What up nerds? Jared here. Just when you thought we were done shipping shows from our Seattle trip, we're releasing this 45 minute impromptu conversation between Adam and myself for Changelog++ ears only. It's better.
However, I did pull out a few minutes for the public feed because everyone deserves to know just how amazing 1999 was for movie fans. I feel like we've already talked about 1999 before together. Being a good year? Being maybe the best year in cinema history.
Have I brought this up? What else is in 99? Oh, gosh. What is it in 1999?
I'm going to use ChatGPT to see what the best movies were of 1999. Yeah, that's a good idea. That's faster than what I would do. What were the best movies from 1999?
Well, I know The Matrix is in there. That's true. I know that. I think Savvy Prior to Ryan.
You're right. Listen to this, Jared. Either read your mind because it's got a speaker and it was listening. They trained it on me.
1999 is often considered one of the best years in cinema history. True. Featuring numerous critically acclaimed and influential films. Here are some of them.
The Matrix. Yes. Fight Club. Yes.
The Sixth Sense. Oh, yeah. American Beauty. Good movie.
Toy Story 2. Very good. The Blair Witch Project. Oh, I love that one.
It had such potential. I know. Being John Malkovich. That's a good movie.
The Green Mile. Pretty good. Magnolia. The Stephen King book.
Magnolia is really good. And Office Space. Oh, Office Space. Office Space.
Mike Judge, yeah. And I concur. Tell it to list more. There's still more good movies that came out that year.
List 20 more at a minimum. Ooh, at a minimum. You're letting it have some leeway. Certainly.
Now, they're going to fall off. Here are 20 more notable films from that year. They get worse but they still going to be pretty good Star Wars Now this may be a hallucination We got to cross This ticket grounding If you going to name a prequel I mean you right This might be a hallucination All right let not Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Okay so a big release at least Go ahead. The Iron Giant.
Great movie. Eyes Wide Shut. Kind of weird. Tom Cruise and Cole Kidman.
Three Kings. Speaking of Wahlberg, right? Mark Wahlberg? Close.
Yeah, you're on target. Mark Wahlberg was co-starring George Clooney. Yes. And Ice Cube.
That's right. That's a good movie. A heist in the desert as a military It's like a desert storm heist movie Yeah, so cool Very cool Election From the guy from Omaha The talented Mr. Ripley Very good Such a good psychological thriller It's all 1999 Can you believe it?
If there's no hallucination Let's just keep referencing that We do have to fact check these I'm hallucinating The Insider I'm not sure if I remember that one Oh, is that Also Russell Crowe It's like a It's a movie about Is it Wall Street? There's some sort of Close Whistleblowing's happening Yeah Tobacco Okay, tobacco industry Whistleblowing Yeah, that was quickly I'm not sure if I actually saw it I think I think it was Matt Damon. Wasn't he like a... That was Russell Crowe.
No, I think you're right. Let me go and... I can still picture the front cover of that one. I mean, how many good movies can come out in the exact same year?
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