 all time for me. I love this movie — saw it with my best friend in the theater when opened. We were both movie dorks and were awaiting this film for months.

Dark, cynical, insider Hollywood stuff galore, lots of cameos, amazingly absurd movie pitches (“it’s like Pretty Woman meets Out of Africa……”).

My mom has heard me talk about this movie for 30+ years and she finally watched it with me a couple months ago. She loved it on first watch - which almost made it worthwhile that she made me sit through a re-watch of The Judge with Duvall and Downey Jr.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

What the what? I don't think I'd have this in my top 100.

Dave was a better movie.

Well, Dave didn’t spawn one of the best TV shows of the last 25 years, so no, Dave wasn’t better. At least it had Ving Rhames in it though.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

What the what? I don't think I'd have this in my top 100.

Dave was a better movie.

I'd rank them about the same.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Plus, with 5 kids, I don't exactly have all the free time in the world to re-watch movies. I'd say over the last two decades + of fatherhood, I've seen an average of 5 new movies a year, tops. The golden era of series like Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Bear, etc provided me with far more entertainment than movies did during that same time.

Then you aren't that big of a movie fan. Not a criticism, just saying that you did have time to watch more you just chose to watch TV series instead. Like Todem, I don't get people not watching movies over when they say they loved them, but that is also more the people I hung around with - we watched a lot of movies and multiple times. Even brutal watches like Requiem for a Dream, Schindler's, or Hereditary I have seen multiple times.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hundreds of DVD/Blue a Ray/4K discs. Have a killer sound bar home theater system etc.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I have seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

It as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

I come across people saying that they have "friendship" movies where they joke that they wouldn't connect with somebody much that didn't like a title. I kind of get that, but for me what is more of an accurate criteria is if somebody: owns movies, watches behind the scenes features, listens to podcasts and/or reads books about movies, and rewatches movies.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

BS (before streaming) you were FORCED to rewatch movies since that's what cable did. Now that I have streaming I much rather watch something that I've not seen a dozen times already. I mean, one day I might go back and watch something I haven't seen in a long time and I occasionally rewatch Psych episodes but with so much new to see why would you opt to not try something new?

 

[El Floppo]

Good watch, good movie... But yeah- being the germ for a really good TV still wouldn't push this into my consciousness for a "best of" list.

 

[Todem]

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hundreds of DVD/Blue a Ray/4K discs. Have a killer sound bar home theater system etc.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I have seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

It as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

I come across people saying that they have "friendship" movies where they joke that they wouldn't connect with somebody much that didn't like a title. I kind of get that, but for me what is more of an accurate criteria is if somebody: owns movies, watches behind the scenes features, listens to podcasts and/or reads books about movies, and rewatches movies.

That’s me

 

[Todem]

I guess I haven’t seen a lot of 90s movies. To be fair it was the decade of my twenties so I was drunk and stoned a lot.

Same!!!!

No Naked Lunch in this countdown!!! No street cred for the 90’s

I rented that movie. It was, uh, not what I was expecting.

The book is even more whacko!!!!

 

[KarmaPolice]

BS (before streaming) you were FORCED to rewatch movies since that's what cable did. Now that I have streaming I much rather watch something that I've not seen a dozen times already. I mean, one day I might go back and watch something I haven't seen in a long time and I occasionally rewatch Psych episodes but with so much new to see why would you opt to not try something new?

Sure, if you didn't have access to a video rental store. I was always there because it felt like the same 10 movies played over and over on the few channels we had.

Personally, I have a lot of trouble finding things on streamers that I want to watch so that is one barrier. Already seeing waaaaay too many movies is another barrier on streamers, as often ones that would interest me I have already gotten to. Not so much this year, but because I didn't watch shows or sports for about a decade, I was probably watching 300+ movies a year. If I watched all new ones, chances are I am watching a ton of stuff that I will not like.

I really enjoy the process of rewatching a movie to see if it means something different now or rethink it after a first watch. I am a much different person I was vs. 20 years ago so my opinion on movies have changed as I do for better or worse.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I am a movie head I guess.

I own hundreds of DVD/Blue a Ray/4K discs. Have a killer sound bar home theater system etc.

Yes one of my weaknesses like vinyl and cds lol.

I have seen Schindlers list half a dozen times…..obviously a very personal movie for me.

But I get it…..not everyone views movies over and over.

It as a movie buff I watch my favorite flicks a lot….lol.

I come across people saying that they have "friendship" movies where they joke that they wouldn't connect with somebody much that didn't like a title. I kind of get that, but for me what is more of an accurate criteria is if somebody: owns movies, watches behind the scenes features, listens to podcasts and/or reads books about movies, and rewatches movies.

