1996:
Broken Arrow
Eraser
Escape From L.A.
Fargo
Independence Day
Ransom
Space Jam
Star Trek: First Contact
1995:
Hackers
Johnny Mnemonic
Judge Dredd
Mortal Kombat
Outbreak
Twelve Monkies
The Usual Suspects
Waterworld
1994:
The Lion King
True Lies
The Mask
Pulp Fiction
Interview with the Vampire
Stargate
Star Trek: Generations
1993:
Jurassic Park
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time
Super Mario Bros.
1992:
Aladdin
The Lawnmower Man
Reservoir Dogs
1991:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sliver
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1990:
Home Alone
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Hunt for Red October
Total Recall
Back to the Future III
Edward Scissorhands
Pump Up The Volume
For reference, during the years 1991 to 1995, I was in High School, and was much more into reading books than watching movies.
In 1995 and 1996, I was in the Army, so while I wasn't being overworked and underpaid to do mostly janitorial work, I was really bored, which is why those years have a lot more favorites than the High School years.
2006/03/04
My Top 10 list of 1997
1997
1.) The Fifth Element
2.) The Lost World: Jurassic Park
3.) Air Force One
4.) Men in Black
5.) Gattaca
6*) Star Wars: Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back
7*) Star Wars: Episode 6, Return of the Jedi
8*) Star Wars: Episode 4, A New Hope
9.) Titanic (loc*)
Again, items marked with loc* are present due to Lack of Competition.
It appears that Wikipedia's 1997 in film entry either isn't comprehensive or it was a year of very few movie releases.
Many will say that the Star Wars re-releases don't count, and I can somewhat agree on that point. Therefore, I placed them below all the "fresh" releases for the year but just above the items that are only there due to lack of competition.
1.) The Fifth Element
2.) The Lost World: Jurassic Park
3.) Air Force One
4.) Men in Black
5.) Gattaca
6*) Star Wars: Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back
7*) Star Wars: Episode 6, Return of the Jedi
8*) Star Wars: Episode 4, A New Hope
9.) Titanic (loc*)
Again, items marked with loc* are present due to Lack of Competition.
It appears that Wikipedia's 1997 in film entry either isn't comprehensive or it was a year of very few movie releases.
Many will say that the Star Wars re-releases don't count, and I can somewhat agree on that point. Therefore, I placed them below all the "fresh" releases for the year but just above the items that are only there due to lack of competition.
My Top 10 list of 1998
1998
1.) Deep Impact
2.) Dark City
3.) U.S. Marshals
4.) Lost in Space
5.) Saving Private Ryan (loc*)
6.) Pleasantville (loc*)
7.) Star Trek: Insurrection (loc*)
8.) Antz (loc*)
For reference, items tagged with loc* are only marked and enumerated where they are due to Lack of Competition. I would have otherwise dropped them into the Honorable Mention category, but having a top 10 list with only 4 items and 4 honorable mentions would be really sad, which makes me think that overall, 1998 was a really sucky year for movies.
1.) Deep Impact
2.) Dark City
3.) U.S. Marshals
4.) Lost in Space
5.) Saving Private Ryan (loc*)
6.) Pleasantville (loc*)
7.) Star Trek: Insurrection (loc*)
8.) Antz (loc*)
For reference, items tagged with loc* are only marked and enumerated where they are due to Lack of Competition. I would have otherwise dropped them into the Honorable Mention category, but having a top 10 list with only 4 items and 4 honorable mentions would be really sad, which makes me think that overall, 1998 was a really sucky year for movies.
My Top 10 list of 1999
1999
1.) The Thomas Crown Affair
2.) The Matrix
3.) Fight Club
4.) Galaxy Quest
5.) Sleepy Hollow
6.) Office Space
7.) Payback
8.) Three To Tango
9.) She's All That
10.) Blast From The Past
Honorable Mention:
Sixth Sense
Notting Hill
Being John Malkovich
Forces Of Nature
Bowfinger
Dishonorable Mention:
Eyes Wide Shut -- Made no sense whatsoever.
Star Wars: Ep. 1 -- yippie! No!
Random Hearts -- Another one that didn't make much sense, but at least it made more sense than Eyes Wide Shut.
On the list I made just after the turn of the year, The Matrix came in first followed closely by Fight Club and Sleepy Hollow. Upon repeated viewings, the effect of replay value has modified the weight of several items, resulting in their new locations in the list.
1.) The Thomas Crown Affair
2.) The Matrix
3.) Fight Club
4.) Galaxy Quest
5.) Sleepy Hollow
6.) Office Space
7.) Payback
8.) Three To Tango
9.) She's All That
10.) Blast From The Past
Honorable Mention:
Sixth Sense
Notting Hill
Being John Malkovich
Forces Of Nature
Bowfinger
Dishonorable Mention:
Eyes Wide Shut -- Made no sense whatsoever.
