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mdc3000

12-24-03, 11:47 AM

I will only be listing films that were released theatrically in 2004 and am using a 5 star system.

1. Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! *** - jan 2
2. Chasing Liberty ** - jan 9
3. Torque ** jan 16
4. Along Came Polly **1/2 feb 2
5. The Butterfly Effect **** feb 9
6. 50 First Dates *** feb 13
7. The Big Bounce ** feb 15
8. Miracle ***1/2 feb 18
9. Eurotrip **** (x3) feb 21 & 22 & 24
10. Decoys ** feb 27
11. Welcome to Mooseport *1/2 feb 28
12. Twisted * feb 29
13. Broken Lizard's Club Dread ** march 1
14. The Passion of the Christ ***** march 1
15. Bubba Ho-Tep ***** (x2) march 3 & march 31 didn't play until 2004 - only time I'll break the '04 rule.
16. Starsky and Hutch ***1/2 (x2) march 8 & may 28
17. Agent Cody Banks: Destination London **1/2 march 14
18. Secret Window *** march 14
19. Hidalgo **** march 17
20. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind **** march 19
21. Spartan **** march 20
22. Dawn Of The Dead **** (x2) march 20 & march 22
23. Taking Lives **1/2 march 21
24. Jersey Girl **** (x3) march 26 & march 28 & april 13
25. The Ladykillers *** march 27
26. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed *** march 29
27. Hellboy **** (x2) april 2 & may 2
28. Walking Tall *** april 4
29. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen * april 11
30. Ella Enchanted *** april 12
31. Kill Bill Volume 2 ***** (x2) april 16 & may 26
32. The Punisher **1/2 april 16
33. Home on the Range * april 18
34. The Alamo * april 22
35. 13 Going On 30 **** april 23
36. Johnson Family Vacation *april 27
37. The Girl Next Door **** (x3) april 29 & may 4 & may 28
38. Envy ** may 2
39. Mean Girls **** may 5
40. Van Helsing **** (x3) may 7 & may 10 & may 24
41. Man On Fire **** may 8
42. New York Minute *** may 11
43. Troy **** (x3) may 14 & may 17 & july 15
44. Laws Of Attraction ** may 17
45. Shrek 2 **** (x2) may 20 & may 24
46. The Day After Tomorrow **** (x3) may 27 & june 2 & june 13
47. Raising Helen ** may 30
48. Super Size Me *** may 31
49. Napoleon Dynamite **** (x3) may 31 & june 5 & aug 22
50. Breakin' All The Rules **1/2 june 4
51. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ***** (x3) june 4 & june 7 twice
52. The Chronicles of Riddick ***1/2 (x2) june 12 & july 17
53. The Stepford Wives *** june 13
54. Garfield * (x2...don't ask) june 14 & june 21
55. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ***1/2 (x4) june 18 & june 21 & july 9 & aug 21
56. The Terminal ****1/2 (x3) june 18 & june 21 & june 28
57. White Chicks **1/2 june 23
58. Around The World in 80 Days *** june 23
59. Farenheit 9/11 *** june 24
60. Two Brothers **1/2 june 28
61. Spider-Man 2 ***** (x4) june 30 twice & july 5 & july 12
62. King Arthur *** july 8
63. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy **** (x4) july 8 & july 9 & july 13 & july 29
64. I, Robot **** (x3) july 15 & july 19 & aug 5
65. A Cinderella Story **1/2 july 18
66. Catwoman * july 22
67. The Bourne Supremacy **** (x3) july 26 & july 29 & aug 5
68. The Manchurian Candidate **** july 30
69. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle **** (x2) july 30 & aug 5
70. The Village **1/2 (x2) july 30 & aug 4
71. Collateral ****1/2 (x3)aug 6 & aug 12 & oct 17
72. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement **** aug 11
73. Little Black Book ** aug 12
74. Alien Vs. Predator **1/2 (x2) aug 12 & aug 15
75. Open Water * aug 20
76. Garden State ***** (x3) aug 22 & aug 30 & sept 5
77. Exorcist: The Beginning ** aug 23
78. Without A Paddle *** sept 1
79. Hero *** sept 2
80. Resident Evil: Apocalypse **1/2 sept 10
81. Sideways **** sept 15
82. Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow **** sept 18
83. The Forgotten ** sept 23
84. Wimbeldon **** sept 24
85. Anacondas **1/2 sept 28
86. Shaun Of The Dead **** oct 1
87. First Daughter **1/2 oct 3
88. Ladder 49 **** oct 3
89. Shark Tale **** (x2) oct 4 & oct 10
90. Raise Your Voice *** oct 11
91. Team America: World Police **** (x3) oct 15 twice & oct 31
92. Shall We Dance *** oct 22
93. The Grudge ** oct 22
94. Friday Night Lights **** oct 24
95. Ray ***1/2 oct 28
96. After The Sunset **** nov 5
97. The Polar Express **** nov 10
98. Seed of Chucky **1/2 nov 12
99. The Spongebob Squarepants Movie **** nov 19
100. National Treasure **** (x3) nov 19 & nov 20 & nov 23
101. The Incredibles ***** nov 22
102. Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason *** nov 24
103. Finding Neverland **** dec 5
104. Closer ****1/2 dec 5
105. Blade: Trinity *** dec 7 & dec 11
106. Ocean's Twelve **** (x2) dec 15 & dec 19
107. Spanglish ***1/2 dec 17
108. Flight of the Pheonix *** dec 17
109. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ****1/2 (x3) dec 17 & dec 19 & dec 22
110. Christmas With The Kranks *1/2 dec 18
111. Darkness * dec 29
112. Meet The Fockers **** dec 29
113. The Life Aquatic * dec 30
114. The Aviator ***** dec 30
115. The Phantom of the Opera ** jan 13
116. In Good Company ***** jan 13

Year in Review

WORST OF '04

1. Garfield the Movie
2. Darkness
3. Open Water
4. The Alamo
5. The Life Aquatic
6. Welcome to Mooseport
7. The Forgotten
8. Home on the Range
9. The Grudge
10. Seed of Chucky

BEST OF '04

1. Collateral
2. The Aviator
3. Kill Bill Vol. 2
4. Garden State
5. The Terminal
6. Sideways
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Closer
9. Spider-man 2
10. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Honourable mentions: The Bourne Supremacy, Ray, Harry Potter, Girl Next Door, Dawn of the Dead, Hidalgo, Finding Neverland, Lemony Snicket, Shaun of the Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, Team America, National Treasure.

MATT

sundog

12-24-03, 11:56 AM

PixyJunket

12-24-03, 12:03 PM

Dirty Pop!

KTIK

12-24-03, 01:08 PM

Planned to See
<li>Brothers Grimm

01. Kill Bill vol 2
02. The Incredibles
03. Hero
04. Garden State
05. Big Fish (2003)
06. Saved!
07. Team America: World Police
08. Napoleon Dynamite
09. Fahrenheit 9/11
10. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
11. Club Dread

$tarr

12-24-03, 04:31 PM

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Spider-man 2
3. The Incredibles
4. Kill Bill Volume 2
5. Troy
6. Saved!
7. Shrek 2
8. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
9. Fahrenheit 9/11
10. The Day After Tomorrow
11. Big Fish (2003)
12. Mystic River (2003)
13. National Treasure
14. The Chronicles of Riddick
15. Home on the Range
16. Miracle
17. Cold Mountain (2003)
18. The Passion of the Christ
19. Eurotrip

Matthew Chmiel

12-24-03, 05:41 PM

The Rules of Matthew Chmiel's 2004 Rank Them As You See Them

1. If a film gets an official theatrical release in the United States during the year of 2004, it is counted towards the list.

2. If a film skips an official theatrical release in the United States and ends up going directly to video in 2004, it is still counted towards the 2004 Film List. Like Monster Man or 100 Grannies.

3. Each film is listed in the following set-up:
Title / star rating / MPAA rating / director / viewed / theater code.

4. Theater codes are at the moment as follows: Century Theaters Orleans 18 (OR), Century Theaters Suncoast 16 (SC), Brendan Theaters Palms 14 (BT), Regal Cinemas Village Square 18 (VS), Regal Cinemas Colonade 14 (CO), Regal Cinemas Green Valley 8 (GV), Tropicana Cinemas 6 (TC), Crown Theaters Neonopolis 14 (CT), and home (H).

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LAST UPDATE: 12/11/04

TOTAL FILMS SEEN IN 2004: 70
AVERAGE RATING OF FILMS SEEN IN 2004: **½

List of films I have seen in 2004 (in alphabetical order):

2LDK / *** / Unrated / Dir: Yukihiko Tsutsumi / Viewed: 08/05/04 / H

Alien Vs. Predator / * / PG-13 / Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson / Viewed: 08/13/04 / BT
Along Came Polly / * / PG-13 / Dir: John Hamburg / Viewed: 01/18/04 / OR
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy / *** / PG-13 / Dir: Adam McKay / Viewed: 07/09/04 / BT

Battle Royale II / *½ / Unrated / Dir(s): Kenta Fukasaku and Kenji Fukasaku / Viewed: 02/04/04 / H
Blade: Trinity / **½ / R / Dir: David S. Goyer / Viewed: 12/10/04 / BT
Broken Lizard's Club Dread / *** / R / Dir: Jay Chandrasekhar / Viewed: 02/29/04 / BT
Butterfly Effect, The / ***½ / R / Dir(s): Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber / Viewed: 01/23/04 / BT

Chronicles of Riddick, The / ** / PG-13 / Dir: David Twohy / Viewed: 06/14/04 / OR
Clearing, The / * / R / Dir: Pieter Jan Brugge / Viewed: 07/10/04 / VS
Closer / **** / R / Dir: Mike Nichols / Viewed: 12/04/04
Coffee and Cigarettes / ** / R / Dir: Jim Jarmusch / Viewed: 06/18/04 / VS
Collateral / ** / R / Dir: Michael Mann / Viewed: 08/07/04 / BT

Danny Deckchair / * / PG-13 / Dir: Jeff Balsmeyer / Viewed: 08/26/04 / VS
Dawn of the Dead / ***½ / R / Dir: Zach Snyder / Viewed: 03/19/04 / BT (x2)
Day After Tomorrow, The / **½ / PG-13 / Dir: Roland Emmerich / Viewed: 05/28/04 / BT
Day Without a Mexican, A / ** / R / Dir: Sergio Arau / Viewed: 08/27/04 / OR
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story / *** / PG-13 / Dir: Rawson Marshall Thurber / Viewed: 06/20/04 / OR

Envy / * / PG-13 / Dir: Barry Levinson / Viewed: 04/30/04 / VS
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / **** / R / Dir: Michel Gondry / Viewed: 03/20/04 / VS
Eurotrip / *** / R / Dir: Jeff Schaffer / Viewed 02/20/04 / BT

Fahrenheit 9/11 / **** / R / Dir: Michael Moore / Viewed: 06/25/04 / OR

Garden State / **** / R / Dir: Zach Braff / Viewed: 08/20/04 / OR
Girl Next Door, The / **** / R / Dir: Luke Greenfield / Viewed: 02/20/04 / OR, VS, CO, BT

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle / *** / R / Dir: Danny Leiner / Viewed: 07/23/04 / OR, CT
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / ***½ / PG / Dir: Alfonso Cuarón / Viewed: 06/04/04 / OR
Hellboy / ** / PG-13 / Dir: Guillermo Del Toro / Viewed: 04/10/04 / BT
Hero / *** / PG-13 / Dir: Zhang Yimou / Viewed: 08/28/04 / VS

I Heart Huckabees / **** / R / Dir: David O. Russell / Viewed: 10/22/04 / BT
Intermission / *** / R / Dir: John Crowley / Viewed: 04/11/04 / VS
I, Robot / * / PG-13 / Dir: Alex Proyas / Viewed: 07/17/04 / OR

Jersey Girl / **** / PG-13 / Dir: Kevin Smith / Viewed 03/26/04 / BT

Kinsey / ***½ / R / Dir: Bill Condon / Viewed: 11/30/04 / OR
Kill Bill: Volume Two / **** / R / Dir: Quentin Tarantino / Viewed: 04/16/04 / OR, TC
King Arthur / ** / PG-13 / Dir: Antoine Fuqua / Viewed: 07/10/04 / BT

Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The / * / PG / Dir: Larry Blamire / Viewed: 03/12/04 / VS

Machinist, The / **** / R / Dir: Brad Anderson / Viewed: 11/27/04 / VS
Mean Creek / *** / R / Dir: Jacob Aaron Estes / Viewed: 09/26/04 / VS
Mean Girls / **½ / PG-13 / Dir: Mark S. Waters / Viewed: 04/30/04 / VS
Motorcycle Diaries, The / **** / R / Dir: Walter Salles / Viewed: 09/08/04 / VS

Napoleon Dynamite / *** / PG / Dir: Jared Hess / Viewed: 06/29/04 / CO, BT (x2), SC

Open Water / * / R / Dir: Chris Kentis / Viewed: 08/20/04 / OR

Paparazzi / **½ / PG-13 / Dir: Paul Abascal / Viewed: 09/06/04 / OR
Prince and Me, The / *½ / PG / Dir: Martha Coolidge / Viewed: 04/18/04 / OR
Punisher, The / **½ / R / Dir: Jonathan Hensleigh / Viewed: 04/18/04 / OR

Resident Evil: Apocalypse / * / R / Dir: Alexander Witt / Viewed: 09/26/04 / H

Saved! / ***½ / PG-13 / Dir: Brian Dannelly / Viewed: 06/20/04 / OR
Saw / **½ / R / Dir: James Wan / Viewed: 10/30/04 / BT
Secret Window / ** / PG-13 / Dir: David Koepp / Viewed: 03/12/04 / VS
Seed of Chucky / *½ / R / Dir: Don Mancini / Viewed: 11/31/04 / OR
Shark Tale / * / PG / Dir(s): No Talented Hacks / Viewed: 10/02/04 / BT
Shaun of the Dead / **** / R / Dir: Edgar Wright / Viewed: 09/24/04 / BT
Shrek 2 / ** / PG / Dir(s): Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon / Viewed: 05/19/04 / OR
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow / ** / PG / Dir: Kerry Conran / Viewed: 10/03/04 / BT
Soul Plane / *½ / R / Dir: Jessy Terrero / Viewed: 06/05/04 / OR
Spider-Man 2 / *** / PG-13 / Dir: Sam Raimi / Viewed: 06/30/04 / OR
Stark Raving Mad / ***½ / R / Dir(s): Drew Daywalt and David Schneider / Viewed: 02/05/04 / H
Starsky and Hutch / *½ / PG-13 / Dir: Todd Phillips / Viewed: 02/21/04 / OR
Stepford Wives, The / * / PG-13 / Dir: Frank Oz / Viewed: 06/13/04 / GV
Super Size Me / **** / Unrated / Dir: Morgan Spurlock / Viewed: 05/21/04 / SC

Taking Lives / * / R / Dir: D.J. Caruso / Viewed: 03/13/04 / BT
Team America: World Police / **** / R / Dir: Trey Parker / Viewed: 08/10/04 / VS
Terminal, The / ***½ / PG-13 / Dir: Steven Spielberg / Viewed: 06/18/04 / VS
Torque / ** / PG-13 / Dir: Joseph Kahn / Viewed: 06/03/04 / H
Touching the Void / *** / Unrated / Dir: Kevin Macdonald / Viewed: 02/14/04 / VS
Troy / *** / R / Dir: Wolfgang Petersen / Viewed: 05/14/04 / BT

United States of Leland, The / *** / R / Dir: Matthew Ryan Hoge / Viewed: 04/26/04 / VS

Van Helsing / * / PG-13 / Dir: Stephen Sommers / Viewed: 05/07/04 / BT
Village, The / ** / PG-13 / Dir: M. Night Shyamalan / Viewed: 07/31/04 / OR

Wicker Park / *½ / PG-13 / Dir: Paul McGuigan / Viewed: 09/23/04 / BT

List of films by their star rating:

****
Closer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fahrenheit 9/11
Garden State
Girl Next Door, The
I Heart Huckabees
Jersey Girl
Kill Bill: Volume Two
The Machinist
Motorcycle Diaries, The
Shaun of the Dead
Super Size Me
Team America: World Police

***½
Butterfly Effect, The
Dawn of the Dead
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kinsey
Saved!
Stark Raving Mad
Terminal, The

***
2LDK
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Eurotrip
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Hero
Intermission
Mean Creek
Napoleon Dynamite
Spider-Man 2
Touching the Void
Troy
United States of Leland, The

**½
Blade: Trinity
Day After Tomorrow, The
Mean Girls
Paparazzi
Punisher, The
Saw

**
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Coffee and Cigarettes
Collateral
Day Without a Mexican, A
Hellboy
King Arthur
Secret Window
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Shrek 2
Torque
Village, The

*½
Battle Royale II
Prince and Me, The
Seed of Chucky
Soul Plane
Starsky and Hutch
Wicker Park

*
Alien Vs. Predator
Along Came Polly
Clearing, The
Danny Deckchair
Envy
I, Robot
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The
Open Water
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Shark Tale
Stepford Wives, The
Taking Lives
Van Helsing

-- END --

Sierra Disc

12-24-03, 07:04 PM

I'll be starting the 2005, 2006 and 2008 threads later today if anybody wants to hop on board. (I'm skipping 2007 because I have it on great authority that's a lousy year for movies.) ;)

B.A.

12-24-03, 08:00 PM

RATINGS BASED ON *****:

Cold Mountain (2003) - ****
Big Fish (2003) - ****
LotR: RotK (2003) - ***1/2
Miracle (2004) - ***1/2
50 First Dates (2004) - **1/2
Mystic River (2003) - ***1/2
Starsky & Hutch (2004) - **1/2
Hidalgo (2004) - ***1/2
Jersey Girl (2004) - ***
Walking Tall (2004) - ***
The Alamo (2004) - *1/2
Hellboy (2004) - ***1/2
Man on Fire (2004) - ****
The Punisher (2004) - ***1/2
Van Helsing (2004) - *
Troy (2004) - ***1/2
13 Going On 30 (2004) - ***
Mean Girls (2004) - ***
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - ****
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - ***1/2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) - ***1/2
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - ****1/2 (x2)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - ****1/2 (x2)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - ***
Collateral (2004) - ****
Wimbledon (2004) - ***
Friday Night Lights (2004) - ****
After the Sunset (2004) - **1/2
National Treasure (2004) - ***1/2
Ocean's Twelve (2004) - ***1/2
Blade: Trinity (2004) - **1/2
Spanglish (2004) - ***1/2

gmal2003

12-24-03, 10:11 PM

1. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (9.5 out of 10)
2.Ray (9.25)
3.Spider-man 2 (8.5)
4.The Incrediles (8.5)
5. The Forgotten (8.25)
6.The Village (7.75)
7. Alien vs. Predator (7.5)
8. I, Robot (7.25)
9. The Stepford Wives (7)
10.Taking Lives (6.5)
11. Secret Window (6.5)
12. The Bourne Supremacy (5.5)
13.Paycheck (4)

Sessa17

12-24-03, 10:26 PM

Haven't seen much released this year yet. I'm only listing movies that are ACTUALLY RELEASED IN 2004 (unlike most people posting 2003 movies in this thread). Movies are rated on a 1-10 scale. 1 being pure torture & 10 being an instant classic.

