American pie Austin powers one Galaxy quest Big daddy Office space Deuce bigalow male gigolo Bicentennial man Blue streak Idle hands My favorite Martian Stuart little Zenon one Wild wild west Life Jack Frost The sixth sense The matrix The mummy
list I’ve been working on let me know what I’m missing for these three years 1999 American pie Austin powers one Galaxy quest Big daddy Office space Deuce bigalow male gigolo Bicentennial man Blue streak Idle hands My favorite Martian Stuart little Zenon one Wild wild west Life Jack Frost The sixth sense The matrix The mummy 2000 Bring it on Road trip Scary movie Me myself and Irene Dude where’s my car Seventeen again Meet the parents Little Nicky Snow day Final destination Hollow man Cast away Gladiator X-men The little vampire 2001 Shallow Hal Jay and silent bob American pie 2 Thirteen ghosts Not another teen movie Saving Silverman Super troopers The animal Freddy got fingered How high Max keebles big move Harry Potter 1 Shrek Jimmy neutron Fast and the furious Lord of the Rings 1
@@thatboy799 Because she's my daughter 🤨 Btw, I didn't say that's who I went to the movies with. I comment on this channel often and I always mention how old I was during that time.................🤨
1999 was a big year for cinema. Austin Powers, The Matrix, The Mummy, The Phantom Menace, Tarzan, Toy Story 2, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, Pokémon: The First Movie, and Stuart Little.
When going to the movies used to be affordable and even the concession stand food use to be decently price as well. Now going to the movies today is like going to a theme park, everything's hella expensive. Plus, movies back then. We're actually better, unlike today.
It was not affordable back then. Theaters were just as much of a rip off there. I joked that popcorn cost $6 and someone working at one in 99 said a bucket was $4.75. I was so close. It was $4.75 still in 99. That is half the price of admission.
Yes nostalgia gets the best of everyone it was always kinda pricey even back then.. remember minimum wage was like $5 an hours worth of work was the price of a 🍿
@@boombapdoom493 It was slightly more affordable back then. It seemed like ticket prices were cheaper, but the concession stand prices were outrageous even back then lol. We still bought popcorn usually, until ticket prices went up and then we started sneaking our own snacks in.
@@jimmystrickland1034 what exactly about the technology is better though? ok maybe cars are safer now and money could be transferred quicker in all facets. besides those two, what would you possibly be complaining about when you're at the movies and being around friends?
@@franksandoval6046 Well of course they can’t they are obviously too young for those movies! When will people stop being on their phones since December 2013?
@@PearlFirexx wait a minute. If you're turning 24 in April, that means you were born in April 2000. 9 months before that would be July 1999 so you weren't conceived yet when this was shot in March 😅
anything can be good or bad based on how you use it. You don't gotta put your nose in your phone 24 7. Still plenty to enjoy these days and positive ways to use technology. Just last night I was working and listening to an audiobook on my phone that i'd otherwise probably never find the time to read. It's fine to look back at times fondly, but you should still appreciate the present the best you can.
I would gladly go back to the 90’s and live out the good parts of my childhood again. Going to the movies was definitely one of them. I was 11-12 back in 1999. Good times indeed!
In 1999, I and a friend of mine went to watch what is now called Star Wars One 1st prequel which came out in 1999. I stayed awake watching in movie theater while my one friend sitting by me in Theater fell asleep. Even though friend fell asleep, I am glad we both went to movies together and got to see the Star Wars prequel movie here On a note: I was thinking that alongside showing decades old videos of malls, movies, restaurants, schools, etc..you should look for, pull up and throw in decades old videos of things such as amusement parks, fairs, race car shows, airshows, international travel through airports, cruise ships, hotel videos of decades back, major concerts performed by famous rock and pop stars of decades past, and so on. Would love to see decades old videos of these as well alongside these kinds of videos as well to.
No one who was too young or born after that era will really understand how much different the theatergoing experience was in that narrow little window of time; it's just a given now that if you happen to be at a theater, you will either know what the one current hot movie is, or you will do the "refrigerator" lowering of standards where nothing looks good and you'll come back later with lowered expectations to try again -- we had the polar opposite problem in 1999, where on arrival at the box office you would be overwhelmed with how many of the titles you'd want to see, it would occur to you that you don't even have the time to see that many movies, that you should perhaps set up a schedule to get to the theater more often.. Hasn't happened before or since.
I surely agree, its too bad i never experience the 90’s and people today has been smoking TO MUCH the 80’s and 90’s nostalgia that no one cares anymore. It isnt the same at all.
Alright, some nostalgia goggles here. I was there and it's still mostly the same. There were a lot of bad films in 99 too. The difference between then and now is that summer movie season felt eventful. Now there are so many big budget IP releases year round that none of them feel special anymore and Hollywood keeps cranking them out like a factory. They aren't the big thing they were outside of a few releases and artists were more creative with high budget films. The quality to quantity was better than now but 90s and early 2000s had plenty of complete event film misses like Godzilla, Wild Wild West, etc.
@@karinadelmaThere were better releases but overwhelmed with choices is not how I would describe it. We waited for a lot to hit rental and the event films were still the event films. It wasn't that different. 80s is where certain periods had that type of quality not the 90s and early 2000s. Check out the summer release schedule for every year from 1985-2005.
Theaters had fewer trailers and definitely fewer commercials. They would show a slideshow of random stuff before the trailers started, or some might have still just had a blank screen. Now they show something on screen nonstop, even featurettes about the movie about to get shown.
