Meet the Parents
I will bring you down to Chinatown!
The top comedy from 2000 may have been Meet the Parents, a comedic farce about the nightmare that comes from falling in love with a woman with an overly intimidating father-in-law. The chemistry between Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro may be the best reason to see this, but let us not forget the witty script from Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg. After all, someone had to come up with the Puff the Magic Dragon thing or the wonderful pre-dinner prayer at the first meeting with the in-laws and De Niro's mother on the mantle.
I like the sequel Meet the Fockers as well, though it has a lot more detractors. The sequel to the sequel, Little Fockers, was critically panned but it found an audience, too. I guess we've met everybody at this point as there haven't been any more additional sequels.
Traffic
Dr. T. and the Women
Underrated film from the Robert Altman canon.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jim Carrey is the Grinch in Ron Howard's adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic.
Scary Movie
The first of the Wayans Brothers horror movie satires.
What Lies Beneath
Crazy supernatural underwater happenings with sexy Michelle Pfieffer.
Steven Soderberg won a Best Director Oscar for this film that takes on many different stories about the war on drugs. It is insightful in that we see aspects of the drug trade through the big time dealers, small time dealers, law enforcement, lawyers, politicians and even the drug czar's daughter. The film also won Oscars fro Screenplay, Editing and Supporting Actor (Benico del Toro). My favorite characters in the film were the undercover cop team played by Don Cheadle and Luis Gomez.
Should it have beaten out Gladiator for Best Picture? Maybe, but I guess the storyline may not have been to the Academy's liking for the top award.
Here are a few other films I have seen released in Y2K that didn't make the 1001 book:
Since I try to team movies up on many of these blog posts, I'll try to come up with some appropriate double features for these films that I have seen.
Best in Show
One of the best of the Christopher Guest/Eugene Levy largely improvised films of that decade.
Since I try to team movies up on many of these blog posts, I'll try to come up with some appropriate double features for these films that I have seen.
Best in Show
One of the best of the Christopher Guest/Eugene Levy largely improvised films of that decade.
Best in Show
What film should Best in Show go with?
How about A Dog's Life, a 1955 film from the perspective of a Bull Terrier?
Cast Away
Tom Hanks is stranded alone on an island after a plane crash.
Tom Hanks is stranded alone on an island after a plane crash.
The Cell
Jennifer Lopez movie that reminded many of Silence of the Lambs, just not as good.
Jennifer Lopez movie that reminded many of Silence of the Lambs, just not as good.
The Cell
What film should The Cell go with?
Might as well watch with Silence of the Lambs with it and get it over with.
Silence of the Lambs
Chicken Run
Fun British stop motion film about a group of chickens planning an escape from their unhappy farm existence.
Fun British stop motion film about a group of chickens planning an escape from their unhappy farm existence.
Chicken Run
What film should Chicken Run go with?
The Great Escape might seem like an appropriate choice, but let's go with the pro-union classic Norma Rae instead!
Norma Rae
Underrated film from the Robert Altman canon.
The Emperor's New Groove
Off-beat, but funny Disney fair
Off-beat, but funny Disney fair
The Emperor's New Groove
What film should The Emperor's New Groove go with?
I'm not sure why, but I want to team this with the 60's stop-motion monster mash, Mad Monster Party. (Mad Monster Party could also be teamed with Chicken Run).
Mad Monster Party
Jim Carrey is the Grinch in Ron Howard's adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic.
Miss Congeniality
Sandra Bullock goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant.
Sandra Bullock goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant.
Depressing movie with a good heart.
Pokemon: The Movie 2000
I sure remember taking my son to see all those strange Pokemon movies at the theater.
I sure remember taking my son to see all those strange Pokemon movies at the theater.
The Road to El Dorado
Jaunty Elton John songs enliven this animated epic about two con men looking for the gold of El Dorado.
Jaunty Elton John songs enliven this animated epic about two con men looking for the gold of El Dorado.
Scary Movie
The first of the Wayans Brothers horror movie satires.
Scary Movie
What film should Scary Movie be teamed with?
I seem to be in the minority of liking the 1982 horror satire Student Bodies.
Student Bodies
Shadow of the Vampire
Was Max Schreck of the silent film Nosferatu actually a vampire?
Was Max Schreck of the silent film Nosferatu actually a vampire?
Shadow of the Vampire
What film should Shadow of the Vampire be teamed with?
Watch the original Nosferatu to see the real Max Schreck in action. Spoiler: He wasn't a real vampire.
Nosferatu
Snatch
I recently did watch this 2000 British gangster film...
I recently did watch this 2000 British gangster film...
Snatch
And already teamed it with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, so I see no reason to change that pairing. http://1001afilmodyssey.blogspot.com/2019/03/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-1998.html
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Three Stooges
Not the more recent Three Stooges from 2012, but a TV movie which depicts the real life issues of the Howard, Howard and Fine comedy team.
Not the more recent Three Stooges from 2012, but a TV movie which depicts the real life issues of the Howard, Howard and Fine comedy team.
The Three Stooges
What film should The Three Stooges be teamed with?
The 2012 Three Stooges? No, a more appropriate pairing is the 2018 film about the later days of Laurel and Hardy, Stan and Ollie.
What Lies Beneath
Crazy supernatural underwater happenings with sexy Michelle Pfieffer.
What Lies Beneath
What film should What Lies Beneath be teamed with?
How about exciting underwater happenings with sexy Jane Russell in the 1955 Howard Hughes film, Underwater!
What Women Want
Women's thoughts go into the mind of male chauvinist pig Mel Gibson.
Women's thoughts go into the mind of male chauvinist pig Mel Gibson.
What Women Want
What film should What Women Want be teamed with?
The original women's lib movie from 1972, Stand Up and Be Counted.
X-Men
The first screen adaptation of Marvel's most popular mutant team.
The first screen adaptation of Marvel's most popular mutant team.
X-Men
What film should X-Men be teamed with?
How about 1984's campy but fun mutant epic The Toxic Avenger?
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