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Aliens (1986)
Awesome.
James Cameron's Aliens ranks as one of the all-time great science fiction movies. Though not done in the same style as the original (Directed by the incomparable Ridley Scott), Aliens certainly has a visual grandeur, and the suspense built up is incredible.
Indeed, it is a long time into the film even before the first Xenomorph appears. There are, as could be expected, star turns all round from a very well balanced cast, William Hope (Lt. Gorman) especially. It's a shame he didn't get a chance to go onto better things. By today's standards, the cast would be considered star studded, featuring such stars emerging at the time as Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton and, of course, Sigourney Weaver, who was the only truly established actor at the time.
Cameron manages to capture the correct mood and feel of the film perfectly, and for those of you who have since read Alan Dean Foster's novel, it serves as a superb visual aid.
If, by some chance freak of nature, you haven't seen this film, then stop whatever you are doing, and find yourself a copy. I don't care how, just do it. You'll most likely be as astounded as I was.
GoldenEye 007 (1997)
so far unbeaten.
Quite simply, Goldeneye is the single greatest N64 game to date. The learning curve is just about perfect, and you'll still be playing it with your friends months on, as the multiplayer mode is nothing short of exceptional.
The system for acquiring cheats for once requires some degree of skill, rather than simply knowing which buttons to press, and the challenge of Aztec on 00 agent level is astonishing.
All in all - it's the best game I've ever played on the N64
Fight Club (1999)
Sceptical...
I entered the cinema with a certain degree of scepticism with regards fight club - I'm no great fan of Brad Pitt, Edward Norton hardly struck me as a proven great, and the inclusion of Meat Loaf had me worried. Still, my friends and I had decided to go and see the film anyway, as it had received such startling reviews.
We entered the cinema expecting merely a violent flick about people beating each other to a pulp, but what we were actually greeted with was a cinematic masterpiece, darkly satirical, whilst playing on the manic side of each and every person in the cinema. The plot is perfectly woven, Edward Norton is worthy of an oscar, Brad Pitt is back to Legends of the Fall form, the special effects add perfectly to the feel of the film, and you seem to leave the cinema safe in the knowledge that you've seen one of the few true cinematic masterpieces of the late 90's.
I personally, was completely blown away by the Fight Club experience, and, having only seen the film twice, it firmly ranks as one of my all-time favourites. In short - Fight Club was by far the best film of 1999 (and that includes the Matrix) and one of the best of the decade itself.