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Top
Ten of 1999
As this year draws to a close, it's time
for the first annual DANGEROUS UNIVERSE top ten list of the years
best movies.
Before giving the top ten list as compiled
from the readers of DANGEROUS UNIVERSE, I'd like to give away the
number one spot: THE MATRIX. A film that I thought wouldn't
do so well when I first profiled it in DANGEROUS UNIVERSE waaay
back in the winter of 1998, really went to redefine movies and the
movie going expedience. Some call THE MATRIX kinetic, others call
it the first real superhero movie to come out of Hollywood in a
long time. Regardless of what you call the movie, or even if you
liked it or not, there's one thing that you'd have to agree with
about the movie THE MATRIX:
It redefined movies for all time.
The movies that almost, but didn't make it:
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ELIZABETH and a SIMPLE PLAN.
12/27/99
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Top Ten
of 1999
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| 1)
The Matrix |
In the words of Mo, "Whoh"!
Defiantly one of the best movies
of the decade, THE MATRIX went onto redefining to
movie going expedience for millions. It's only a matter
of time before we can expect sequel after sequel of
the movie, and a re release a few more years down
the road.
Please Hollywood, copy this
movie when you make THE X-MEN and SPIDERMAN. We all
know how well other superhero movies like CAPTAIN
AMERICA and the telepic NICK FURY did. - Bert
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| 2) American
Beauty |
"Give them all the Oscars" - Michael
Summers
I really need to see this one. Kevin Spacey's in
it! - Bert
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| 3)
The
Mummy |
Sure,
I know it's cheese, but it's fun cheese. Nothing's more
fun than a complex chase movie featuring a "square-jawed"
hero and a CGI Mummy. - Bert |
| 4) The Sixth
Sense |
The first movie that I've been to that had the entire
audience whispering in disbelief at the finale. This
movie did more to scare me of tight, dark spaces and
whispered voices than any other.
My generations THE EXORCIST. - Bert
Okay, okay, I give. The kid deserves an award. -
Michael
Summers
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| 5)
Run Lola Run |
The best rave video I've ever
seen. And I mean that in a good way. Scared by subtitles?
Get over it and see this. - Michael
Summers
The first movie to copy a video
games tendency to give the user multiple lives? Maybe.
- Bert
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| 6) Austin
Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me |
Was I the only person to like this movie? I went
to see this one twice just to be sure that it was
as funny as I thought it was.
Really – this is a fun movie the never
pretended to be anything other than it really was.
Plus having a miniature version of yourself doesn't
hurt in the comedy area either. - Bert
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| 7)
Election |
I
don't care who wins the Oscars, but it probably matters
to Reese Witherspoon, so they should give her one. She
deserves it. - Michael
Summers |
| 8) The
Blair Witch Project |
I refuse to hate this movie. It was very creepy and
much more interesting that the "tonto" (stupid)
movies like I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER or URBAN
LEGEND.
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, like THE SIXTH SENSE, realized
your imagination about what was in the dark was much
more frightening than the man with the hooked hand!
- Bert
Yeah, yeah, the backlash is on, I know. But this
was a movie that stuck with me for a long time after
I left the theater. - Michael
Summers
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| 9)
Three
Kings |
I
really dug this movie. It got a lot of critical acclaim,
but the public reaction seemed mixed. Probably because
people came expecting to see LETHAL WEAPON in the desert,
and instead got a movie that made you use your brain
a bit. - Michael
Summers |
| 10) Star
Wars: Episode 1 |
Quite possibly the most anticipated movie in sixteen
years, The Phantom Menace kept Lucas's promise of
bringing the Star Wars universe back to the big screen.
Some may complain that Jar Jar ruined the show except
for the fact that all the kids loved him, and isn't
that who the Star Wars movies were for in the first
place? - Bert
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If you'd
like to contribute to this list, send your top ten movies of the
year to Bert
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