Some other 1997 movies i enjoyed, but probably not award winning...

Boogie Nights, The Game, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. This was probably one of my favorite years for movies.

I'm amazed at the number of people who can remember the years that certain movies came out. Or remember jersey numbers. Or remember all kinds of numbers and dates. Or care about any of it.

The only thing I remember about 1997 is I got divorced and was single again. On second thought, that was a pretty good movie.

Popularity does not equal quality:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/cha ... 997&p=.htm

1 Titanic Par. $600,788,188 3,265 $28,638,131 2,674 12/19
2 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 3,180 $51,068,455 3,020 7/2
3 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $229,086,679 3,565 $72,132,785 3,281 5/23
4 Liar Liar Uni. $181,410,615 2,909 $31,423,025 2,845 3/21
5 Air Force One Sony $172,956,409 2,981 $37,132,505 2,919 7/25
6 As Good as It Gets Sony $148,478,011 1,837 $12,606,928 1,572 12/23
7 Good Will Hunting Mira. $138,433,435 2,203 $272,912 7 12/5
8 Star Wars (Special Edition) Fox $138,257,865 2,375 $35,906,661 2,104 1/31
9 My Best Friend's Wedding Sony $127,120,029 2,376 $21,678,377 2,134 6/20
10 Tomorrow Never Dies MGM $125,304,276 2,807 $25,143,007 2,807 12/19
11 Face/Off Par. $112,276,146 2,851 $23,387,530 2,621 6/27
12 Batman and Robin WB $107,325,195 2,942 $42,872,605 2,934 6/20
13 George of the Jungle BV $105,263,257 2,616 $16,540,791 2,506 7/18
14 Scream 2 Dim. $101,363,301 2,688 $32,926,342 2,663 12/12
15 Con Air BV $101,117,573 2,941 $24,131,738 2,824 6/6
16 Contact WB $100,920,329 2,314 $20,584,908 1,923 7/11
17 Hercules BV $99,112,101 2,930 $249,567 1 6/15
18 Flubber BV $92,977,226 2,679 $26,725,207 2,641 11/26
19 Conspiracy Theory WB $75,982,834 2,806 $19,313,566 2,806 8/8
20 I Know What You Did Last Summer Sony $72,586,134 2,524 $15,818,645 2,524 10/17
21 The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) Fox $67,597,694 2,322 $21,975,993 2,111 2/21
22 Dante's Peak Uni. $67,127,760 2,761 $18,479,435 2,657 2/7
23 Anaconda Sony $65,885,767 2,456 $16,620,887 2,456 4/11
24 L.A. Confidential WB $64,616,940 1,625 $5,211,198 769 9/19
25 In & Out Par. $63,856,929 2,452 $15,019,821 1,992 9/19
26 The Fifth Element Sony $63,820,180 2,500 $17,031,345 2,500 5/9
27 Mouse Hunt DW $61,917,389 2,233 $6,062,922 2,152 12/19
28 The Saint Par. $61,363,304 2,500 $16,278,873 2,307 4/4
29 The Devil's Advocate WB $60,944,660 2,404 $12,170,536 2,161 10/17
30 Kiss the Girls Par. $60,527,873 2,406 $13,215,167 2,271 10/3
31 Jungle 2 Jungle BV $59,927,618 2,340 $12,812,047 2,316 3/7
32 Anastasia Fox $58,406,347 2,511 $120,541 1 11/14
33 The Jackal Uni. $54,930,280 2,309 $15,164,595 2,193 11/14
34 Spawn NL $54,870,175 2,604 $19,738,749 2,536 8/1
35 Starship Troopers Sony $54,814,377 2,971 $22,058,773 2,971 11/7
36 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery NL $53,883,989 2,187 $9,548,111 2,187 5/2
37 Breakdown Par. $50,159,144 2,348 $12,307,128 2,108 5/2
38 Absolute Power Sony $50,068,310 2,568 $14,678,016 2,568 2/14
39 Volcano Fox $49,323,468 2,777 $14,581,740 2,774 4/25
40 Speed 2: Cruise Control Fox $48,608,066 2,625 $16,158,942 2,615 6/13
41 The Game Poly $48,323,648 2,521 $14,337,029 2,403 9/12
42 G.I. Jane BV $48,169,156 2,043 $11,094,241 1,945 8/22
43 Alien Resurrection Fox $47,795,658 2,449 $16,474,092 2,415 11/26
44 The Full Monty FoxS $45,950,122 783 $176,585 6 8/15
45 The Rainmaker (1997) Par. $45,916,769 2,369 $10,626,507 2,317 11/21
46 Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) Fox $45,470,437 2,111 $16,293,531 2,111 3/14
47 Bean Gram. $45,319,423 2,015 $2,255,233 242 10/17
48 Cop Land Mira. $44,862,187 2,233 $13,510,482 2,233 8/15
49 Nothing to Lose BV $44,480,039 1,888 $11,617,767 1,862 7/18
50 Amistad DW $44,229,441 1,019 $4,573,523 322 12/10

Coast, could it be because you couldn't remember dates of anniversaries and birthdays that you got divorced?

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I'm with you there. "She touched my pepe, steve"

My top five Keaton performances

5. Multiplicity
4. My Life
3. Mr. Mom
2. Batman
1. Johnny Dangerously

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"I'm gonna ask you one more time and I'm gonna ask you nicely; where the fuck is Ringo you BITCH?"

god i love that movie.

funniest post this week!

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Shit, I totally forgot about Liar, Liar. My favorite Jim Carrey movie

I despise Jim Carrey. I think I'm the only person in America who hates both Will Farrell and Carrey.

