However, a thought dawned on me. This last year was one of the best movie years of the decade. However, when I entered that year, the movies that I wanted to see (mainly Star Wars: Episode I, The Blair Witch Project and The Green Mile) turned out to be the most dissapointing.

Movies such as The Matrix, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, and The Sixth Sense all came out of nowhere but soon became my favorites of the year.

It's interesting how much hype is really involved in the business of making movies. This year, I hope that the films released can stand up better to the hype. Hopefully, there won't be a major dissapointment this year. And even if that happens, there are always those underdog pictures.

Even though it's only March and there are many more months for movies to surface from nowhere and take ALL those pesky Oscars, I was wondering what's on that list of yours for movies to see this year. Then, after the films come out, I would like to see which one's stood up to the hype and which ones failed horribly. It would be interesting to see .

As for this year, Scream 3 exceeded my expactations. The trailers made it look pretty bad, and I was very worried it would be worse than the second - if that was even possible. But it actually surprised me, and I enjoyed it.

I have my doubts about M:I2, but will see it simply because I liked the first one. Battlefield Earth looks interesting. I like Travolta a lot, and am looking forward to hearing Elia Cmiral take on his biggest picture yet. (Hopefully, this will be Cmiral's breakout film, and this talent will get a lot more attention). X-Men I'll probably see (though I can tell it's gonna suck beyond belief) just to see Famke Janssen in that cool skin-tight outfit. Not many other ads make me even remotely interested in the films they're for, so I doubt this year will be a satisfying experience, movie-wise.

Of course, of all the years I've been going to the theater, none have come close to the year of 1996, when practically every movie released was just fun, fun, fun.

Executive Decision
MST3K
Twister
Mission: Impossible
Dragonheart
The Rock
The Phantom
Eraser
The Nutty Professor
Broken Arrow
The Frighteners
Escape From L.A.
Mulholland Falls
The Glimmer Man
The Ghost and The Darkness
Ransom
Star Trek: First Contact
Mars Attacks
Scream

1996 has been my favorite movie year of them all. I'm sure I caused a few laughs in there somewhere, but hey - I'm me, and I like what I like.