That’s me

LINK

 

[El Floppo]

BS (before streaming) you were FORCED to rewatch movies since that's what cable did. Now that I have streaming I much rather watch something that I've not seen a dozen times already. I mean, one day I might go back and watch something I haven't seen in a long time and I occasionally rewatch Psych episodes but with so much new to see why would you opt to not try something new?

Sure, if you didn't have access to a video rental store. I was always there because it felt like the same 10 movies played over and over on the few channels we had.

Personally, I have a lot of trouble finding things on streamers that I want to watch so that is one barrier. Already seeing waaaaay too many movies is another barrier on streamers, as often ones that would interest me I have already gotten to. Not so much this year, but because I didn't watch shows or sports for about a decade, I was probably watching 300+ movies a year. If I watched all new ones, chances are I am watching a ton of stuff that I will not like.

I really enjoy the process of rewatching a movie to see if it means something different now or rethink it after a first watch. I am a much different person I was vs. 20 years ago so my opinion on movies have changed as I do for better or worse.

Yeah. I mentioned in the rental thread (and thanks to Punt for the link) that I rewatched one of my old favorite underappreciated comedies, So I Married an Axe Murderer. I still quote a bunch of lines from it, despite not having seen it maybe since it came out.

It's not good.

the bits I remembered were still great, but everything else was...not.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

34. The American President (1995)

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfus

Synopsis: Widower President decides to date an environmental lawyer.

(Long pause after he asks her out on a date) Sydney, Congress doesn’t take this long.- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this movie is basically a prelim for The West Wing. It’s got many of the same themes, the same humor, the same subject matter, many of the same actors, and it’s a liberal fantasy. It’s also a delightful romantic comedy and the leads are charming. In that sense it’s old fashioned Hollywood and it works.

Great cast, entertaining film.
My only complaint (and it's minor) is that awful hairdo that they gave poor Annette Benning.

 

[General Malaise]

Plus, with 5 kids, I don't exactly have all the free time in the world to re-watch movies. I'd say over the last two decades + of fatherhood, I've seen an average of 5 new movies a year, tops. The golden era of series like Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Bear, etc provided me with far more entertainment than movies did during that same time.

Then you aren't that big of a movie fan. Not a criticism, just saying that you did have time to watch more you just chose to watch TV series instead. Like Todem, I don't get people not watching movies over when they say they loved them, but that is also more the people I hung around with - we watched a lot of movies and multiple times. Even brutal watches like Requiem for a Dream, Schindler's, or Hereditary I have seen multiple times.

As I've said in multiple movie threads numerous times, I used to be a very big fan of movies. I used to set my VCR to record "Siskel & Ebert" every Sunday and own two of Roger Ebert's books. I would read movie reviews in newspapers religiously and only fork over money to see the ones that were well received.

Your characterization of me couldn't be further off base. I was (and will always be) an educated movie consumer. I love movies.

But I will not waste my time - nor my money - on crap. Life is a value proposition and I won't wast what little time I have on Hollywood drek. I've been burned too many times. Why would I gamble on a movie expense when an episode of Sopranos is available to me as part of my cable package? This was my thought process once I started pumping out kids.

Some of you people in here will watch anything. You'll spend your time and your money doing it and then say "geeee, you know, that Mission Impossible 28 was pretty lame". Well no ****ing duh! Do you even care about your time and how fast it slips away? Why feed into this system when better choices abound? I don't get it.

I've seen many movies several times on a rewatch - I can quote Goodfellas line for line. Clockwork Orange? At least 10 times.

I've never once watched a Marvel movie. Many movies I see in passing just look like video games. Complete waste of time.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I'd rent stuff from Blockbuster and Hollywood and then as I got older I'd do Red Box but it was a lot of stuff I've seen or just wasn't interested in but that's gone now. I'd rent a few things from the library but that's like a 20 min drive so I never did it much.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Some of you people in here will watch anything.

hey now! Just because I'm willing to give something a try doesn't mean I don't lack taste!

 

[Gr00vus]

A no true movie fan discussion - did not see that coming.

Also, Swingers and Usual Suspects being ranked behind some of these later entries is suboptimal. Objectively.

 

[KarmaPolice]

BS (before streaming) you were FORCED to rewatch movies since that's what cable did. Now that I have streaming I much rather watch something that I've not seen a dozen times already. I mean, one day I might go back and watch something I haven't seen in a long time and I occasionally rewatch Psych episodes but with so much new to see why would you opt to not try something new?

Sure, if you didn't have access to a video rental store. I was always there because it felt like the same 10 movies played over and over on the few channels we had.

Personally, I have a lot of trouble finding things on streamers that I want to watch so that is one barrier. Already seeing waaaaay too many movies is another barrier on streamers, as often ones that would interest me I have already gotten to. Not so much this year, but because I didn't watch shows or sports for about a decade, I was probably watching 300+ movies a year. If I watched all new ones, chances are I am watching a ton of stuff that I will not like.