I LOVE Michael Keaton. Not to be obscure but he had a great role in a movie version of one of Shakespeare's plays. He was a guy....hmmmmm.

I think he is a hystirical comedic actor. However, his best role was Batman. I also loved him in that movie where he played the union rep who brought the Japanese car manufacturer to his small town (I am Jiggs today).

Gung-Ho!

That movie was fucking great!

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Solid Michael Keaton 'B' movie: Clean and Sober. He plays a young hot shot controlled by the Devil himself, cocaine. Morgan Freeman plays his treatment facility counselor. Keaton's sponsor is played by M. Emmitt Walsh, who was the great Dickie Dunn in Slapshot. Not a feel good film, but a solid effort that never got much play.

I'm with you on Carrey and Ferrell, GD. Carrey, however, he scored a few points with me as the Grinch and for his roles in The Majestic and the teen-oriented Bruce Almighty. Ferrell's career highlight for me always will be hitting the cowbell on "Don't Fear the Reaper" opposite Christopher Walken on SNL. Haven't liked much since. Slapstick, cheeseball, lowest common denominator guy.

You have to give Ferrell some credit for "Old School".

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May 1, 2007 - CSFMB Civil War
“Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.”

i wish i made more of a difference...

Sorry WZ. Reading is a skill. "Skimming" is not. I will be more attentive to your next post.

I have no use for Ferrel or Carrey, either.
Carrey's last good work was on In Living Color.
I can't comment on Ferrel's SNL work,as I haven't watched the show since the late 80's.

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No love for Carrey in "Man on the Moon"?

I understand not liking Ferrell, but I enjoy some of his stuff. Loved Anchorman. They are good movies when you just want to kick back, relax, and turn off the brain for a while. Now if I can just get it kickstarted afterwards...

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There's more then a few quality gems, again talking out of your ass Mac.

Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, Eternal Sunshine, Me Myself & Irene, and ones already mentioned.

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I think I've appreciated Carrey's dramatic work more than his comedic work. I wasn't a huge fan of his slapstick comedies, "The Mask", "Ace Ventura", etc. (though I enjoyed them). But I loved "The Cable Guy", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "Man on the Moon" (thanks MUS) and "The Truman Show". I think the funniest movie Carrey was in was "Dumb & Dumber" but it wasn't, to me, a Jim Carrey movie.

Farrell to me was at one point a guy I considered to be the funniest man in Hollywood. It was a brief period, but somewhere between "Old School" and "Elf", he was on top of his game. After that, he just seemed to be the overused pinch hitter in a suffering comedy that needed a jolt. Like, (and now I'm ready for the ass reaming for those reading) "The Wedding Crashers". I've heard good things about his role in "Stranger than Fiction" and I liked him in "Melinda & Melinda".

**For those who are going to say things like "How could you NOT LOVE 'The Wedding Crashers'?" Here's what I will say - because the ending was one of the sorriest excuses for an ending in a STRONG screwball comedy that I've seen since "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Blazing Saddles". **

Same can be said for Robin Williams.

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“Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.”

I think most of Ferrell's best stuff is the SNL bits - Neil Diamond Storytellers, Robert Goulet Raps, cowbell, "I drive a Dodge Stratus!!", "Get off the SHED!!".

Most of his movies have disappointed - but Anchorman, though I didn't like it much the first time, kills me now. I thought that fight scene was just stupid the first time, but the payoff in the scene after is great. Old School was good and parts of Ricky Bobby, the rest, eh.

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Did they show any celebs last night? Were there any there, other than Carmen Defalco...

No surprise learning Sleuth enjoys riveting drama like Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber. Something to do when his hand is cramping from coloring, I bet. Jagoff.

I don't care if I'm now considered part of the Mac Ass Licking Society - THAT WAS DAMN FUNNY!

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I'd love for Sleuth to meet Mac

Keep in mind Mac he doesn't actually look like that jackass Jerry Krause....well at least we don't think so

Old School was great but Vince Vaughn was as funny if not funnier than Will Farrell. It is not really a Will Farrel movie. I didn't even think he was all that great as an SNL member. In truth, I find him much more entertaining in bit roles than as the star. He was hysterical in Starsky and Hutch.

Jim Carrey can bite my ass. I would not see Man on the Moon simply based on all the PR bullshit of him "channeling" Andy Kaufman. Over- over-overated.

Will Ferrell ruined Wedding Crashers for me. He was painfully awful in that movie. His best work imho was ELF, as he was THE main actor in that flick.

good dolphin, you never even saw the movie and you automatically assume overrated? For all the respect you get on this board, that's pretty piss poor on your part. Watch the movie and then come back with that. I thought Carrey wasn't going to be good as Kaufman and I was really blown away. I think that was the movie when I decided the guy could really act.

Jim Carrey was hilarious in Liar, Liar. However he has been in plenty of bad films. I also think he's become a pretty good dramatic actor. i heard 23 sucked, but didn't here if carrey's performance was good at all.

I saw the movie.

Dolphin made the right call in missing it.

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I cannot remember a single rehab film that I have ever gotten into. I don't know if they hold special significance for people who have been through the experience but I cannot sit through those flicks. People seem to have a real emotional attachment and I end up feeling nothing...of course that could be my disassociative disorder kicking in.

I will say that Good Will Hunting is one that strikes me hard. I've never been abused, nor had obvious mental problems but it seemed to grab me. I chalk it up to the theme in the movie about not wanting to use the unique skills that were given to you.

Good Will Hunting best movie out there, IMO.

I saw 23. Movie and Jim Carey sucked equally.

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May 1, 2007 - CSFMB Civil War
“Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it.”