People were so vigilent in those days, I honestly miss it. Sometimes I think people would be better off without cellphones & definitely we can do without ai
I was 13 in ‘99 and used to go to the movies a lot in those days. I also went to the mall with my friends every Saturday and rode my bike all across town. All I worried about was what TV shows were on and getting CDs of my favourite music. I miss the simple life!
@@mrsleep237 colvmbine happened this same year, during the assult weapons ban. 2 people were convicted of illegally buying and providing the guns for minors in that mass murder and only 1 spent time in jail. guess who it was, the male or the female?
@@annb1 Probably why all the stores are installing self checkouts now. It's a lost cause trying to teach young employees how to count change and run the checkouts lol.
So many amazing movies they could all be seeing in a theater in 1999. My favorite moment from then was dad taking us all out of school to go see Phantom Menace
i have a few friends who applied for movie theater jobs to be the ticket ripper guy. They all wanted to see free movies plus when they were working out on the floor with theater goers, my friends loved giving non spoiler movie reviews of everything that played at the movies.
Yes, things are out of balance. I think the only thing that we can do, is remember the spirit of the late nineties (hope, style, passion, patience, innovation, romance, etc), and do as much as we can to get other people to remember and recreate it. Stumbling across this YT channel just made my month!
I was 17 back then, no cell phones and smart watches that everyone is staring into! Everyone is using CASH, Those where the days! GREAT CONTENT! THANK YOU!👍🏻🇺🇲
From the video, general admission was $7.75 at that theatre in 1999, which is around $14.40 adjusted for inflation. So it doesn't really seem that much cheaper, though I guess this was probably a fairly expensive cinema as it's in the Bay Area.
@@HC-qc5rp All people gotta stop looking at their phones all day I saw yesterday at the Bart station and in the train, almost everyone was on their phone, what happened to the days where people weren’t on them all day prior to January 2014? Also when will selfies stop completely since 2013? They were always pointless, why do they want them to be forgotten? Why can’t they stop and why are they still doing it? I need an answer and why do I feel like they thought the way they hang out was boring originally? I do not want anyone to say never. Also when will social media just stop being too popular since 2013? It’s creepy that famous actors and voice actors and animators even have accounts, I wanna tell them it’s creepy that they do have them, when will old school UA-cam come back since 2012? What’s taking so long for no emojis and hearts and pins and community tabs and memes and shorts and coppa, and 2009-2012 UI’s to comeback, teenagers look good again since 2013 by not having stupid ass hairstyles and custom hair colors and clothes and makeup people tell me that the world and UA-cam were boring prior to 2014, if any of you do, you have no life.
This was a great time in the 90s to me. Before the change began and the tragedy 😢 - I was 10 years old then; I remember seeing Sixth Sense and Toy Story 2 in the theaters; my dad and I went to the movies almost all the time then; it was a blast and I looked forward to it! ❤❤❤
I was 9 years old when this was filmed. I remember that South Park popcorn bag though which I ended up keeping for awhile. I managed to get a bootleg copy of the South Park movie because couldn't see it in the theaters of course. Ah, the good times. 😅
People definitely dressed better back then, but one of the things I actually like about today is being able to dress in more comfortable clothes and nobody cares lol.
@@ville666sora people dressed pretty informal back then, but it was seen as trashy. Basketball shorts, t-shirt and sneakers and socks are comfortable for me. Pjs and slippers are going too far in my opinion.
I was 8 and I remember how magical it felt to go to see a movie with my family! It was such an incredible time to be a kid. The best toys, and our imaginations made play time even better and everyone of us kids just had fun. Not like today where kids and people have become zombies due to they're cell phones.
Remember going to the movie theaters in 1999 and watching “the mummy” prolly why I still love to watch the mummy today cause it brings back memories!!!
I wasn’t even around in 1999, but i wish i could have seen malls and movie theaters full of people in small towns anc cities alike. Now people just watch netflex and order stuff from their phone. Movies and malls now only exist in large citites
I love UA-cam for All the old home videos they upload. Random people will use UA-cam to upload their 90s home videos footage and I just enjoy watching it. Me a complete stranger , don’t have any idea who these people are , yet I feel so nostalgic & calming watching videos of family trips , events such as Christmas and birthdays at chuckie cheese , or even just a cruise to Taco Bell. It’s amazing how different life was in the 90s . I watch some 80s home videos but I love watching 90s one the most . Reminds me of my childhood
Virtually EVERYONE paying cash, so weird to see now. Back then you could have 2 people, toss a $20 bill down and be set + get change back. I recall as a senior in high school going to the theater and seeing Office Space by myself despite knowing nothing about the movie. I raved like crazy about it to my friends the Monday after telling them how hysterical this movie I just saw was. Little did I know it would become a cult sensation still 25 years later 😂🤣🤣
I remember the matinee prices were around $4 back then going up to around $7 or $8 for the main times. The small popcorn now costs more than a ticket then lol
No phones in hand, just discussing expectations about the film, not really knowing what to expect because they weren't bombarded by information and spoilers, there was the magic, just normal people enjoying their lives before the tsunami of illness came.
I was 18-19. I worked in a movie theater too. In fact, this movie theater looks like the same company I worked for which was Edwards CInemas. I recognize the uniforms, interior decoration, and even the promotional popcorn buckets which were clearly bags. This job and the year 1999 in general are definitely among the highlights of my entire life. I definitely love where I am now with a family of my own.
