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Top 101 Movies of the 90s. We are done. If I knock out Amadeus/Brazil/Ran, We get to have an 80s countdown!! (1 Viewer)

Ilov80s said:
That is probably  accurate. I hadn't really thought of that but it seems right. 
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I think it was a pretty good interpretation of my tastes.   That said, I think a comparison of our top 10 might be interesting as to what people might think is more aligned with the masses.  

 
#51:   AFTER LIFE

I will admit that this might be a too high, gut reaction ranking, but this one really grabbed me and haunted my thoughts for days after.   I fell in love with this one right way, and this was the highest ranking for a movie I gave that was a first time watch over the last couple months.  (other first watches were La Haine and a couple others I think made my list, but not the countdown).    This is a Japanese film, and it's about a group of people who interview the recently deceased to help them decide on one memory of their life to keep for eternity.    Also what made it fascinating was this wiki blurb:

In the development phase of the script, the director interviewed more than five hundred people from disparate social backgrounds, asking them to tell him about their memories and choose the single one they would keep. Kore-eda was "intrigued by how often people chose upsetting experiences". The film alternates real footage of these interviews with acting, some based on improvisation, some on a specific script;[8] 

 
On that note, we will stop at the half point for the night.   The pace will slow a little more as we get into the best of the best and as we head into the weekend.     The plan is for about 10 tomorrow sprinkled throughout the day since I actually work in the morning, then we will go from there.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
#51:   AFTER LIFE

I will admit that this might be a too high, gut reaction ranking, but this one really grabbed me and haunted my thoughts for days after.   I fell in love with this one right way, and this was the highest ranking for a movie I gave that was a first time watch over the last couple months.  (other first watches were La Haine and a couple others I think made my list, but not the countdown).    This is a Japanese film, and it's about a group of people who interview the recently deceased to help them decide on one memory of their life to keep for eternity.    Also what made it fascinating was this wiki blurb:

In the development phase of the script, the director interviewed more than five hundred people from disparate social backgrounds, asking them to tell him about their memories and choose the single one they would keep. Kore-eda was "intrigued by how often people chose upsetting experiences". The film alternates real footage of these interviews with acting, some based on improvisation, some on a specific script;[8] 
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That sounds pretty heavy but I will need to check it out. 

 
The first rule of talking about this movie should be we stop making jokes about the first rule in this movie.  

#50:  FIGHT CLUB

This was one that up and down in my initial rankings, but ended up at #20.  The wife and I rewatched it, and it's as fun as ever.  We've had debates in the main movie thread about what exactly the point of the movie is, and I fully get people not liking it if they knew too many bros that took what I consider the wrong message away from the.  Oh, it's ok to just not like the movie itself too.  

 
It's raining frogs, Hallelujah! 

#49:  MAGNOLIA

My #49 pick and 80s' #68.    It's on both of our lists, so you can't complain about it - those are the rules! ;)   See Trip's description yesterday as to why I love this movie.  

 
I will let those two fester in your heads for a bit.  ;)   I plan to post another one or two if it's not busy and I get a longer break.   Otherwise, it will be closer to 3:30 central

 
KarmaPolice said:
The first rule of talking about this movie should be we stop making jokes about the first rule in this movie.  

#50:  FIGHT CLUB

This was one that up and down in my initial rankings, but ended up at #20.  The wife and I rewatched it, and it's as fun as ever.  We've had debates in the main movie thread about what exactly the point of the movie is, and I fully get people not liking it if they knew too many bros that took what I consider the wrong message away from the.  Oh, it's ok to just not like the movie itself too.  
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KarmaPolice said:
It's raining frogs, Hallelujah! 

#49:  MAGNOLIA

My #49 pick and 80s' #68.    It's on both of our lists, so you can't complain about it - those are the rules! ;)   See Trip's description yesterday as to why I love this movie.  
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This is a story about love and hate. Loved Fight Club- went on a Pahlaniuk binge and realized he is kind of a one-trick-Bukowski-lite.But rhe movie was phenomenal. HBC😍

Magnolia made me angry. I watched it with my sisters one of the times I was home visiting and wanted to leave the theater halfway rhrough. It sucked soooo badly. Never before or since, have so many great actors collaborated to such a huge steaming pile of excrement. I didn’t think it was possible to hate Tom Cruise any more than I already did. Boy, was I wrong. And the Lisa Loeb soundteack made me want to eat a whole bottle of tylenol, washed down with Tide pods.  Do not recommend.

 
I can’t stress this enough- Magnolia is such a steaming pile of poo that, metaphorically, if I stepped in it, I wouldn’t just throw the shoe away. I’d sell all my stock in Nike and Cole Haan and then have both my feet amputated so I never had to wear shoes again. It is terrible.

 
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KarmaPolice said:
It's raining frogs, Hallelujah! 

#49:  MAGNOLIA

My #49 pick and 80s' #68.    It's on both of our lists, so you can't complain about it - those are the rules! ;)   See Trip's description yesterday as to why I love this movie.  
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A total homage to Altman. Which is fine because I love Altman.

 
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I loved Magnolia when it came out. I was also a little bit different then. I thought it had an interesting take on things, and was almost operatic in its scope. 

I don't like it as much anymore. Seems like too much angst and whining. 

 
Pip's Invitation said:
A total homage to Altman. Which is fine because I love Altman.
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There was a bit of this in the 90s for sure as all the these young directors growing up with their VHS movie education started making movies.    I can't comment on other directors doing it, but not acknowledge PTA doing similar at the start.   I believe he started finding his own groove and voice with Blood and others, but it's there for is first few 100%.   As rock said - the characters and story are his though.   

