The movies, ten years ago
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Time really does fly; and for me, nothing demonstrates this more clearly than looking at movies that were released ten years ago. You know: movies that you can vividly remember going to see at the cinema, and still consider to be “recent”.
While pondering this recently, I realised that 1999 was one hell of a movie year:
- Star Wars Episode I: Sure, you might (nay - should) argue that this was a pretty awful movie, but it was still a real milestone in modern digital effects. And if nothing else, this movie reminded us just how good the original trilogy was.
- The Matrix: Remember when “Bullet Time” was a jaw-dropping scene in a specific movie, and not just something that every other film (including documentaries on snails) included as an “homage”? It’s like modern screen writers have a checklist. (I am your father? Check. This is Sparta? Check. Bullet time? Check.)
- Sleepy Hollow: Johnny Depp being hunted down by a headless Christopher Walken on horseback? This movie was just plain fun from beginning until end. It also features one of the greatest scores ever written.
- South Park: It’s crudely animated, the storyline is inherently racist, and the characters go to great lengths to break every taboo in the book. As a result, this is one of the funniest and most shamelessly entertaining movies ever produced.
- Galaxy Quest: The finest science fiction parody ever, even beating Spaceballs in my book.
These days, I’d be happy if each year included just a single blockbuster movie that lived up to these (warning: depressing word ahead) classics.
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