1. Kil Bill Vol. 2 - 10/10: An absolute INSTANT CLASSIC. Liked it more than Vol. 1 which I gave an 9.5 out of 10. I may see a movie as good as this in 2004, but nothing will be better than this.

2. Hellboy - 8/10

3. Spartan - 7/10

4. Spider-Man 2 7/10

5. Chronicles of Riddick - 6/10[/b]

6. Dawn of the Dead - 6./10

7. Hidalgo - 6/10

8. King Arthur - 6/10

9. Collateral - 6/10

10. Club Dread - 5/10

11. Along Came Polly - 5/10

12. AvP: Alien Vs Predator - 2/10

13. The Punisher - 1/10

Sunday Morning

12-24-03, 11:33 PM

2004

****
01. napoleon dynamite
***1/2
02. fahrenheit 9/11
03. the ladykillers
04. the dreamers
05. kill bill v.2
06. love object
07. spartan
08. mean girls
09. secret window
***
10. ginger snaps II: unleashed
11. starsky & hutch the movie
12. dodgeball
13. miracle
14. envy
15. time of the wolf
16. ned kelly
17. eurotrip
18. aileen: the life and death of a serial killer
19. the darkness
20. ginger snaps back
**1/2
21. spider-man 2
22. eternal sunshine on the spotless mind
23. club dread
24. along came polly
25. confessions of a teenage drama queen
26. 50 first dates
27. the butterfly effect
28. dogville
29. young adam
**
30. the united states of leland
*1/2
31. dawn of the dead

troystiffler

12-25-03, 12:25 AM

...

Geofferson

12-25-03, 12:38 AM

The Passion of the Christ: ***1/2
Secret Window: **1/2
Starsky & Hutch: ***
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: ***
Dawn of the Dead: **
Kill Bill Vol.2: ***1/2
Man on Fire: *1/2
Van Helsing: *
Troy: **
The Day After Tomorrow: **1/2
The Notebook: **1/2
Spider-Man 2: ***
House of Sand and Fog: ***
I, Robot: **1/2
The Bourne Supremacy: ***
The Village: **
Collateral: ***1/2
Alien vs. Predator: 0 stars
Wicker Park: **
Suspect Zero: **
Silver City: **
The Punisher: *
The Grudge: **
Alfie: ***
After the Sunset: ***
Finding Neverland: ***
Sideways: ****
Dodgeball: *
The Clearing: **1/2
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Bergundy: **
Open Water: **1/2
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: ***
The Aviator: ***1/2
King Arthur: **

MrN

12-25-03, 12:47 AM

January

The Last Samurai - 6
Cold Mountain - 7
The Company - 6
Girl With a Pearl Earring - 7
Monster - 6
The Fog of War - 9
Tokyo Godfathers - 6

February

The Dreamers - 7
The Battle of Algiers - 9
The Barbarian Invasions - 5
Goodbye Lenin - 6

March

At Cinequest 14:
A Bus Came - 7
The Silence Between Two Thoughts - 7
Rhapsody in White - 5
The Man Who Copied - 7
Down by Love - 8
Arakimentari - 5
Madness and Genius - 3
Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles - 3
The Argonomist - 7
Soldiers of the Rock - 4
Quality of Life - 8
Ham & Cheese - 7
Miles Ahead - 7
Rewind - 6
Imelda - 7
(end Cinequest 14)

Osama - 7
Touching the Void - 9
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 8

April

Crimson Gold - 6
Jersey Girl - 4
Hellboy - 6
Dogville - 8
The Return - 8

San Francisco Film Festival:
Vibrator - 6
Memories of Murder - 7
Sky Blue - 6
That Day - 5
Goodbye, Dragon Inn - 9
Doppleganger - 6
The Five Obstructions - 7
In the Company of Men - 8
El Alamein: The Line of Fire - 7
After You - 5
L'Esquive - 8
Resconstruction - 6

May

Ozu at the PFA:
Woman of Tokyo - 7
A Mother Should be Loved - 5
The Only Son - 9
A Hen in the Wind - 4

Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 7
The Punisher - 3
Super-Size Me - 7
Twilight Samurai - 9
Shrek 2 - 7
Troy - 6

June

Godzilla (original, uncut) - 8
Coffee and Cigarettes - 7

One Eyed Jacks (PFA) - 5

up next:
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Control Room

.

cortan

12-25-03, 02:51 AM

9 The Terminal
9 Eternal Sunshine
8 Butterfly Effect
8 The Village
8 Collateral
8 Miracle
8 Spiderman 2
7 Bourne Supremacy (someone please buy mr greengrass some ridilin...rating would be a point higher or more if i could tell what in the world was going on.....zoom shake quick-cut shake shake zoom shake....aaaaaahhh!)
6 Kill Bill V.2
6 Hellboy

Absolut

12-25-03, 06:01 AM

Front page reality available. Inquire within.

Keyser_Soze2

12-25-03, 06:46 AM

1) Dogville (Cannes cut) ****/****

That's all for now...

wendersfan

12-25-03, 02:57 PM

On a five-star scale:
<ol><li>Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1986) *****</li><li>Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) *****</li><li>Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949) *****</li><li>Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003) *****</li><li>The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismäki, 2002) *****</li> <li>Drifting Clouds (Aki Kaurismäki, 1996) *****</li><li>Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) ****</li><li>Dancer In the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000) ****</li><li>The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003) ****</li><li>Ocean's 12 (Steven Soderbergh, 2004) ****</li><li>Katzelmacher (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969) ****</li><li>The Five Obstructions (Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier, 2003) ****</li><li>Elephant (Gus van Sant, 2003) ****</li><li>Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismäki, 1989) ****</li><li>Satan's Brew (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976) ****</li><li>Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979) ****</li><li>Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982) ****</li><li>Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (Aki Kaurismäki, 1994) ****</li><li>Cowards Bend the Knee (Guy Maddin, 2003) ****</li><li>Uzak (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002) ****</li><li>The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin, 2003) ****</li><li>Since Otar Left (Julie Bertuccelli, 2003) ***</li><li>Blind Shaft (Yang Li, 2003) ***</li><li>Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004) ***</li><li>Touchez pas au grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954) ***</li><li>The Match Factory Girl (Aki Kaurismäki, 1989) ***</li><li>Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) ***</li><li>Mother Küsters Goes To Heaven (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) ***</li><li>Jesus, You Know (Ulrich Seidl, 2003) ***</li><li>Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, 2003) ***</li><li>DiG! (Ondi Timoner, 2004) ***</li><li>Twentynine Palms (Bruno Dumont, 2003) ***</li><li>Medea (Lars von Trier, 1987) ***</li><li>Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003) ***</li><li>Bright Leaves (Ross McElwhee, 2003) ***</li><li>The City Tramp (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1966) ***</li><li>Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002) ***</li><li>The Little Chaos (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1966) ***</li><li>Forty Guns (Samuel Fuller, 1957) ***</li><li>The Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2000) **</li><li>Zhou Yu's Train (Zhou Sun, 2002) **</li><li>Father and Son (Alexander Sokurov, 2003) **</li><li>Pale Flower (Masahiro Shinoda, 1964) **</li><li>Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) **</li><li>Millenium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2001) **</li><li>The Seagull's Laughter (Ágúst Guðmundsson, 2002) **</li><li>Fear of Fear (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) **</li><li>Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2004)**</li><li>The Phantom Museum (The Brothers Quay, 2003) **</li><li>Aki Kaurismäki (Guy Girard, 2001) **</li><li>Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004) **</li><li>Secret Things (Jean-Claude Brisseau, 2002) *</li>
</ol>NB: I only list films I see in a theater.

El Talon Del Monstruo

12-25-03, 03:23 PM

i'm gonna reserve my space in the front page line right now

Corvin

12-25-03, 03:50 PM

Money.

Movies are listed chronologically. The ratings are within. Only movies that are seen in theaters are listed, but every movie seen in a theater will be listed (regardless of the film's original release date).

(Altogether, I think my rankings are beginning to look like Roger Ebert's. Just liking too many movies.)

1) Paycheck, 01/01/04: one star out of four
2) House of Sand and Fog, 01/03/04: two and a half stars out of four
3) LOTR: ROTK, 01/06/04: four stars out of four
4) LOTR: ROTK, 01/07/04: four stars out of four
5) Monster, 01/09/04: three stars out of four
6) Along Came Polly, 01/16/04: two stars out of four
7) Torque, 01/16/04: one and a half stars out of four
8) The Cooler, 01/17/04: three stars out of four
9) The Butterfly Effect, 01/23/04: two stars out of four
10) Cidade de Deus, 02/06/04: four stars out of four
11) Miracle, 02/06/04: two and a half stars out of four
12) Girl With a Pearl Earring, 02/13/04: three stars out of four
13) The Dreamers, 02/13/04: three and a half stars out of four
14) Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, 02/21/04: one star out of four
15) Les Triplettes de Belleville , 02/22/04: three stars out of four
16) The Passion of The Christ, 02/25/04: I honestly don't know how to rate this
17) Enter the Dragon, 02/26/04: three stars out of four
18) Eurotrip, 02/27/04: two and a half stars out of four
19) Touching the Void, 02/27/04: three and a half stars out of four
20) Midnight Express, 03/04/04: three stars out of four
21) Starsky & Hutch, 03/05/04: two and a half stars out of four
22) The Fog of War, 03/05/04: three and a half stars out of four
23) The Fog of War, 03/06/04: three and a half stars out of four
24) Spartan, 03/12/04: two and a half stars
25) Secret Window, 03/12/04: two and a half stars
26) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 03/19/04: three and a half stars
27) Dawn of the Dead, 03/19/04: two stars
28) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 03/22/04: three and a half stars
29) The Ladykillers, 03/26/04: three stars
30) Walking Tall, 03/27/04: two and a half stars
31) Hellboy, 04/02/04: two stars
32) Dogville, 04/15/04: three stars
33) Kill Bill: Volume 2, 04/16/04: three stars
34) The Punisher, 04/20/04: two and a half stars
35) The Girl Next Door, 04/20/04: two and a half stars
36) Man on Fire, 04/23/04: three stars
37) Shaolin Soccer, 04/23/04: two stars
38) Van Helsing 05/10/04: one and a half stars
39) Super Size Me, 05/13/04: two and a half stars
40) Io non ho paura, 05/13/04: three stars
41) Troy, 05/14/04: three stars
42) Shrek 2, 05/19/04: two stars
43) Troy, 05/19/04: three stars
44) The Day After Tomorrow, 05/28/04: two and a half stars
45) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, 06/18/04: two and a half stars
46) The Chronicles of Riddick, 06/22/04: one and a half stars
47) The Terminal, 06/22/04: three stars
48) Fahrenheit 9/11, 06/25/04: three stars
49) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 06/29/04: three stars
50) The Notebook, 06/29/04: three stars
51) Spider-Man 2, 07/01/04: three stars
52) King Arthur, 07/13/04: one and a half stars
53) Spider-Man 2, 07/13/04: three stars
54) Anchorman, 07/13/04: two and a half stars
55) I, Robot, 07/16/04: two stars
56) The Bourne Supremacy, 07/24/04: three and a half stars
57) Napoleon Dynamite, 07/27/04: three stars
58) Spider-Man 2, (IMAX) 07/31/04: three stars
59) The Village, 08/03/04: two and a half stars
60) The Manchurian Canidate, 08/03/04: two stars
61) Collateral, 08/06/04: three stars
62) Collateral, 08/14/04: three stars
63) Alien vs Predator, 08/14/04: one star
64) Garden State , 08/27/04: three and a half stars
65) Hero, 08/27/04: three stars
66) The Bourne Supremacy, 09/05/04: three and a half stars
67) Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, 09/05/04: three stars
68) Nicotina, 09/05/04: two and a half stars
69) Cops, 09/06/04: three stars
70) College, 09/06/04: three and a half stars
71) Cellular, 09/11/04: one and a half stars
72) Resident Evil: Apocalypse, 09/14/04: two stars
73) Modern Times, 09/14/04: four stars
74) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 09/18/04: three stars
75) THX 1138: Director's Cut, 09/20/04: two stars
76) Donnie Darko: Director's Cut, 09/21/04: three and a half stars
77) Shaun of the Dead, 10/02/04: three stars
78) The Forgotten, 10/02/04: two stars
79) Saw, 10/29/04: one and a half stars
80) Team America: World Police, 11/01/04: two and a half stars
81) Alexander, 11/24/04: one and a half stars
82) Finding Neverland, 11/26/04: three stars
83) Sideways, 12/05/04: three and a half stars
84) Closer, 12/06/04: two and a half stars
85) Kinsey, 12/08/04: three stars
86) Blade: Trinity, 12/13/04: two stars
87) Ocean's Twelve, 12/13/04: three stars
88) The Incredibles,12/15/04: three stars

brizz

12-25-03, 06:02 PM

Films ranked by best ---> worst in the following form:

Film | date seen | Rating out of 10

1. The Weather Underground | 3/19 | 10
2. Sideways | 11/5 | 10
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King* | 1/21 | 9.8
4. Battle of Algiers | 8/22 | 9.5
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 4/7 | 9.5
6. Garden State | 10/20 | 9.5
7. Festival Express | 10/14 | 9.0
8. Napoleon Dynamite| 10/9 | 9.0
9. Bourne Supremacy| 9/30 | 8.8
10. The Incredibles| 12/29 | 8.7
11. Supersize Me | 6/17 | 8.5
12. In America* | 2/12 | 8.5
13. Elf* | 1/4 | 8.3
14. Collateral | 8/12 | 7.8
15. Monster | 2/6 | 7.5
16. Shrek 2 | 6/12 | 7.5
17. Girl With a Pearl Earring | 2/8 | 7.5
18. Home on the Range | 4/3 | 7.0
19. The Day After Tomorrow | 6/5 | 5.8
20. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | 3/29 | 5.5
21. Teacher's Pet | 1/17 | 4.0
22. Garfield: the Movie | 6/21 | 3.0

* Wide release in 2003 but seen in 2004 - films with limited releases snuck in for Oscar consideration (a la Monster) are considered 2004 releases and eligible for the final top 10.

SilverScreen

12-25-03, 09:47 PM

1. The Return of the King (*****) Outstanding !! - I know, I know... I took WAY too long to go to see this.
2. 50 First Dates (*** 1/2) Nice date movie... nothing outstanding but worth seeing.

MasterCXtreme

12-25-03, 11:21 PM

January
(1/3) - The Usual Suspects: 9/10 - Amazing movie. I didn't see that end coming at all.
(1/7) - Terminator 3: 8/10 - I liked the way it tied in the first 2. Excellent action and effects.
(1/9) - Stuck On You: 7/10 - Another winner from the Farrely Brothers.
(1/22) - From Dusk Till Dawn: 7/10 - Cool little Crime/Vampire movie. Quintin does a great job playing a pshyco here.
(1/22) - The Ghost & The Darkness: 6.5/10 - Hard to believe this happened. Many slow parts, the lion scenes were great though.
(1/24) - Narc: 7/10 - Ray Liota was great, and I loved the ending.
(1/24) - Big Fish: 8.5/10 - Great movie. Entertaining as hell.
(1/25) - Unbreakable: 7.5/10 - The begining through the middle was great. I loved all the Superhero aspects. Although, the ending felt a little off.
(1/29) - Underworld: 6/10 - Great action, I couldn't get into the storyline though. I prefer Blade.

February
(2/8) - Rounders: 9/10 - Excellent poker movie. Damon was fantastic.
(2/8) - Out Of Time 7/10 - A cool, sexy thriller. That Eva Mendez is smoking hot!
(2/9) - Blow 9/10 - A Goodfellas for the new millenium. Depp was outstanding, a very moving performance.
(2/13) - Lost In Translation: 8/10 - Bill Murray was excellent in this movie. Here's hoping he get's the Oscar.
(2/14) - Radio: 5/10 - The acting was great, although the movie just seemed like it was trying too hard to be a typical Football or Mentally Challenged Person movie. Pretty cliche'.
(2/17) - 50 First Dates: 7/10 - A much better movie than I expected it to be. Very funny, and good story. Good job Adam!
(2/20) - American History X: 7/10 - I didn't like the subject matter that much, although the actings was incredible and the story kept me watching.
(2/21) - Scrooged: 7.5/10 - Soon to be my favorite Christmas Carol adaptation. Finally saw it, sure it's not the holidays, but it's still a good flick.
(2/22) - Boogie Nights: 8/10 - Great movie with great characters. A little long, but I'm not complaining. And that Heather Graham...:drool:
(2/22) - Dickie Roberts: 6/10 - I consider myself a David Spade fan, but this movie just felt like a watered down Spade. It was enjoyable.
(2/25) - Taxi Driver 7/10 - I never got to see the end, but what I saw was a good film. I'm sure it was much better back with it's release, but it still holds strong.
(2/19) - Royal Tenenbaums 8/10 - Finally got around to seeing the whole movie. Not as good as Rushmore, but all the performances are very entertaining, and the story is excellent.

March
(3/6) - Donnie Darko: 6.5/10 - It had some enjoyable moments, although it was just too damn creepy in some scenes which never really payed off. It still did have some funny parts actually, and remained somewhat watchable throughout, despite a few disturbing schitzo scenes.
(3/7) - Goldeneye: 8/10 - I haven't seen many Bond movies, and this is the first time I've seen Goldeneye all the way through, and it was really good. I couldn't help but directly think of the video game while watching. The movie maintained all of the great old styles of Bond while still throwing new-style stunts and effects at you.
(3/9) - Starsky & Hutch: 8/10 - Not as funny as I'd hoped, but I'm not saying it wasn't. Very entertaining, and there wasn't much I found wrong with it, but it felt like it could've used a little more, what the french would call... I don't know what.
(3/14) - True Romance: 8.5/10 - Edit: Upon my second viewing, I enjoyed the movie a whole lot more. Much better than it was the first time. Great characters and dialouge. At times, you can really tell that Tarantino wrote it.
(3/17) - Four Rooms: 8/10 - I had never heard about this one until a friend told me about it. The premise sounded interesting, and I love Tarintino's work, so I rented it, and I really enjoyed it. It had some great stories throughout, and saving the best for last. The movie started off a little slow, but quickly picked up. I would've rated it higher, but I find that Tim Roth to be quite an over-actor, especially here in a few scenes. But I liked the old fashion style it had to it, and give it a great 8/10.
(3/18) - Full Metal Jacket: 8.5/10 - I'd always heard about this film and how it's "The best war movie of all time," yatta yatta... While it is very good, it didn't seem to have much story to it, besides that some characters remained throughout. The first half was very interesting, and I thought I was about to see something different from a war movie, but it just turned into a typical one. Although, I was really on the edge of my seat for the final sniper scene.
(3/24) - Band Of Brothers: 9/10 - After buying it nearly a month ago, I have finally finished all ten episodes. The action was top notch, so was the acting, and pretty much everything woven into the Mini-Series. I found it a little hard to keep up with the characters, but I didn't watch them all together. Excellent!
(3/30) - The Passion Of The Christ: 9/10 - Well what can I say that hasn't been said? It was moving, breathtaking, artisitc, and very viloent; although not unnessecary violent. It's opened my eyes a lot, and I'm sure many other people too, about what Jesus actually went through, to save all of us. There's some aspects that I probably need explained, but the movie does require backround knowledge of the story. I thought the movie was outstanding, best new release so far this year. And BIG :up: to James Caviezel playing the lead role.

