The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source - 1999: A Film Odyssey (Changelog++ 🔐) (Friends)

Episode Date: June 13, 2024

Adam & Jerod hallway-track-it between Microsoft Build interviews. Was 1999 the best year in film history? Was 2004 the worst? Have you heard the full story behind Blues Traveler's "Hook"? Are you still reading this? Go listen! (This episode is for Changelog++ ears only.)

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because everyone deserves to know just how amazing 1999 was for movie fans. I feel like we've already talked about 1999 before together. Being a good year? Being maybe the best year in cinema history. Have I brought this to you? What else is in 1999? Oh gosh.

What isn't in 1999? I'm going to use ChatGBT to see what the best movies were of 1999. Yeah, that's a good idea. That's faster than what I would do. What were the best movies from 1999? Well, that's a good idea. That's faster than what I would do. What were the best movies from 1999? Well, I know The Matrix is in there. That's true. I know that.

I think Savvy Private Ryan. You're right. Listen to this, Jared. Either read your mind, because it's got a speaker and it was listening. They trained it on me. 1999 is often considered one of the best years in cinema history. Featuring numerous critically acclaimed and influential films. Here are some of them. The Matrix. Yes.

Fight Club. Yes. The Sixth Sense. Oh yeah. American Beauty. Good movie. Toy Story 2. Very good. The Blair Witch Project. Oh, I love that one. It had such potential. I know. Being John Malkovich. That's a good movie. The Green Mile.

Pretty good. Magnolia. That's a good movie. The Green Mile. Pretty good. Magnolia. That's the Stephen King book. Magnolia is really good. And Office Space. Oh, Office Space. Office Space. Mike Judge, yeah.

And I concur. Tell it to list more. There's still more good movies that came out that year. List 20 more at a minimum. Ooh, at a minimum. You're letting it have some leeway. Certainly. Now, they're going to fall off. Here are 20 more notable films from. At a minimum, you're letting it have some leeway. Certainly. Now they're going to fall off. Here are 20 more notable films

from that year. Yeah. They'll get worse, but they're still going to be pretty good. Star Wars. Now this may be a hallucination. We've got to cross-reference it. Ticket's grounding. If you're going to name a prequel, I mean, you're right. This might be a hallucination. All right. Let's not. Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace. Okay. So a big

release at least. Go ahead. The Iron Giant. Great movie. let's not. Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace. Okay, so a big release at least. Go ahead. The Iron Giant. Great movie. Eyes Wide Shut. Kind of weird. Tom Cruise and Cole Kidman.

Three Kings. Speaking of Wahlberg, right? Mark Wahlberg? Close. Yeah, you're on target. Mark Wahlberg was

co-starring George Clooney in Ice Cube. That's right. That's a good movie. A heist in the desert as a military. It's like a Desert Storm heist movie. Yeah, so cool. Very cool.

Election. From the guy from Omaha. The Talented Mr. Ripley. Pretty good, Matt Damon. Such a good psychological thriller. It's all 1999. Can you believe it? If there's no hallucination.

Let's just keep referencing that. We do have to fact check these. I'm hallucinating. The Insider. I'm not sure if I remember that one. Oh, is that also Russell Crowe? It's a movie about, is it Wall Street? There's some sort of like-

Close. Whistleblowing is happening. Yeah. Tobacco. Okay, tobacco industry, whistleblowing. Yeah, that was critically acclaimed. Oh, that was good, yeah. I'm not sure if I actually saw it, but yeah.

Yeah, I think it was Matt Damon. Wasn't he like a... I thought it was Russell Crowe. No, I think you're right. Let me go and... I can still picture the front cover of that one. I mean, how many good movies can come out in the exact same year? This is a Chelog plus plus exclusive.

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