Conference bookie::movies

    My Favorite Movies of 1993:
    
    1) Remains Of The Day
    
    2) The Age of Innocence
    
    3) Bodies, Rest & Motion
    
    4) The Joy Luck Club
    
    5) Sleepless In Seattle
    
    6) The Wedding Banquet
    
    7) Manhattan Murder Mystery
    
    8) Just Another Girl On The IRT
    
    9) Rich In Love
    
    10) Map of the Human Heart
    
    11) Like Water For Chocolate
    
    12) Blue
    
    13) Falling Down
    
    14) This Boy's Life
    
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    Worst Movie of 1993 (that I saw):
    
    1) Amos & Andrew
    
    Probably others but I can't think of them right now.
    
    
    Lorna
    

    Best movie of 1993:  The Fugitive
    Worst movie of 1993:  Sliver
    
    NAZZ

    
    gee, i kind of liked 'amos and andrew'. oh well.
    
    my favorite movies that i saw in 1993 (some may be 1992 releases):
    
    1) fearless
    2) schindler's list
    3) the fugitive
    4) map of the human heart
    5) the wedding banquet
    6) un coeur en hiver
    7) age of innocence
    8) orlando
    9) short cuts
    10) forbidden love
    
    guilty pleasure: cadillac girls
    
    the worst (in no particular order):
    
    born yesterday
    claire of the moon
    alone among women (the worst of the worst)
    so i married an axe murderer
    wayne's world 2 (very sad)
    
    

    re .3, Joe, your taste is so low-brow.  :-)
    
    I didn't like Amos and Andrew, but I thought Wayne's World 2 was kinda
    funny.  
    
    Lorna
    

    
    	I liked "Amos and Andrew" also.
    
    							GTI

    Best I saw in 1993:
    
    True Romance  (I cannot recommend this enough, with the caveat that it
    *is* violent)
    
    
    Worst I saw in 1993 (as in most disappointing):
    
    Perfect World
    
    
    
    
    Cheers
    
    kim
    
    
    
    
    
    kim

    re .5, you didn't think that was going to surprise me, did you?  :-)
    
    Lorna
    
    

Siskel				Ebert
[10] Map of the Human Heart	[10] Ruby in Paradise
 [9] King of the Hill		 [9] What's love got to do with it
 [8] The Joy Luck Club		 [8] Menace II Society
 [7] The Age Of Innocence	 [7] Like Water for Chocolate
 [6] The Fugative		 [6] Kalifornia
 [5] Menace II Society		 [5] The Joy Luck Club
 [4] Farwell My Cncubine	 [4] The Fugative
 [3] The Piano			 [3] The Piano
 [2] Short Cuts			 [2] The Age of Innocence
 [1] Schindler's List		 [1] Schindler's List

Video Tips by the AP: Here are the lists of the nation's most popular
videos for the year 1993 as they appear in next week's issue of
Billboard magazine:  Video Rentals:

 1] Sister Act
 2] Patriot Games
 3] Under Siege
 4] A League of Their Own
 5] A Few Good Men
 6] Scent of a Woman
 7] Unforgiven
 8] Sneakers
 9] Passenger 57
10] The Bodyguard
11] Housesitter
12] My Cousin Vinny
13] The Last of the Mohicans
14] Basic Instinct (Director's Cut)
15] Falling Down
16] Lethal Weapon 3
17] The Distinguished Gentleman
18] Single White Female

The top 10 grossing movies of 1993, according to Exhibitor Relations Co.:

 1] "Jurassic Park," Universal, $339.5 million
 2] "The Fugative," Warner Bros., $179.3 million
 3] "The Firm," Paramount, $158.3 million
 4] "Sleepless in Seattle," TriStar, $126.6 million
 5] "Mrs. Doubtfire," 20th Century Fox, $122.5 million
 6] "Indecent Proposal," Paramount, $105.5 million
 7] "In the Line of Fire," Columbia, $102.2 million
 8] "Cliffhanger," TriStar, $84 million
 9] "Free Willy," Warner Bros., $77.7 million
10] "Groundhog Day," Columbia, $70.8 million

    
    	RE: Lorna
    
    	Not a bit.  8^)
    
    							GTI
    

I didn't really see all that many films this year, and most of them were
on video (which means that they probably came out last year). But here's some 
that stick in my mind:

GREAT
-----
The Fugitive (relentless!)
Untamed Hearts (predictable, yet I loved it anyways)
Matinee (I loved this movie, and Mant was great also)
A Few Good Men (surprisingly good)
Reservoir Dogs (riveting!)

DECENT
------
Jurassic Park (great dinosaurs, mediocre movie)
Groundhog Day (entertaining, but nothing *great*)
Dave (see Groundhog Day)
Under Siege (mindless entertainment)
The Firm (I think I liked it better than most people here, almost made 'great')
The Night We Never Met (cute comedy)
Jennifer 8 (good suspense movie, especially since I'm really not a big fan of 
	    thrillers)
Bob Roberts (fun, but a little longer than it should have been)

DISAPPOINTING
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Sleepless in Seattle (boring! what was the big deal?)
Falling Down
Body Of Evidence (worst movie I've seen since 'Millenium'!)
Sneakers (not awful, but what a waste of a great cast!)
Rising Sun (again, not real bad, just could have been better)
The Bodyguard (not as bad as I expected, but still not good)
River Runs Through It (I know, I know, everyone else loved it. Oh well.... 
		       maybe I'll try it again some other time)

alan

    These lists are not exhaustive
    
    Best:-
    
    In The Line Of Fire
    The Fugitive
    Groundhog Day
    
    Decent:-
    
    Jurassic Park
    Demolition Man
    Cliffhanger
    
    Worst:-
    
    Sliver
    Trespass
    

    
    i think i'll replace
    
    9) short cuts
    
    with
    
    9) dazed and confused
    
    

    Did anyone see Siskel and Ebert's worst of 1993 show?  I missed it and
    would be interested if someone could list their worst of the year here.
    
    Thanks.
    
    NAZZ

Can't remember what their Absolute Worst choices were,
but they each chose a film that the other one had liked.
The most interesting part of the show was this final
exchange in which it was so clearly communicated how
these two men loathe each other(full stop?)'s taste.

I think Ebert's Worst choice was "Carnosaur".

>I think Ebert's Worst choice was "Carnosaur".

Siskel's worst was Cop and 1/2...

It was funny 'cause the movie that they both picked, the other
person gave thumbs up on originally.

/scott