From ‘Independence Day’ to ‘Titanic’: The 10 highest-grossing films of the ’90s, from worst to best

‘Independence Day’ gained the attention and interest of millions of viewers with only the help of a scene where the White House exploded in the air. As well as. A current of expectation and curiosity that has become an overwhelming reality after the premiere of the film and so on It ended up making it into the highest-grossing film in cinematic history at the time.

Figures aside, the truth is that Roland Emmerich has delivered here the most accomplished and iconic film of his professional career, a sci-fi action show that incited you to devour untold amounts of popcorn as she gapes at a rousing parade of top-notch special effects. Interpreted by a wonderful Will Smith who has definitely become a star, ‘Independence Day’ marked an entire generation of viewers who, even today, are unable to change the channel when we find it on television, enjoying it as the first day. And the answer is yes, that scene in the White House is still overwhelming.

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There’s no two without three. After the surprising success of ‘The Bad Boys’ and the phenomenon of ‘Independence Day’ within the blockbuster genre, Will Smith has pulled off the perfect hat-trick with ‘Men in Black’ action comedy, once again, which has played with science fiction and proposed a crazy and surreal stagingalways on the verge of the ridiculous, the house brand of Barry Sonnenfeld.

With the company of a Tommy Lee Jones that worked perfectly as a contained counterpoint, Smith took over the film from the first scene and never let go. It was a star that shone brighter than expected. The result? The film cost about 90 million dollars. And he collected almost 600. The consequences? Except for its second installment, it’s best not to mention them.

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As much as his fans insist, there are things that have no defense in the career of the great Michael Bay. And the “Armageddon” argument is one of them. I quote the synopsis: an asteroid the size of the state of Texas is pointing directly at Earth. NASA experts find only one possible solution: send a team of astronauts into space to destroy the meteorite before it collides with our planet. It’s something so absurd that it ends up being funny. And Bay knows it.

With such a delusional starting point, the director managed to achieve the perfection of epic, popcorn show and the most excessive and absurd action. The background doesn’t matter, you have to give everything with the shape. A film that, in exchange for accepting its rules of the game, rewards you with endless entertainment. Impossible to get bored with one of those generational successes that continue to amaze with its funny and charismatic characters, stupendous scenes of pure vertigo and an emotion that continues to bring unexpected tears. What was an exemplary blockbuster.

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Careful, no one expects a lynching here ‘The Lost World (Jurassic Park)’, a sequel also directed by Steven Spielberg four years after its predecessor blew all possible box office and settled on the throne of eternity. Quite simply, the effect achieved with our first visit to the most famous park in the history of cinema could not be achieved again no matter how much effort was made. Because of this, and because the original literary material provided the opportunity, Spielberg and company decided to try new things, bringing in a different tone and pace, and taking the opportunity to introduce homages to a perfectly recognizable type of classic cinema.

Fortunately, the passage of time and the number of viewings have served to situate this sequel in a much more grateful place than it seemed destined in 1997. Indeed, we are faced with a truly remarkable entertainment full of scenes shot with Spielberg’s trademark of craftsmanshipspectacular moments of action and intrigue and, above all, with an enviable sense of adventure and a personality of its own, nothing to do with the photocopy it could have been. In short, and despite being light years away from the first installment, “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” is still much better than our expectations seemed to indicate.

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Remember the first time you saw that stampede? Remember that last moment between Simba and Mufasa? Next to him, the beginnings of “Bambi” or “Finding Nemo” look like a joke. ‘The Lion King’, as well as becoming The Definitive Disney Classic for an entire generation which continues to refer to it as the studio’s masterpiece, challenged those children who were fascinated by it to accept a new dramatic coup capable of turning childhood into a much darker place. But also much more real.

Crying with the history of these unforgettable characters doesn’t have much merit, it falls within coherence and sensitivity, the important thing is that it hasn’t lost an iota of ability to continue to provoke those recognizable sensations in the viewer. That’s what the classics have. and here it is one of the most golden and beloved in the history of cinema.

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Robert Zemeckis, who had just directed the underrated ‘Death Becomes You So Well’, made the definitive leap into drama, with light touches of comedy, yes, with ‘Forrest Gump’, one of those films where everything works out perfectly . overcoming expectations and prejudices. A proposition that he had, and continues to maintain, an enviable ability to conquer all audiences in a truly exciting way.

Starring an immense Tom Hanks, this story full of tenderness, fun and charm has left us some phrases and scenes that are an essential part of cinema history. Without a doubt, we are talking about a masterpiece as indisputable as it is stainless.

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24 years. Here’s how much time has passed since the release of “The Sixth Sense”. Let’s do a mental exercise, try to remember the sensations with which we left the room then. If you were lucky enough to enjoy it without knowing absolutely nothing about its plot, I’m sure you will have more than present them. The reason is simple, few, very few films have managed to mark a generation as much as this story of ghosts, failed marriages and truncated childhoods.

Time has given its historical epilogue, the final twist of the final twists, all the credit, but we must not forget, because the injustice would be terrible, the pinpoint precision, the management of the suspense and the most classic balance between drama and terror that its director realizes in just over a hundred minutes that pass like a breath. With the minimum, M. Night Shyamalan achieved the maximum: making history. Such a pinnacle. An unforgettable film. From the beginning and to the end. Sorry, until the end.

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The blockbuster genre has experienced very few similar phenomena the one that shook the whole world in 1993. You know, dinosaurs, Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg, or what is the same, “Jurassic Park”, an absolute masterpiece of entertainment which, to this day, has not lost a single pinnacle of its grandeur, its saga, its intrigue and, above all, its power of charm.

No matter how many times you’ve seen it, that moment where John Hammond says the magic words “Welcome to Jurassic Park” everything leads us to the very essence of fascination, to true emotion, to the illusion of always being faced with something new and indescribable. Pure and great cinema.

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Although time has generated an astonishing current of negative opinion about her, as if millions of viewers suddenly gathered to throw away each of her immense virtues, “Titanic” is the most classic Hollywood last great tragic novel. You get older and you can already tell that movies like this aren’t made anymore. James Cameron started from a basic script, as free of surprises as full of effectiveness, to build a film dazzling in its excess, traditional in its romanticism and capable of generating unforgettable scenes with surprising ease.

Leonardo DiCaprio and a superb Kate Winslet have become one of the cinematic couples of the century, with an alchemy that still arouses general sighs, making all of us suffer with and for them ever since that damned iceberg changed everything. Fortunately, their defenders and defenders continue to be more.

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