Omg, that’s the Century Park theater, I was a teen and I used to go there to watch the South Park movie, Phantom Menace, and the Sixth Sense! I also used to play in the arcade there with my friends.
It’s strange how 1999 looks a lot like 2024 minus the cell phones. Fashion doest seem to change as much as it did during the 20th century. Seemed every decade back then was very distinct.
Yep. Have said the same for awhile. It still looks similar. Only a lot more technology now. Not as big of a jump in style like 70s to 80s or 80s to 90s. It makes going to these places kind of eerie when they still look the same 24 years later.
@@randomfools808 everyday fashions have been roughly the same for the last 30 years or so. Its popular now to try to make the 90's seem super "retro." Media really glorifies it. Really, only the stuff we knew were going to be fads when they were popular are dated.
I have noticed this to. And with the 1980s, I have noticed how there was a big difference between the early 1980s and late 1980s in fashions, music, trends, and even in the cars people drove and a rapid change in technology from the early 1980s to late 1980s as well as mobile smart phones were non existent still all at the same time.
I turned 18 in 1999.Things started to go awry after columbine, and by 9/11 the world never got better. Peak civilization was between 1995-2005 everything after 2005 got worse.
1999, I was 10 and in 5th grade lol. I’m so lucky I was just old enough to remember life before the Internet, or at least when the Internet first became a thing. And when having a cellular phone was sort of a luxury or when you weren’t home and somebody called the landline and didn’t know where you were, that was that! I saw mostly kid geared movies in 1999, like Tarzan 😹 lol. But how I miss this type of movie theater experience. It really disgusts me how people are so attached to their damn phones nowadays. Especially little kids. They can’t go 5 minutes without looking at some sort of screen. I’m also lucky that I have good memories of a pre 9/11 world, but I often wish I was older and could remember a lot more. I love these Time Machine type of videos.
I was around 11 myself and I remember the internet being in its infancy kinda. A time where you were considered a geek for being into computers and the web.
I still remember that day. Me and my sis went to see it at the mall theater. After it finished we left the cinema speechless. We drove in absolute stunned silence until I finally blurted out.."man, the movie SUCKED!" my sis nodded in agreement but still said nothing. I felt that George Lucas violated my childhood!
Everyone says " i wish i could go back" but In march 1999 i was a 23 year old decent looking dude with zero health problems and wasn't bald yet, so i have legitimate reasons for wanting to go back, lol.
1. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2. The Sixth Sense 3. Austin Powers 4. Toy Story 2 5. The Matrix 6. Tarzan 7. Big Daddy 8. The Mummy 9. Runaway Bride 10. The Blair Witch Project
No matter what year it was, the cinema is always a magical place. Yes even in 2024 it's still a magical place. The process of getting into the auditorium may be a little different as the years go by, but watching the film is just as magical as it always has been.
I was thinking, "Man, this looks exactly like the old theater I went to in 1999." I look at the description and sure enough it is! This was the theater of my childhood. I remember waiting in the line by the window to get in and get a good seat. I watched so many movies here. I remember going to see Star Wars prequels and Harry Potters multiple times. And I recognize the ticket ripper guy, pretty sure he worked there for years. This theater was since shut down and replaced by a newer one nearby. The old building is still sitting there empty though, 15+ years later.
What changed is someone decided shaming people for being gluttons was bad. I remember around 2005 obesity was really bad. Even before the shaming disappeared. It was all the Boomers were in their 40s and 50s and were all gigantic.
March, 1999. For the first time in 16 years, we're getting new Star Wars! Well, unless you count the cartoons. Then it's more like 13 years. We gotta wait for it anyway, it won't be here until May. Ugh, what to bide my time with until May??? "Cruel Intentions?" Nah... "Analyze This?" Ugh, boring... Man, Star Wars is gonna be SWEET! Why can't it be here now??? Maybe I'll just rent "Empire Strikes Back" and go home.
@joshramirez7 just saw the one time in theaters. But I did dress up as darth Vader a couple times for the release of revenge in 2005. Alotta Iraq vets on leave at the time gave me a round of applause. Pretty cool for an 11 year old
5:45 I love the middle age womans sweater! Perfect amount of color! Aug 1999 when I was 5 years old was the first time I ever went to a movie theater. Watched Disneys Tarzen with my dad. Then a month later Elmo in grounchland which I fell asleeep in the beginning, then inspector gadget in late Sept 1999 and finally Stuart Little that year in Dec 1999.
At 12 years old, I remember the Star Wars Episode I hype was huge. The Darth Maul vs Obi Wan fight and the Duel of Fates song made it so memorable. I also remember a friend at school told me to go see The Matrix while it was in the theater. I missed it not knowing what I was getting into until I rented the VHS and was blown away with the effects and while growing up I understood more and more about it's philosophy.
Dude at 8:15 kept it classy, In today's age the younger gen would be asking to speak with the manager and disrupting the place with victim culture and "Why are you filming me?"
I was 18, remember this world well, and miss it every day. The early and mid 90s were even better.
Time to move on?
Nah, the past is definitely better than the present.
@@InflatableConanpeople had hope back then.
We know too much now:(
1995/1996 was the peak
I was 18 in 99 too. Good times.
