A film for each year you are alive

TheCunningStunt · 07-27-2010, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

I'm really not a movie person, but I'll just leave this here

2000 - The Emperor's New Groove
2008 - Wall-E

Solid effort!

downwardspiral · 07-27-2010, 04:36 PM

oh my ****ing god, how did i manage to forget the emperors new groove?!!?!!??!?!? DESPAIR. amazing film.

TheCunningStunt · 07-27-2010, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by downwardspiral

oh my ****ing god, how did i manage to forget the emperors new groove?!!?!!??!?!? DESPAIR. amazing film.

Because Requiem for a Dream is infinitely better.

Violent & Funky · 07-27-2010, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I also can't stand Schindler's List... That makes me a Nazi with no soul.

Some films are just socially unacceptable not to like.

It's no big deal, Gran Torino just has a special place in my heart as a movie that takes place in a suburb of Detroit about a half hour from my house. I'm sure Jackhammer would understand...

TheCunningStunt · 07-28-2010, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

It's no big deal, Gran Torino just has a special place in my heart as a movie that takes place in a suburb of Detroit about a half hour from my house. I'm sure Jackhammer would understand...

Make the half an hour journey and try and steal an old man's car! Then he might give you a job.

And yeah! He's all about the relating to film. America kicks ass in that department, good old Tarantino.

I watched Gran Torino on a date, I barely watched it because the girl I went with was filth. Doesn't she know I prefer films to women? B*tch. But even after I watched it properly I thought it was trash. I just didn't get how well liked it was. I still don't get the appeal.

downwardspiral · 07-28-2010, 12:26 PM

argh, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, i totally forgot about into the wild D:

added that to the already occupied year 2007.

Violent & Funky · 07-28-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Make the half an hour journey and try and steal an old man's car! Then he might give you a job.

I just didn't get how well liked it was. I still don't get the appeal.

I laughed my ass off first of all. Ol' Walt Kowalski overcoming racism and Thao overcoming gang violence as the central themes of the movie were just kinda cherry-on-tops for me...

LoathsomePete · 07-29-2010, 03:59 PM

1988 - Akira

Like every nerdy teenage boy at 14, this movie opened my eyes up to anime. I took great pride in knowing that I came out the same year as this movie.

1989 - Ghostbusters II

It's not a great movie, but still it had enough laughs in it to keep me going.

1990 - Total Recall

Again, nerdy me at age 16 this time and completely set on marrying the girl with three tits.

1991 - Hook

While Terminator 2 may have dominated my teenage years, I cannot forget the times I had as a kid watching this tape.

1992 - Aladdin

First movie I ever went to go see in theaters so it has stock over the other movies from this year like Ferngully, Home Alone 2, The Mighty Ducks, and some of the other kids movies out at that time. Of course those movies would be replaced with ones like Hard Boiled, Twin Peaks: Fire walk With Me, Batman Returns, Alien 3, and a few others. Still the nostalgia of my first movie will trump anything else.

1993 - Jurassic Park

I was SOOO into this movie as a kid it was ridiculous. I remember the man at the ticket counter berating my mum for bringing me and my mum telling him to go **** himself, that I was the one that dragged her there, and so on. My mum had actually read me the book (omitting various pieces obviously), so I was a little disappointed that certain scenes didn't happen, but then I saw a dinosaur and forgot about everything else.

1994 - The Mask

Again, another movie I was really into at a younger age that had some disadvantages. I didn't really start to understand all the jokes until I got older, but in the early '90's Jim Carry was the shit. I also saw The Lion King this year which was another great movie from my childhood, but for some reason I have more memories attached to The Mask.

1995 - Toy Story

Pretty self-explanatory for a 7 year old kid in the '90's.

1996 - Rumble in the Bronx (young me) & Trainspotting (old me)

Rumble in the Bronx was my first Jackie Chan movie and got me (and probably thousands of other kids) to get my mom to sign me up for karate lessons (which I promptly dropped, like thousands of other kids). It was a fun movie with lots of ass kicking and high flying stunts, it was also filmed in Vancouver (my home) with no real effort to make it look like New York City. In fact, the scene where Jackie jumps off section of bridge onto the hovercraft (and broke his foot) was filmed at the Burrard Street Bridge, only a few blocks away from the apartment I was living in.

Now enter my teenage years when I was 16 and just read Trainspotting. My first exposure to the film was brief, my dad wanted me to watch the scene where Rents and Sick Boy were discussing Sick Boy's philosophy on life while shooting dogs at the park. It stuck with me and I remember looking at the bookstore and finding the book. Finally after reading it (took me awhile) I rented the movie from the local Rogers Video Store and was really blown away by some of the scenes.

1997 - Gattaca

I'm going to leave the childhood nostalgia behind now because it's just going to generate a bunch of generic responses. Gattaca was a movie I saw when I was 17 and had just finished reading Brave New World. I was very impressed by how well the book and the movie fit together, and was an interesting look at sci-fi, compared to Men In Black's over-the-top comedic approach.

1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Next to no story, incoherent and rambling dialog, and little characterization... yet I still love this movie. It's a great movie to watch when fucked up and say "Well at least I'm not those guys!".

1999 - The Matrix

Sure it might have confused the fuck out of me when I was 11, but all I cared about was girls in tight leather and guns, and boy did the film ever deliver.

2000 - X-Men

I loved the TV series during the '90's and the movie was my first experience with a good comic adaptation. While Spawn was my first comic book movie, it did little but visually assault my eyes. At least X-Men had more to it than just visuals.

2001 - Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Not even going to bother.

2002 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Again.

2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Same reason.

