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venusforfran · 11 months

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My favourite movies

In no particular order. I'll say a couple of words why they are too.

Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Such a visually stunning movie, God Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey were such good picks for this. Genuinely changed my perspective on life and romance, like alot of these will haha.

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Honestly reminds me of my relationship with my own dad, the music in this movie is gorgeous and I cried so much. The ending makes you feel as if you're the one with the success and that's such an unexplored theme.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

I put off watching this for SO LONG. God please watch it, such an interesting and twisted narrative on if mankind can be truly "fixed" from evil, or just forced. Kubrics cinematography in this is AMAZING. A foreword though for graphic r*pe and heavy themes, although they play a big part of the plot.

Catch Me if You Can (2002)

One of the more "lighthearted" on this list to be fair, which says alot. Genuinely clever and witty in the plot, and quick!! Leonardo De Caprio was brilliant in this role and wouldn't of expected anyone else to play him. And Tom Hanks too.

The Truman Show (1998)

If you want the most heartbreaking "psychological horror" watch this, again, Jim Carrey did the perfect job. The angles, music and general beauty of this movie will make you so confused and literally entranced.

It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

This is the oldest but God does it hold well, the way it holds the message of someone's importance regardless of how little they think they do, and SHOWS it, is something so interesting. Anyway, I don't care at all that it's sorta a Christmas movie.

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

Even if you're not religious you need to watch this. Everytime someone brings it up I have to sit down and rant because the MUSIC, THE ANIMATION, THE PLOT, THE VOICE ACTING. I literally have nothing against this movie. "Deliver us" is the best opening I've ever seen in a movie and the way it builds a MASSIVE world and characters is amazing.

(had to put in a massive GIF its so good)

Avatar (2009)

Don't even care how popular Avatar is, I had to include it, beautiful plot, beautiful CGI, probably the only time I approve of a mostly CGI movie, it's gorgeous and the world that James Cameron helped to create makes me respect him even more.

Stardust (2009)

As if I couldn't love Neil Gaiman anymore mwah, love it, so funny and cute and mmmm yes okay 10/10. Totally coherent review ♡

Alright I've run out I'll make a shows one next xoxo

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fiftytwotwenty · 4 years

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Movie Monday - Sept 7th, 2020

"Best Movie of the 90's"

Last August I discussed the "Best Movie of the 80's", Back to the Future (1985) and to me that choice was a no-brainer - in my mind no other movie even came close to encapsulating the 80's like Back to the Future.

But when it comes to the 90's, well, The 90's are in a class all its own. Just look at the Film Year 1994 - it is stacked: The Shawshank Redemption; The Lion King; Forrest Gump... Then 90's closed out strong in 1999: Fight Club; American Beauty; The Sixth Sense...

So in my journey today to declare the "Best Movie of the 90's" I am going to take a deep dive into the Class of the 1990's.

The Class Clown

Dumb & Dumber (1994):

Man, Oh, Man there were some breakthrough comedies in the 90's.

Former SNL castmates brought us major laughs - Farley and Spade hitting us with Tommy Boy, Meyers and Carvey giving Wayne's World, and Adam Sandler went solo in Billy Madison & Happy Gilmore...

BUT it was a In Living Color alum from Canada that was the main attraction - I'm talking about Jim Carrey's career year of 1994 which made him the highest paid and sought out actor. He gave us Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask (the 4th highest grossing film of 1994 behind The Lion King, Forrest Gump, and True Lies), and Dumb & Dumber.

The Mask and Ace Ventura are great, but nothing hits the funny bone better than the duo of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.

The Burnout / Foreign Exchange Student

Trainspotting (1996):

We came a long way from the Cheech and Chong series of films in the 70's and Richard Linklater's 1993 Dazed and Confused actually took us back to the 70's - But it is Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which stands out as it not only shows us the highs of, well, getting high but also the bottomless lows.

Danny Boyle brought us humor, depression, great music from the punk bands of the UK, and of course, Ewan McGregor.

The Loner

The Blair Witch Project (1999):

In the 90's we were introduced to some groundbreaking storytellers like Tarantino and M. Night Shyamalan, but in 1999 we got a new breed of movie... The Found Footage Film.

In hindsight it's not that greatest story of all time, but it definitely gave middle schoolers of the era some serious heebie-jeebies and opened a whole new genre of horror films.

The "It" Couple

You've Got Mail (1998):

Freddie Prince Jr + Rachel Leigh Cook, Heath Ledger + Julia Stiles, Sandra Bullock + Bill Pullman, Julia Roberts + Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts + Richard Gere... All quaint couples but none can comapre to the onscreen magnetism of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Sure we first saw them in 1993 in Sleepless In Seattle but they solidified their onscreen relationship in Nora Ephron's, 1998's, You've Got Mail. Winning us over with quippy banter while taking us through the dawn of online dating.