Fight Club, The Matrix, Austin Powers, Office Space
1999 let's go
American pie
Austin powers one
Galaxy quest
Big daddy
Office space
Deuce bigalow male gigolo
Bicentennial man
Blue streak
Idle hands
My favorite Martian
Stuart little
Zenon one
Wild wild west
Life
Jack Frost
The sixth sense
The matrix
The mummy
list I’ve been working on let me know what I’m missing for these three years
1999
American pie
Austin powers one
Galaxy quest
Big daddy
Office space
Deuce bigalow male gigolo
Bicentennial man
Blue streak
Idle hands
My favorite Martian
Stuart little
Zenon one
Wild wild west
Life
Jack Frost
The sixth sense
The matrix
The mummy
2000
Bring it on
Road trip
Scary movie
Me myself and Irene
Dude where’s my car
Seventeen again
Meet the parents
Little Nicky
Snow day
Final destination
Hollow man
Cast away
Gladiator
X-men
The little vampire
2001
Shallow Hal
Jay and silent bob
American pie 2
Thirteen ghosts
Not another teen movie
Saving Silverman
Super troopers
The animal
Freddy got fingered
How high
Max keebles big move
Harry Potter 1
Shrek
Jimmy neutron
Fast and the furious
Lord of the Rings 1
EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace
All those movies suck. Late 90s were an very bland era
@@robroy6374 if you’re a millennial it wasn’t bad. Older gen’s… probably
"Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999" - Prince -1982
"2000's is the peak" - 2001:Space Odyssey -1968 -made up by me.
Prince died on my 24th birthday
This is a life I’ll miss forever.
Same. I was eleven years old in 1999.
@@janeporter818I was thirteen and fourteen 🥲
@@PANZERFAUST90😂
@@janeporter818he was born in the middle of the year.
I was ten
EVERYONE was going to the concession stand back then. 😁 I was 27 with a 2yr old. It really was more fun back then.
Pops taught us how to sneak candy in ;)
i was 1 years old back then. maybe me and your son could had been friends back then also hes turning 27 now huh
Why were you on a date with a 2 year old??
@@thatboy799 Because she's my daughter 🤨 Btw, I didn't say that's who I went to the movies with. I comment on this channel often and I always mention how old I was during that time.................🤨
@@thatboy799 *-sweet home alabama💀-*
Ahh, I was born in '87. This was my best years. In '99 it was N64s and PS1s and WWF Raw is War and all kinds of great movies.
I was born in 89, The Matrix was such a trip to my 10 year old mind haha
Don't forget pokemon and toonami
Same i was 21 and would occasionally play on the 64
Born in 84'. These were the golden years for sure. Seeing the 90's, the onset of Internet, everything was so magical and cool at the same time
Mee too. 1987. Great year 1999😢
My buddy used to be an usher in 1999, that summer we saw every movie multiple times for free, not to mention what came out in 1999, it was awesome.
"Hi, how can I help you? For sure. No problem."
"5, 15, 20"
Simplified?
They were like machines. I never noticed them handing out tickets? If they printed them out on the outside? Anyways they looked like a solid team haha
BRINGS back memories!! I worked in a theater in 2000! Making $4.25 and the Bucket of Popcorn was $4.75! Got hired on for the Xmen Movie that summer!!
1999 was a big year for cinema. Austin Powers, The Matrix, The Mummy, The Phantom Menace, Tarzan, Toy Story 2, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, Pokémon: The First Movie, and Stuart Little.
And many of us thought the Blair Witch Project was real - man that was a fun theater experience we’ll never have again.
Doug’s First Movie
The Blair witch project was really horrifying to watch on the theaters in 99.
makes me want to go back in time so bad, miss these days.
I wish I could jump through this screen and relive this moment. Miss the 90s
Bring me with, lol
98 and 99 are as 90's as 89 is 80's and 79 is 70's and 09 is 2000's. If you know YOU KNOW.
@@TheMasterofDisaster48 yes
When going to the movies used to be affordable and even the concession stand food use to be decently price as well. Now going to the movies today is like going to a theme park, everything's hella expensive. Plus, movies back then. We're actually better, unlike today.
its called inflation
It was not affordable back then. Theaters were just as much of a rip off there. I joked that popcorn cost $6 and someone working at one in 99 said a bucket was $4.75. I was so close. It was $4.75 still in 99. That is half the price of admission.
Yes nostalgia gets the best of everyone it was always kinda pricey even back then.. remember minimum wage was like $5 an hours worth of work was the price of a 🍿
@@boombapdoom493 It was slightly more affordable back then. It seemed like ticket prices were cheaper, but the concession stand prices were outrageous even back then lol. We still bought popcorn usually, until ticket prices went up and then we started sneaking our own snacks in.
Miss this era so much, I was 14 in 1999, it was such a magical time...a Golden age.
How though? I was 15. Looking back it kinda really sucked compared to nowadays technology.
@@jimmystrickland1034no one cares about you.
@@jimmystrickland1034this is how I’d think if I was old enough back then, fun times for sure but compared to todays technology and cars, etc., eh
@@jay9301 worst part about it was weed was like a serious crime back then. Now it’s legal.
@@jimmystrickland1034 what exactly about the technology is better though? ok maybe cars are safer now and money could be transferred quicker in all facets. besides those two, what would you possibly be complaining about when you're at the movies and being around friends?
I wish society had just stayed like this. No one on their phones. All offline.
- Sent From my iPhone
Why did 2014 have to ruin it all?
