Conference bookie::movies

As much as I disagree with these guys, they are well known and so I will
present their lists verbatim (with a minimum of comment :-)

Here are Siskel and Ebert's choices for the top 10 films of 1992:


    Roger				Gene

    Malcolm X				One False Move
    One False Move			The Player
    Howard's End			Howard's End
    Flirting				The Crying Game
    The Crying Game			Malcolm X
    Damage				The Hairdresser's Husband
    The Hairdresser's Husband		Damage
    The Player				Wayne's World*
    Unforgiven				Mississippi Massala
    The Bad Lieutenant			Under Siege*

					(* - Gene's been watching too
						much TV this year :-)

My nominations for best films I saw this year (in no particular order):
(This year, my list is again skewed somewhat towards non-American films.)
	The Crying Game (UK)
	Mediterraneo (IT)
	The Waterdance
	Toto Le Hero (FR)
	Proof (AUS)
	Enchanted April
	The Hairdresser's Husband (FR)
	Close to Eden (RUS)
	Deep Cover
	Scent of a Woman

Honorable Mention:
	Bob Roberts
	Mississippi Masala
	Mambo Kings
	The Player
	35 Up (UK)
	Hear My Song (UK)
	Patriot Games
	A River Runs through it
	Hoffa
	Lorenzo's Oil
	Flirting (AUS)

Guilty Pleasures:  (Not-great films which I enjoyed despite the flaws :-)
	My Cousin Vinny
	Sister Act
	The BodyGuard
	Sneakers
	Delicatessen
	Memoirs of an Invisible Man
	Death Becomes Her
	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
	Aladdin
	Under Siege

    My faves of '92, in the order I thought of 'em (I'll probably think of
    more later, but such is life):
    
    	Swordsman II (may have been '91, but I'll count it anyway)
    	Reservoir Dogs
    	The Crying Game
    	Brother's Keeper
    
    Honorable mention:
    
    	The Player
    	Aladdin (esp. for the lost-temple-in-the-desert sequence)
    
    -b

    My favourites so far (as here in Austria some 92 films have not
    been yet released, and as I have missed some of which I assume they
    would be in my list, e.g. Bob Roberts, Howards End):
    
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Bodyguard
    The Player
    Patriots Game 
    Little Man Tate
    Tschonk (German film)
    Thunderheart
    Black Robe (was it in '92 ?)
    Grand Canyon
    
    Funniest movies:
    
    Father of the bride
    Housesitter
    Sister Act
    
    
    Andrea
    

       re .2:
       
       > Toto Le Hero (FR)
       
       PLEASE!!! Toto Le Heros was a *Belgian* movie, not French.
       
       Make that mistake again and you'll be reported to Hercule Poirot.
       
       --Mr Topaz

    My top ten favorites, in order:
    
    
    1. Howards End
    2. Enchanted April
    3. Husbands and Wives
    4. Where Angels Fear To Tread
    5. The Crying Game
    6. Malcolm X
    7. Of Mice and Men
    8. A River Runs Through It
    9. Waterland
    10. Bob Roberts
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    The next 10, in order:
    
    11. Prelude To A Kiss - (I thought this was very romantic)
    12. Shining Through -   (I thought this was very romantic, too)
    13. Leap of Faith
    14. Hero
    15. Leaving Normal
    16. Singles
    17. Shadows and Fog -  (so what if I'm the only person who liked it?)
    18. The Living End
    19. Peter's Friends
    20. Kafka
    
    Also liked:
    
    21.  Gas, Food, Lodging
    22.  A League of Their Own
    
    
    Lorna 

I don't think I've seen 10 '92 films yet, of the ones I've seen I like these
best (in order):

The Last of the Mohicans
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Thunderheart
Patriot Games



Randy

  I've seen 10 movies, but I'm not sure I've seen 10 I liked. There are a few
more that I probably will like if I get around to seeing them.

  So far I've liked:

    1. The Player - One of the very few I'd give all 5 stars. *****

    2. Shining Through - I'm surprised to see that both Siskel and Ebert
                         didn't like this movie, I thought it was a 1st
                         rate spy film.