Star Wars: Ep. 1 -- yippie! No!
Random Hearts -- Another one that didn't make much sense, but at least it made more sense than Eyes Wide Shut.
On the list I made just after the turn of the year, The Matrix came in first followed closely by Fight Club and Sleepy Hollow. Upon repeated viewings, the effect of replay value has modified the weight of several items, resulting in their new locations in the list.
My Top 10 list of 2002
Not complete for lack of the listing of September - December releases
2002
1.) Big Trouble
2.) The New Guy
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)
7.)
8.)
9.)
10.)
Honorable Mention:
The Queen of the Damned
Collateral Damage
The Time Machine
Resident Evil
Clockstoppers
Spiderman
Scooby Doo
XXX
Serving Sara
Dishonorable Mention:
This is only the preliminary results. If someone can point me to a listing of the movies released in September to the end of the year, I'd appreciate it.
The items that are in numbered positions are very likely to stay there regardless what else is unearthed because they're just that good. However, if something better does happen to have been released in 2002, then I'm willing to unseat them to make room for the better material.
2002
1.) Big Trouble
2.) The New Guy
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)
7.)
8.)
9.)
10.)
Honorable Mention:
The Queen of the Damned
Collateral Damage
The Time Machine
Resident Evil
Clockstoppers
Spiderman
Scooby Doo
XXX
Serving Sara
Dishonorable Mention:
This is only the preliminary results. If someone can point me to a listing of the movies released in September to the end of the year, I'd appreciate it.
The items that are in numbered positions are very likely to stay there regardless what else is unearthed because they're just that good. However, if something better does happen to have been released in 2002, then I'm willing to unseat them to make room for the better material.
My Top 10 list of 2001
2001
1.) 3000 Miles To Graceland
2.) Swordfish
3.) Serendipity
4.) Memento
5.) Last Castle
6.) K-PAX
7.) Kiss of the Dragon
8.) The One
9.) Evolution
10.) Josie and the Pussycats
Honorable Mention:
Black Knight
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Jeepers Creepers
Joe Dirt
Dishonorable Mention:
1.) 3000 Miles To Graceland
2.) Swordfish
3.) Serendipity
4.) Memento
5.) Last Castle
6.) K-PAX
7.) Kiss of the Dragon
8.) The One
9.) Evolution
10.) Josie and the Pussycats
Honorable Mention:
Black Knight
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Jeepers Creepers
Joe Dirt
Dishonorable Mention:
My Top 10 list of 2003
2003
1.) Identity
2.) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
3.) Kill Bill Volume 1
4.) X2: X-Men United
5.) The Matrix Reloaded
6.) Freaky Friday
7.) Underworld
8.) == End of numberworthy entries ==
9.)
10.)
Honorable Mention: (but not worthy of a number)
Daredevil
The Life of David Gale
The Core
Phone Booth
Bruce Almighty
The Italian Job
Wrong Turn
28 Days Later
Big Fish
Dishonorable Mention:
1.) Identity
2.) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
3.) Kill Bill Volume 1
4.) X2: X-Men United
5.) The Matrix Reloaded
6.) Freaky Friday
7.) Underworld
8.) == End of numberworthy entries ==
9.)
10.)
Honorable Mention: (but not worthy of a number)
Daredevil
The Life of David Gale
The Core
Phone Booth
Bruce Almighty
The Italian Job
Wrong Turn
28 Days Later
Big Fish
Dishonorable Mention:
My Top 10 list of 2004
2004
1.) The Incredibles
2.) Kill Bill Volume 2
3.) Chronicles of Riddick
4.) Man on Fire
5.) Shaun of the Dead
6.) Dawn of the Dead
7.) Resident Evil: Apocalypse
8.) The Terminal
9.) Eurotrip
10.) I, Robot
Honorable Mention:
The Butterfly Effect
Around the World in 80 Days
Dodgeball
The Village
Dishonorable Mention:
Fahrenheit 9/11 -- for outright dishonorable content
1.) The Incredibles
2.) Kill Bill Volume 2
3.) Chronicles of Riddick
4.) Man on Fire
5.) Shaun of the Dead
6.) Dawn of the Dead
7.) Resident Evil: Apocalypse
8.) The Terminal
9.) Eurotrip
10.) I, Robot
Honorable Mention:
The Butterfly Effect
Around the World in 80 Days
Dodgeball
The Village
Dishonorable Mention:
Fahrenheit 9/11 -- for outright dishonorable content
My Top 10 list of 2005
2005
1.) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2.) Serenity
3.) Zathura
4.) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5.) Wedding Crashers
6.) Just Like Heaven
7.) Fantastic Four
8.) The Family Stone
9.) Constantine
10.) Doom
Honorable Mention:
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Red Eye
Lord of War
King Kong
Dishonorable Mention:
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- Effects, great. Plot, not so well executed. And, it really felt like half way through it was noticed, "We're [here]. We have to be [there] by the end of this. We're really gonna have to rush."
