Saturday, April 26, 2014

TPSG Top 10 Movies of 1998

Continuing with my look at the best movies of years gone by.

Top 10 Movies of 1998:
  1. Saving Private Ryan - Tom Hanks, Matt Damon
  2. There's Something About Mary - Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz
  3. American History X - Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
  4. Very Bad Things - Christian Slater, Daniel Stern 
  5. Rounders - Matt Damon, Edward Norton
  6. Out of Sight - George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez
  7. Elizabeth - Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush
  8. The Big Lebowski - Jeff Bridges, John Goodman
  9. A Simple Plan - Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thorton 
  10. Rushmore - Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray 
"Saving Private Ryan" is arguably one of, if not the greatest war movie ever.  IMO, "There's Something About Mary" is one of the Top 10 Comedies of All Time.  Edward Norton is tremendous as a reformed white supremacist in "American History X".  "Very Bad Things" is a twisted tale of a bachelor party gone wrong, I loved it, it's a great dark comedy!  "Rounders" can rightfully be attributed with planting the seeds to the great poker boom of recent years.  I'm not sure which was a better combo in "Out of Sight", Steven Soderbergh/Elmore Leonard or George Clooney/Jennifer Lopez, all I do know for sure is that if you put all four of them together you'll get a tremendous film.  "Elizabeth" was surprisingly entertaining for a film about a Queen, the casting on this one was great.  "The Big Lebowski" remains a cult favorite, the Dude lives!  Watching a supposedly simple plan fall apart in "A Simple Plan" makes for a great ride. "Rushmore" gave me my first real taste of Wes Anderson, and it is quite a bizarre taste. 


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