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Mr. Broom - Oct 18, 2004 4:47:47 pm PDT #4709 of 10001

"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

The only question to which the correct answer is Stigmata is "What was the worst movie of 1999?"

Honorable mention goes to its sister film, End of Days. What is it with movies of ridiculously similar premises being released within a couple months of each other? Happens every year.

Gris - Oct 18, 2004 4:49:12 pm PDT #4710 of 10001

Hey. New board.

Yeah, that's crazy. I first noticed it with Armageddon and Deep Impact, and then the next year there was Volcano, and Dante's Peak, neither of which I saw.

§ ita § - Oct 18, 2004 4:50:12 pm PDT #4711 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Triple threat: Matrix, Existenz and The Thirteenth Floor.

Mr. Broom - Oct 18, 2004 4:58:24 pm PDT #4712 of 10001

Secret: "The Thirteenth Floor" was better. Without the non-story-developing fight scenes, "The Matrix" has nothing on the story in "The Thirteenth Floor," and I'm saying this as a big fan of "The Matrix".

Dana - Oct 18, 2004 4:59:15 pm PDT #4713 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

End of Days was totally worse than Stigmata, which, as noted, has the hotness as Gabriel Byrnes as a hottie priest who's hot.

Frankenbuddha - Oct 18, 2004 5:00:08 pm PDT #4714 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I preferred EXISTENZ to both (although I loved the Matrix on sheer kinectics), but I'm a massive Cronenberg fan.

Frankenbuddha - Oct 18, 2004 5:01:03 pm PDT #4715 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

End of Days was totally worse than Stigmata, which, as noted, has the hotness as Gabriel Byrnes as a hottie priest who's hot.

Wasn't Gabriel Byrne the bad guy in End of Days?

Dana - Oct 18, 2004 5:02:45 pm PDT #4716 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

If so, he wasn't hot. Or a priest.

(If he really was a priest, I'll weep.)

Katie M - Oct 18, 2004 5:03:34 pm PDT #4717 of 10001

I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Dante's Peak

I saw this movie for free my senior year in college. It wasn't worth the money. Though considering it was an entire theater full of college seniors, the commentary was amusing.

Dana - Oct 18, 2004 5:04:26 pm PDT #4718 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Crap. How was Gabriel Byrne in both of those movies?

Anyway, one had Arnold, which automatically makes it worse.

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