@@MorganNye maybe these employees won’t let Kids watch rated R and PG-13 movies !
@@franksandoval6046 Well of course they can’t they are obviously too young for those movies! When will people stop being on their phones since December 2013?
@@MorganNye what is the difference between rated R and rated PG-13 ?
Dude 10 seconds in was literally on his phone
J.P I understood what you meant...and I agree
Sent from my Android
This was the year I watched The Sixth Sense when I was early high-school times..
I was 28 years old in 99 I miss those times
You were born in th early 70s gen x.
you're old now
@@FloridaMan69. that’s very rude of you saying that
Cool! I was in my mother's womb. Turning 24 in April.
@@PearlFirexx wait a minute. If you're turning 24 in April, that means you were born in April 2000. 9 months before that would be July 1999 so you weren't conceived yet when this was shot in March 😅
I miss this so much …. People using cash, people waiting in line, no cell phones and people look happier. 😢😢
Well Said!! We were happy
Those days come and go.
anything can be good or bad based on how you use it. You don't gotta put your nose in your phone 24 7. Still plenty to enjoy these days and positive ways to use technology. Just last night I was working and listening to an audiobook on my phone that i'd otherwise probably never find the time to read. It's fine to look back at times fondly, but you should still appreciate the present the best you can.
Cash is still used, lines still exist and check out the guy at 00:26 on the cellphone.
Isn't the guy in the beginning using a Cellphone? But yes I get what you're implying lol
I miss this time so much. This was before everyone went braindead from social media
I would gladly go back to the 90’s and live out the good parts of my childhood again. Going to the movies was definitely one of them. I was 11-12 back in 1999. Good times indeed!
In 1999, I and a friend of mine went to watch what is now called Star Wars One 1st prequel which came out in 1999. I stayed awake watching in movie theater while my one friend sitting by me in Theater fell asleep. Even though friend fell asleep, I am glad we both went to movies together and got to see the Star Wars prequel movie here
On a note: I was thinking that alongside showing decades old videos of malls, movies, restaurants, schools, etc..you should look for, pull up and throw in decades old videos of things such as amusement parks, fairs, race car shows, airshows, international travel through airports, cruise ships, hotel videos of decades back, major concerts performed by famous rock and pop stars of decades past, and so on. Would love to see decades old videos of these as well alongside these kinds of videos as well to.
It was always called episode 1 😂 what in the actual cluck are you talking about?
I was 7 years in old in ‘99.
Im so glad I was around and experienced it as a kid. It was definitely fun times for sure.
7:56 - LOL. She beckons him to come closer then snatches a bite of his popcorn while darting her eyes.
Not a smartphone in sight!!
Really wonderful footage of a bygone time..
Aww great memories at this time I was working my 1st job at a movie theater worked concessions and box office….crazy how fast time goes by!
Sure is!
I was 25 years old in 1999 and would go back in a second.....
25 years in the blink of an eye
This is an experience we'll never have again.
Those movie theater carpets always gave you the warm & fuzzys.
So magical to watch now.
No one who was too young or born after that era will really understand how much different the theatergoing experience was in that narrow little window of time; it's just a given now that if you happen to be at a theater, you will either know what the one current hot movie is, or you will do the "refrigerator" lowering of standards where nothing looks good and you'll come back later with lowered expectations to try again -- we had the polar opposite problem in 1999, where on arrival at the box office you would be overwhelmed with how many of the titles you'd want to see, it would occur to you that you don't even have the time to see that many movies, that you should perhaps set up a schedule to get to the theater more often.. Hasn't happened before or since.
I surely agree, its too bad i never experience the 90’s and people today has been smoking TO MUCH the 80’s and 90’s nostalgia that no one cares anymore. It isnt the same at all.
Alright, some nostalgia goggles here. I was there and it's still mostly the same. There were a lot of bad films in 99 too. The difference between then and now is that summer movie season felt eventful. Now there are so many big budget IP releases year round that none of them feel special anymore and Hollywood keeps cranking them out like a factory. They aren't the big thing they were outside of a few releases and artists were more creative with high budget films. The quality to quantity was better than now but 90s and early 2000s had plenty of complete event film misses like Godzilla, Wild Wild West, etc.
@@karinadelmaThere were better releases but overwhelmed with choices is not how I would describe it. We waited for a lot to hit rental and the event films were still the event films. It wasn't that different. 80s is where certain periods had that type of quality not the 90s and early 2000s. Check out the summer release schedule for every year from 1985-2005.
Theaters had fewer trailers and definitely fewer commercials. They would show a slideshow of random stuff before the trailers started, or some might have still just had a blank screen. Now they show something on screen nonstop, even featurettes about the movie about to get shown.
People were so vigilent in those days, I honestly miss it.
Sometimes I think people would be better off without cellphones & definitely we can do without ai
Thank you yet again for this.
Oh man this is nostalgic I loved going to the movies back then i don't think I was even 10 at the time but remember 1999 so well
Starship troopers in the theater was awesome.
@@jimmystrickland1034 I don't remember that one? Was it 97?
I was 13 in ‘99 and used to go to the movies a lot in those days. I also went to the mall with my friends every Saturday and rode my bike all across town. All I worried about was what TV shows were on and getting CDs of my favourite music. I miss the simple life!
The world was such a better place without phones or tablets
Assault rifles were also banned during this time. No threat of being gunned down
@@mrsleep237 There's no threat now. You have a higher chance of getting hit by a drunk driver.
