Annie Fuller's Reviews > Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

did it live up the hype?

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“You don’t really go to movies for ideas anymore or to get challenged in the way that you used to,” says American Pie’s John Cho. “They’re more like bedtime stories: you know what you’re going to get, and you use it to get a particular feeling.”

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4.5 stars. I’ve known about this book for years, but had only waited for it to come to me whenever my one of several libraries picked up the ebook version. That waiting game speaks to my media consuming tendencies: I don’t seek things out, I need them to be recommended to me and then served to me in the easiest-to-access platter.

This walkthrough of 1999‘s films and their path to production tells me I’m part of the problem. The vast and varied perspectives available from young and established filmmakers were only made possible because consumers did their part (although not all immediately in 1999). If I’m done with the studio-driven, infinity saga IPs, it’s time for me to show up more.