April
(4/9) - Jersey Girl: 8/10 - I feel bad not seeing this until today, me being such a big Kevin Smith fan. But I found a whole day that I could use to catch up on some movies i've been meaning to see. Anyways, a little bit of a lighter movie then Kevin usually does, but it still worked. The characters were great, and the story moved along quite niceley. Although at times it was a typical lovy-dovy movie, Kevin seemed to through some of his typical humor in it to remind you that you're still watching a Kevin Smith movie. Bravo Kevin.
(4/9) - Hellboy: 6/10 - Well, I wasn't planing on seeing this one, but I did. The action was very good, and for some reason, I thought the main character, Hellboy, was just incredibly cool. Although the plot seemed very jagged to me and I felt bored in some parts, the action was solid.
(4/9) - Girl Next Door: 8/10 - Well, I guess you could say I've kind of grown up with teen-gross-out comedies. Usually I'd just check them out for the T&A and the typical cheap laugh. Although this one was different. There was a great story, great characters, and some real emotion. Don't get me wrong, the T&A was great, and the Elish Cuthbert is so smoking hot, the screen almost lit on fire. I'd take this over American Pie or Eurotrip any day.
(4/9) - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: 7/10 - Jim Carrey, once again trying out his softer side. I loved Man On The Moon, Truman Show, I even thought Liar Liar had some great true acting from Jim; but thought The Majestic was very... stale. Either way, the guy has acting talents, and they were shown here. Although not as much as his other movies. Primarily, the crazy plotline was in focus in this movie. It was funny, romantic, and a "Mind F**k," as these types of movies have been known to be called. It's no Man On The Moon, but it isn't any Majestic either; it's an incredibly interesting movie to watch, and hopefully Jim Carrey doesn't stop with his more serious movies.
(4/14) - Jaws: 9/10 - I've been doing this thing latley which is seeing all the movies I've been meaning to see. Mostly older movies. This of course is one. I gotta say, really great movie. If it wasn't for the incredibly cheesey looking shark, it'd be perfect. But it was done 30 or so years ago, so I wouldn't blame them for it.
(4/16) - Brazil: 7/10 - Very strange movie. I suppose that's Gilliam's style. But I'd have to watch this another 1 or 2 times to fully comprehend the movie, so I'm really not sure what to give the rating. Of what I saw, and understood... I'd give around a seven.
(4/18) - Kill Bill Vol. 2: 10/10 - A helluva lot better than Volume 1, and I loved that movie too, I gave that one a 9. Everything about this movie was just freaking incredible. All the actors did an awesome job, and Tarintino did as well. It was extremley satisfying, and ties up the story very well. To me, this volume felt more like a 'Tarintino Movie' with the dialouge and great character and plot development. I'd love to see a cut of both movies put together, maybe with added scenes? I'd buy it.
(4/21) - Enemy At The Gates: 8/10 - A really great war movie. The sniper scenes were incredible, and you could definitley feel the tension. I really liked Ed Harris and Rachel Weiz in this one. Great performances. This makes me want to go play some Counter-Strike...
(4/30) - Tears Of The Sun: 6/10 - A decent war movie, nothing i'd call amazing. Far from the greatness of Band Of Brothers or the excitment of Enemy At The Gates, but a good watch. I like Bruce Willis, but sometimes his acting can be flat, including here. Although the movie ended with a bang, and left me with a good feeling.

May
(5/7) - Casino: 8/10 - It's no Goodfellas, but I really enjoyed it. Deniro is awesome as always and Pesci was entertaining... like always.
(5/7) - Swingers: 9/10 - You know, I REALLY liked this movie. The actors, the music, the events, the video games, and the movie refrences, oh man: Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Jaws... my kind of movie. I didn't really feel for Mike at the end, but we've all been there and know what it's like. Awesome movie I'd definitley watch again. It's MONEY!
(5/20) - Wonderboys: 8/10 - Excellent movie, only caught it on tv, so I might end up renting it to see the whole thing. Michae Douglas and everyone else did an awesome job, I really liked the characters in this movie. Interesting on the director's part. Curtis Hanson sure doesn't stick to a single genre of his. I like that as opposed to some directors who don't feel confident enough to jump around.
(5/21) - Mississippi Burning: 7/10 - Watched it in History Class. Pretty good movie, the actors did a nice job. Great portrayal of racism and civil rights abuse in our history.
(5/23) - Fight Club: 9.5/10 - Well okay... I've seen it before. I bought it yesterday, and watched it today. I'm adding this because I finally understand the movie. A lot of times it's difficult for me to fully understand a movie. It took countless times and many conversations for me to fully figure out The Matrix. Now that I've seen it again, I really did enjoy it. Seeing how everything really is, adds a lot to the replay factor. I don't know if I'd give it a solid 10, but it's definitley up there.
(5/26) - Easy Rider: 7/10 - Kind of a disappointment, I was expecting a little more from the movie. Without seeing it, I'd always associate this movie with Nicholson, and this being his big break of a movie. But it seems that he doesn't even come into play until halfway through. Some scenes just really didn't work with me. The acid trip, the farm, and the ending. Although, the music, cinematography, and the acting were all great. It's the kind of movie that's good to just kick back and gaze at, and not worry too much about any plot. But all in all, I don't think it exactly lives up to all of the acclaim i've heard, but it's still a good movie.
(5/31) - Day After Tomorrow: 7.5/10 - A great disaster flick with just the right amount of awesome special effects and an interesting story line. Although some of it is really stretching the line of possibility.... still entertaining.

June
(6/12) - Harry Potter 3: 8.5/10 - The best so far. The books keep getting better, let's hope the movies follow as well.
(6/18)- Dodeball: 7.5/10 - A lot funnier than what I had expected. The previews make it look pathetic, but it really pulls through with the laughs. Ben & Vince are great as always, plus the supporting cast and suprising cameos make it very humorous.
(6/22) - Elephant: 6/10 - I remember catching the preview for this a long time ago and being captivated by it. The movie looked amazing and frightening. Renting it today, I couldn't wait to finally take a look. Perhaps it was my expectations, but the movie didn't go as deep as I would've liked to. It takes a look at many High School stereotypes, and how a day of school would usually go for many of the characters. It takes a look at how harsh that world can be, and how kids should probably be payed attention to more. I was expecting more of a fictionalized version of Columbine, showing the before/event/ and after-effects; but it sort of works as a "behind the scenes" look. But it's a beautiful movie, and more character driven than I expected. Good? Yes.
(6/24) - Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: 8/10 - An older, yet very entertaining movie. A western I suppose you could call it. Very similar to the blockbusters you see today. I wouldn't mind seeing this again.
(6/24) - The Jerk: 8/10 - Some have called it Steve Martin's best. I don't think I'd disagree too much, this was a helluva funny movie. Very ridiculous, stupid, and full of slapstick humor but Steve makes it work. Classic comedy.
(6/24) - Evil Dead: 6/10 - This didn't come off as too scary to me, but not many movies frighten me to begin with. I found it rather humorous, but it didn't seem all that intentional. I hear the second of the series actually is more of a comedy though. It was creepy, cheesy, and a pretty cheap movie; but it entertained me for it's short runtime.
(6/26) - Miller's Crossing: 8.5/10 - As I'm working my way through the Coen Brother's movie list, I've been quite suprised. Both of those guys are incredible film-makers, and it shows through shinely in this one. The cinematography was a big plus for the film, as were the great performances. A very good little mob flick.
(6/27) - Mystic River: 9/10 - A very powerful movie with some excellent performances. I thought Tim Robbins did an amazing job playing his character.
(6/28) - Fahrenheit 9/11: 9/10 - The more I think about it, the more my rating changes. I left my lengthy opinion here (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=5037831#post5037831). In the end, Moore makes some excellent points. This war doesn't have a proper cause, and surley needs to be stopped. The movie was a good, important movie to see, and will likley change the minds of some voters come November.
(6/29) - Spiderman 2: 9/10 - Technically, I saw a midnight showing, but who reads this anyways, right? Anyways, excellent movie, in many ways: better than the first. I'm glad the story continued the way it did, and I'll be first in line for #3. I loved this movie, and I hope it makes a sh!t load of money, it deserves it.

July
(7/1) - Waiting For Guffman: 7/10 - Funny movie. Many of the actors/actresses in here are hilarious, I love these Christopher Guest movies.
(7/2) - Intolerable Cruelty: 7/10 - Funny, entertaining, and damn does CZJ look gorgeous! I like Clooney, he did a good job. Surley not the Coen's best, but it definitley wasn't bad.
(7/3) - Raging Bull: 9/10 - Amazing. Deniro surley sits in my Top 5 Actors list, and this movie only solidifies his spot. Excellent performances by all. Beautifully shot as well. Deniro and Scorsese together never disappoint.
(7/6) - Bronx Tale: 9/10 - Outstanding movie. Loved the characters, the story, the music... a great directing job by Deniro.
(7/6) - Eurotrip: 7/10 - A lot funnier than I thought it was going to be. The "Scotty Doesn't Know" song was one of the funniest songs I've heard in awhile. A lot of hilarious stuff here. But then, there's some gross/nudity/sex humor that doesn't really work.
(7/7) - The Producers: 6.5/10 - Apparently, Brooks' first film. It's funny, now that the play is on Broadway, the movie almost sounds like it could be on stage to begin with. It was funny, but not THAT funny.
(7/7) - Shade: 7.5/10 - A very cool movie. Not as good as Rounders in terms of poker flicks, but it was definitley worth seeing. Some nice twists and turns to keep you watching.
(7/7) - Bubba Ho-Tep: 8/10 - A really fun movie to watch. As weird as it was... I wanted to keep watching. Great actors, music, story... great movie. Although, the weird level is turned up quite a bit here, so it's not for everyone.
(7/8) - Anchorman The Legend Of Ron Burgundy: 9/10 - Let me just go ahead and say that Will Ferrell is the funniest man on the face of the earth, he's a God amoungst mortals, and we should all bow down to the Tank, and eat little crackers on Sundays in his name. This movie is easily the funniest movie of the year. I love what Ferrell does, and I love what he did here. He's got the same odd, random, dumb, but smart sense of humor that most Ferrell fans know and love. Although there are some jokes that fall a little flat, what doesn't fall, is enormously hilarious. It's better than Elf, but doesn't quite reach the greatness of Old School. Bravo Will! I hope he does it again soon.
(7/15) - City Of God: 8/10 - After all the great things I had heard about this movie, it sounded like a masterpiece of film. Even the little box said it's "One of the best movie's you'll ever see!" I don't think it quite reaches that potential. But it was pretty damn good. It was entertaining, compelling, interesting, and dare I say... beautiful? Reminds me of Goodfellas in many ways. People letting the madness of murder take over, but at least the main character brought in a little goodness into the story. Very well done, and I highly recommend it.
(7/27) - Braveheart: 8.5/10 - Now that I've finally seen it, I realize that Mel Gibson is probably crazier than I thought. It's funny how you can see little similarities between this and The Passion. Anyways, the movie alone was excellent, great story, and awesome battles.
(7/29) - Batman: 7.5/10 - I love the atmosphere of this movie and with only one villian against Batman, it's a little simpler than some of the other sequels. Keaton and Nicholson were very good in this one.
(7/31) - Butterfly Effect: 8/10 - Definitley a lot better that I thought it was be. Very disturbing, yet, interesting to watch... I didn't want to get up. Part of me was expecting his friends to shout out 'You just got PUNK'D!' but thankfully they didn't. Ashton did a suprisingly good job here, I hope it leads to more good flicks like this.

August
(8/5) - Dr. Stragelove: 6/10 - It had some funny moments here and there, but overall I didn't enjoy it that much. Maybe I wasn't in the mood or the movie is just out of my time, but I didn't find it to be as great as it's claimed to be.
(8/5) - Bad Santa: 6.5/10 - It was alright... but part of me just thought that this movie could've been so much better than it was. There were many points in the movie where I thought the Billy-Bob's character would develep a little faster, but just took another swig of booze. But overall, not bad, I thought the the kid and Billy-Bob worked well together.
(8/9) - Magnolia: 8.5/10 - Beautiful movie, with excellent performances, from some great people. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Even at 3 hours, it didn't seem long to me.
(8/19) - Mean Streets: 6/10 - Great actors, great director, but I just wasn't feeling this movie too much. It didn't seem like it had a central plotline. Although the actor's did a great job.
(8/20) - I'm Gonna Git You Sucka: 5.5/10 - It had a few very funny moments, but overall, I didn't think it was anything special.
(8/26) - Baraka: 8.5/10 - A suprisingly amazing movie, that isn't quite a movie. More of a film or documentary. No words, just images from all around the world. Some shocking, some beautiful, some confusing, and some are even funny (probably unintentionally). There's a lot of stuff here I'm sure I've missed. It'll need another viewing. It was quite good and I suggest any open-minded film geek to check this one out.
(8/30) - Seabiscuit: 8/10 - A very well done movie. Nothing mind-blowing or specatacular, just a very well done movie. Jeff Bridges was great as Ford, and I even like Maguire's character quite a bit. Quite a piece of work.

September
(9/18) - Man On Fire: 7.5/10 - A great performance by DW, but only a good movie overall. The edgy, choppy, wanna-be fresh camera effects seemed unnecessary to the movie, but besides that, everything was solid. But to be honest... I could've used a little more Walken.
(9/27) - Bookie$: 5/10 - A cool idea at first, but then it gets a little out of control. The drug thing threw it a little off-track in my opinion. A good plot, but poor execution.
(9/28) - Pretty In Pink: 6/10 - I'm a guy, so don't be so shocked that I didn't enjoy this movie like many others have. I've always thought Breakfast Club was great, but this seemed just mediocre. Although in the end, it did wind up killing about 3 days worth of Language Arts class.
(9/28) - Super-Size Me: 8.5/10 - Funny, interesting, shocking, and very well done. Not at one point during the movie was I ever bored, or wondering when it would end. I wouldn't mind seeing some more work from this guy. For now... I'm staying clear away from Mr. M's big Golden Arches.
(9/30) - Envy: 5.5/10 - I was dissappointed, even though I knew it was bad. The plot didn't go the way it could've, and the jokes just weren't funny. Walken was entertaining as always... but I wasn't feelin' it... even though I wanted to.

October
(10/18) - Team America: World Police: 8.5/10 - What can I say really? Anything Matt & Trey put out I'm likley to eat up. This wasn't as good as South Park BL&U, not by a long shot. I think I might have over-excited myself for this one. It felt a little disappointing. But the laughs were there, and that's what counts. The action parodies for the post part were right on, but in some cases, they seemed to slow the movie down. They left in little slow moments that even a ridiculous cast of puppets couldn't carry. But when the movie was funny, it was hilarious. Plenty of great jokes and one-liners. It's good that they were just trying to be funny. I'm glad they didn't choose a side and end up bashing the left or the right... they just went for everyone. The music was fantastic, and I can't help but get it stuck in my head. All in all, it could've been a little more solid. The whole movie was more like a stretched out balls-to-the-wall episode of South Park... but in a good way, a great way.
(10/21) - Chinatown: 7/10 - Excellent. I love Nicholson. But the movie dragged in places, IMO.
(10/22) - Snatch: 7.5/10 - Excellent flick, but I couldn't follow it though. I should see it again.
(10/31) - The Ladykillers: 8/10 - I love the Coen Brothers, and they don't disappoint in this one. Nothing extroardinary, but a very entertaining flick.

November
(11/1) - Boyz N' The Hood: 8.5/10 - What spiked my interest in this movie was of course GTA: San Andreas which has taken a lot from Boyz N' The Hood. After playing the game, I couldn't help but rent this movie. I loved all the actors and the performances they gave. The exchanges in between Cuba and Lawrence Fishburne were excellent and added a lot to the story. Plus seeing the world through the eyes of somebody who tries to seperate himself from it didn't make it seem too harsh and horrid.
(11/6) - Friday Night Lights: 8/10 -I love sports movies, especially football movies. I love football movies, especially high school football movies. Every once in awhile one comes around, and most of the time, you're not disappointed. Being based on a acclaimed best-selling book, I was expecting something good. Unfortunatley, I was a little disappointed. In my opinion, I think the camera work and editing could've been a whole helluva lot better. The whole time I was just thinking to myself..."Is this camera man going to cool down? Can we zoom out just a little bit? What is this, Blair Witch?" And of course there's something to be said about the exaggeration used outside the field. Especially involving the drunken father and son. Even if it stays faithful to the book and story, I think they could've eased up a bit. But the one thing that saved this entire movie, in my opinion... was the ending. This had a fucking fantastic ending. ***SPOILER***For the movie's sake, I loved how they didn't win, and the director handled it very well. The actors, the writing, the music, and the director again captured to an unbelieveable extent what it feels like to lose the big game. As far as I know, I haven't seen another footbal movie that ended like that. See it just for the ending, especially if you're a player.
(11/19) - The Incredibles:9/10 - Pixar's on an unbelieveable streak of good movies and so far I have yet to be disappointed. I got a lot more out of this movie than I thought I would. It clocks in around 2 hours and is almost packed full of too much entertainment to handle, but it blew me away. Great animation, story, and voice talent. My only gripe was that it was practically unbearable. That could've been because I was tired that night, but it was still a huge movie. I could've used a little more Samuel Jackson, but I suppose you can never have enough.
(11/21) - Spongebob Squarepants: 7.5/10 - I never watched the show too much, but what I've seen, I enjoyed. I saw the movie not really intending to see it, but I got a big kick out of it. It was a lot funnier than I thought it would be. Great off-the-wall humor that is really great, when it works.
(11/22) - Se7en: 9.5/10 - Probably the greatest thriller I have ever seen. I don't think you could ask for a better cast when it came to this flick. I was hoping for a different ending, but what can ya do. A helluva solid movie.
(11/27) - Poolhall Junkies: 7.5/10 - A very cool movie that flowed quite nicely. Great actors, cool pool scenes, but a predictable story. It started off great and was going good but I lossed interest about three quarters through. It all held together though and was very entertaining.
(11/29) - Boondock Saints: 8.5/10 - A pretty good movie. It reminded me of The Usual Suspects a little bit. The acting, cinematography, humor, and action was all very well done. There were some pretty amazing scenes in this film that were just awesome to watch. Although, I felt like I'd seen this movie before and wasn't too blown away like people were. In the end, I do agree that it was a solid flick.
(11/29) - The Terminal: 8/10 - Much better than I thought it would be. Tom Hanks seems to impress me more and more over time. Actually a pretty funny movie which was very entertaining. Some bits were a cheesy and cliche' but it didn't take much away from the whole film.