I really enjoy the process of rewatching a movie to see if it means something different now or rethink it after a first watch. I am a much different person I was vs. 20 years ago so my opinion on movies have changed as I do for better or worse.

Yeah. I mentioned in the rental thread (and thanks to Punt for the link) that I rewatched one of my old favorite underappreciated comedies, So I Married an Axe Murderer. I still quote a bunch of lines from it, despite not having seen it maybe since it came out.

It's not good.

the bits I remembered were still great, but everything else was...not.

And this is why I rewatch movies a lot. Of course there will be cases like this where you watch something you used to like and it has lost it's appeal for the most part. I came across that all the time watching stuff I loved as a kid with my kids and thinking it was bad. Why I do it is for the opposite - I love the cases where I fall again for a movie, or find a great gem in one that I had written off or didn't like before.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Plus, with 5 kids, I don't exactly have all the free time in the world to re-watch movies. I'd say over the last two decades + of fatherhood, I've seen an average of 5 new movies a year, tops. The golden era of series like Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Bear, etc provided me with far more entertainment than movies did during that same time.

Then you aren't that big of a movie fan. Not a criticism, just saying that you did have time to watch more you just chose to watch TV series instead. Like Todem, I don't get people not watching movies over when they say they loved them, but that is also more the people I hung around with - we watched a lot of movies and multiple times. Even brutal watches like Requiem for a Dream, Schindler's, or Hereditary I have seen multiple times.

As I've said in multiple movie threads numerous times, I used to be a very big fan of movies. I used to set my VCR to record "Siskel & Ebert" every Sunday and own two of Roger Ebert's books. I would read movie reviews in newspapers religiously and only fork over money to see the ones that were well received.

Your characterization of me couldn't be further off base. I was (and will always be) an educated movie consumer. I love movies.

But I will not waste my time - nor my money - on crap. Life is a value proposition and I won't wast what little time I have on Hollywood drek. I've been burned too many times. Why would I gamble on a movie expense when an episode of Sopranos is available to me as part of my cable package? This was my thought process once I started pumping out kids.

Some of you people in here will watch anything. You'll spend your time and your money doing it and then say "geeee, you know, that Mission Impossible 28 was pretty lame". Well no ****ing duh! Do you even care about your time and how fast it slips away? Why feed into this system when better choices abound? I don't get it.

I've seen many movies several times on a rewatch - I can quote Goodfellas line for line. Clockwork Orange? At least 10 times.

I've never once watched a Marvel movie. Many movies I see in passing just look like video games. Complete waste of time.

Not sure where my characterization was wrong. You even used the phrase "used to be", so maybe that is the phrase I should have used as well. Also part of that HBO package was access to their movies, correct? No extra $ needed to watch movies vs. shows. You chose to watch Sopranos and other stuff instead of a movie. I get your frustration, but I guess I have had the opposite experience - I have been burned way too many times by TV shows falling off in quality and feeling like I wasted my time there. As you said, it's a value proposition. Do I spend 40+ hours on a show that may or may not continue in quality or not get cancelled, or do I watch 20-25 movies? That is where my calculations have landed me. Even if I didn't like the movie, it's basically 2 episodes of an HBO show, and not a big deal.

What I don't understand about you is that what you ***** about is what I largely ***** about for movies in the last couple decades. But I am currently trying to whittle down a list of about 300 movies from the last couple decades that I would probably grade at 7.5/10 or higher for a "best of" list. IMO you are focused waaaay to much on the big budget blockbuster movies in the theater and not trying to find the awesome recent movies, which IMO there are a ton of. Yes, there is too much attention paid to sequels, known IP, and reboots, but that is a small % of overall movies. I would say the % is a little higher, especially on an average day at the theater in the last decade, than it was in the 90s or earlier but let's not pretend we weren't getting bombarded with horror and action sequels at that time as well. There has always been a lot of crap to avoid in the realm of movies.

ETA: if you search up critics' lists now in the same way you would use S&E in the day and read their reviews, I find it very hard to believe that they would be suggesting a ton of Marvel movies, Jurassic World 4, or Mission Impossible 28 - which are the types of movies you seem to be railing against and trying to avoid.

 

[UncleZen]

I loved American President and have watched it several times. It does not crack my top 100 of the decade.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I guess I haven’t seen a lot of 90s movies. To be fair it was the decade of my twenties so I was drunk and stoned a lot.

TBF, a lot of us were also dazed and confused.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Personally, I have a lot of trouble finding things on streamers that I want to watch so that is one barrier

1st world problems but yeah, I agree. Scrolling and searching can be a chore unless you know specifically what you want to watch. From time to time I'll do a little research on things movies/shows I'd like to watch. I tend to watch a lot of what's expiring.