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Election (1999)
A really well-made film. This Payne guy knows what he’s doing. Lots of very real, very awkward sexual moments, like Your Friends & Neighbors. Lots of well-placed metaphorical moments and editing. Really funny. Fantastic characters. Well-casted and well-acted by all. It’s nice to see Broderick doing a real movie rather…
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eXistenZ (1999)
Very strange, very gross, but kinda interesting. Kinda like Quantum Leap. One of those movies where you leave the theater looking at things a bit differently for a few minutes. Cronenberg certainly has a thing for mutations and deformities.
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Vintage Stanley. Photographic symmetry, grainy film, classical music over almost every scene, strange nightmarish environments, rampant nudity, Steadi-Cam, plain titles. We also get to see a touch of Kubrick’s Lolita-ish, Polanski-ish obsession with little girls with Sobieski, an almost prepubescent girl, dancing around in her undies (what does she whisper…
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Fight Club (1999)
An anti-consumerism social commentary with a lot of great messages and lots of twists. A few very funny moments. Very stylish. One of those movies where you walk out of the theater and the real world seems so boring. The special effects (mostly in cut-aways) and impossible camera movements are…
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For Love of the Game (1999)
More of a straight drama than a baseball movie. It’s more about the girl than the perfect game. Costner is good. I’ve always loved his understated style. We even get to see him cry for the first time in what is probably the film’s most powerful scene. His shoulder pain…
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The Green Mile (1999)
Another great prison movie, again from Frank Darabont. A definite Oscar consideration. I’m really becoming a fan of his work. The acting and casting is perfect all around. Hanks is pretty good. He looks like a fat toad, but he knows how to do drama. Sometimes I wish he would…
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The Insider (1999)
Crowe once again gives us a superb, intense performance. Al is Al. Eisenberg is a future star. Nice, kinetic editing adds to the tension. Long.
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The Iron Giant (1999)
Nice animation, with the robot’s size and strength conveyed very well.. Overexaggerated characters typical of kids animation, but some truly cute and funny moments (especially the kid pooping). If this were at all realistic, the scrap artist would be a faggot.
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Magnolia (1999)
An effective look at the true interconnectivity of life. An amazing intertwining of many different short stories. This is what Pulp Fiction tried to be. The timing of each is perfect. They all seem to rise and crescendo at the same time, and the combined effect is powerful. Anderson knows…
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Man on the Moon (1999)
It’s hard to feel for or support a protagonist who is so demented and unfeeling. At one point in the film, it is revealed that 28% of the American audience enjoyed watching Andy. One has to assume that any realistic portrayal of him would have similar appeal. There’s a reason…
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