December
(12/1) - Desperado: 9/10 - What a flick. Top notch action, humor, & dialogue. The wide cast of actors was used very well while it still focused on the main story. Maybe it's just because Salma Hayek's been my fantasy since I was a little boy, but I loved it.
(12/1) - El Mariachi: 8/10 - This was on a double-feature DVD which happened to be on Desperado. I probably would've never seen it if it wasn't included. It wasn't a huge-budget action shoot-em-up, but it wasn't trying to be. After awhile, you couldn't even notice that it's an independant made movie. Pretty impressive by Rodriguez.
(12/2) - Once Upon A Time In Mexico: 7/10 - Doesn't live up to the rest of the trilogy, but it was entertaining to say the least. Others have said that the movie tried to do too many stories at once, and I think that's the problem as well. If they would've tightned up the story and focused on the mariachi a little more, it could've been a lot better. But it was definitley fun to watch.
(12/4) - Hero: 6/10 - Similar to OUATIM, it's great fun to watch, but it didn't seem to have much behind it. I couldn't get into the story and found myself literally just watching it, not getting into it at all. Although the filmmaking was very impressive and is worth pointing out. I wasn't a huge fan of Crouching Tiger either. Maybe I'll give it another viewing.
(12/7) - Memento: 9/10 - A very interesting movie that was kind of hard to get into for me. I'm glad I did, I enjoyed it quite a bit. The trick of showing the movie scenes in reverse order worked great for the story. Made you feel for the main character more than you would've without it. I wasn't exactly blown away by the acting, but it's just too cool to ignore.
(12/11) - 25th Hour: 8/10 - A pretty solid movie except for the end in my opinion. It could've wrapped things up a little more. I don't want to spoil anything, but if it would've ended maybe 3-4 minutes before it did, I could've been more satisfied.
(12/16) - The King Of Comedy: 7/10 - Not at all the movie I was expecting, in fact, it was probably the opposite. I was thinking it was going to be more like a Raging Bull of Comedians... where the main character is the star, but it was more like Taxi Driver, where the main character is someone insignificant. I liked a lot about it, but I wouldn't go writing home about it.
(12/16) - Collateral: 10/10 - Quite possibly the coolest movie of the year. Jamie Foxx was suprisingly good, as was Tom Cruise. Maybe I'm overrating it a little bit, but I thought it was a perfect crime movie with a solid story and real characters. Great stuff.
(12/17) - Oceans Twelve: 7/10 - With all of the great talent involved in these movies, it'd be impossible for it not to be entertaining. Plenty of humor to keep you in and tons of twists and turns to keep it interesting. An all-star cast. It got a little old at times, but enjoyable nonetheless.
(12/18) - Sideways: 8.5/10 - I'd heard some good things about it, checked it out, and enjoyed it immensley. The two actors were excellent and played their characters perfectly. When it was dramatic, it was touching, and when it was funny, it was hilarious. It reminded me of Swingers, except maybe 20 years later. My only gripe with the movie was the length. I felt it dragged a little too long for the type of movie it was... but it was still excellent. One of the better films of the year.
(12/22) - Napoleon Dynamite: 8/10 - Hilarious. It's just so different, I think that's what people love about it. Don't have much to say... it was funny.
(12/27) - Blade Trinity: 7/10 - It's what I was expecting. Wild action, cool weapons, the occasional "haha"... it was entertaining. I liked the idea of the human world getting somewhat involved instead of us being looked down upon as usual... although that is done.
(12/30) - The Life Aquatic: 7/10 - Not as good as I'd hoped... but still good. Wes Anderson's other flicks were definitley better. This one didn't have a very good flow and at one point in the movie... it seemed as if everyone had forgotten about the shark. If it was more focused and had less "quirky" scenes, it would've been much better.

joeydaninja

12-25-03, 11:55 PM

bottom of the heap.

but still on first :D

Return of the King = 8 out of 10
Kill Bill = 9

Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow = 9
Alien vs. Predator = 8
Starsky and Hutch = 7
Kill Bill Vol. 2 = 10

rkndkn

12-26-03, 10:36 PM

Will list only those films seen theatrically in 2004. Rated on a 4-star scale.

2004 Film List

Eligible 2004 releases seen theatrically: 71
All films seen theatrically in 2004: 78

****

Before Sunset

***1/2

Touching the Void
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. . .Spring
A Home at the End of the World

***

The Butterfly Effect
Spartan
The United States of Leland
The Terminal
The Return
The Manchurian Candidate
Collateral
Garden State
Intimate Strangers
Tae Guk Gi
Vanity Fair
Maria Full of Grace
The Mother
Mean Creek
Friday Night Lights
Goddess of Mercy
Heaven's Bookstore
Gettin' Square
Untold Scandal
Closer

**1/2

Calendar Girls
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Starsky & Hutch
Hidalgo
Secret Window
Taking Lives
13 Going on 30
Good bye, Lenin!
Shrek 2
The Day After Tomorrow
I'm Not Scared
Spider-Man 2
I, Robot
The Bourne Supremacy
Love Me if You Dare
Open Water
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Cellular
Wimbledon
Facing Windows
Shall We Dance?
Rewind
Low Life
Alfie
Enduring Love
House of Flying Daggers

**

The Dreamers
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Connie and Carla
Van Helsing
The Chronicles of Riddick
Two Brothers
The Village
The Clearing
Touch of Pink
The Forgotten
Cutie Honey
Sound of Colors
Breaking News
Natural City
The Lost Embrace
Finding Neverland
Ocean's 12
Flight of the Phoenix

*1/2

Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason

*

Purple Butterfly

Non-festival 2003 releases seen theatrically in 2004:

Bubba Ho-tep **1/2
Monster ***
Big Fish **1/2
Girl with a Pearl Earring **
Triplets of Belleville **
The Barbarian Invasions ***1/2
Japanese Story ***

jasonbird

12-27-03, 12:38 PM

Here we go...

Passion of the Christ ****
Spiderman 2 ****

Hidalgo ***
Miracle ***
Hellboy ***
Walking Tall ***
Taking Lives ***
Alamo ***
Man of Fire ***
Troy ***
Shrek 2 ***
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ***
Riddick ***
Terminal ***
King Arthur ***
I Robot ***
Ancorman: The Legend of Ron Burgendy ***

Day After Tomorrow **
The Ladykillers **
Ella Enchanted **
Van Helsing **
Dodgeball **
Bourne Supremecy **
Village **
Alien vs Predator **

Jason

Lothaerius

12-27-03, 03:23 PM

out of muh. I mean ten.

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.............10
2. Dogville......................................................9
3. The Incredibles...........................................9
4. Garden State...............................................9
5. OLDBOY......................................................8
6. The Terminal...............................................8
7. Les Triplettes de Belleville..............................8
8. Shaun of the Dead.......................................8
9. Napoleon Dynamite........................................8
10. Zatoichi.....................................................8
11. Big Fish.....................................................8
12. Spider-Man 2..............................................7
13. I Heart Huckabees......................................7
14. Kill Bill vol. 2................................................7
15. Collateral...................................................7
16. The Village.................................................7
17. The Ladykillers............................................7
18. The Passion of the Christ..............................7
19. Touching the Void.......................................7
20. Le Peuple migrateur.....................................7
21. i, ROBOT....................................................7
22. Saw.........................................................6
23. The Day After Tomorrow..............................6
24. The Chronicles of Riddick..............................6
25. Dodgeball..................................................6
26. The Bourne Supremacy.................................6
27. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.........6
28. Hellboy......................................................6
29. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow..........6
30. AVP..........................................................5
31. Along Came Polly.........................................5
32. Dawn of the Dead.......................................5
33. Troy.........................................................4

DRG

12-27-03, 06:26 PM

2003 Movies Seen In Theaters for First Time on 2004

01/13 Big Fish ....A-
01/23 Mystic River ....A
01/24 The Cat in the Hat ....D
01/31 Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World ....B+
03/13 In America ....A+
03/14 The Fog of War ....B
03/27 Something's Gotta Give ....B
04/04 Peter Pan ....B

2004 Movies

01/16 Torque ....B-
03/02 The Passion of the Christ ....B+
03/06 50 First Dates ....B+
03/07 Eurotrip ....A-
03/16 Starsky & Hutch ....B
03/19 Dawn of the Dead ....A
03/20 Secret Window ....B
03/23 Taking Lives ....C+
04/02 Walking Tall ....B
04/07 Hellboy ....B+
05/05 Kill Bill Vol. 2....A
05/08 Mean Girls ....A-
05/09 Van Helsing ....C
05/13 Godsend ....C+
05/24 Shrek 2 ....A
05/28 The Day After Tomorow ....B
06/04 Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban ....A-
06/10 Raising Helen ....C+
06/19 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ....A-
06/21 The Terminal ....B+
06/28 The Chronicles of Riddick ....B+
07/05 Spider-Man 2 ....A+
07/12 Anchorman ....A

Fahrenheit 9/11 ....B
The Bourne Supremacy ....A-
I, Robot ....A-
Catwoman ....C-
The Manchurian Candidate ....C
The Village ....B
Collateral ....A-
Alien vs Predator ....C-
Paparazzi ....C-
Resident Evil: Apocalypse ....B

08/27 Without a Paddle ...C
09/19 Cellular ....B+
09/24 The Forgotten ....B-
09/26 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ....B-
10/08 Taxi ....C+
10/10 Ladder 49 ....B
10/17 Team America: World Police ....A-
10/22 The Grudge ....B+
10/29 Friday Night Lights ....B+
11/05 Ray ....B+
11/12 After the Sunset ....B
11/20 The Incredibles ....A

wm lopez

12-28-03, 04:24 PM

1977, 1987, 1997 were good years for popcorn movies, so better make that 2007 page.

Grimfarrow

12-28-03, 09:14 PM

1. Five (Abbas Kiarostami)
2. The World (Jia Zhangke)
3. Shara (Naomi Kawase)
4. Darkness Bride (William Kwok)
5. Bright Future (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6. Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa)
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)
8. Los Muertos (Lisandro Alonso)
9. The Time We Killed (Jennifer Reeves)
10. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Giles

12-29-03, 10:00 AM

2004 Film List

2004 Films: 123
2003 Films: 125
Pre-2003 Films: 121
Short Films: 79

Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957) IB
I Was Born But... (1932) O
Rashômon (1950)
Death In Gaza SD
Scenes From A Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) (282min version)(1973) IB
Death of A President (Smierc prezydenta) (1978) JK
Playtime (1967) (70mm)
Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) (1972) IB
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) BB
Original Child Bomb SD
Duck Soup (1933) MB
Secrets of Women (Kvinnors väntan) (1952) IB
Smiles of A Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende)(1955)IB
Facing Windows (La Finestra di Fronte) (2003)*
The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (1960) IB
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003)*
Born into Brothels SD
Horse Feathers (1932) MB
Moolaade
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) OW
The Innocents (1961) MC
Tokyo Story (Tokyo monogatari) (1953) O
Animal Crackers (1930) MB
Illusive Tracks (Skenbart) (2003) RA
Hearts & Minds (1974)
The Five Obstructions (2003) LVT
The Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968) IB
L'Age D'Or (1930)
Late Autumn (1960) O
Persona (1966) IB
Through A Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (1961) IB
The Stranger (1946) OW
The Kingdom II (Riget II) (1997) LVT
The Silence (Tystnaden) (1963) IB
Dreams (Kvinnodröm) (1955) IB
Touch of Evil (1958) OW
Liberia: An Uncivil War SD
Monkey Business (1931) MB
Vodka Lemon (Hiner Saleem) (2003) DCFF
Maboroshi (Maboroshi no hikari) (1995) HK
After Life (Wandafuru raifu) (1998) HK
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The Dekalog (1996) KK
The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Santo Domingo Blues (2003) SD
The Third Man (1939) OW
Battaglia di Algeri, La (The Battle of Algeirs) (1965)
Sideways
Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot) (2002)*
The Kingdom (Riget) (1994) LVT
Los Olividados (1950) M
Powertrip (2003) EFF
Shaun of the Dead
Waiting Room (2003) DCFF
Riding Giants MFF
Tom Jones (1963)
S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine (2002)
The Last Seduction (1994)
Macbeth (1948) OW
The Corporation (2003)*
Festival Express (2003)*
Intimate Strangers (Confidences trop intimes)
The Incredibles (DLP presentation)
Bad Education (La Mala Educacione)
Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen) (2000)
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Vera Drake
Postmen in the Mountains (1998/2003)*
A Very Long Engagement
Touching the Void (2003)*
The Apartment (1960)
Winter Light (Nattvardsgästerna) (1961) IB
Annie Hall (1977)
The Rite (Riten) (1968) IB
All About Eve (1950)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) OW
Fahrenheit 9/11
Modern Times (1936)
Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival (1996)
The Apple (1998) FA
The Clay Bird (2002)*
Earth (Zemlya ) (1930) MC
No.17 (Heharug Ha-17) (2003) SD
Lifeboat (1944) NT
Paper Clips
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Distant (Uzak) (2002)
Infernal Affiars (2002) PS Infernal Affiars II (2003) PS
Trois Couleurs: Rouge (1994) KK
Blackboards (2000) FA
Head-On (Gegen die Wand) (2003) EU
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2003) SD
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) (1955) FF
Cat People (1942) VL
Super Size Me
Kontroll (2003) EU
Since Otar Left (2003)*
Weekend (1967) JLG
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Tintin and I (Tintin et Moi) (2003) SD
Tom Dowd & the Language of Music (2003)*
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)*
In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith SD
Code 46 (2003)*
Carandiru (2003)*
The Beauty Academy of Kabul SD
Nazarin (1959) M
Koktebel (2003) DCFF
Decasia (2002)
The Kite (2003) DCFF
The Fugitive (Zatoichi kyojo tabi) (1963) DCFF
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) EFF
Dark Blue World (Tmavomodrý svet) (2001)
Blind Shaft (Mang jing) (2003)*
Osama (2003)* PS
Breaking the Waves (1996) DC
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) PS
Maria Full of Grace (2003)*
Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) (1978) IB
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Being Julia
Before Sunset
Singing Behind the Screen (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003) EU
On the Town (1949)
A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baramnan gajok) (2003) K
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me but Your Teeth are in My Neck (1967)
New Tales of Zatoichi (Shin Zatoichi monogatari) (1963) DCFF
I Walked With A Zombie (1943) VL
My Sassy Girl (Yeopgijeogin geunyeo) (2001) K
Dig!
The Isle (2000)
Tarnation
The Shining (1980) LB
The Machinist (2003)
Kinsey
She Hate Me
Time of the Wolf (Temps du loup, Le) (2003)*
The Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm) (1968) BH I
Mean Creek
The Night of the Iguana (1964) TW
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
The Creeping Flesh (1973) BH II
Springtime in a Small Town (2002) D
Deadline SD
The Mother (2003)
Dogville (2003)* DC
Captain Kronos: Vampire Killer (1973) BH II
Open Water
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (Kochav Shel Shlomi, Ha-) (2003)
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)*
The Weather Underground (2003)
Haute Tension (2003) PF
You I Love (Ya lyublu tebya) RA
Rolling SD
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) (2003)*
Gojira (Godzilla) (1954)
Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Microcosmos (Le Peuple de l'herbe) (1996) EFF
Victory Through Air Power (1943) FL
Eyes Without A Face (Yeux sans visage, Les) (1960)
Gozu (Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu) (2003)*
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
The Black Cat (1934) MC
Symmetry (Symetria) EU
The Inheritance (Arven) (2003)
Masculin Féminin (1966) JLG
Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993) KK
Red Lights (Feux rouges) (2003)
Seducing Dr. Lewis (La Grande Séduction) (2003)*
Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) (2003) PS
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Grimm (2003) PS
Friday Night Lights
Golden Chicken (Gam gai) (2002) MHK
Broadway: The Golden Age
The Yes Men
Master of the Flying Guillotine (Ultimate) (1975/2002)
Shackelton's Antartic Adventure (2001) IMAX
The Idiots: Dogme #2 (1998) LVT
Bay of Angels (Baie des anges, La) (1963) FF
Aileen: Life and Death of Seriel Killer (2003)*
Callas Forever (2002)
Bear Cub (Cachorro) RA
Rosenstrasse (2003)*
Father and Son (Otets I Syn) (2003)*
Ray
Bang Rajan (2000)*
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust SD
Control Room
Beautiful Boxer (2003) RA
Noi Albino (2003)
Distance (2000) HK
Spiderman 2
Sexual Dependency (Dependencia sexual) (2003) LA
Raja (2003)
Cannibal: The Musical (1996) WPS
I, Robot
Princess Maria JFF
Undertow
Greendale (2003)*
The Notebook
Modigliani JFF
The Loss of Nameless Things SD
Love Me if You Dare (2003)*
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)*
I'm Not Scared (2003)*
Metropolis (2001) Anime
Charade (1963)
Diary of A Chambermaid (Journal d'une femme de chambre, Le) (1964) FF
Boys of County Clare (2003) PS
Shrek 2
The Agronomist (2003)*
My Children Are Different (Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres) (2003) DCFF
Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniolów) (1961) JK
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience IMAX 3D
21 Grams (2003)
Crimson Gold (2003) IFF
Intermission (2003)*
The Bride Wore Black (Mariée était en noir, La) (1968) FF
Latter Days (2003)*
Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)*
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)*
My Flesh and Blood (2003)*
Session 9 (2001)
Games People Play: New York
Remember Me (Ricordati di mi)(2003) DCFF
Bon Voyage (2003)
Abouna (2002)
Blowup (1966)
Mean Girls
D.E.B.S. RA
Flight of the Phoenix
Collateral
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)*
Trois Couleurs: Blanc (1994) KK
Monsieur Ibrahim (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran) (2003)*
Men Suddenly in Black (Daai Cheung Foo) (2003) MHK
Team America: World Police
Reconstruction (2003)*
This Little Life (2003) PS
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo)
Man in the Dark (1953) 3D
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) BH II
Teacher's Pet (2003)*
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Tesseract (2003) PS
Japanese Story (2003)*
A Lesson in Love (Lektion i kärlek, En) (1954) IB
At Five in the Afternoon (Panj é asr) (2003) FA
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)*
Touch of Pink (2003)*
Strayed (Les Égarés) (2003)*
We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Overnight
Closer
Primer
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Uncovered: The Whole Truth of Iraq (2003)*
Emitai (God of Thunder) (1971)
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) BH II
Incident at Loch Ness
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Motorcycle Diaries
Saved! DCIFF
The Gate of Sun (Bab el shams) A
Cheese and Jam (Kajmak in Marmelade) (2002/2003) EU
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Millennium Mambo (2001) D
p.s.
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Alfie
The Polar Express (DLP presentation)
A Dirty Shame
The Brown Bunny (2003)*
The Dreamers (2003)*
The Door in the Floor
One From the Heart (1982)
Bright Young Things (2003)*
Finding Neverland
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) NT
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
The Aviator
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Children Will Listen SD
Garden State (2003)*
The Passion of the Christ
Mifune (Mifunes sidste sang) (1999) DC
Inner Senses (Yee do hung gaan) (2002) MHK
The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
Car Wash (1976)
Vanity Fair
Dawn of the Dead
A Home At the End of the World
Napolean Dynamite
Valentin (2003)*
Spanglish
The Grudge
The Clearing
The Stepford Wives
Memories of Earth (2003) EFF
Danny Deckchair (2003)*
Soldiers of the Rock (2003) DCFF
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998) Anime
Free Radicals (Böse Zellen) (2003) ASG
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Triple Agent (2003) EU
The Chronicals of Riddick
Monster (2003)
The Reckoning (2001)*
Love in Thoughts (Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken) (2003) RA
Bloom (2003) JFF
Secret Things (Choses secrètes) (2002)*
The Company (2003)
Starsky and Hutch
Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
The Bourne Supremacy
Saw
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
Hellboy
The Day After Tomorrow
The Terminal
13 Going on 30
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)*
Hidalgo
The Vanity Serum (Siero della vanità, Il) WI
Bottom of the Sea (El fondo del mar) (2003) DCFF
Baadasssss! (2003)*
Secret Window
Afterlife (2003) PS
Wimbledon
Eurotrip
The Ladykillers
Stage Beauty
Uniform (Zhifu) (2003) DCFF
Wildflower (Flor Silvestre) (1943) M
Lost in Time (Mong Bat Liu) (2002) MHK
Connie & Carla
White Chicks
Hellbent RA
Woman is the Future of Man (Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda) K
Troy
Young Adam (2002)*
In My Skin (Dans ma peau) (2002)
The Raspberry Reich RA
Seed of Chucky
The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro)
Ocean’s Twelve
Incantanto (Cuore altrove, Il) (2003)
Shark Tale
I &hearts; Huckabees
The Village
Running On Karma (Daai chek liu) (2003) MHK
The Manchurian Candidate
Home on the Range
The United States of Leland
The Young Black Stallion (2003) Imax
Blade: Trinity
Another Life (Ovunque sei) WI
Alien Vs. Predator
The Punisher
National Treasure
The Statement (2003)
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2003)*
Van Helsing
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Drums of Tahiti (1954) 3D
De-Lovely
King Arthur
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)*
Alexander
Shall We Dance
The Forgotten
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Twentynine Palms (2003)*
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Green Fish (Chorok mulkogi) (1997) K
Against the Ropes
The Coast Guard (Hae anseon) (2002) K
Hollywood Lights WI