    3. A League of Their Own - 2nd best baseball movie ever after Bull Durham

    4. Twin Peaks, Fire Walk with Me - I admit, you have to have been a fan of
                         the TV show for this move to have meant much at all.

    5. Batman - Again, probably because I've been a Batman fan for so long.
                The movie had it's problems, but I had fun watching it.

    6. <can't remember the name> - A movie about 3 guys in Hollywood trying
                to raise money to make a movie. The investors wanted to put
                their girlfriends into the film. It had an all-star cast.

    7. Star Trek VI - Was that this year? Jay Leno claims that in Star Trek
                VII, Kirk, Spock, and company will go to Washington and try
                to prevent Clinton from cutting back Social Security benefits.
                Yeh they are getting old, but they are like family. In fact,
                they are family, my mother knows most of them on a 1st name
                basis.

  Back to the movies to see the rest,
  George

    RE: .8  by 25415::MAIEWSKI 
    
    >6. <can't remember the name> - A movie about 3 guys in Hollywood trying
    >            to raise money to make a movie. The investors wanted to put
    >            their girlfriends into the film. It had an all-star cast.

    Didn't see it, but...
    
    Mistresses?
    

Not that I have time to write this, but the combination of too much school
work and current residence in North Carolina, have put a dammper on my
movie going experiences.  The only movies I go to see on the big screen 
are the ones in the International Film Series here at the University.
The three 1992 flicks I've seen so far have been amazing.

My award for best film of 1992 is Zentropa, a German flick.  I went home
and inhaled Brillo pads after experiencing this.  This is one of those
films that won't have the proper effect on video,  so if you're interested 
in post-WWII trains and death, see this in the theater, in the largest
format possible.

The two runners up are Mediterraneo and Howard's End.  Every now and then
I love going to the movies to see films whose main thrust is towards 
dialogue and character interaction.  American production studios just 
don't get it.  

Honorable mention goes to "Freeway Driving Techniques" a short film produced
by the California Highway Partol to inform motorists about the proper way to 
use the interstate routes.  It was produced in the early 70's (although I 
saw it this year) which is the only reason I didn't list it as number 1.

Runner-up honorable mention goes to every Big Bug movie I've taped off of
late-nite cable.

Lisa

    Re. 11.8
    
    the title is "Mistress"  -with Robert de Niro.
    
    Re: my personal "Best Films of 92" list:
    Meanwhile I have to add "The last of the Mohicans" to my own list.
    It was much better than expected !      
    
    Andrea

    
    Resevoir Dogs
    Unforgiven
    Last of the Mohicans
    The Player
    Malcolm X
    Motorama
    Crying Game
    Damage
    The Lover
    Proof
    
    And I didn't know what to think about "The Bad Lieutenant" -- all I
    know is that it made me feel "funny".
    
    -James
    

    My faves:
    
    A River Runs Through It
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    Last of the Mohicans
    Scent of a Woman
    Far and Away
    Husbands and Wives
    Unforgiven
    A League of Their Own
    
    I'm having a brain block; I can't think of any more movies and I've
    seen just about everything!  I did NOT see The Player, Howard's End,
    or Enchanted April yet, but intend to.
    
    Leslie

    I meant to add "Of Mice and Men" to my list!  GREAT movie.

    ...and "Honeymoon In Vegas" for comedy choice. !

    
    You guy's are biased to North America films...
    
    what about EUROPA EUROPA which won for best film at Cannes...
    
    

    "Europa Europa" was actually a 1991 film.  A big stink was raised about
    Germany not submitting it for "Best Foreign Film" for the 1991 Academy
    Awards.
    
    You are invited to nominate the director's most recent film film 
    "Olivier Olivier" if you like if you like.
    
    - Dave

    > You are invited to nominate the director's most recent film film
    > "Olivier Olivier" if you like if you like.
    
    I do!  I do!

    My first time at this Notes business. 
    
    Best movies of '92
    
    The Last of the Mohicans
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    Unforgiven
    
    And for 1993: the pan and scan laserdisc edition of The Abyss.