@@Allen204 Move to Russia
@@mrsleep237 buy me a ticket and I will lol
@@mrsleep237 colvmbine happened this same year, during the assult weapons ban.
2 people were convicted of illegally buying and providing the guns for minors in that mass murder and only 1 spent time in jail. guess who it was, the male or the female?
Popcorn was usually finished or almost finished by the time we got into the theater in those long lines to get a good seat
7:50 I've bet they're watching South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut with a parent guardian😂 Man wished I saw it in theaters at the time!
That would be impossible because it didn't come out until June.
I saw South Park The Movie in the theater. I threw up, laughing. 😂🤣
Classic 90s mushroom cut
Wow, those cashiers were quick with the cash. The customers had their money out and ready too.
Because we used cash a lot more often. At was the same in fast food.
Yes people back then actually knew how to correctly give and count change back....unlike today.
@@annb1 Probably why all the stores are installing self checkouts now. It's a lost cause trying to teach young employees how to count change and run the checkouts lol.
So many amazing movies they could all be seeing in a theater in 1999. My favorite moment from then was dad taking us all out of school to go see Phantom Menace
4:41 Office Space! Man, what I would've given to see that in the movie theater.
few people gave anything to see it in the theater
i was a sophomore in highschool...i miss the 90s...99 was an end of an era of greatness
If that's greatness then what would the 2000's be since that's the diamond era?
i have a few friends who applied for movie theater jobs to be the ticket ripper guy. They all wanted to see free movies plus when they were working out on the floor with theater goers, my friends loved giving non spoiler movie reviews of everything that played at the movies.
Rip humanity
1:10 So great seeing those payphones along the wall! Haven’t seen payphones or mailboxes much anywhere for a long time, now.
Some people used payphones.
What's a payphone😂
I miss the smiles of the 80s and 90s… no one smiles anymore
So true. I miss those days too.
Yes, things are out of balance. I think the only thing that we can do, is remember the spirit of the late nineties (hope, style, passion, patience, innovation, romance, etc), and do as much as we can to get other people to remember and recreate it. Stumbling across this YT channel just made my month!
Every weekend I'm in my x files boxset ,that music of the 90s the cars ,love it ,takes me back and keeps me there ❤
maybe its you who doesnt smile anymore
@@voiletwhitehorse Every summer I have to rewatch/skim Buffy (S2, S3, S5, S6 and S7).
I was 17 back then, no cell phones and smart watches that everyone is staring into! Everyone is using CASH, Those where the days! GREAT CONTENT! THANK YOU!👍🏻🇺🇲
Back when watching a movie didn't cost half a days pay and DVD's took a while to hit shelves rather than getting them 2 months later on prime video
From the video, general admission was $7.75 at that theatre in 1999, which is around $14.40 adjusted for inflation. So it doesn't really seem that much cheaper, though I guess this was probably a fairly expensive cinema as it's in the Bay Area.
In my town it’s 6$ on the weekdays 10$ weekends it’s not that bad
Yeah, I used to rush to Blockbuster to rent out the movies. The 90s was a different time.
@@AntiMasonic93 aww I miss blockbuster.
Do you know how much overhead a movie theatre has this day and age? Those giant buildings don’t pay for them.
them days are gone so many memories
Forever?
@@MorganNye Pretty much, barring a war or solar phenomenon that takes us all back to the Dark Ages.
@@HC-qc5rp Why can’t people stop being on their phones since December 2013 and teens look good again since 2012?
@@HC-qc5rp All people gotta stop looking at their phones all day I saw yesterday at the Bart station and in the train, almost everyone was on their phone, what happened to the days where people weren’t on them all day prior to January 2014? Also when will selfies stop completely since 2013? They were always pointless, why do they want them to be forgotten? Why can’t they stop and why are they still doing it? I need an answer and why do I feel like they thought the way they hang out was boring originally? I do not want anyone to say never. Also when will social media just stop being too popular since 2013? It’s creepy that famous actors and voice actors and animators even have accounts, I wanna tell them it’s creepy that they do have them, when will old school UA-cam come back since 2012? What’s taking so long for no emojis and hearts and pins and community tabs and memes and shorts and coppa, and 2009-2012 UI’s to comeback, teenagers look good again since 2013 by not having stupid ass hairstyles and custom hair colors and clothes and makeup people tell me that the world and UA-cam were boring prior to 2014, if any of you do, you have no life.
I was already 25 by then. Damn, time goes by sooooo fast!
Wow, who wouldn’t wanna go to this decade.
This was a great time in the 90s to me. Before the change began and the tragedy 😢 - I was 10 years old then; I remember seeing Sixth Sense and Toy Story 2 in the theaters; my dad and I went to the movies almost all the time then; it was a blast and I looked forward to it! ❤❤❤
I was 9 years old when this was filmed. I remember that South Park popcorn bag though which I ended up keeping for awhile. I managed to get a bootleg copy of the South Park movie because couldn't see it in the theaters of course. Ah, the good times. 😅
To be 10 years old again... The theater I went to as a kid closed down last year
:45 the one pant leg up was a thing back in 95-96 around here.
Everyone just seems better dressed back then.
Yeah where can I get that Crystal Geyser shirt 4:59
People definitely dressed better back then, but one of the things I actually like about today is being able to dress in more comfortable clothes and nobody cares lol.