Short Films

Education for Death (1943) FL
Lucia DCFF
Chicken Little (1943) FL
Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) FL
Reason and Emotion (1943) FL
Foo-Foo Dust (2003) SD
I Promise Africa (2003) DCIFF
Giant (Velikan) (2003) DCFF
Private Pluto (1943) FL
A Love Supreme (2001) SD
Pull the Plug SD
The Film of Her (1996) FL
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Perpetual Motion (2003) OS
Boundin' (2003)
Texas Doughnut Shop (2003) SD
Victory Vehicles (1943) FL
Commando Duck (1944) FL
Welcome to Warren SD
Fall Out, Fall In (1943) FL
How to Be A Sailor (1944) FL
[Automaton] (2002) LA
Harvie Krumpet (2003) OS
Little Chance (El Chancecito) (2003) LA
Little Daddy (Lille Far) (2003) DCFF
Squash (2003) OS
The Grain That Built A Hemisphere (1943) FL
Nibbles (2003) OS
Robot Boy (2003) DCIFF
Starlet (2003) SD
Six and the City (2003) DCIFF
Wet Dreams and False Images (2003) SD
The Winged Scourge (1943) FL
Leang's Journey (2003) SD
The Army Mascot (1942) FL
Parents of the Year SD
The New Spirit (1942) FL
Out of the Frying Pan and into the Firing Line (1942) FL
Curtis SD
Father's Day SD
The Spirit of '43 (1943) FL
Time for A New God SD
Frank! Dinner is Ready (Franti ku k ve e i!) (2001) DCFF
Destino (2003)
Nuligak's Light (2001) DCFF
Donald Gets Drafted (1942) FL
Nocturno (2003) LA
Porter (Solo Un Cargador) (2003) SD
Cleanliness Brings Health (1945) FL
The Unseen Enemy (1945) FL
Planning for Good Eating (1946) FL
Joe Blow
Santa Vs. The Snowman (2002) IMAX 3D
Sky Trooper(1942) FL
Food Will Win the War (1942) FL
The Red Jacket (Die Rote Jake) (2003) OS
The Last Frankenstein (El Ultimo Frankenstein) (2003) LA
Dissident: Oswaldo Paya and the Varela Project (2003) SD
Home Defense (1943) FL
Charlie 2.0 (2003) DCIFF Skeleton Frolic
(A) Torzija ([A] Torsion) (2003) OS
Seven Wise Dwarfs (1941) FL
Donald's Decision (1942) FL
The Old Army Game (1943) FL
Thrifty Pig (1941) FL
Warriors at Play (2002) DCFF
A Tribute to Agnese (Per Agnese) WI
Defense Against Invasion (1943) FL
Lincoln 44 (2003) DCIFF
Playground Zero (2000)
All Together (1942) FL
The Bearhunter (2003) SD
Semiotics in the Kitchen (1975)
Wakan (2002) DCIFF
Apples and Oranges (2000)
Butterflies in the Rain (2000)
Brainwheels (2003) DCIFF Constable: The Changing Face of Nature (1996)

3D: 'Columbia 3D Thursdays' Film Forum film series (NYC)
A: "Arabian Sights' Film showcase
Anime: 'When Anime Attacks' Brooklyn Academy of Music Film series (NYC)
ASG: 'New Films from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany Film Showcase'
BB: Boris Barnet retrospective
BH: Bloody Hell: British Horror Films Part I & II
D: Discoveries 2004 film series.
DC: Danish Cinema: 'A Golden Age Returns' Film Series
DCIFF: DC Independent Film Festival
DCFF: DC FilmFest
EFF: DC Environmental Film Festival
EU: 17th Annual European Union Film Festival
FA: 'From the Lands of Abraham' Part I
FF: 'Festival of France' French Film Festival
FL: Walt Disney's 'On the Front Line' Symposium
IB: City-wide Ingmar Bergman Film Retrospect
IFF: 8th Annual Iranian Film Festival (Freer Gallery)
JFF: 16th Annual Jewish Film Festival
JK: Jerzy Kawalerowicz retrospective
JLG: 'Jean-Luc Godard, Je vous salue' retrospect
K: Korean Film Festival
KK: Krzysztof Kieslowski retrospective
HK: Hirokazu Koreeda retrospective
LA: Latin American Film Festival
LB: Landmark Theatre Bethesda Midnight Movie Series
LVT: Lars Von Trier retrospective
M: Milestones in Mexican Cinema (1898-2003) Film Series
MB: Marx Brothers Revue
MC: Montgomery College Film Series
MFF: Maryland Film Festival
MHK: 'Made in Hong Kong' Showcase
NT: National Theatre Summer Film Series
O: Yasujiro Ozu retrospect
OS: Oscar 2003 Shorts showcase
OW: Orson Welles Retrospect
PF: 13th Annual Philadelphia International Film Festival
PS: 15th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
RA: 14th Annual Reel Affirmations Film Festival
SD: 'SilverDocs' AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival
TW: 'Tennesse Williams' (Library of Congress: National Registry Film Series)
VL: Val Lewton Retrospect
WI: Washington/Italia Film Festival
WPS: Washington Psychotronic Society Film Series

* denotes commercial release in 2004

~
First Time Non-Theatrical viewings
171:

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La) (1928) 1985 restoration - 82min
Brazil (1985) 1999 final 142min cut
Bright Future (Akarui mirai) (2002)
The Thin Man (1934)
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) 126min version
Oldboy (2003)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1979) 107min version
Hero (Ying Xiong) (2002) 107min version
Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (2003)
The Man of the Year (Homem do Ano, O) (2003)
The Steamroller and the Violin (Katok i skripka) (1960)
I Am A Curious (Yellow) (1967)
McDull, Prince de la Bun
Save the Green Planet (Jigureul jikyeora!) (2003)
George Washington (2000)
Diary of A Country Priest (1951)
Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) (2003)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Doppleganger (Dopperugenga) (2002)
Happy Together (1997)
Le Fils (The Son) (2002)
Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003)
Darkness Bride (2003)
2046
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 251 min (extended edition)
La Vie Promise (2002)
Zatoichi (2003)
Donnie Darko (2001) 131min. Director's Cut
Naked Killer (1992)
Stander (2003)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Silmido (2003)
10 on Ten (2003)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Ong-Bak (2003)
Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra kjøkkenet) (2003)
One Million Years BC (1966) 100min UK version
The Amityville Horror (1979)
One Day in the Life of Andrea Arsenevich (2000)
It’s Alive (1973)
Bad Timing (1980)
Evil (Ondskan) (2003)
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
The Big Parade (1925)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) 113min uncut Asian Market version
Undead (2003)
Beau Travail (1998)
Dead & Buried (1981)
Scorsese on Scorsese
Lilja 4-Ever (2002)
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Tian Di Ying Xiong) (2003)
20 30 40 (2004)
Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Sex is Comedy (2002)
Alila (2003)
Middle of the World (Caminho das Nuvens, O) (2003)
The Emperors New Clothes (2001)
Addio zio Tom (1971) Alternate 140min version
Visions of Light (1992)
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)
Millennium Actress (2001)
Africa addio (1966)
Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
An Amazing Couple (Un Couple Épatant) (2002)
The Football Factory
La Constellation Jodorowsky (1994)
H (2002)
Viy (1967)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) expanded 2004 TV edit
The Lost World (1925) 2000 restoration - 93min
Dangerous Female (1931)
After the Life (Aprés la Vie) (2002)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Boksuneun naui geot) (2002)
Oseam (2003)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) 91min expanded version
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Blueberry
Rick (2003)
Live Forever (2003)
Vibrator (2003)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966)
The Happy Road (1957)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
800 Bullets (800 balas) (2002)
Breaking News (Dai si gein)
Lady in the Lake (1947)
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1974)
My Little Eye (2001)
Novo (2002)
Soldier Blue (1970) uncut 114min. version
Baby Blood (1990)
Porn Theatre (Chatte à deux têtes, La) (2002)
Wonderful Days (2003)
Pieces of April (2003)
The Einstein of Sex (1999)
Flesh Gordon (1974)
The Butterfly Effect (2003)* 120min Director’s Cut
The Cat Returns (2002)
To Kill a King (2003)
Cabin Fever (2003)
The Winning Season
Sexy Nights of the Living Dead (Le Notti Erotiche dei Morti Viventi) (1980)
Kaene: The Prophecy (2003)
Cypher (2002)
Noel
Azumi (2003) 143min Director's Cut
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
The Beast Within (1982)
A Walk to Remember (2002)
O Fantasma (2000)
Message in A Bottle (1999)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Mona Lisa Smiles (2003)
Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
Cold Creek Manor (2003)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
American Wedding (2003) unrated edition

Short Films

Schwarzfahrer (Fare Dodger) (1992)
Number, Please? (1920)
Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) 2002 restoration
Chernobyl Heart (2003)
Bumping Into Broadway (1919) 2004 restoration
The Pet (Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend) (1921)
The Flying House (Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend) (1921)
The Worm Turns (1937)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
At Dawning (2000)
Colorforms (2003)
The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)
Ghiblies (Episode 2) (2002)
Good Day for the Bad Guys (1995)
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire, 1985 (26 Bathrooms) (1985)
Little Terrorist
Mirror Man (2002)
Little Nemo (1911)
Reason Thirteen (date unspecified)
The Oath (1997)
Sissy-Boy Slap Party (1995)
That Day
Flip’s Circus (Circa 1918-21) work print
Persistence (2003)
Friday Night Fever (2003)
Bug Vaudeville (1921)
How A Mosquito Operates (a.k.a. The Story of A Mosquito (1912)
Confection (2003)
Psy Show (1999)
The Flag (1927)
Strawberry Fields (?)
Echek (2000)
Morning Breath: A Brooklyn Love Story (2001)
An Eastern Westerner (1920) 2004 restoration
Remembering Winsor McCay (1976)
Pit (2001)
Personality Parade (1938)
Lick the Star (1998)
(The Rotten Fruit): Battle of the Bands/Snackster/Room Service
The Centuars (Circa 1918-21) unreleased-fragment
Close (1993)
A Trip To The Orphanage (2003
Gertie on Tour (Circa 1918-21) unreleased-fragment
A Ninja Pays Half My Rent (2002)
Sombra Dolorosa
One: A Space Odyssey (2000)
Through the K-Hole (1999)
A Fall From the Clouds (2002)
Dreamscapes (2002)
Windows
The Ecology of Love
Pas de C4 Pour Daniel-Daniel (1998)
Alias (1999)

~
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977/1997) 2004 revision

Fred C. Dobbs

12-29-03, 03:14 PM

What's going to happen to the 2003 thread? I hope it doesn't get deleted, I have all of my entries from 1/1/03-12/31/03 on there.

BadlyDrawnBoy

12-29-03, 05:44 PM

1 Finding Neverland
2 The Incredibles
3 Kill Bill Vol. 2
4 Sideways
5 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
6 Shaun of the Dead
7 The Bourne Supremacy
8 Hero
9 Collateral
10 Ocean's Twelve
11 The Aviator
12 Spanglish
13 Bad Education
14 Meet the Fockers
15 Shrek 2
16 Mean Girls
17 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
18 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
19 Starsky and Hutch
20 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
21 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
22 Spider-Man 2
23 Troy
24 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
25 Intermission
26 The Dreamers
27 The Passion of the Christ
28 The Forgotten
29 National Treasure
30 Wimbledon
31 Along Came Polly
32 Secret Window
33 The Manchurian Candidate
34 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
35 Hellboy
36 King Arthur
37 The Day After Tomorrow
38 The Village
39 Van Helsing
40 Catwoman
41 Ladder 49

chente

12-29-03, 07:00 PM

Rating movies I've never seen before on a **** scale:

****

15 Titles

Rushmore - Seen 01/03/04
Thone of Blood - Seen 01/23/04
The Rules of the Game - Seen 01/27/04
Big Fish - Seen 02/14/04
Das Boot - Seen 03/18/04
The Battle of Algiers - Seen 03/23/04
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Seen 03/28/04
Lawrence of Arabia - Seen 05/10/04
In the Mood for Love - Seen 06/13/04
The Grapes of Wrath - Seen 07/05/04
Fitzcarraldo - Seen 09-13-04
Strangers on a Train - Seen 09/23/04
Shawn of the Dead - Seen 10/02/04
Short Cuts - Seen 10/24/04
Shop on Main Street - Seen 12/01/04

***1/2

20 Titles:

Ikiru - Seen 01/06/04
The Pianist - Seen 01/11/04
Elizabeth - Seen 02/7/04
My Darling Clementine - Seen 02/16/04
Tokyo Story - Seen 04/05/04
Kill Bill Vol 2 - Seen 04-16-04
Monster - Seen 06/11/04
Great Expectations - Seen 06/21/04
Once Upon A Time/West - Seen 07/05/04
36th Chamber of Shaolin - Seen 07/22/04
The Set-Up - Seen 07/25/04
Chunking Express - Seen 07/29/04
8 Diagram Pole Fighter - Seen 07/31/04
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Seen 08/29/04
Aguirre - Wrath of God - Seen 08/30/04
Nosferatu (1979) -Seen 09/02/04
Lone Wolf and Cub 1 - Seen 09/14/04
Lone Wolf and Cub 2 - Seen 09/14/04
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind - Seen 10/02/04
The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes - Seen 10/25/04

***

52 Titles:

King of Masks - Seen 01/4/04
The Last Samurai - Seen 01/16/04
Rabbit Proof Fence - Seen 01/17/04
M. Hulot's Holiday - Seen 01/21/04
Oliver Twist - Seen 01/25/04
Armageddon - Seen 01/30/04
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Seen 02/04/04
Green Snake - Seen 02/09/04
Day of Wrath - Seen 02/12/04
The Ox-Bow Incident - Seen 02/14/04
Once Upon A Time In America - 02/18/04
Straw Dogs - Seen 02/21/04
Barry Lyndon - Seen 03/12/04
Spellbound (2003) - Seen 03/31/04
House of Sand and Fog - Seen 04-03-04
Charade - Seen 04/08/04
Buck Privates - Seen 04/20/04
Irreversible - Seen 04/21/04
Schindler's List - Seen 04/27/04
Night In The Tropics - Seen 04/28/04
Hellboy - Seen 05/04/04
Anastasia - Seen 05/08/04
The Iron Giant - Seen 05-12-04
Stray Dog - Seen 05/25/04
The Lower Depths (1936) - Seen 06/21/04
The Lower Depths (1957) - Seen 06/22/04
Harry Potter/Prisoner of Azkiban - Seen 06/26/04
Son of Frankenstein - Seen 06/27/04
Gertrude - Seen 07/02/04
Spider-Man 2 - Seen 07/02/04
Gun Crazy - Seen 07/23/04
Shaolin Temple - Seen 07/30/04
Bullet in the Head - Seen 07/31/04
The Village - Seen 08/08/04
Collateral - Seen 08/15/04
Nocotina - Seen 08/24/04
Woyzeck - Seen 09/01-04
Cobra Verde - Seen 09/10/04
Hero - Seen - 09/09/04
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Seen 09/12/04
I Confess - Seen 10/10/04
Son of Dracula - Seen 10/25/04
Executioners from Shaolin - Seen 11/07/04
Five Shaolin Masters - Seen 11/06/04
Lone Wolf and Cub 3 - Seen 11/18/04
Lone Wolf and Cub 4 - Seen 11/18/04
The Devil and Daniel Webster - Seen 11/29/04
D.O.A. - Seen 12/06/04
Michael (1924) - Seen 12/07/04
Le Corbeau - Seen 12/13/04
The Discovery of Heaven
Detour - Seen 12/31/04

**1/2

35 Titles:

21 Grams -Seen 01/02/04.
An Affair to Remember - Seen 01/13/04
Quills - Seen 02/01/04
Titanic (1953) - Seen 02/18/04
Heist - Seen 02/22/04
Open Range - Seen 03/04/04
Bluebeard - Seen 03/06/04
The Caine Mutiny - Seen 03/28/04
The Ladykillers (2004) - Seen 03/29/04
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - Seen 04/14/04
Titan A.E. - Seen 04/25/04
Troy - Seen 05/21/04
Peyton Place - Seen 05/22/04
Run, Ronnie Run - Seen 05/22/04
Catch Me If You Can - Seen 06/07/04
House of Frankenstein - Seen 06/29/04
Love is a Many Splendored Thing - Seen 07/15/04
Zatoichi (2004) - Seen 07/23/04
The Flying Guillotine - Seen 07/30/04
The Butterfly Effect - Seen 08/07/04
Bukowski - Born to This - Seen 08/12/04
The Good Girl - Seen 08/14/04
Margaret Cho - Revolotion - Seen 08/22/4
The Wrong Man - Seen 09/26/04
My Best Fiend - Seen 09/29/04
Stage Fright - Seen 10/08/04
The Love God - Seen 10/14/04
The Parson's Widow - Seen 10/29/04
Return of the Creature - Seen 11/08/04
National Treasure - Seen 11/20/04
Kiss Me, Stupid - Seen 11/27/04
The Passion of the Christ - Seen 11/28/04
Elf - Seen 12/11/04
Matrix Revolutions - Seen 12/19/04
It's All True - Seen 12/21/04

**

19 Titles:

The Blue Gardenia - Seen 02/03/04
Friday After Next - Seen 02/11/04
To Live and Die in LA - Seen 02/15/04
Haxan - Seen 02/23/04
Open Range - Seen 03/03/04
Original Sin Unrated - Seen 04/01/04
Something's Got to Give - Seen 04/12/04
Envy - Seen 05/09/04
Red Trousers - Seen 07/26/04
Catwoman - Seen 07/30/04
Ju-On: The Grudge - Seen 08/02/04
Candy - Seen 10/17/04
Dracula's Daughter - Seen 10/23/04
House of Dracula - Seen 10/27/04
Big Brother Chen - Seen 10/30/04
The Creature Walks Among Us - Seen 11/12/04
Bubba Ho-Tep - Seen 11/9/04
The Mummy's Tomb - Seen 11/17/04
Dark Man - Seen 12/09/10
El Zarco - Seen 12/24/04

*1/2

5 Titles:

Eqiulibrium - Seen 01/25/04
They Live - Seen 02/12/04
Topper Returns - Seen 03/09/04
Ghost of Frankenstein - Seen 06/30/04
The Shakiest Gun in the West - Seen 07/07/04

*

Kermit!