The Glee Club

The Beauty and the Beast (1991) + Aladdin (1992) + The Lion King (1994):

The 90's was short-handed in Live Action Musicals but swung heavy with the Disney Renaissance which helped quench audiences' thirst for show tunes.

Now choosing between B&B, Aladdin, and The Lion King is like choosing between the which Boy Band had the best frosted tips. They are all great in their own right.

The AV Club

Jurassic Park (1993) + Toy Story (1995) + The Matrix (1999):

Whether you were a geek or a nerd - The 90's broke ground on making "dorkiness" cool with its Techinical Achievements:

Finally we were able to move away from stuttering stop animation and received a seamless moving imagery of dinosaurs on screen in Jurassic Park.

Toy Story pioneered the 3D Animation movement and revitalized the family friendly genre thus creating the Pixar powerhouse.

Then we have the Wachowski's who infused Cyberpunk with Martial Arts with a state of the art technology and a forward thinking style which all combined to create The Matrix, a film so unique that it hit an unknown gold standard. The Matrix also help shine light back on Keanu Reeves but sadly there still more is to be deisred in the black leather trench coat.

The Prom Queen

Clueless (1995):

The way people felt about 2011's Bridesmaids is the way I felt back in 1995 when I saw Clueless.

Clueless didn't win Prom Queen solely on its looks but mainly on its personality. It's Not funny for a chick-flick - It's funny, period! With a majority of leading cast being females, Clueless goes toe-to-toe with the best comedies. I cannot even count the number of repeat viewings.

The Goth Kid

Silence of the Lambs (1991):

What's the difference between The Goth Kid and The Loner...

The Goth Kid truly stands out.

This Oscar Award Winning Horror film (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay) truly gives you the willies but is hard to take your eyes off of Hannibal Lecter - I give all the credit to Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill) for making this a standout film.

And Now...

The Big Man on Campus

The Class President

The Valedictorian

The Best Movie of the 90's

Pulp Fiction (1994):

If you are like me the idea of attending the 10 year reunion is nonexistent, but in the back of your mind there is probably one individual you wouldn't mind catching up with one more time...

Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

When it was first on the scene you probably heard rumblings and rumors about Pulp Fictions antics in halls or in the workplace and when you finally got your first viewing it totally lived up to expectations.

It was fresh and nostalgic all at the same time with its nonlinear story and its pop culture bantar and boomer music.

Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, and Christopher Walken deliver 8-finger-death-punch of loveable characters and quotable lines.

Pulp Fiction was Tarantino's second outing but arguably his mostly highly regarded film. His writing on True Romance put his foot in the door, Reservoir Dogs gave him credibility, but Pulp Fiction made him a household name - no matter how rated "R" his films were.

I declare Pulp Fiction to be the Best Movie of the 90's:

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inapat13 · 4 years

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«How would you start this movie?/Well, if I had my choice, it wouldn't start at all. It would already have been. And it wouldn't end either.»

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond is a documentary by Chris Smith released in 2017. The one and a half hour movie follows the process of Jim Carrey portraying Andy Kaufman for Man on the Moon, a big hit from 1999. We can see Carrey during the shooting of the film in 1999, but we are also the witnesses of his testimony years later, for the documentary. Indeed, with the aid of amazing archives, Jim Carrey talks about his state of mind at the time and how this period, this movie, had a big influence on his life and his career afterwards. Jim & Andy is an intense documentary where the viewer has the feeling that the main actor is lost, in his job and life, as much in 1999 as in 2017. The documentary allows reflection on the actor's approach to a role and it questions us: how far can someone go when playing someone else?

I think it's important to talk about the many archives that are in the movie. First of all, we mainly have insane footage from the sets of 1999. Indeed, someone did a making-of of the process, which allows the viewer to discover what was happening behind the scenes. What we know is that Jim Carrey, portraying Andy Kaufman, allowed a video crew to document his performance for Man on the Moon. Carrey kept it for years and nobody had seen it before Chris Smith's documentary. Those images seem to be timeless: they're so real, so much at the heart of the process, that they appear ageless. The public sees everything: Jim Carrey on set, in his trailer, while being made-up... But we also witness his changing personality. It is very clear when he is Jim Carrey or Andy Kaufman or Tony Clifton. Indeed, the real subject of the documentary is the search for identity and the meaning of life for Carrey. Those archives come to highlights the moment of the star's life when all those questioning started. And, if these images shows how Jim Carrey prepared for his rôle and how «crazy» he went, they also shows how it affected the crew, the other actors and the director. The director, Milos Foreman appears to also be one of the heroes of the movie. His patience and his professionalism led him to successfully manage his main actor. In the archives we can see Foreman calling Carrey «Andy» or «Tony» when the actor is portraying each one of them; and if by mistake he called him «Jim», Carrey unleashed his anger saying he didn't know who Jim was. Those archives are incredible because they strengthen the idea of a movie which had its own time frame. Everything was paced by Jim Carrey's preparation and performance; everyone had to know what to call him at what time. And, when he took it too far, everyone had to know how to deal with it. To be able to see such a moment of creation, to witness just how far someone can go when acting makes this footage very precious to my mind. They are a very valuable testimony to the act of creation but also to the quest of identity and the profound uneasiness of Jim Carrey at that time.

