Top Ten Films of the 90's

Why did I create this blog?

• Bored
• Don't feel like working on Practicum/Forecasting
• Like all people on the internet I have an inflated self-worth and mistakenly believe that other people actually want to know my opinion of things

Without further ado here are the official 10 best films from the 1990's, including unfunny comments and hilariously bad grammar:

1. Trainspotting: Even Quentin Tarantino is jealous of how perfectly Danny Boyle uses music in this film, easily the greatest film soundtrack of All Time. Not sure whether it's the inventive visual style, my personal interest in addiction, or that I simply like the Scottish slang, but Trainspotting is my favorite film of the 1990's. Mike Renton is truly one of the worst people in any film ever                                  
 Here's the Awesome opening scene/speech:

2. Wild At Heart: Looking at the components of this film: Directed by David Lynch, staring Nic Cage as a snakeskin jacket wearing Elvis fanatic, with Willem Defoe playing a seriously creepy contract killer, and a nearly constantly topless Laura Dern, its no wonder why this won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1990.

Here is the greatest scene from any film in the 90's

                                             

3. True Romance: It's not often that a film is actually better than the film that inspired it, but True Romance definitely surpasses the Terrence Malick classic Badlands. Written by Quentin Tarantino with possibly the best cast ever including:  Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini and Samuel L. Jackson... even Christian Slater isn't horrible in it. 

Here is the best scene:

                                                                                                         

4. Leaving Las Vegas: People mistakenly believe Nic Cage is a terrible actor, his Academy Award winning performance in LLV as an alcoholic who quits his job, moves to Vegas and drinks himself to death is one of the best of the 90's.  One of the most personal and tragic stories ever put on film. In this film Elizabeth Shue is simply the Sexiest woman of All Time

5. Pulp Fiction: Often imitated, never equaled. Simply one of the coolest films of all time, Jules Winnfield is a "Bad Mother Fucker" and the second greatest movie character of all time. I'll admit that I embarrassingly practiced and tried to learn the dance, to no avail

            

6. Good Will Hunting/Starship Troopers: These films have absolutely nothing in common except the fact that they are not as critically acclaimed as the other films on this list and I have a strong personal affinity for them both. Good Will Hunting helped me survive my 4 month ordeal "living" in the basement of a house that should have been condemned. I have very fond memories of getting real drunk and writing a 10 page paper on the use of CGI in Starship Troopers that got me a B+

7. Boogie Nights: My favorite of PTA's films. Great cast, great story, just a real cool film. The scene with Alfred Molina is one of the best of the 90's

8. Hoop Dreams: Absolutely fascinating story of two Chicago high school basketball players whose lives go in completely different directions after their freshman season. Roger Ebert rated Hoop Dreams as his favorite film of the 90's, and while I normally ignore that fat arrogant jackass, he was certainly right about the greatness of this film

9. Rushmore: While Wes Anderson has been criticized for creating unrealistic characters in unrealistic worlds, who honestly cares when his movies are so damn fun and beautiful to look at. Hilarious characters and great music. My favorite WA film

10. Three Colors: Blue: Sure I might be biased towards this film because I'm Polish, nevertheless, Kieslowski's story of Liberty is one of the most original films of the 90's. Bonus: Juliette Binoche is Beautiful

Other Noteworthy Films:

• Army of Darkness: While most likely the weakest film in the Greatest film Trilogy of all time, the conclusion to Ash J. Williams' fight against the Deadites is nevertheless incredibly funny and full of classic quotes. "Shop smart, shop S-Mart" "This is my BOOMstick" "Kiss the King Baby"
• Big Lebowski: Another incredibly quotable film. I am a huge fan of Film-Noir and this film seamlessly combines mystery and comedy. Mistakenly overshadowed by Fargo, The Big L is easily the Coen Brothers best film of the 90's. Full of snippets of wisdom "I hate the Fucking Eagles Man" "Sometimes you hit the bar, sometimes the Bar hits you"
• Con Air: A wise man once told me that when future civilizations study late 20th century American Culture all they need to do is watch this film, couldn't agree more. Nic Cage has a Mullet
• Crash: No not that awful Los Angeles multiple story arc anit-racism fluff that won the Oscar. Crash 96' is directed by David Cronenberg and is about people who are aroused by car crashes and thus purposefully get into them... need I say more
• Dumb and Dumber: Without a doubt the most quotable film of all time. Rivals This is Spinal Tap for the most purely funny Ever
• Kids: By no means a good film, but worth a view if you have not seen it
• Schindler's List: Only truly great film by the truly overrated Steven Spielberg. Ralph Fiennes is truly disturbing as Amon Goeth. Worth one viewing, but I'll certainly never watch it twice

Films I've watched a 1,000 times and never get tired of:

• A Night at the Roxbury
• Anaconda
• Clueless
• Dazed and Confused
• Forrest Gump: Sure it's an inferior knockoff of Being There, but it has a great soundtrack, and who doesn't like talking like Forrest? "I Love you Jenni"... neville-mind
• Gettysburg
• Home Alone: Forget that bb gun nonsense, this is EASILY the best Christmas film
• Jurassic Park
• Office Space
• Silence of the Lambs
• Southpark: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• The Sandlot: What's that film with the baseball stealing dog called The Beast??? You know the one where the kid wears PF Flyers?? Oh come on you know this, the kid fake drowns in order to kiss Wendy Peffercorn?? Well ask Drew he knows...

Overrated Films of the 90's:

• Any Given Sunday: While this might not be as highly rated as the other films in this section, the fact that this film has a 50% rating on RottenTomatoes instead of 0% is unfathomable. 157minutes of absolute garbage. In my 10 least favorite films of all time. Plus it has Dennis "my brother Randy is the man but I'm the worst actor ever" Quaid
• Romeo + Juliet: Stylistically Nauseating attempt to adapt the Bards tale for the ADHD generation
• Saving Private Ryan: Sure the opening sequence is amazing but after that its all Hollywood fluff
• The Shawshank Redemption: While I did truly Like this film, I would give it a 6.5/10, it is completely undeserving of its title of "Greatest Film of All Time". While I like Morgan Freeman's voice as much as the next movie fan, MF's narration is not enough to make a well executed but unoriginal film the greatest ever. Its not even the best Stephen King adaptation of the 90's, that would be Misery. If you want a truly inspiring film watch Ikiru
• The Usual Suspects: Twist endings are a stupid gimmick, especially when they don't surprise you

Films I have not seen yet:

• Bad Lieutenant
• Before Sunrise
• Ed Wood
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Shakespeare in Love
• The English Patient
• The Full Monty
• Three Colors: Red
• Twelve Monkeys

Please leave comments with suggestions of movies to watch and praise/criticism of my movie choices. Please don't comment about my poor grammar/vocabulary.