12-29-03, 08:17 PM

Kill Bill Vol. 2 A
Dawn of the Dead A-
Starsky & Hutch B+
Secret Window B
The Punisher C
Man on Fire C
Troy B-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban A-
Shrek 2 B+
Chronicles of Riddick C-
King Arthur D
Napoleon Dynamite A
Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse F
The Incredibles A+

Mittman

12-29-03, 10:27 PM

The Butterfly Effect A
The Girl Next Door A
The Passion of The Christ A
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind A
Kill Bill V2 A
Spider-Man 2 A
Collateral A
Team America: World Police A
Sideways A
The Avaitor A

Miracle A-
Jersey Girl A-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban A-
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgendy A-
The Bourne Supremecy A-
The Villiage A-
Friday Night Lights A-
Ray A-
The Incredibles A-

Dawn of the Dead B+
Mean Girls B+
Man on Fire B+
Troy B+
Shrek 2 B+
The Day After Tomorrow B+
Dogdeball B+
I, Robot B+
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle B+
Meet the Fockers B+
The Life Aquatic B+

50 First Dates B
Eurotrip B
Starsky & Hutch B
13 Going On 30 B
Van Helsing B
The Terminal B
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow B
Hellboy B
I Heart Huckabees B
The Polar Express B
Oceans 12 B

Resident Evil 2 C+
The Forgotten C+

Club Dread C

Along Came Polly C-
Alien vs Predator C-
Spanglish C-

RyoHazuki

12-29-03, 10:50 PM

Im sorry sir but you must have a reservation.

Damfino

12-30-03, 01:10 AM

1 Oldboy :thumbsup:
2 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3 Sideways
4 Tae Guk Gi (Brotherhood of War)
5 Million Dollar Baby
6 House of Flying Daggers
7 Kill Bill Volume 2
8 Silmido
9 Ray
10 The Aviator

rabbit77

12-31-03, 11:57 AM

Crap. Snoozing = Second page.
These are movies I've either seen for the first time in the theater for the calendar year, or were released to the theater in 2004 and I've first seen on DVD (denoted w/ an *)

Fresh
1) Touching the Void
2) Kill Bill Vol. 2
3) Monster (2003)
4) Spiderman 2
5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7) Spartan
8) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
9) Fahrenheit 9/11
10) The Company
11) Shrek 2
13) Jersey Girl
14) Hellboy
15) Big Fish (2003)
16) Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
17) Mean Girls
18) The Stepford Wives
19) The Passion of the Christ

Rotten
20) Anchorman
21) Dodgeball

MrX

12-31-03, 01:50 PM

Out of *****

1.21 Grams*****
2.Kill Bill Vol. 2*****
3.The Passion of The Christ*****
4.Team America: World Police*****
5.Spider-Man 2*****
6.Saved!****1/2
7.House of Sand and Fog****1/2
8.Collateral****
9.Fahrenheit 9/11****
10.The Fog of War****
11.Spartan****
12.The Girl Next Door****
13.Garden State****
14.Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban****
15.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind****
16.Man On Fire****
17.The Dreamers***1/2
18.Hero***1/2
19.Troy***1/2
20.Jersey Girl***1/2
21.The Butterfly Effect***1/2
22.Baadassss***1/2
23.Hidalgo***1/2
24.Monster***1/2
25.Eurotrip***1/2
26.King Arthur***1/2
27.50 First Dates***1/2
28.Dodgeball***1/2
29.Shrek 2***1/2
30.Stateside***1/2
31.13 Going On 30***1/2
32.Club Dread***1/2
33.Miracle***1/2
34.Girl With A Pearl Earring***1/2
35.The United States of Leland***
36.The Punisher***
37.Anchorman***
38.Ella Enchanted***
39.Hellboy***
40.Touching the Void***
41.The Cooler***
42.Triplets of Belleville***
43.Laws of Attraction***
44.Osama***
45.The Whole Ten Yards***
46.Along Came Polly***
47.Starsky & Hutch***
48.Tokyo Godfathers***
49.The Ladykillers**1/2
50.Confessions of A Teenage Drama Queen**1/2
51.Godsend**
52.Young Adam**
53.Against the Ropes**
54.Alien Vs Predator**
55.Taking Lives**
56.Torque**
57.The Perfect Score**
58.The Big Bounce**
59.Dogville*1/2
60.Secret Window*1/2
61.Welcome to Mooseport*1/2
62.You Got Served*

Sierra Disc

12-31-03, 05:52 PM

:rotfl:

NiCK Crush

01-01-04, 04:00 AM

which one are we using?

-NiCK

Gandalf

01-01-04, 06:11 AM

Placeholder for now...

Deckard-10

01-01-04, 08:02 AM

1. The Passion of the Christ
2. Spiderman 2

hgar78

01-01-04, 12:00 PM

2004 Films Seen Theatrically (based on a 4-star scale)

****
Triplettes of Belville (loved the animation, the simple story and the use of gestures over words. the grandmother is adorable!!!

Destino (short by Disney and Dali...wow, absolutely terrific!)

***1/2

Big Fish (magically romantic)

***
Secret Window (interesting, a little slow at times but great performances by all)

**1/2

**

*1/2

*

Fred C. Dobbs

01-01-04, 01:38 PM

2004 - Rank Them As You See Them

January 2004:
1/1/04 - Throne of Blood (1957) *****

Dvdsky

01-01-04, 01:52 PM

So far:

Format: Movie title / date seen / score out of 10

Shaolin Soccer / 11/16/01 / 7
Ned Kelly / 8/21/03 / 6

Doctorwho

01-01-04, 04:43 PM

Out of four stars

Cold Mountain *
-Phillip Seymore Hoffman and Cillian Murphy were the only good things in this.

elise

01-01-04, 05:53 PM

In order of appearance, based on a letter grade...

1. Cold Mountain (2003) | 01.01.04 | A
2. Calendar Girls (2003) | 1.2.04 | A-
3. Big Fish | 1.10.04 | A+
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 1.11.04 | A
5. Along Came Polly | 1.18.04 | B
6. Mysic River | 2.10.04 | A-

jdpatri

01-01-04, 11:12 PM

...those released theatrically in the US in 2003.

**Top 10**
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: 9.3/10
2. Sideways: 9.1/10
3. Million Dollar Baby: 9.1/10
4. Garden State: 9.0/10
5. Kill Bill Part 2: 9.0/10
6. The Incredibles: 8.9/10
7. Hero: 8.8/10
8. The Aviator: 8.8/10
9. Bourne Supremacy: 8.7/10
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 8.7/10

**The Rest**
Good Bye, Lenin: 8.6/10
Collateral: 8.4/10
The Manchurian Candidate: 8.4/10
The Triplets of Belleville: 8.4/10
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye): 8.3/10
Anchorman: 8.1/10
Mean Girls: 8.0/10
The Machinist: 7.9/10
Finding Neverland: 7.8/10
Man on Fire 7.8/10
The Girl Next Door: 7.8/10
The Terminal: 7.7/10
Super Size Me: 7.6/10
National Treasure: 7.6/10
I, Robot: 7.6/10
Starsky and Hutch: 7.5/10
Bad Santa: 7.5/10
Secret Window: 7.4/10
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: 7.3/10
Ocean's Twelve: 7.2/10
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle: 7.1/10
Spiderman 2: 7.0/10
Spanglish: 7.0/10
Ray: 6.9/10
I Heart Huckabees: 6.9/10
Spartan: 6.9/10
50 First Dates: 6.8/10
Walking Tall: 6.8/10
Hellboy: 6.7/10
The Ladykillers: 6.5/10
Along Came Polly: 2.0/10
Against the Ropes: 1.7/10

------ movies seen for the first time regardless of release date------

Shanghai Triad: B
Piccadilly: A-
Prey for Rock & Roll: B-
Demonlover: C+
Winged Migration: A-
The Rundown: C+
The Bishop's Wife: B
On-Line: C-
Legend of Hill House: B+
A Streetcar Named Desire: A-
The Big Clock: B+
The Black Angel: B
Murder, My Sweet: B
Grapes of Wrath: C+
Short Cuts: B+
Topper: B-
Night and the City: A-

MvRojo

01-02-04, 06:24 AM

Using a ***** scale.

1 Cold Mountain (2003) ****1/2
2 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ****1/2
3 Big Fish (2003) ****1/2
4 The Ladykillers ****1/2
5 Paycheck (2003) ****
6 Starsky & Hutch ***1/2
7 50 First Dates ***1/2
8 Taking Lives ***
9 Barbershop 2: Back in Business ***
10 Dawn of the Dead **1/2

Zee

01-02-04, 02:58 PM

Late 2003 and 2004 Releases Only

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Collateral
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
The Passion of the Christ
The Incredibles
Closer
Big Fish
Something's Gotta Give
Spiderman 2
Dawn of the Dead
Kill Bill Volume
Napoleon Dynamite
Garden State
Saved!
Shrek 2
13 Going on 30
Anchorman
Miracle B
Mean Girls B
50 First Dates
Man on Fire
The Terminal
The Village
Dodgeball
Hellboy
Monster
Alien vs. Predator
The Princess Diaries 2
The Butterfly Effect
Peter Pan
Troy
The Stepford Wives
The Chronicles of Riddick
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Starsky and Hutch
Chasing Liberty
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

DVD Smurf

01-02-04, 03:15 PM

In Theater Only...

[list=1]
Shrek 2 - 9/10 (7/22/2004)
Garden State - 9/10 (8/12/2004)
Bad Santa - 8/10 (1/1/2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 8/10 (6/6/04)
Bourne Supremacy -7/10 (7/24/2004)
Alamo - 6/10 (4/9/2004)
Dawn of the Dead - 5/10 (3/20/2004)
Van Helsing -4/10 (5/28/2004)
[/list=1]

My Reviews (http://www.cinematica.org/reviews.htm)

Grimfarrow

01-08-04, 02:15 PM

Ugh....isn't it time to make this a sticky? I keep on having to find it to update my entries!

DGibFen

01-10-04, 12:11 AM

I rank out of 4. However, the ranking is like a GPA (3.2, for example).
Dates in bold mean first time viewed.
Italized Titles mean seen in theater.

Yearly Satisfaction: 2.8
New Movie Satisfaction: 2.7
Re-Watched Movie Satisfaction: 3.0

July
7/1 - Punch-Drunk Love (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/) (Paul Thomas Anderson) - 3.3
7/3 - 50 First Dates (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343660/) (Peter Sagal) -
7/? -

June
6/5 - [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/]Donnie Darko (]Marathon Man[/url) (Richard Kelly) - 3.7
6/6 - Scary Movie 3 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306047/) (David Zucker) - 2.0
6/6 - Signs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286106/) (M. Night Shyamalan) - 3.1
6/11 - The Big Kahuna (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189584/) (John Swanbeck) - 3.4
6/12 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304141/) (Alfonso Cuaron) - 3.1
6/13 - Shrek 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/) (Andrew Adamson) - 2.5
6/16 - Nicholas Nickelby (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309912/)(2002) (Douglas McGrath) - 3.1
6/23 - About A Boy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/) (Paul and Chris Weitz) - 3.4
6/25 - The Ladykillers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/) (Joel and Ethan Coen) - 2.7
6/26 - Fahrenheit 9/11 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361596/) (Michael Moore) - 1.6
6/26 - Before Sunrise (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112471/) (Richard Linklater) - 3.1
6/27 - Stevie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334416/) (Steve James) - 2.8
Favorite New Movie for June: The Big Kahuna

May
5/1 - Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/) (Quentin Tarantino) - 3.0
5/2 - The Ice Storm (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119349/) (Ang Lee) - 2.4
5/3 - Dogville (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276919/) (Lars von Trier) - 3.5
5/3 - Unbreakable (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/) (Extended Cut) (M. Night Shyamalan) - 2.8
5/7 - Magnolia (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/) (P.T. Anderson) - 2.9
5/8 - The Royal Tenebaums (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/) (Wes Anderson) - 3.6
5/12 - Dancer in the Dark (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/) (Lars von Trier) - 2.9
5/13 - House of Sand and Fog (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315983/) (Vadim Perelman) - 2.7
5/14 - Strip Search (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376215/) (Sidney Lumet) - 1.4
5/16 - Rushmore (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128445/) (Wes Anderson) - 3.2
5/26 - The Dream Team (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097235/) (Howard Zieff) - 2.4
5/26 - Meet The Parents (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212338/) (Jay Roach) - 3.2
Favorite New Movie for May: Dogville

April
4/1 - Cool Runnings (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611/) (Jon Turteltaub) - 1.9
4/1 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295297/) (Chris Columbus) - 2.6
4/2 - The Rookie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265662/) (John Lee Handcock) - 2.7
4/3 - Jersey Girl (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300051/) (Kevin Smith) - 2.9
4/4 - Caddyshack (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487/) (Harold Ramis) - 1.8
4/7 - Hoop Dreams (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110057/) (Steve James) - 3.0
4/9 - The Matrix: Revolutions (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653/) (Andy and Larry Wachowski) - 2.7
4/9 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/) (Michel Gondry) - 3.5
4/11 - American Splendor (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/) (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini) - 3.1
4/14 - The Gospel of John (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377992/) (Part 1) (Philip Saville) - 3.1
4/17 - Shattered Glass (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323944/) (Billy Ray) - 3.2
4/18 - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/) (Quentin Tarantino) - 2.8
4/21 - Dirty Pretty Things (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301199/) (Stephen Frears) - 2.9
4/25 - Big Fish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/) (Tim Burton) - 3.3
4/26 - The Pink Panther (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/) (Blake Edwards) - 1.9
4/26 - The Gospel of John (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377992/) (Part 2) (Philip Saville) - 3.1
Favorite New Movie for April: Big Fish

March
3/2 - Tombstone (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/) (Director's Cut) (George Cosmatos) - 2.5
3/4 - The Greatest Story Ever Told (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059245/) (George Stevens) - 2.2
3/7 - Pieces of April (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311648) (Peter Hedges) - 2.6
3/13 - About A Boy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/) (Paul and Chris Weitz) - 3.4
3/15 - Spellbound (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038109/) (Alfred Hitchcock) - 3.2
3/21 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/) (Michel Gondry) - 3.3
3/21 - A Mighty Wind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/) (Christopher Guest) - 3.3
3/27 - Rusty: A Dog's Tale (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120044/) (Shuki Levy) - 0.1
3/28 - Remember the Titans (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210945/) (Boaz Yakin) - 2.7
3/29 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/) (Chris Columbus) - 1.9
Favorite New Movie for March: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

February
2/1 - Welcome to Collinwood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271259/) (Anthony and Joe Russo) - 2.3
2/5 - Once Upon a Time in Mexico (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285823/) (Robert Rodriguez) - 2.4
2/9 - In America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298845/) (Jim Sheridan) - 3.3
2/15 - Better Luck Tomorrow (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280477) (Justin Lin) - 3.0
2/15 - Arlington Road (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137363/) (Mark Pellington) - 2.9
2/17 - A Mighty Wind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/) (Christopher Guest) - 3.2
2/18 - Mystic River (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327056/) (Clint Eastwood) - 2.6
2/20 - Seabiscuit (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329575/) (Gary Ross) - 2.5
2/21 - Rat Race (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250687/) (Jerry Zucker) - 2.6
2/22 - Sweet and Lowdown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158371/) (Woody Allen) - 2.4
2/22 - Lost in Translation (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/) (Sofia Coppola) - 3.3
2/24 - The Count of Monte Cristo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245844/) (Kevin Reynolds) - 2.8
2/25 - The Passion of the Christ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/) (Mel Gibson) - 3.5
2/26 - Ghost World (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162346/) (Terry Zwigoff) - 2.7
2/28 - Muppets From Space (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158811/) (Tim Hill) - 2.7
2/29 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022835/) (Rouden Mamoulian) - 3.0
2/29 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033553/) (Victor Fleming) - 2.8
Favorite New Movie for February: The Passion of The Christ

January
1/1 – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/) (Peter Jackson) - 4.0
1/2 – Elf (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319343/) (Jon Favreau) - 2.9
1/7 – Malena (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213847/) (US Version) (Giuseppe Tornatore) - 3.2
1/9 – Nicholas Nickelby (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309912/)(2002) (Douglas McGrath) - 3.1
1/9 – Love Actually (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314331/) (Richard Curtis) - 2.1
1/9 – Matchstick Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325805/) (Ridley Scott) - 3.3
1/11 – All I Want AKA Try Seventeen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311941/) (Jeffrey Porter) - 1.7
1/11 – Donnie Darko (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/) (Richard Kelly) - 3.6
1/11 – Underworld (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320691/) (Len Wiseman) - 1.8
1/12 – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/) (Peter Weir) - 3.4
1/13 – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/) (Nicholas Meyer) - 3.1
1/13 – Punch-Drunk Love (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/) (Paul Thomas Anderson) - 3.3
1/14 – Ace Ventura II: When Nature Calls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112281/) (Steve Oedekerk) - 2.1
1/15 - Hilary and Jackie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150195/) (Anand Tucker) - 2.8
1/15 - Young Frankenstein (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/) (Mel Brooks) - 3.5
1/18 - L'Homme du train (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301414/) (Patrice Leconte) - 3.1
1/19 - Blazing Saddles (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/) (Mel Brooks) - 3.7
1/23 - Raising Victor Vargas (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316188/) (Peter Sollett) - 2.8
1/24 - Clerks (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/) (Kevin Smith) - 2.7
1/25 - Holes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/) (Andrew Davis) - 3.0
1/26 - Under Suspicion (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164212/) (Stephen Hopkins) - 2.5
1/28 - Your Friends and Neighbors (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119517/) (Neil LaBute) - 1.8
1/29 - Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102975/) (Nicholas Meyer) - 2.9
Favorite New Movie for January: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Caliking

01-10-04, 01:29 AM

TOP 10 only:

1. Finding Neverland 10/10 (seen on 12/27)
2. Garden State: 10/10 (seen on 10/24)
3. Passion of the Christ: 10/10 (seen on 2/25)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: 10/10 (seen on 3/19)
5. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou: 10/10 (seen on 12/15)
6. Donnie Darko: Directors Cut: 10/10
7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 10/10 (seen on 4/17)
8. The Incredibles 10/10 (seen on 11/13)
9. Spanglish: 9/10 (seen on 12/31)
10. Sideways: 9/10 (seen on 11/7)

i have never put a animation film as a 10! the incredibles finally does it.

