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Essential films of the 90s

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Not yet mentioned but I thought Cop Land was an excellent film from the 90's

A very good shout.
Stallone is surprisingly watchable.

The thing that always puzzles me about that film is De Niro's role, well more a phoned-in cameo really. It was a minor part for which De Niro was ridiculously over qualified.

It had all the hallmarks of a contractual obligation or a favour to a friend even.
 
I was going to say! Outrageous that it got to 72 posts
Groundbreaking film in terms of digital special effects that made the dinosaurs look so real.

What a shame Spielberg dumped all the background of the book and just made it into a chasey monster flick, with the 12 year old kid saving the day when the veteran computer programmers couldn’t.
 
Yeah, between them they won various things (but not as much as they should). But not best picture. Here's the list of 1990s winners

Dances With Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
Schindler's Lifts
Forrest Gump (ffs)
Braveheart (ffs)
The English Patient (meh)
Titanic :lol:
Shakespeare In Love (fuck off)
American Beauty (meh)
Two things about an English patient, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nev wearing a Safc scarf.
 
No no no no no no no no no! Watch paint dry for two hours instead, you'll have achieved something at the very least - punch yourself in the face for two hours if you must but don't watch Fight Club!


it had Neil Patrick Harris in it, before he'd ditched his type-casting break through role...

spent the whole film going wtf is "Doogie Howser, M.D." doing in space ffs?

The politics of Starship Troopers went completely over the heads of American audiences and even critics. Verhoeven said that he thought he was absolutely beating them over the head with the message that the US propaganda, military and politics he's portraying are basically fascist, but they didn't get it
 
Groundbreaking film in terms of digital special effects that made the dinosaurs look so real.

What a shame Spielberg dumped all the background of the book and just made it into a chasey monster flick, with the 12 year old kid saving the day when the veteran computer programmers couldn’t.

If you're looking for realistic, I think a film about dinosaurs being brought back to life wasn't a good start :lol:

Trainspotting

I’d probably even add Scream as it revitalised the genre.

It really did. And created a genre all of its own really.
I don't think you could necessarily class anything before that a "Teen Slasher".

There's probably a lot that could fit that bill, but this was a new wave of such films. Like Psycho they killed off the headline star within the first 10 minutes.
 
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David Parfitt is iirc the only person from Sunderland ever to win an Oscar

He's the 'Billy Elliot' of our family!

Apart from him not being a dancer, and none of our family ever worked down a pit as far as I know, and most of us have moved away from the area.

Two things about an English patient, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nev wearing a Safc scarf.

KST - excellent
The SAFC scarf - terrible research - it has the 1970's ship badge on it!
 
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He's the 'Billy Elliot' of our family!

Apart from him not being a dancer, and none of our family ever worked down a pit as far as I know, and most of us have moved away from the area.



KST - excellent
The SAFC scarf - terrible research - it has the 1970's ship badge on it!
When was the film set?
 
No no no no no no no no no! Watch paint dry for two hours instead, you'll have achieved something at the very least - punch yourself in the face for two hours if you must but don't watch Fight Club!
:lol: Not a fan mate?
 
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