@@ville666sora people dressed pretty informal back then, but it was seen as trashy. Basketball shorts, t-shirt and sneakers and socks are comfortable for me. Pjs and slippers are going too far in my opinion.
Miss 99! Good times and remember going to the movies almost every weekend
I was 8 and I remember how magical it felt to go to see a movie with my family! It was such an incredible time to be a kid. The best toys, and our imaginations made play time even better and everyone of us kids just had fun. Not like today where kids and people have become zombies due to they're cell phones.
Remember going to the movie theaters in 1999 and watching “the mummy” prolly why I still love to watch the mummy today cause it brings back memories!!!
I saw cruel intentions opening weekend good movie and soundtrack if I remember.
I was 13 years old in 1999. Those were the days.
86'er right? What do you think about the 2000's?
I wasn’t even around in 1999, but i wish i could have seen malls and movie theaters full of people in small towns anc cities alike. Now people just watch netflex and order stuff from their phone. Movies and malls now only exist in large citites
People need to be around each other more, but not to buy more crap at a mall
@@lutello3012 what did you know about the MPAA ?
@@lutello3012 that is what the mall was for too…
Sorry you missed the good times bud; enjoy the apocalypse
lmao smart ass! @@mst311
I love UA-cam for All the old home videos they upload. Random people will use UA-cam to upload their 90s home videos footage and I just enjoy watching it. Me a complete stranger , don’t have any idea who these people are , yet I feel so nostalgic & calming watching videos of family trips , events such as Christmas and birthdays at chuckie cheese , or even just a cruise to Taco Bell. It’s amazing how different life was in the 90s . I watch some 80s home videos but I love watching 90s one the most . Reminds me of my childhood
This isn’t home video footage. Definitely a local news crew shooting footage for a story
Arguably the best year for movies if I was there I would see Office Space.
Virtually EVERYONE paying cash, so weird to see now. Back then you could have 2 people, toss a $20 bill down and be set + get change back. I recall as a senior in high school going to the theater and seeing Office Space by myself despite knowing nothing about the movie. I raved like crazy about it to my friends the Monday after telling them how hysterical this movie I just saw was. Little did I know it would become a cult sensation still 25 years later 😂🤣🤣
I remember the matinee prices were around $4 back then going up to around $7 or $8 for the main times. The small popcorn now costs more than a ticket then lol
Wow, you picked a great movie to go see! Love that movie.
No phones and annoying lights well you had people who forgot to turn off their regular phone and peepers.
No phones in hand, just discussing expectations about the film, not really knowing what to expect because they weren't bombarded by information and spoilers, there was the magic, just normal people enjoying their lives before the tsunami of illness came.
makes me miss my family
I was 18-19. I worked in a movie theater too. In fact, this movie theater looks like the same company I worked for which was Edwards CInemas. I recognize the uniforms, interior decoration, and even the promotional popcorn buckets which were clearly bags. This job and the year 1999 in general are definitely among the highlights of my entire life. I definitely love where I am now with a family of my own.
Omg, that’s the Century Park theater, I was a teen and I used to go there to watch the South Park movie, Phantom Menace, and the Sixth Sense! I also used to play in the arcade there with my friends.
I’ve heard that 1999 is the greatest year for movies ever lol so it’s interesting this video covers that very year.
Now those ticket booths are unused, collecting dust, and housing spiders and rats lol.
I havent been to the movie theater in so long that i didnt even realize its all digital now.
When people still had humanity!
2:15 the old $10 bills.
I was 19 at the time working at Blockbuster. How times have changed.
It’s strange how 1999 looks a lot like 2024 minus the cell phones. Fashion doest seem to change as much as it did during the 20th century. Seemed every decade back then was very distinct.
Yep. Have said the same for awhile. It still looks similar. Only a lot more technology now. Not as big of a jump in style like 70s to 80s or 80s to 90s. It makes going to these places kind of eerie when they still look the same 24 years later.
Exactly
What are you talking about? The fashion is totally different from today. LOL These years had a distinct "look" to them as do today's looks.
@@randomfools808 everyday fashions have been roughly the same for the last 30 years or so. Its popular now to try to make the 90's seem super "retro." Media really glorifies it. Really, only the stuff we knew were going to be fads when they were popular are dated.
I have noticed this to. And with the 1980s, I have noticed how there was a big difference between the early 1980s and late 1980s in fashions, music, trends, and even in the cars people drove and a rapid change in technology from the early 1980s to late 1980s as well as mobile smart phones were non existent still all at the same time.
The whole movie experience was better back then.
I turned 18 in 1999.Things started to go awry after columbine, and by 9/11 the world never got better. Peak civilization was between 1995-2005 everything after 2005 got worse.
GET OVER 9/11
1999, I was 10 and in 5th grade lol. I’m so lucky I was just old enough to remember life before the Internet, or at least when the Internet first became a thing. And when having a cellular phone was sort of a luxury or when you weren’t home and somebody called the landline and didn’t know where you were, that was that! I saw mostly kid geared movies in 1999, like Tarzan 😹 lol. But how I miss this type of movie theater experience. It really disgusts me how people are so attached to their damn phones nowadays. Especially little kids. They can’t go 5 minutes without looking at some sort of screen. I’m also lucky that I have good memories of a pre 9/11 world, but I often wish I was older and could remember a lot more. I love these Time Machine type of videos.
I was around 11 myself and I remember the internet being in its infancy kinda. A time where you were considered a geek for being into computers and the web.