Corvin

01-10-04, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by Grimfarrow
Ugh....isn't it time to make this a sticky? I keep on having to find it to update my entries!

:thumbsup:

matome

01-17-04, 04:50 PM

(out of 5 stars)

*****
Kill Bill Vol. 2

****1/2
Eurotrip
Dawn of The Dead (2004)
Man On Fire
Anchorman
The Bourne Supremacy

****
Secret Window
Shrek 2
Spiderman 2

***1/2

The Perfect Score
50 First Dates
Starsky and Hutch
Taking Lives
Walking Tall
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

***

Along Came Polly
Hellboy
The Stepford Wives
The Village

** 1/2

The Day After Tomorrow
White Chicks

Sinjin

01-17-04, 09:55 PM

2004
Love's Brother - *** (Out of 4)
Miracle - ***
Barbershop 2: Back in Business - **
Eurotrip - **
Dark Waters - *

Tommy_Harn

01-23-04, 09:58 AM

Out of ****:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ****
Auto focus (2002) ***
In America (2003) ***
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003) ***
Cold Mountain (2003) **1/2
House of Sand and Fog (2003) **
Pollack **
American Splendor (2003) **
50 First Dates **
Underworld (2003) *1/2
Butterfly Effect *1/2
Happiness (1998) *

CUBuffsMike41

02-08-04, 08:26 PM

Monster - 3/4
Cold Mountain - 2.8/4
In America - 3/4
Big Fish - 2.5/4
City of God - 3.8/4
The Triplets of Belleville - 3.15/4
The Company - 3/4
Mystic River - 3.3/4
Touching the Void - 3.3/4
The Dreamers - 2.85/4
The Barbarian Invasions - 3.35/4
Girl with a Peal Earring - 3.2/4
The Fog of War - 3.5/4
Secret Window - 2.9/4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 3.4/4
Spartan - 2.5/4
The Passion of the Christ - 2.5/4
Hellboy - 2.0/4

all movies I've seen in 2004 at the theatre

Doctorwho

02-08-04, 09:31 PM

Including movies I've seen for the first time:

Lost In Translation **
American Splendor **
Once Upon A Time In Mexico **
The Good Girl *
Swiming Pool *
Open Range **
Bad Santa ***
LXG *
The Tailor of Panama **
Interstate 60 **
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ***
Why did Kirk yell Khan if Spock was circling the planet?

ProjectMayhem

02-16-04, 07:10 PM

I thought this was a thread for movies that were released in 2004. I guess I was wrong. I don't feel much like listing every film I've seen this year, so 2004 releases is good enough for me.

1. Dogville: 94%, A.
2. Hero: 94%, A. (probably deserves higher)
3. The Butterfly Effect: 91%, A-.
4. Ginger Snaps II - Unleashed: 86%, B.
5. The Perfect Score: 69%, D+.

Trigger

02-16-04, 07:24 PM

2004 movies... ratings out of 10 and in order of preference best to worst. Not including films that came out in 2003 (trying not to anyway) or earlier. I can't include Hero or Shaolin Soccer or whatever else, cuz they're older films.

____________________________________

The Butterfly Effect - 8.5/10
50 First Dates - 7/10
Along Came Polly - 5/10
Torque - 4/10
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton - 2/10

Matthew Chmiel

02-20-04, 07:15 PM

Updated my list with Battle Royale II, Eurotrip, Stark Raving Mad, and Touching the Void. :)

.clockworked.

02-24-04, 04:00 PM

I'm only gonna list movies that actually come out in 2004, so:

Big Fish: (9.1/10)
50 First Dates: (7.7/10)
Duplex: (7.3/10)
The Goodbye Girl: (6.6/10)
Bad Apple: (6.3/10)

ReduxGuy

02-26-04, 05:39 PM

so far this year (the ones I REALLY like):

1. The Passion of the Christ
2. The Dreamers

maxinquaye

03-13-04, 04:52 AM

I'm going to try my best to make this list for films with an American release in 2004, as opposed to those I see in 2004 but that were released in previous years.

(out of 4 stars)

01. Dogville - **** (masterpiece)
02. The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) - **** (masterpiece)
03. Code 46 - ****
04. The Saddest Music in the World - ****

05. Good Bye, Lenin! - ***1/2
06. Noi The Albino (Nói albinói) - ***1/2
07. Osama - ***1/2
08. Friday Night Lights - ***1/2

09. The Reckoning - ***
10. Dawn of the Dead - ***
11. Team America: World Police - ***
12. Hellboy - ***
13. Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants) - ***
14. Mean Girls - ***
15. The Yes Men - ***

16. The Girl Next Door - **
17. 50 First Dates - **

18. The Machinist - *1/2

db27

03-19-04, 11:29 AM

so far, out of a ten point scale

Garden State 9.5/10
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 9/10
Kill Bill V2 9/10
The Incredibles 9/10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 9/10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 8/10
Collateral 7/10
Oceans 12 7/10
Farenheit 9/11 7/10
The Passion of the Christ 7/10
Spiderman 2 7/10
Napolean Dynamite 7/10
Team America 7/10
The Terminal 7/10
Before Sunset 6.5/10
Blade Trinity 6/10
Hero 6/10
Hellboy 6/10
Dodgeball 6/10
I, Robot 6/10
The Village 6/10
The Punisher 6/10
Shaun of the Dead 6/10
The Ladykillers 6/10
Secret Window 5/10
Alien vs Predator 5/10
The Grudge 4/10
Suspect Zero 3/10
Open Water 3/10
Saw 2/10
Anchorman 1/10

farleyisgod

03-20-04, 01:31 PM

Passion otC - 7.5/10
Big Fish - 9/10
RotK - 10/10
Triplets de Bellville - 7/10

Ginwen

03-23-04, 03:14 PM

2004 releases only (got another thread for 2003).
All will be out of 5 Stars.

*****

****1/2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

****

***1/2
Hidalgo

jough

04-03-04, 03:36 PM

Seen in general theatrical release (I'm not listing press screenings or previews that I've seen) in 2004.

Out of four stars (****):

01. The Last Samurai (2003): ***1/2
02. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: ****
03. Kill Bill Vol. 2: ****
04. The Punisher: ** 1/2
05. 13 Going on 30: **
06. Fahrenheit 9/11: *** 1/2
07. Spider-Man 2: *** 1/2
08. The Bourne Supremacy: ***
09. Before Sunset: ****
10. Sky Captain and the Wold of Tomorrow: ***

I've been lucky at the movies this year. Only two clunkers out of ten. Usually it's about 50/50.

Rypro 525

04-04-04, 07:28 AM

passion of the christ ***
kill bill vol 2 **** (movie of the year)
dawn of the dead ***
starsky and hutch **
city of god ****
fareinheight 9/11 ***1/2
spider-man 2 ****
cold mountain **
day after tomorrow **1/2
chronicals of riddick ***1/2

laz1e

04-17-04, 09:37 PM

1. Dawn of the Dead - 8/10
2. The Punisher - 2/10

jrsl76

04-20-04, 02:40 AM

1.) Kill Bill, Vol. 2 - Quentin Tarantino
2.) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
3.) Before Sunset - Richard Linklater
4.) I Heart Huckabees - David O. Russell
5.) Garden State - Zach Braff
6.) Team America - Trey Parker
7.) Spiderman 2 - Sam Raimi
8.) Coffee and Cigarettes - Jim Jarmusch
9.) The Motorcycle Diaries - Walter Salles
10.) Godzilla (Uncut Japanese Re-release) - Ishiro Honda

Dogville would be on my list, but since I saw it in December, It was my #1 film of last year.

Rivero

04-22-04, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by Doctorwho

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ***
Why did Kirk yell Khan if Spock was circling the planet?

Maybe he temporarily forgot? :shrugs:

indy2029

04-22-04, 08:14 PM

1. Kill Bill Vol.2 (Better than the first IMO)
2. Dawn of the Dead (Surprised that it didn't suck, it was GREAT)
3. Eternal Sunshine in the Spotlight (Sad, and Sweet)

jough

04-22-04, 10:05 PM

Originally posted by Doctorwho
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ***
Why did Kirk yell Khan if Spock was circling the planet?

That was for Khan's benefit - he wanted Khan to think that he had stranded Kirk and Co. "buried alive" and left for dead. It was for show.

custom001

05-04-04, 07:45 AM

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotted Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine in the Spotlight

:confused:

RichC2

05-13-04, 01:32 PM

I thought I posted in here before, guess not.

1. Kill Bill Volume 2 - **** / ****
Absolutely loved this movie. Love remained on a second viewing. I can't explain it.

2. Shaun of the Dead - ***1/2 / ****
Hugely surprising. The beginning is a bit forced and I figured I was in for a dud, that quickly changed and it turned out being a hugely entertaining, hillarious zombie romp with the neccessary gore. It'd be a crime for this not to get a US release.

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - *** / ****
I have mixed feelings about this movie. While it had me thinking and I did like it immediately afterward, the more I think about it the less I like it. It may take a second viewing to solidify its rating.

4. Old Boy - *** / ****
Dark and different, left me feeling dirty but in a good way. The most involving movie this year. (Depending on what year you want to count it in :P)

5. Harry Potter: tPoA - *** / ****
Best in the series thus far, excellent style, good pacing, good humor, excellent effects. A jolly good time.

6. Hellboy - *** / ****
Exuberant and fun.

7. Mean Girls - *** / ****
God I'm a puss. Lohan and Co are hot and the writing for a majority of the movie was just peerless for the genre. Ending? A little weak, but stands out non-the-less.

8. Shrek 2 - *** / ****
Good clean fun, an excellent second half make up for a borderline first.

9. Starsky and Hutch - *** / ****
I laughed and enjoyed.

10. Dawn of the Dead - **1/2 / **** (very borderline with ***)
There was nothing bad about the movie per-se, but I felt like a little something was missing and I - somehow - managed to forget the movie before it had ended, there's a rarity.

xx. 50 First Dates - ** / ****
Liked it the first time. Saw it a second time, it was painful. Odd.

xx. Van Helsing - ** / ****
Bleh.

Calistoga

05-16-04, 09:26 AM

3 favorites:

The Passion of the Christ ****
50 First Dates ***
Kill Bill 2 ***

Up next,
Troy

Josh H

05-17-04, 05:43 PM

1. Troy (A-)
2. Kill Bill Vol. 2(A-)
3. Van Helsing(C+)
4. Hellboy(C-)

Original Desmond

05-28-04, 03:01 AM

Dawn of the Dead 7/10
Hellboy 6/10
Punisher 7/10
Van Helsing 8/10
Mean Girls 8/10
You Got Served 9/10
Kill Bill Vol 2 9/10
Passion of the Christ 5/10
Shrek 2 9/10

Original Desmond

05-28-04, 03:03 AM

Eurotrip 8/10
Starsky and Hutch 7.5/10

jaeufraser

06-08-04, 03:36 PM

Kill Bill 2 - 10/10
Van Helsing - 4/10
Troy - 7/10
Day After Tomorrow - 6/10
Shrek 2 - 8/10
Harry Potter POA - 9/10

Kill Bill has been the best thing I've seen all year, but HP was quite impressive to me also. Shaping up to be a decent year so far though. Here's hoping Riddick is decent.

cfloyd3

06-09-04, 10:56 PM

Out of ****

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (****)
2. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (***1/2)
3. Coffee and Cigarettes (***1/2)

A truly awful film that I cannot believe I paid to see
Spartan (no stars)

nightmaster

06-21-04, 08:02 AM

I realise that the deck is usually stacked for late fall to keep movies fresh in the voters' minds and all.....but right now the Oscars are looking downright ho-hum :P.....Passion Of The Christ doesn't seem to be getting very much competition and looking down the road I wonder if there's any HUGE picture that will come up to challenge it......

bsktballDude1

06-30-04, 05:03 PM

2004 Releases...Out of ****

Sideways ****
The Aviator ****
Kill Bill Vol. 2 **** (2x)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind **** (2x)
Kinsey ****
Finding Neverland ****
Spider-Man 2 **** (3x)
Ray ****
The Passion Of The Christ ****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban **** (2x)
Closer ***1/2
The Incredibles ***1/2
The Polar Express ***1/2
Shrek 2 ***1/2
I Heart Huckabees ***1/2
Garden State ***1/2
Friday Night Lights ***1/2
Saved! ***1/2
The Bourne Supremacy ***1/2
Collateral ***1/2
Hero ***1/2
The Village ***1/2
Super Size Me ***1/2
Fahrenheit 9/11 ***1/2
Alfie ***
Birth ***
The Terminal ***
Ocean's Twelve ***
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera ***
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ***
The Manchurian Candidate ***
Beyond the Sea ***
Troy ***
Secret Window ***
Starsky & Hutch ***
The Ladykillers ***
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events **1/2
Wimbledon **1/2
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou **1/2
King Arthur **1/2
The Day After Tomorrow **1/2
Meet the Fockers **
The Stepford Wives **

2003 Releases seen in 2004...
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King **** (2nd viewing)
21 Grams ****
Monster ****
Mystic River **** (2nd viewing)
Cold Mountain ***1/2 (2nd viewing)
Girl with a Pearl Earring ***1/2
The Cooler ***1/2
Big Fish ***

Sierra Disc

07-03-04, 06:31 PM

My rankings to date of 2004 films I've seen:

1. Spider-Man 2 (**** of four)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (***1/2)
3. Fahrenheit 9/11 (***1/2)
4. Kill Bill Volume 2 (***1/2)
5. Hero (***1/2)
6. Harry Potter 3 (***)
7. Hellboy (***)
8. Miracle (***)
9, The Girl Next Door (***)
10. Eurotrip (**3/4)
11. Going On 30 (**3/4)
12. Along Came Polly (**1/2)
13. The Butterfly Effect (**)
14. Starsky & Hutch (**)
15. Secret Window (*1/2)
16. The Perfect Score (*1/2)

Sunday Morning

07-11-04, 08:52 PM

port from page 1:

2004

****
01. napoleon dynamite
***1/2
02. fahrenheit 9/11
03. the ladykillers
04. the dreamers
05. kill bill v.2
06. love object
07. spartan
08. mean girls
09. secret window
***
10. ginger snaps II: unleashed
11. starsky & hutch the movie
12. dodgeball
13. miracle
14. envy
15. time of the wolf
16. ned kelly
17. eurotrip
18. aileen: the life and death of a serial killer
19. the darkness
20. ginger snaps back
**1/2
21. spider-man 2
22. eternal sunshine on the spotless mind
23. club dread
24. along came polly
25. confessions of a teenage drama queen
26. 50 first dates
27. the butterfly effect
28. dogville
29. young adam
**
30. the united states of leland
*1/2
31. dawn of the dead

Zodiac_Speaking

07-27-04, 03:57 PM

January:
House of Sand and Fog: B+
21 Grams: B
Big Fish: B-
Monster: B+
The Cooler: B+

February:
Mystic River: A-
The Passion of the Christ: A-

March:
Hidalgo: C+
Secret Window: B-
Dawn of the Dead: B
Eternal sunshine: B+
Ladykillers: C

April:
Hellboy: B
Taking Lives: C-
Kill Bill, v2: A-
Punisher: C-

May:
Van Helsing: C
Troy: C+
Day After Tomorrow: C

June:
Riddick: C+
Dodgeball: C+
Spider-Man 2: A- (x2)

July:
King Arthur: B-
I, Robot: C
Catwoman: D-
Bourne Supremacy: B
Napoleon Dynamite: B
Manchurian Candidate: B-

August:
Collateral: B+
AVP: C
Open Water: B+
Exorcist: The Beginning: C
Hero: B+

September:
Sky Captain and the WoT: B-
Shaun of the Dead: B+

October:
The Grudge: C+
Saw: C

November:
Seed of Chucky: B-
Alexander: C

Joem

08-01-04, 02:51 PM

Guess I should start keeping track. For what it's worth, I rank my movies by how much I enjoy them, not by cinematic quality. If I like it, it gets an A or B, even if it's not the next Citizen Kane, so to speak:

JANUARY
along came polly: B
torque: B-
the butterfly effect: A-

FEBRUARY
50 first dates: A
eurotrip: A

MARCH
starsky & hutch the movie: C
spartan: B
dawn of the dead: A
eternal sunshine on the spotless mind: A+
taking lives: C-
jersey girl: A

APRIL
hellboy: C+
walking tall remake: C
the girl next door: A
the punisher: B
man on fire remake: A
13 going on 30: A
mean girls: C+

MAY
van helsing: B-
troy: B
shrek 2: B+
saved!: A

JUNE
harry potter & the prisoner of azkaban: B-
the chronicles of riddick: pitch black 2: B
dodgeball: a true underdog story: A
fahrenheit 9/11: B
the notebook: A-
spider-man 2: A+

JULY
king arthur: C
I, robot: B
the bourne supremacy: B
the village: A

Rivero

08-04-04, 05:18 PM

The year is halfway over and this is still tops for me:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JMJE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Debaser

08-07-04, 05:20 AM

Loved that.

RockStrongo

08-10-04, 04:08 PM

My favorites this year...

1. Troy **** (really went in with low expectations and loved it!)
2. Passion of the Christ **** (it moved me)
3. Collateral *** 1/2 (great flick!)
4. Man on Fire *** 1/2 (great flick!)
5. Spiderman 2 *** (really good, but somewhat overrated)
6. Bourne Supremecy *** (really good, but jerky cam sucked)
7. Kill Bill 2 *** (eh? first one was better, but good)
8. HP: POA *** (Great, but weaker than the first 2)
9. Day AfterTomorrow *** (better than I expected...lame wolves)
10. Eurotrip *** (low expectations and laughed...replayability!)

jough

08-11-04, 12:07 PM

8. HP: POA *** (Great, but weaker than the first 2)

Never heard of this one. Is this an abbreviation or some kind of technology fetish video? (Hewlett Packard: PIECE OF ASS!)

Rivero

08-12-04, 10:27 AM

Harry Potter

Willh51

08-21-04, 05:44 PM

Here they come...I save my movie tickets in a booklet (i'm a dork) so this is easy...they are in order of viewing.

Dawn of the Dead - B
Hellboy - B-
Punisher - B+
Alamo - B
Man on Fire - B+
Kill Bill Vol 2 - A
Van Helsing - C
Troy - B
Shrek 2 - A-
Day After Tomorrow - C+
Soul Plane - C-
Chronicles of Riddick - B-
Stepford Wives - B
Harry Potter - B-
Dodgeball - B
Terminal - B
White Chicks - C+
Spiderman 2 - B
King Arthur - B-
Mean Girls - B+
Anchorman - B+
I Robot - B+
Bourne Supremacy - A-
Catwoman - C
Manchurian Candidate - B
Village - D-
Collateral - A
AVP - C-
Exorcist Beginning - B

DonnachaOne

08-24-04, 04:33 AM

Still Spartan for me.

