Underperforming Since 1985

Pajiba’s been doing this awesome thing where they post the top 20 movies of a certain year.  They’ve posted the top 20 for 1997, which is awesome because that’s really the first year where I started to see movies obsessively.  The list follows below.  The ones in italics are those I’ve viewed, parentheses are my commentary.

1. Titanic $600,788,188 (7 times in the theater, countless times at home)
2. Men in Black $250,690,539 (With my mom and sister in the theater, bought on VHS)
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park $229,086,679
4. Liar Liar $181,410,615 (I watch this movie every time I catch it on TV)
5. Air Force One $172,956,409 (I hated this movie.  I watched it with my family one night on cable.)
6. As Good as It Gets $148,478,011 (Viewed in preparation for the Oscars.)
7. Good Will Hunting $138,433,435 (The first R-rated movie I ever saw in the theater.)
8. Star Wars (Special Edition) $138,257,865 (I didn’t see this in the theater, nor have I ever seen the movie from start to finish in one sitting, but I’m counting it anyway.)
9. My Best Friend’s Wedding $127,120,029 (The first time I saw this, I was upset by the ending.  Now I can’t stand Julia Roberts’ character.)
10. Tomorrow Never Dies $125,304,276
11. Face/Off $112,276,146
12. Batman and Robin $107,325,195 (Rubber nipples.)
13. George of the Jungle $105,263,257 (I secretly loved this movie.)
14. Scream 2 $101,363,301 (Watched while baby-sitting my sister in our basement.)
15. Con Air $101,117,573 (I watched this with my dad one night.)
16. Contact $100,920,329 (I still don’t understand this movie.)
17. Hercules $99,112,101 (Not one of my faves, I have to say.)
18. Flubber $92,977,226 (Watched on a TV at the Holiday Inn a few months before my Bat Mitzvah.  Hated. It.)
19. Conspiracy Theory $75,982,834
20. I Know What You Did Last Summer $72,586,134 (Again, watched while baby-sitting T.  When my parents found out, I was grounded.)

Considering that I was 12 when these movies came out, I think it’s pretty impressive/embarrassing that I’ve seen all but 3 of them.  What’s more is that I can remember where I was and who I was with when I viewed these movies for the first time.