However, the excerpts from this making-of aren't the only archives. As said before, this documentary is mainly about identity and the meaning of life and goes as much for Jim Carrey as for Andy Kaufman. Indeed, the movie tries to study the lives of these two men at the same time. Kaufman was a very famous American humourist and actor. A specialist of the absurd, he died in 1984 at only 35 years old but he marked the American public. Thus, Jim and Andy is also composed of archives of Kaufman (sketches, interviews, stand-up shows...) and of Carey (movies, interviews, sketches...). Chris Smith retraces both of their careers to show the similarities and why Jim Carrey really takes playing Kaufman to heart. The use of those archives leads us to understand how Carrey came to such a level of commitment, toying with his own mental health. When we add Carrey's comments in 2017, we clearly understand that Man on the Moon was a turning point in his life, mindset and career. By multiplying archives of Carrey and superposing archives of Kaufman, Chris Smith tries to «explain» these two characters and to highlight that all they wanted was to find what the meaning of life is, something Carrey is still searching for.

The way Jim Carrey has of merging into the Kaufman character is called Method Acting. When we search for a definition of this method we can find this explanation: «Method acting is a range of training and rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and emotionally expressive performances, as formulated by a number of different theatre practioners. These techniques are built on Stanislavski's system, developed by the Russian actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski and captured in his books An Actor Prepares, Building a Character, and Creating a Role […] Among the concepts and techniques of method acting are substitution, "as if", sense memory, affective memory, and animal work (all of which were first developed by Stanislavski). Contemporary method actors sometimes seek help from psychologists in the development of their roles.» It appears to be a famous method, particularly in the United States. We've heard of Jared Leto's preparation for Suicide Squad where he was sending condoms and other horrors to his fellow cast members, only to portray the Joker in the best way possible (quite a failure by the way). And we also know how Christian Bale can put on or lose a lot of weight to play someone. All of that comes under Method Acting. For Man on the Moon, Jim Carrey disappeared little by little to give space to the ghost of Kaufman. What we see in Chris Smith's documentary is that from the moment Carrey woke up, till he went to bed again, he wasn't Jim Carrey anymore but only Andy Kaufman or Tony Clifton. At one point the actor even explains that Andy has come to play in his own movie; to tell his own story. Looking at this footage, we don't know what to think. It seems more than just preparation. Carrey really appears absent; just as if he didn't exist for the shooting time. There is a particular moment where it's shown. Jim Carrey has to replay the famous altercation between Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler, a professional wrestler. Lawler plays himself, and he was a good friend of Kaufman's in real life, even though for the audience they pretended to hate each other. When Lawler met Carrey, it was a disaster. Carrey acts like Andy, even backstage, for the rest of the movie. He's constantly teasing and provoking Lawler, which lead to a hostile relationship where Lawler chases and is violent to Carrey. Jerry Lawler says that his acting is far from what Andy was like and that he isn't «method acting» but that he's just a moron, disrespecting Kaufman's memory. At this point, the viewer can be lost. So, is Jim Carrey really «possessed» by Kaufman's spirit? Or is he just taking the act and the prank too far? Even if I'm usually kind of sceptical about this kind of method, I have to say that it seems really real for me. In my eyes Carrey doesn't seems to have any awareness of himself anymore. This feeling is strengthened by Jim Carrey's interview in the present. He comments on all these moments just as if it wasn't him. He has perspective on his mindset at the time. Indeed, the documentary allows him to express his opinion on life, identity but also the acting profession. It's a moment for him to show the audience how he sees himself and his career. How it affected him, and still is affecting him. Jim Carrey is very calm and clear-headed about all of this, about the making of Man on The Moon, and it allows the viewer to take a compassionate look at him and to compensate for his craziness at the time.

In the end, Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, is a multifaceted documentary. It takes us into the mind of two great and fragile personalities. By presenting these two men, Chris Smith allows Jim Carrey, and us, to face reality and discover our place in it. And, by offering us these previously unreleased archives, Smith also give us an extraordinary moment of cinema.

Lola Puel.

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