 
I don't have the list at work, but I thought glancing at the top 50 one of the biggest beefs would be with Magnolia on there.   I wasn't sure if that one was going to make 80s' list when we started down this road.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
There was a bit of this in the 90s for sure as all the these young directors growing up with their VHS movie education started making movies.    I can't comment on other directors doing it, but not acknowledge PTA doing similar at the start.   I believe he started finding his own groove and voice with Blood and others, but it's there for is first few 100%.   As rock said - the characters and story are his though.   
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Yes. Though I’ve only seen the movie once and what I remember most are the Altman-isms.

 
Bracie Smathers said:
Eclectic/artsy/unwatchable/inelligensia gets high marks on this list.  
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Or, like everything else on the internet - negativity trumps positivity.   Easier to bag on the dozen or so movies on our lists that are "unwatchable" and skip over the Dumb and Dumbers and South Parks.  :shrug:   

Feel free like Shuke and Trip might - post your own list after we are done as well.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
Feel free like Shuke and Trip might - post your own list after we are done as well.  
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Can do and I tend to avoid bagging on lists but yours grinded on a few sore spots in quick succession, the hate of Dances With Wolves, right on the heels of OHMYGAAAAAAWD Clueless embrace, right into the artsy-fartsy Magnolia PTA luvfest.  Sorry but, could not resist seething urge to strike back.  

 
Bracie Smathers said:
Can do and I tend to avoid bagging on lists but yours grinded on a few sore spots in quick succession, the hate of Dances With Wolves, right on the heels of OHMYGAAAAAAWD Clueless embrace, right into the artsy-fartsy Magnolia PTA luvfest.  Sorry but, could not resist seething urge to strike back.  
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What was the hate for Dances? Just think it’s rated way too low? I was actually expecting blowback on that for even making the list. It was pretty high on mine.

 
I will say I’m not a PTA nut. I think half of his movies are bad. However, Magnolia is the first of his that I saw and I loved it. I was so excited for Punch Drunk Love. You want to talk about unwatchable garbage, that’s PDL.

 
Ilov80s said:
Oh he hit the love reaction for the Dances post so I thought he was pro-Dances. 
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I didn't catch that emoji.   

Speaking of - we are in the core of movies that were on one or the other of our lists.   Are there movies on my list that you just flat out don't like, or were most of them in the haven't seen it or it was in the next wave of 100 movies categories?  

 
Ilov80s said:
I will say I’m not a PTA nut. I think half of his movies are bad. However, Magnolia is the first of his that I saw and I loved it. I was so excited for Punch Drunk Love. You want to talk about unwatchable garbage, that’s PDL.
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If I remember correctly Inherent Vice was the other big whiff of his for you, right?   Maybe The Master

I remember you liking the 90s movies, There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
If I remember correctly Inherent Vice was the other big whiff of his for you, right?   Maybe The Master

I remember you liking the 90s movies, There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread and Licorice Pizza.  
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Yes Inherent Vice and The Master were painful watches for me. I liked almost nothing about them.

 
Ilov80s said:
I will say I’m not a PTA nut. I think half of his movies are bad. However, Magnolia is the first of his that I saw and I loved it. I was so excited for Punch Drunk Love. You want to talk about unwatchable garbage, that’s PDL.
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I like Punch Drunk Love.

I have not seen Magnolia.

TWBB was a very well done movie but dragged too much in parts (could have been edited down imo).

The Master was one of the worst movies I've sat through.

 
KarmaPolice said:
Maybe not.    It's possible i could have been more clear.     I/we thought a combined list might give a better product, especially at the top of the list.    I think we both thought we would would have more of our lists in common, but I definitely wanted it to be more of a united countdown than a his list vs. my list thing (although that might have been more fun for the peanut gallery).  
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You could always reveal each list in its entirety after the countdown is over

 
As I mentioned previously, Magnolia just felt so self indulgent, to an excruciating level. 3 hours of self pity and misery is too much to ask of any watcher.

And as typical with a PTA film, most of the soundtrack does not match what we are watching at all. It's really tough to make the great Aimee Mann become tiresome, but hearing "One is the loneliest number" about a hundred times managed to accomplish that.

This was on recently and I tried to give it another chance, but couldn't make it through more than 15 minutes. 

Prosthetic is right on this one.  :thumbup:

 
KarmaPolice said:
I don't have the list at work, but I thought glancing at the top 50 one of the biggest beefs would be with Magnolia on there.   I wasn't sure if that one was going to make 80s' list when we started down this road.  
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i liked Magnolia, probably would be Top 25 for me (still haven’t decide if I will do a ranking or just post some omissions / favorites).  That said I probably haven’t seen it in 10+ years

 
I guess I’m one of the few that’s in the middle on Magnolia.

Not terrible and not amazing.

The good old days when everybody went to the internet to have a movie explained  to them.

 
No, I didn't really take that POS.   I was reminded the other day about how many ####ty rom-coms there were in the 90s.   

Here is the real pick 

#48:  OUT OF SIGHT

Just one of the coolest damn movies of the decade.   I was late to the game watching this one, but since I saw it for the first time about a year ago I have watched it multiple times.   Clooney and J-Lo were awesome together.   I'd have to look, but I think this was my #18 or #19 flick.  

 
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