Right?

My parents seperated after 37 years of marriage, and that pretty much eclipses everything else in my memory, so I guess it was a pretty bad year. Although I'm pretty sure I was at Stonehenge that Summer, so...

Great year for film.

I've had better. But not many.

my town got hit by a tornado

My first thought.

Magnolia, what a good flick.

I graduated with a PhD

1999.

The year of 200 Cigarettes and Varsity Blues.

It's all coming back to me.

Fragile & Make Yourself came out, Chris Whitley released At Martyr's, and Jeff Beck released Who Else! Pearls hidden within a slimy oyster.

I'd like to write a book about the films of 1999 and how great/important they were.

Star Wars Episode 1- Say what you will about how shitty the movie is, it was a landmark film for special effects, paving the way for CGI characters (Golum alone makes up for Jar Jar Binks).

Matrix - Handily outshining Star Wars.

American Pie - Completely reopened the possibilities for R-rated comedies. Judd Apatow thanks you.

Being John Malkovich

The Blair Witch Project - quality can be debated, but obviously a massive turning point for independent films.

Boys Don't Cry

Cradle Will Rock - I fucking love this movie.

Existenz

Fight Club

Iron Giant

Magnolia

Messenger: Joan of Arc (Personal Fav)

Office Space

Sixth Sense

South Park

The Straight Story

Three Kings

Add to that,

Limbo, The War Zone, The Insider, Election, Mr. Death, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Limey, My Best Fiend and I'm sure tons more that I'm forgetting right now.

I was 9

The '90s already would have been the best decade for film ever, but then it's like

Bowfinger
Go
Three Kings
Being John Malkovich
Dick
Toy Story 2

and a million others.

There was no better period to be watching TV and seeing trailers for upcoming mainstream feature films. None. Pinnacle for "teen" cinema or whatever, as well.

And more good films (Some are probably not '99 in terms of SOMB criterion, but are by IMDB criterion, so here we are)

-Kikujiro (Best film of 99)
-Taboo
-D.O.A.
-Audition
-Not One Less
-The Road Home
-Bringing Out the Dead
-My Neighbors, The Yamadas
-The Virgin Suicides
-Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
-Summer of Sam
-Big Daddy
-Eyes Wide Shut
-Ratcatcher
-All About My Mother
-Gorgeous
-Drop Dead Gorgeous
-The Green Mile (Darabont)
-Sweet and Lowdown
-Mumford
-Moonlight Whispers

I got glandular fever, nearly six months off work on full pay with no questions askedand very little discomfort after the first month. One of the top 3 years of my life, maybe the best.

I was 33. But I bet we both had folding scooters for Christmas.

I'll take a bad puppet over a good CGI character every time. This is like saying the Red Hot Chili Peppers were innovative. Sure they were, but as a means to a horrific end.



1999 was a great year for me.

I can't decide which is worse. Bad puppet Yoda in Episode One or bad CG Yoda in Episodes 2 and 3.

All these movies touch on shitty subjects. I don't know, 1999 was my 1984 or some shit.

Thread totally failed as a downer.

January-April 1999 were probably 4 of the worst months of my life.

The rest of the year was pretty great after I moved to Chicago. I can't believe its been almost a decade.