I got all mine just before I needed it. I'm tellin' ya, it was WAY too much too soon. I've been in a tailspin ever since. Down looks like up to me. The scary thing is, I hit bottom a long time ago and yet I feel like I'm still falling. I gonna close my eyes now for the latest rush of vertigo. ooooooo, what a whopper.

What was the best movie you saw in 1998? Could be either theater or rental.

I rented the theater on September 21 for a special screening of "Autumn" that WAS the best movie of 1998 and all the other years leading up to 1998

and, somehow, the book didn't do the movie justice...

Of all the movies I saw in 1998, I'd have to say that I liked Lethal Weapon 4, best.

LOL! One of those rare times where the movie is actually better than the book, huh? My favorite was either "Donnie Brasco" or "Trees Lounge." Worst movie I saw in 1998--either "Marvin's Room" or "Chasing Amy."

ooohh. I liked Chasing Amy a lot. But I liked Pi better Did I see Life is Beautiful in 98? If I did that wins. If not, it certianly is the best movie I'll ever see in 99

Let's see a little optimism, Stacey! January's not even over yet.

Donnie Brasco was great. I can't believe Pacino didn't even get nominated for an Oscar.

Yet he got one for that "Scent of a Woman" drivel. Go figure!

I've noticed Pacino gets nominated when he does those over the top acting roles, which I really dislike because he's so much better than that. (Though I have always loved Dog Day Afternoon.) Really good acting is about subtlety, not hamming it up. If you haven't seen Heat, rent it immediately.

Autumn didn't mean to sound pessimistic... LIB was just REALLY good! I enjoyed HEAT as well george

I will have to check that one out.

It's got Pacino AND DeNiro and was written and directed by the guy who created Miami Vice.

Ooooh, I was with you till I got to the end of that sentence, George...

Hey, Michael Mann is really good. I just mentioned "Vice" because that's probably what he's most well-known for. He also did "Last of the Mohicans," and "Thief" a really good crime drama w/ James Caan that came out in the early '80s.

I'm watching "The Boxer" tonight (also with Daniel Day Lewis, *pant pant*) and "Trainspotting."

can't limit my top ten list to ten....and i caught your inuenndo as i was zipping through the posts, stacey! response #80, i saw three of those films (elizabeth, s-i-love, and saving pvt ryan... and response #91, the films she "admired"???? what in the hell does that mean? she liked them but couldn't fit them on her top ten list so she made another list?

think you meant response #93, Wolf... (Stacey? Inuenndo? ???)

"The Boxer" was slooooow, but the IRA/Belfast stuff was interesting. "Trainspotting" I really enjoyed, once I figured out what the hell they were saying. It's about a bunch of heroin-addicted generation-Xers in Scotland.

It all takes place on a train with really deep toilets and spots where dream sequences are forced to jump from a window into the black, swirling water....and.....it ends in a Roy Rogers episode inside the year 1958 (where all gen-Xers suffer severe downstream symptons).

I'd recommend "In the Name of the Father" for another D.D. Lewis movie about Northern Ireland, based on a true story. Emma Thompson's in it, too.

wasn't he in my left foot? no matter, like him anyway!

I'm in your left foot, Wolfie. I like it here. Sorry you're so swollen. D.D. Lewis is in 'My Left Foot'. That's why yours is as swollen as it is. We're both in here. Me in yours, he in mine, so both of us in yours. Glad ya like him. It helps. I just wish he liked me as much as he likes you.

Ever get the feeling that you wish you had some of whatever Jim was inhaling?

I don't know if this is exactly the right place to post this, but it does contain a Ten Best List. The National Board of Review has released their "Ten Best Films of 2000" list, as well as their year end awards in excellence. So here it is: 1. "Quills" 2. "Traffic" 3. "Croupier" 4. "You Can Count on Me" 5. "Billy Elliot" 6. "Before Night Falls" 7. "Gladiator" 8. "Wonder Boys" 9. "Sunshine" 10. "Dancer in the Dark" Best Director - Steven Soderbergh, "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" Best Screenplay - Ted Tally, "All the Pretty Horses" Best Actor - Javier Bardem, "Before Night Falls," based on the memoirs of Cuban novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas. Best Actress - Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich" Best Supporting Actor - Joaquin Phoenix, "Gladiator," "Quills," and "The Yards" Best Supporting Actress - Lupe Ontiveros, "Chuck and Buck" Best Ensemble - "State and Main" Best Documentary - "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" Best Animated Feature - "Chicken Run" Best Foreign Film - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Outstanding Acheivment in Foreign Film - Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Decalogue" Series Breakthrough Performance - Michelle Rodriguez, "Girlfight" Outstanding Young Actor - Jamie Bell, "Billy Elliot" Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction - "Gladiator" Outstanding Dramatic Musical Performance - Bjork, "Dancer in the Dark." The board will present actress Ellen Burstyn a career achievement award when it hands out its honors on Jan. 16 at Manhattan's Tavern on the Green restaurant. Kenneth Lonergan, who wrote and directed the critical hit "You Can Count on Me," also will be honored for special filmmaking achievement.

I think I've only heard of two of those, and seen none of them. I have a feeling I won't be seeing those titles at my local video store. *sigh*