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Alien. That was the scariest movie ever, at that time anyway.
Someone I went with was holding a bucket of popcorn. When the alien popped out of the guys chest my friends popcorn went flying and covered 3 rows, it was pretty funny. Burst into laughter during the scariest scene, so did a lot of others.
Pulp Fiction or Wayne's World. Both came out when I was in high school. I have vivid memories of seeing each one at packed opening night late shows and both greatly impacted my life.
Second that. 1995, "I think." Forrest Gump, prior year, was anther contender. Braveheart was second movie I exited, and predicated correctly: "that's going to be a strong contender for Best Picture!"
"Sons of Scotland! I am William Wallace!"
-- Battles of Stirling and Falkirk, as filmed, would have had 1/10 the impact just on small screen.
Runner up: Gettysburg, c. 1993
Scene: Confederacy cannonade, more than a hundred Napoleons and rifled cannon, firing on the Union position on Cemetery Ridge prior to Pettigrew-Pickett charge on Day 3 of the battle.
The Civil War re-enactors fired all their guns, basically. Helluva sight, and shook the theater down, damn near, for five minutes or so.
Alien Went to see this when it premiered, and it scared the absolute bejeezus out of me. Utterly terrifying (and the scene with Jonesy the cat just about did me in, when I thought the alien was going to get him). My bf at the time was making fun of me because I would jump at certain scenes, but then when one caught him offguard, I swear he jumped twice as high as me, and almost let out a little girly squeal (no offence intended to those of us of the female persuasion ).
Jurassic Park Saw this with my son when he was nine. We were both completely swept away by the amazing digital FX, and the wonderful storytelling that is so indicative of Spielberg. I'm convinced that this movie is what ultimately influenced my son to study film.
*ETA: I didn't see the original post that mentioned "films of the '90s"...just saw the thread title. Ah well.
Original Jurassic Park is also close to the top of my list. The sound in that movie blew me away as much as the CGI. It is amazing that it's nearly 25 years old and most movies today can't do CGI as well as they did with the dinosaurs in that movie. I work with 3D animation and it's really hard to get the weight and movement right like they did. You can have all the modern technology and computing power of today but without the artistry of the people that worked on that it's nothing
Shawshank.....
Blade Runner - the Final Cut
No Country for Old Men.
Black Panther
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