2004 - Hellboy

Very different from the typical Marvel or DC adaptations, very refreshing.

2005 - Serenity

I loved Firefly when it came out and was very upset when the series ended. The movie was a good continuation of the story, but it still left me wanting more.

2006 - The Departed

This movie was to me, what Goodfellas was to people who saw it back in 1990.

2007 - Knocked Up

2007 kind of starts my "I don't care about new movies anymore" trend.

2008 - The Dark Knight

Yes I'm really that predicable when it comes to cinema.

2009 - District 9

I really didn't even try to keep up with movies from 2009, that was really the only one I saw besides Inglorious Bastards

2010 - I haven't seen anything from this year so I don't know.

swim · 08-03-2010, 10:52 PM

91 Barton Fink
92 Reservoir Dogs
93 Groundhog Day
94 Hudsucker Proxy
95 Kicking and Screaming
96 Fargo
97 Jackie Brown
98 The Big Lebowski
99 Fight Club
00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
01 The Man Who Wasn't there
02 Road to Perdition
03 Matchstick Men
04 Eternal Sunshine On the Spotless Mind
05 Brick
06 Little Miss Sunshine
07 No Country for Old Men
08 Burn After Reading
09 A Serious Man
10 Up in the Air

Violent & Funky · 08-06-2010, 02:49 PM

Kicking and Screaming ain't from '95 (the Will Ferrell one, I'm assuming)...

07-27-2010, 04:36 PM	#42 (permalink)
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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	1988 - Akira Like every nerdy teenage boy at 14, this movie opened my eyes up to anime. I took great pride in knowing that I came out the same year as this movie. 1989 - Ghostbusters II It's not a great movie, but still it had enough laughs in it to keep me going. 1990 - Total Recall Again, nerdy me at age 16 this time and completely set on marrying the girl with three tits. 1991 - Hook While Terminator 2 may have dominated my teenage years, I cannot forget the times I had as a kid watching this tape. 1992 - Aladdin First movie I ever went to go see in theaters so it has stock over the other movies from this year like Ferngully, Home Alone 2, The Mighty Ducks, and some of the other kids movies out at that time. Of course those movies would be replaced with ones like Hard Boiled, Twin Peaks: Fire walk With Me, Batman Returns, Alien 3, and a few others. Still the nostalgia of my first movie will trump anything else. 1993 - Jurassic Park I was SOOO into this movie as a kid it was ridiculous. I remember the man at the ticket counter berating my mum for bringing me and my mum telling him to go **** himself, that I was the one that dragged her there, and so on. My mum had actually read me the book (omitting various pieces obviously), so I was a little disappointed that certain scenes didn't happen, but then I saw a dinosaur and forgot about everything else. 1994 - The Mask Again, another movie I was really into at a younger age that had some disadvantages. I didn't really start to understand all the jokes until I got older, but in the early '90's Jim Carry was the shit. I also saw The Lion King this year which was another great movie from my childhood, but for some reason I have more memories attached to The Mask. 1995 - Toy Story Pretty self-explanatory for a 7 year old kid in the '90's. 1996 - Rumble in the Bronx (young me) & Trainspotting (old me) Rumble in the Bronx was my first Jackie Chan movie and got me (and probably thousands of other kids) to get my mom to sign me up for karate lessons (which I promptly dropped, like thousands of other kids). It was a fun movie with lots of ass kicking and high flying stunts, it was also filmed in Vancouver (my home) with no real effort to make it look like New York City. In fact, the scene where Jackie jumps off section of bridge onto the hovercraft (and broke his foot) was filmed at the Burrard Street Bridge, only a few blocks away from the apartment I was living in. Now enter my teenage years when I was 16 and just read Trainspotting. My first exposure to the film was brief, my dad wanted me to watch the scene where Rents and Sick Boy were discussing Sick Boy's philosophy on life while shooting dogs at the park. It stuck with me and I remember looking at the bookstore and finding the book. Finally after reading it (took me awhile) I rented the movie from the local Rogers Video Store and was really blown away by some of the scenes. 1997 - Gattaca I'm going to leave the childhood nostalgia behind now because it's just going to generate a bunch of generic responses. Gattaca was a movie I saw when I was 17 and had just finished reading Brave New World. I was very impressed by how well the book and the movie fit together, and was an interesting look at sci-fi, compared to Men In Black's over-the-top comedic approach. 1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Next to no story, incoherent and rambling dialog, and little characterization... yet I still love this movie. It's a great movie to watch when fucked up and say "Well at least I'm not those guys!". 1999 - The Matrix Sure it might have confused the fuck out of me when I was 11, but all I cared about was girls in tight leather and guns, and boy did the film ever deliver. 2000 - X-Men I loved the TV series during the '90's and the movie was my first experience with a good comic adaptation. While Spawn was my first comic book movie, it did little but visually assault my eyes. At least X-Men had more to it than just visuals. 2001 - Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Not even going to bother. 2002 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Again. 2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Same reason. 2004 - Hellboy Very different from the typical Marvel or DC adaptations, very refreshing. 2005 - Serenity I loved Firefly when it came out and was very upset when the series ended. The movie was a good continuation of the story, but it still left me wanting more. 2006 - The Departed This movie was to me, what Goodfellas was to people who saw it back in 1990. 2007 - Knocked Up 2007 kind of starts my "I don't care about new movies anymore" trend. 2008 - The Dark Knight Yes I'm really that predicable when it comes to cinema. 2009 - District 9 I really didn't even try to keep up with movies from 2009, that was really the only one I saw besides Inglorious Bastards 2010 - I haven't seen anything from this year so I don't know. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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