1995 is chock full of movies I’ve never seen before! Chris posted his 1995 entry this morning. Click that link and make your vote, folks!
Scroll down and read my other similar entries if you don’t have any idea what I’m talking about. No time to recap.
The nominees are: Die Hard with a Vengeance, Congo, Outbreak, Bad Boys, and The Net.
The Net is the only movie in this list that I’ve seen, so that’s my vote! But thankfully it’s not a wasted vote. I love love love this movie. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t get enough of it. Pure, predictable, stressful, wonderfulness.
I got nothing else to say. How many of these movies have you guys seen? What do you vote for? Vote on the blogulator!
I’m here today providing a brief reprieve from our trip down 90s-lane.
Rock TV wrapped up a video a little while ago that we played at church on Friday.
This video is probably geared more toward people that go to church than people that don’t. We wanted to say something about church goers that A) expect perfection from their church and B) are more interested in receiving something from their church than pitching in and being a part of the church. It also opened the door for us to take jabs at shallow political conversations, terrible ways to comfort friends, and church spouse-hunters. Also it has fun musiq soundz at the beginning!
Friday was an interesting night at the Rock, we had tons of new people visiting as well as a big art fair and our annual small group kick-off (small groups are like bible studies, but a little different. If you’re confused, just ask!). The point is, the audience was very different from a normal night at The Rock. So, I wasn’t sure how well the video would go over. Thankfully it got one of the better receptions we’ve seen in awhile!
Anyway, enjoy!
Above all else, I truly believe this video was just the excuse we’ve been waiting for to put together that sequence starting at 3:45. Maybe now Peter will stop asking to write Abraham Lincoln into every script we write.
Before I head into 1994: we saw Up tonight and I was moved to consistent tears for the first half of the movie. It feels good to feel.
1994 is a very confusing year for me based on these nominees. I don’t know what I’m going to do! The nominees are: True Lies, Speed, Stargate, D2: The Mighty Ducks, & Blank Check.
True Lies: I have never seen this. Can you believe this? I saw Twins about a bazillion times, but just couldn’t make room in my schedule for True Lies.
Speed: This is one of those movies that brings me back to a very specific place in time. My best friend from swim club used to watch this every morning as she got ready for school, and she showed it to me one night when I slept over at her house. She also showed me the internet that night. Seriously! She showed me how to use a chat room!
Stargate: That movie with the big circle thing in it.
D2: The Mighty Ducks: Obviously I love The Mighty Ducks, and I love that they took over the world in this sequel. But other than that, I can’t really remember what I liked about this movie that wasn’t in the first movie…and I don’t really want to vote for it because I don’t want the duck vote to be split in the final round…what to do? what to do? I know! I’ll youtube some D2 clips while Jim makes lesson plans! Maybe that will help! (2 minutes pass) You can watch the whole movie on YouTube! This makes me so happy that I am willing to now capitalize YouTube! I’m only 2 minutes and 41 seconds into the movie and I’ve already been sufficiently swayed. You’re going down, Iceland!
Blank Check: Sure it was just another version of Richie Rich (which also came out in 1994), but in my opinion was far superior. It’s no wonder it was so popular, it was like every 12 year old’s fantasy (especially 12 year olds of the Me Generation): an unending (OK, there was a cap of $1,000,000, but it was seemingly unending) surplus of cash with which one could make their own amusement park. Ahh, the American dream.
My vote goes to D2, but Speed was soooo close, and Blank Check was right behind it!
We finished this back in June or something, but I couldn’t bring myself to take 7 minutes to upload the pictures and share…until today! Yay for half days at work!
Anyway, Jim and I did a puzzle. I like puzzles. Jim doesn’t really like puzzles. Marital Compromise.
Here are the pictures!
Doesn’t it feel like you did the puzzle yourself??
The nominees are in for 1993! Okay, they were in awhile ago, but the official 1993 blogging has begun.
You know the drill.
The nominees are Jurassic Park, Cool Runnings, Demolition Man, Last Action Hero, and The Good Son.
Jurassic Park: This was a movie I clung to as the best movie ever made until I was 16 years old. That’s 6 years of being the best movie ever made. Chris described the three things that Spielberg is good at as “pulling heartstrings, creating there’s-a-monster! tension, and communicating childlike wonder.” That was pretty much all I looked for in a movie when I was 10 and, if I’m being honest, it’s almost all I look for in a movie at 26 (but now I also want high fashion (I’m thinking Project Runway the Movie! With Santino as the monster!). But for real, I thought Jurassic Park was the greatest thing that ever happened and if our goal is to uncover the single greatest film of our generation, it wouldn’t make sense for this not to be in the running.
Cool Runnings: I never saw it! It’s been on my queue since I was 12, when I realized all the cool people had seen it. I’ll get to it.
Demolition Man & Last Action Hero: I never saw these either, but unlike Cool Runnings, I didn’t realize I needed to until now. Taco Bell is the last remaining restaurant in the future? Excellent!
The Good Son: In some ways, I liked this movie more than Jurassic Park. I didn’t think it was “awesome” like Jurassic Park, but it’s premise lasted far longer in small Christine’s developing psyche. I think this was the first movie of its genre that I really sunk my teeth into, and as an adult I’m still drawn to similar psychological thrillers (whether they’re good or not, I always want to watch them). I was genuinely frightened and in awe of little Culkin (is he going to get away with all this??) and the Sophie’s choice-esque moment at the end.
In Chris’ most recent post (you have to click that link to vote!! Which you should do!), he said to think about these questions as we vote: “how much awesome is in my noggin thanks to this film?” and “how much do I wish I could be watching, laughing, and loving this movie right now?” As much as I loved The Good Son and that movie would be my answer to both aforementioned questions, I still can’t bring myself to vote for it. I just can’t consider it a generation-defining movie. 1993 was owned by Jurassic Park, and that is where my vote has to go.
