Most important anniversary of 2019?

[Prime Clone]

Choose from my totally arbitrary list!

Also-rans: Jaws 2, BTTF II, Indy III, Star Trek '09, Toy Story 2, Watchmen...

(I decided to prioritise the first parts in a franchise)

Note how the titles all start with one of only five letters - and nearly half start with "A"!

 

[Chakor]

Alien.

But I'll throw in TPM as an honorable mention, because no one deserves to forget about that.

 

[Prime Clone]

Hehe true, it's notable for all the wrong reasons!

In a tight three-way race between Wars, Trek and Matrix, I voted Trek (because the beginning of my second-favourite franchise trumps the rebirth of my first fave!)

As you've no doubt noticed I also limited it to multiples of 10. Otherwise I woulda had to find room for Terminator, Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump (not to mention Indy II and The Shawshank Redemption!)

 

[MegaPrime33]

Batman. Do a Batman Beyond film with Keaton as Old Man Wayne.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

1.The Matrix
2. Batman
3. Avatar

 

[Wor-Gar]

Alien '79
Batman '89
Matrix '99

 

[Star-Crunch]

Where’s XMO Wolverine, Revenge of the Fallen and Twilight New Moon

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Alien and Apocalypse Now

 

[Prime Clone]

Where’s XMO Wolverine, Revenge of the Fallen and Twilight New Moon

I did say it was arbitrary. Plus I'm not into any of those!

 

[xipotec]

My 20 year wedding anniversary?



Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Batman
xipotec’s wedding anniversary
TPM
Matrix

 

[xipotec]

Batman
xipotec’s wedding anniversary
TPM
Matrix

LOL pretty good company.....




Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[Prime Clone]

Happy anniversary for next year!!

In hindsight maybe Terminator 35th and Pulp Fiction 25th were more deserving than Abyss or Avatar...

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'm not sure why TPM gets notice. Seems like most around here didn't like it. So why celebrate it? Title says "important".

Alien changed things -- without it, no Sci-Fi horror, no Terminator, no Aliens, no Predator and the 1,000 monster movies that followed.

Batman changed things -- the 90's became derivative on the nostalgia.

Even The Matrix changed things -- karate and crazy cameras moves would never be the same.


TPM did little to influence anything except Star Wars itself. And not in a good way according to most people.

 

[Prime Clone]

That’s a fair point, though the resurgence of the SW saga was pretty huge, even if it wasn’t in the way many would have liked.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

My 20 year wedding anniversary?...

I haven't seen that one. Is it an action, adventure or a horror story?

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I'm not sure why TPM gets notice. Seems like most around here didn't like it. So why celebrate it? Title says "important".

Alien changed things -- without it, no Sci-Fi horror, no Terminator, no Aliens, no Predator and the 1,000 monster movies that followed.

Batman changed things -- the 90's became derivative on the nostalgia.

Even The Matrix changed things -- karate and crazy cameras moves would never be the same.


TPM did little to influence anything except Star Wars itself. And not in a good way according to most people.

Didn't TPM go full digital instead of film...which is what most movies use now? Also the use of motion capture cgi characters and cgi environments were innovative, so technically TPM is an important film, but maybe not as a source of entertainment in most people's opinion, so I guess it depends on what it means for a movie to be important.

 

[xipotec]

I haven't seen that one. Is it an action, adventure or a horror story?

All of the above....

Its compare to a modern day One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.


Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[Prime Clone]

Didn't TPM go full digital instead of film...which is what most movies use now?

No, that was AOTC. But yes, TPM did raise the CGI bar some more.

 

[Chakor]

I'm not sure why TPM gets notice. Seems like most around here didn't like it. So why celebrate it? Title says "important".

TPM did little to influence anything except Star Wars itself. And not in a good way according to most people.

TPM deserves recognition alright - for being one of the first highly anticipated blockbuster films with a title that implies something dark, but instead we get an absolutely out of place, juvenile narrative (aside from the 10 minutes of Darth Maul).