Æon Flux -- Did not at all match up with what I remember of the series. That definitely didn't help it's cause.
1.) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2.) Serenity
3.) Zathura
4.) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5.) Wedding Crashers
6.) Just Like Heaven
7.) Fantastic Four
8.) The Family Stone
9.) Constantine
10.) Doom
Honorable Mention:
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Red Eye
Lord of War
King Kong
Dishonorable Mention:
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- Effects, great. Plot, not so well executed. And, it really felt like half way through it was noticed, "We're [here]. We have to be [there] by the end of this. We're really gonna have to rush."
Æon Flux -- Did not at all match up with what I remember of the series. That definitely didn't help it's cause.
2006/02/24
Why I use Linux
Recently, this comment was made to my previous post.
I had seen and started using KNOPPIX in doing random repair operations on systems for which Windows had fallen apart, and recent drivers with which to rebuild the system hadn't been backed up. Shortly after that, my machine started to exhibit an annoying reboot/shutdown bug in which the machine would perform all the actions of a reboot/shutdown except for actually triggering the hardware action to reboot or shutdown, so the machine would be stuck on a blank desktop with a frozen cursor until I actually pushed either the power or reset button to get the job done. So that's strike 1.
I had further trouble with necessary components of Windows checking out midweek for a long weekend and then deciding not to check back in. So, the only option was to erase the OS partition and reload the operating system. The big massive downside to that is that each reload is pretty much a full day operation.
So, in order to get back online and web banking (which is important to me), I'm kept facing 5+ hour turn around times, and 9+ hours for a full reinstall. That's a very big waste of time. So, being annoyed by needing to do web banking and having to spend so much effort each time I needed to reload the OS, I started using KNOPPIX as a temporary measure to do the web banking and Paypal stuff I needed to do instead of spending the time to reload Windows. So, I started flipping and flopping back and forth between Windows and KNOPPIX. I started spending more and more time using KNOPPIX because it was much harder to accidentally break things and have to reload the OS. At one point, I noticed that I had spent 3 weeks using KNOPPIX and hadn't felt any need to go back to Windows. So, between the annoying need to do "critical updates" to do web banking and the annoying reload times, that was strike 2 and 3 for Windows. Since then, I've used several versions of Linux, each with different strengths and weaknesses, but all of them reload quickly, are much more stable than Windows, come with banking level encryption onboard, and and don't suffer annoying reboot/shutdown bugs. This makes all of them far superior to Windows in my mind.
Yakiniku said...In response, I'll explain my reasoning for moving away from Windows.
Let me be the first to say that you dress funny and Linux stinks!
7:32 AM
I had seen and started using KNOPPIX in doing random repair operations on systems for which Windows had fallen apart, and recent drivers with which to rebuild the system hadn't been backed up. Shortly after that, my machine started to exhibit an annoying reboot/shutdown bug in which the machine would perform all the actions of a reboot/shutdown except for actually triggering the hardware action to reboot or shutdown, so the machine would be stuck on a blank desktop with a frozen cursor until I actually pushed either the power or reset button to get the job done. So that's strike 1.
I had further trouble with necessary components of Windows checking out midweek for a long weekend and then deciding not to check back in. So, the only option was to erase the OS partition and reload the operating system. The big massive downside to that is that each reload is pretty much a full day operation.
So, in order to get back online and web banking (which is important to me), I'm kept facing 5+ hour turn around times, and 9+ hours for a full reinstall. That's a very big waste of time. So, being annoyed by needing to do web banking and having to spend so much effort each time I needed to reload the OS, I started using KNOPPIX as a temporary measure to do the web banking and Paypal stuff I needed to do instead of spending the time to reload Windows. So, I started flipping and flopping back and forth between Windows and KNOPPIX. I started spending more and more time using KNOPPIX because it was much harder to accidentally break things and have to reload the OS. At one point, I noticed that I had spent 3 weeks using KNOPPIX and hadn't felt any need to go back to Windows. So, between the annoying need to do "critical updates" to do web banking and the annoying reload times, that was strike 2 and 3 for Windows. Since then, I've used several versions of Linux, each with different strengths and weaknesses, but all of them reload quickly, are much more stable than Windows, come with banking level encryption onboard, and and don't suffer annoying reboot/shutdown bugs. This makes all of them far superior to Windows in my mind.
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