BIG DIFFERENCEFROM NOWADAYS .. WORKERS CARED FOR THERE JOBS N PEOPLE DIDNT HAVE CELLPHONES
They also weren't all 17 to 18 year old employees like today lol
A time when we had a real “social network”. Connecting and hanging out with real friends in-person.
All those people about to be massively disappointed with The Phantom Menace
I still remember that day. Me and my sis went to see it at the mall theater. After it finished we left the cinema speechless. We drove in absolute stunned silence until I finally blurted out.."man, the movie SUCKED!" my sis nodded in agreement but still said nothing. I felt that George Lucas violated my childhood!
Those were the days...
Oh i miss the good ol day.
I’m convinced whoever uploads these videos is a time traveler
Man, I'm class of 1999 from high school. This brings back many memories.
Everyone says " i wish i could go back" but In march 1999 i was a 23 year old decent looking dude with zero health problems and wasn't bald yet, so i have legitimate reasons for wanting to go back, lol.
1. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
2. The Sixth Sense
3. Austin Powers
4. Toy Story 2
5. The Matrix
6. Tarzan
7. Big Daddy
8. The Mummy
9. Runaway Bride
10. The Blair Witch Project
Austin Powers 2*
All those movies suck
The Matrix is in theatres only tomorrow for the 25th Anniversary.
@@robroy6374not ALL of them
11. Muppets From Outer Space
12. Doug’s First Movie
13. Pokémon: The First Movie
14. Stuart Little
No matter what year it was, the cinema is always a magical place. Yes even in 2024 it's still a magical place. The process of getting into the auditorium may be a little different as the years go by, but watching the film is just as magical as it always has been.
Idk, none of the recent stuff I've seen has been magical.
@@RomanDiaries Oppenheimer and Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning were some of the most fun I've had in a cinema in the last several years.
Movie theaters suck now. Overpriced and people staring at their cell phones during the movie.
I was thinking, "Man, this looks exactly like the old theater I went to in 1999." I look at the description and sure enough it is!
This was the theater of my childhood. I remember waiting in the line by the window to get in and get a good seat. I watched so many movies here. I remember going to see Star Wars prequels and Harry Potters multiple times. And I recognize the ticket ripper guy, pretty sure he worked there for years. This theater was since shut down and replaced by a newer one nearby. The old building is still sitting there empty though, 15+ years later.
Everyone was shocking in the healthy weight range back then. Wonder what changed….
6:12
@@wurlitzer78she teleported from the future
Not true, there are are a number of heavy people visible, but morbid obesity was not commonplace.
Nah
What changed is someone decided shaming people for being gluttons was bad. I remember around 2005 obesity was really bad. Even before the shaming disappeared. It was all the Boomers were in their 40s and 50s and were all gigantic.
March, 1999. For the first time in 16 years, we're getting new Star Wars! Well, unless you count the cartoons. Then it's more like 13 years.
We gotta wait for it anyway, it won't be here until May. Ugh, what to bide my time with until May??? "Cruel Intentions?" Nah... "Analyze This?" Ugh, boring...
Man, Star Wars is gonna be SWEET! Why can't it be here now??? Maybe I'll just rent "Empire Strikes Back" and go home.
Exactly! I was so excited to see Episode I
20 yrs old during 1999 and I remember it was amazing 12 years going to the theater since I was 8 after I didn't go anymore but left a lot of memories
I remember going to see the phantom menace back in 1999 as a wee 7 year old
Me too at 8 years old, think I saw it at least 3 or 4 times.
@joshramirez7 just saw the one time in theaters. But I did dress up as darth Vader a couple times for the release of revenge in 2005. Alotta Iraq vets on leave at the time gave me a round of applause. Pretty cool for an 11 year old
1999 it was a best year for theaters Star Wars Episode I: the phantom menace and The world is not enough like a crossover movie
7:51 just hit me that these kids are probably now in their mid 30’s 😂… I do really miss those days, life wasn’t so fast-paced
5:45 I love the middle age womans sweater! Perfect amount of color! Aug 1999 when I was 5 years old was the first time I ever went to a movie theater. Watched Disneys Tarzen with my dad. Then a month later Elmo in grounchland which I fell asleeep in the beginning, then inspector gadget in late Sept 1999 and finally Stuart Little that year in Dec 1999.
That's cool you can remember your first movie you saw in the theater.
@@vampirerobot Ah well I would have thought most would. Do you know yours?
@@MrLyosea I would be one of those people. No, I do not.
1/4 of a century ago
At 12 years old, I remember the Star Wars Episode I hype was huge. The Darth Maul vs Obi Wan fight and the Duel of Fates song made it so memorable. I also remember a friend at school told me to go see The Matrix while it was in the theater. I missed it not knowing what I was getting into until I rented the VHS and was blown away with the effects and while growing up I understood more and more about it's philosophy.
Dude at 8:15 kept it classy, In today's age the younger
gen would be asking to speak with the manager and disrupting the place
with victim culture and "Why are you filming me?"
People were much more kind and happier back then.
Because we had to talk in person, we had to learn in person... We knew what was socially acceptable.
get real. people were a holes back then too
@@AdamAdam-vu3qt correct, we just did it face to face.
@@flman1284 people still do. Just because you iPhone turned you into a homebody incel doesn’t mean everyone else is. Stop projecting.
@@AdamAdam-vu3qt exactly