Frank TJ Mackey

08-24-04, 05:40 AM

The Corporation = B
Fahrenheit 9/11 = A
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind = A
Super Size Me = A
Maria Full of Grace = A
The Mother = B-
Dogville = C-
The Weather Underground = B+
Before Sunset = A-
Kill Bill Vol. 2 = A+
Spiderman 2 = B
Coffee and Cigarettes = B+
Mean Girls = A-
Saved! = A
Man On Fire = A-
The Dreamers = B
The Door in the Floor = A-
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism = A
Garden State = A
The Passion of the Christ = B
Harold & Kumar Go To Whitecastle = B
Dawn of the Dead = B-
Napolean Dynamite = B
The Clearing = B
The Stepford Wives = B-
The Company = C-
Starsky and Hutch = B-
The Bourne Supremacy = A-
Hellboy = B+
The Day After Tomorrow = B
The Terminal = B-
Mayor of the Sunset Strip = B+
Secret Window = C+
Eurotrip = C
The Ladykillers = B-
Troy = B-
The Village = B
The Manchurian Candidate = B+
The Punisher - B
The Statement = B+
De-Lovely = B-
King Arthur = C
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy = C+
Against the Ropes = C
Collateral = A

dhmac

09-03-04, 03:55 PM

My 2004 releases only list, so far:

Recommended (A+ down to C)
--------------------------------------
1 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [A+]
2 Kill Bill Vol. 2 [A+]
3 The Incredibles [A+]
4 Touching the Void [A]
5 Sideways [A]
6 The Aviator [A]
7 Spider-Man 2 [A-]
8 Shaun of the Dead [A-]
9 Million Dollar Baby [A-]
10 Team America: World Police
11 [b]Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
12 [b]Hellboy
13 [b]Super Size Me
14 [b]Hero
15 [b]The Passion of The Christ
16 [b]Garden State
17 [b]Napoleon Dynamite [ B ]
18 Fahrenheit 9/11 [ B ]
19 Closer [ B ]
20 Mean Girls [ B ]
21 The Bourne Supremacy [ B ]
22 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [ B ]
23 Troy [ B ]
24 Anchorman [ B ]
25 Shrek 2
26 [b]Finding Neverland
27 [b]Open Water
28 [b]Dawn of the Dead
29 [b]Secret Window
30 [b]Collateral
31 [b]Saved
32 [b]The Girl Next Door
33 [b]Ray
34 [b]Coffee and Cigarettes [C+]
35 The Village [C+]
36 The Grudge [C+]
37 I, Robot [C+]
38 Ocean's Twelve [C]
39 The Chronicles of Riddick [C]
40 Welcome to Mooseport [C]
41 Walking Tall [C]

Not Recommended (C- and below)
--------------------------------------
1 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [C-]
2 King Arthur [C-]
3 Ladder 49 [C-]
4 Blade: Trinity [C-]
5 Starsky & Hutch [C-]
6 The Day After Tomorrow [D+]
7 The Forgotten [D+]
8 The Punisher [D]
9 Meet the Fockers [D]
10 Man on Fire [D]
11 Catwoman [F]
12 Saw [F]
13 Alien vs Predator [F]

Willh51

09-04-04, 11:08 PM

A Few More:

Open Water: B
Paparazzi: B-

Triple S

09-05-04, 05:01 AM

All the movies I've seen in theatres (or on DVD) from 2004. Hoping to add more soon. Order from best down.

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Shaun of the Dead
The Butterfly Effect
Collateral
Fahrenheit 9/11

Spartan
Super Size Me
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Spider-Man 2
Hero
Open Water
The Punisher
The Manchurian Candidate
Starsky and Hutch
Alien vs Predator
The Girl Next Door
The Day After Tommorow
50 First Dates
13 Going on 30
Godsend
Chasing Liberty

Fred C. Dobbs

09-27-04, 11:07 PM

2004 - Track The Films You Watch

Please note: I am putting all titles in bold, not just those of which I have watched for the first time. Films are rated on a five-star scale. Documentaries will be included according to their running time and will not be rated.

January 2004:
1/1 - Throne of Blood (Commentary) (1957) *****
1/1 - Take a Hard Ride (1975) ***
1/1 - The Great Silence (1968) ****1/2
1/2 - High Sierra (1941) ***1/2
1/3 - Taxi Driver (1976) *****
1/4 - Making Taxi Driver
1/4 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) *****
1/5 - Bone (1972) ****
1/6 - The King of Comedy (1983) **1/2
1/6 - The Hitch-Hiker (1953) ***1/2
1/7 - 12 Angry Men (1957) *****
1/7 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) ****
1/8 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Commentary) (1931) *****
1/9 - Naked Lunch (1991) ****
1/11 - Do the Right Thing (1989) *****
1/11 - Mulholland Drive (2001) ****1/2
1/11 - Trouble in Paradise (1932) ****
1/12 - A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
1/13 - Baadasssss Cinema (2002)
1/13 - Dolemite (1975) - Haha!
1/14 - Superfly (1972) ****
1/15 - The Wild Bunch (1969) ****1/2
1/15 - FearDotCom (Commentary) (2002) ***
1/16 - In America (2002) *****
1/17 - Rabid Dogs (1974) ****
1/18 - Werewolf of London (1935) ***
1/18 - Cabin Fever (2002) ***1/2
1/19 - 28 Days Later (2002) ***
1/20 - Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) ***1/2
1/21 - Song of the South (1946) ***1/2
1/22 - Ikiru (Commentary) (1952) ****
1/23 - Blacula (1972) ***1/2
1/25 - For a Few Dollars More (1965) ****1/2
1/25 - 2004 Golden Globe Awards
1/25 - Scream, Blacula, Scream! (1973) ***1/2
1/26 - Eyes Wide Shut (1999) ***1/2
1/27 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) *****
1/28 - Spellbound (2002)
1/28 - A Mighty Wind (2003) ***1/2
1/28 - Bad Lieutenant (1992) ***1/2
1/29 - Punch-Drunk Love (2002) *****
1/29 - Freddy vs. Jason (2003) *1/2
1/29 - Lost in La Mancha (2002)
1/29 - Requiem for a Dream (2000) ***1/2

February 2004:
2/1 - Horse Feathers (1932) ****1/2
2/1 - Lost in Translation (2003) ***
2/1 - My Darling Clementine (1946) ****
2/1 - Blood for Dracula (1974) **1/2
2/2 - Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) ***1/2
2/3 - The Critic - The Complete First Season (1994)
2/4 - Lisa and the Devil (1973) ***1/2
2/5 - The Mark of Zorro (1940) ****
2/6 - The Harder They Come (1973) ***1/2
2/8 - Desperado (1995) ***1/2
2/8 - The Enforcer (1951) ***
2/8 - Insomnia (1997) ***1/2
2/8 - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) ***1/2
2/8 - Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) ***1/2
2/9 - Who Done It? (1942) ***1/2
2/11 - Three The Hard Way (1974) **1/2
2/12 - The Lady from Shanghai (1947) ***1/2
2/13 - Macbeth (1971) ***
2/14 - Hold That Ghost (1941) ***1/2
2/15 - The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) ***1/2
2/15 - Grand Hotel (1932) ***1/2
2/15 - Training Day (2001) ***
2/16 - Hell Up In Harlem (1973) ***
2/17 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) ****
2/17 - City Lights (1931) ****
2/17 - Dead Man (1995) ****
2/18 - Goodfellas (1990) ****1/2
2/18 - American Splendor (2003) ***1/2
2/18 - Intolerable Cruelty (2003) **
2/18 - Persona (1966) ****1/2
2/19 - The 39 Steps (1935) ***1/2
2/19 - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Commentary) (1928) ***1/2
2/19 - Pickup on South Street (1953) ****
2/19 - Django (1966) ***1/2
2/20 - Little Caesar (1931) ****
2/21 - Chapelle's Show: Season 1 - Uncensored (2003)
2/22 - Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) ****1/2
2/22 - The Elephant Man (1980) ****
2/23 - Week End (1967) ***
2/23 - Dawn of the Dead (Commentary) (1978) *****
2/24 - Escape From New York (1981) ***1/2
2/25 - 8½ (1962) *****
2/25 - M. Hulot's Holiday (1953) ****
2/26 - Matchstick Men (2003) ***
2/28 - Seconds (1966) ***1/2
2/29 - The Missing (2003) ***
2/29 - 2004 Academy Awards

March 2004:
3/2 - School of Rock (2003) ***1/2
3/3 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) **1/2
3/4 - Deep Red (1975) ****1/2
3/6 - Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
3/7 - The Circus (1928) *****
3/7 - Blowup (1966) ***1/2
3/7 - Monsieur Verdoux (1947) ****
3/8 - Dark Passage (1947) ****
3/9 - The Third Man (1949) ***1/2
3/10 - Gangs of New York (Commentary) (2002) ****1/2
3/12 - Phone Booth (2002) ***1/2
3/14 - The Killer (1989) ***1/2
3/14 - 21 Grams (2003) ****
3/16 - Punch-Drunk Love (2002) *****
3/17 - Pearl of Death (1944) ****
3/17 - The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) ***1/2
3/18 - Blue Velvet (1986) ***1/2
3/21 - Monsters, Inc. (2001) ****1/2
3/21 - Onibaba (1964) ****
3/21 - Dead & Buried (1981) **1/2
3/22 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) *****
3/23 - Gothika (2003) **1/2
3/23 - The Rundown (2003) ***
3/24 - Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003) *****
3/25 - The Man Who Would Be King (1975) ****1/2
3/26 - Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) ***1/2
3/26 - Black Friday (1940) ***
3/26 - The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) ****
3/28 - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) ***
3/28 - James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)
3/28 - Psycho (1960) ***1/2
3/29 - Dario Argento's Door into Darkness - The Complete Series (1973)
3/29 - The Barbary Coast (1935) ***1/2
3/30 - Django, Kill...If You Live, Shoot! (1967) ***
3/30 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) ***1/2
3/31 - Mill of the Stone Women (1960) ***1/2

April 2004:
4/1 - Something's Gotta Give (2003) **1/2
4/3 - Yojimbo (1961) ****1/2
4/4 - Wonderland (2003) ***1/2
4/4 - Straw Dogs (1971) ****1/2
4/5 - Martin (1977) ***1/2
4/5 - Dirty Pretty Things (2002) ****
4/6 - Scarface (1932) ***1/2
4/6 - Diary of a Country Priest (1951) ****
4/7 - Walkabout (1971) ***1/2
4/7 - House of Sand and Fog (2003) ***1/2
4/8 - Ran (1985) ****
4/8 - Thirteen (2003) ***
4/9 - Kundun (1997) ***1/2
4/11 - Salvatore Giuliano (1961) ***1/2
4/11 - Jackie Brown (1997) *****
4/11 - Dirty Harry (1971) ****
4/11 - Bamboozled (2000) *****
4/12 - Donnie Brasco (1997) ****
4/13 - Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003) *****
4/14 - A Simple Plan (1998) ****
4/15 - The Great Gatsby (1974) **
4/16 - Mon Oncle (1958) ***1/2
4/17 - Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004) *****
4/18 - Dinner Rush (Birthday) (2000) ***1/2
4/20 - Boogie Nights (1997) ****
4/22 - Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) ****
4/24 - Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) ***1/2
4/25 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) *****
4/26 - The Road to Singapore (1940) ****
4/27 - Big Fish (2003) ****
4/28 - The Cooler (2003) **

May 2004:
5/1 - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2000) ***1/2
5/2 - Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003) *****
5/2 - The Ladykillers (1955) ***1/2
5/2 - The Naughty Nineties (1945) ***
5/3 - Hit The Ice (1943) ***1/2
5/4 - Go West (1940) ****
5/5 - The Triplets of Bellville (2003) ***1/2
5/5 - The Big Store (1941) ***1/2
5/6 - A Night at the Opera (1935) ****1/2
5/9 - El Dorado (1966) ***1/2
5/9 - In America (2002) *****
5/10 - Force of Evil (1948) ****
5/11 - The Last Samurai (2003) ***1/2
5/13 - Sullivan's Travels (1941) *****
5/14 - Eaten Alive (1977) ***
5/15 - Run, Man, Run (1968) ***1/2
5/16 - Troy (2004) ***1/2
5/16 - The Tin Star (1957) ***1/2
5/17 - Enter the Dragon (1973) ****
5/19 - Hard Eight (1996) ***1/2
5/21 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) *****
5/21 - Four of the Apocolypse (1975) ***1/2
5/23 - Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) ***1/2
5/23 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) ****
5/24 - El Topo (1970) No Stars
5/25 - Stray Dog (Commentary) (1949) *****
5/27 - Bucktown (1975) ***
5/27 - A Day at the Races (1937) ****
5/30 - Smiles of a Summer Night (Film Forum) (1955) ***1/2
5/30 - Baadasssss! (2004) *****
5/31 - For Your Height Only (1979) - Haha!
5/31 - A Fistful of Dollars (1964) ***1/2
5/31 - Detour (1945) ****

June 2004:
6/1 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Extended Edition (1966) *****
6/1 - Monster (2003) **
6/2 - Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed! (1969) ****
6/3 - I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932) ****
6/5 - City of God (2002) *****
6/6 - Destination Tokyo (1943) ***1/2
6/6 - Reservoir Dogs (1992) ****
6/6 - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) ***1/2
6/7 - Raging Bull (1980) *****
6/8 - Mystic River (2003) ***1/2
6/9 - I Confess! (1953) ****
6/12 - Return of the Five Deadly Venoms (1979) ***1/2
6/13 - Cutthroats Nine (1972) **
6/13 - Destry Rides Again (1939) ***1/2
6/13 - Stalag 17 (1953) *****
6/14 - Shadow of a Doubt (1943) ****
6/16 - The Station Agent (2003) ****
6/17 - Duel in the Sun (1946) ***1/2
6/17 - Rashomon (Commentary) (1950) ****1/2
6/20 - Spartan (2003) **1/2
6/20 - Sabata (1970) ***1/2
6/20 - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song! (1971) ***1/2
6/21 - The Defiant Ones (1958) ****
6/21 - Out of Time (2003) ***1/2
6/22 - King Solomon's Mines (1937) ***
6/22 - The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004) ***
6/22 - Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975) ***1/2
6/22 - Bad Santa (2003) ***1/2
6/23 - Mannaja, A Man Called Blade (1977) **1/2
6/23 - The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) ***1/2
6/23 - The Hills Have Eyes (1977) ****
6/23 - The Secret Window (2003) ***
6/24 - The Terminal (2004) ***1/2 - Very Chaplin-esque.
6/24 - Rabid (1977) ****
6/25 - Shaft (1971) ***1/2
6/25 - Shaft's Big Score! (1972) ***
6/27 - Hell in the Pacific (1968) ***1/2
6/27 - The Fog of War (2003)
6/27 - Adaptation (2002) ****
6/28 - Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
6/28 - Bowling for Columbine (2002)
6/28 - Tarzan, The Ape Man (1932) ***1/2
6/29 - Deathdream (1974) ****
6/29 - Barbershop II: Back in Business (2004) **1/2
6/29 - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) *****
6/29 - The Apartment (1960) ****
6/30 - Prince of Darkness (1987) **1/2
6/30 - Miller's Crossing (1990) ****

July 2004:
7/1 - News From a Personal War (1999)
7/1 - Rope (1948) ****
7/1 - La Strada (1954) ****1/2
7/4 - Hour of the Wolf (1968) ****
7/5 - Spider-Man 2 (2004) ****
7/6 - The Butterfly Effect (2004) No Stars
7/7 - Spider-Man 2 (2004) ****
7/18 - The Godfather (1972) *****
7/26 - I, Robot (2004) ***

August 2004:
8/1 - The Manchurian Candidate (1962) ****
8/2 - D.O.A. (1950) ***1/2
8/2 - Hard Boiled (1992) ****1/2
8/2 - Big Fish (2003) ****
8/6 - Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004) *****
8/7 - Hellboy (2004) ****
8/8 - Collateral (2004) ****
8/9 - Mexican Hayride (1948) ***
8/9 - Out of the Past (1947) ****1/2
8/10 - Freaks: Sideshow Cinema (2004)
8/10 - Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) ***
8/10 - Meeting at Midnight (1944) ***1/2
8/10 - Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) ***1/2
8/10 - Freaks (Commentary) (1932) *****
8/11 - Gun Crazy (1949) ****
8/12 - Martin Scorsese: My Voyage to Italy (Part 1) (1999)
8/15 - The Village (2004) ***1/2
8/16 - Uzumaki (2000) ***1/2
8/16 - Zombie (1979) ****
8/17 - After Hours (1985) ****
8/18 - Starsky & Hutch (2004) ***1/2
8/19 - 13 Going on 30 (2004) ***
8/20 - Blazing Saddles (1974) ****
8/21 - They Made Me A Criminal (1939) ***1/2
8/21 - Man on Fire (2004) ***1/2
8/21 - Goodfellas (1990) ****1/2
8/25 - Bruce Almighty (2003) **
8/26 - Head of State (2003) **
8/26 - Garden State (2004) ****
8/27 - Napoleon Dynamite (2004) ****
8/30 - Wagons Roll at Night (1941) ***1/2

September 2004:
9/5 - The Big Bird Cage (1972) ***1/2
9/6 - Truck Turner (1974) ***1/2
9/7 - Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth (2004)
9/7 - The Set-Up (Commentary) (1949) *****
9/8 - Saturday Night Fever (1977) ****
9/9 - The Ladykillers (2004) **1/2
9/9 - Chop-Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2004)
9/11 - In A Lonely Place (1950) ****
9/13 - The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) ***
9/14 - Melvin Van Peebles: Classified X (1998)
9/16 - Hero (2002) ****1/2
9/16 - Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
9/18 - Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow (2004) ***1/2
9/18 - The Scarlet Claw (1944) ***1/2
9/20 - Johnny O'Clock (1947) ***1/2
9/22 - The Grapes of Wrath (1940) *****
9/22 - Ride in the Whirlwind (1965) ****
9/24 - Nightmare Alley (1947) ****1/2
9/25 - Mean Girls (2004) ***1/2
9/27 - Shaun of the Dead (2004) ****1/2
9/27 - Hardcore (1979) ****

Fred C. Dobbs

09-27-04, 11:07 PM

Reserved in case I run out of room.

Chill Pill

10-05-04, 09:54 PM

Just saw Motorcycle Diaries and I think a lot more should have happened. Foreign movies are refreshing; they take their time, the characters are real, etc.. This movie was beautiful and all, but the "journey" seemed a little empty. Not much happened as far as insight (the revolution, change in outlook, etc.). I haven't read the book, so I guess if it's true to that I have no reason to complain.

CitizenFlynn

10-05-04, 10:18 PM

2004 releases only:

-The Passion of the Christ: * (out of ****)
-Starsky and Hutch: ***
-Dawn of the Dead: ***1/2
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: **** (#5 movie of the year)
-The Ladykillers: **1/2
-Jersey Girl: **1/2
-Kill Bill: Vol. 2: **** (#3 movie of the year)
-The Punisher: **1/2
-Man on Fire: ***1/2
-Shrek 2: *1/2
-The Stepford Wives: **
-Napoleon Dynamite: ****
-Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: ***
-Fahrenheit 9/11: **** (#1 movie of the year)
-Spider-Man 2: ***1/2
-Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: ***1/2
-Garden State: **** (#2 movie of the year)
-The Manchurian Candidate: ***1/2
-Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle: ***
-Collateral: ****
-Open Water: 1/2*
-Shaun of the Dead: ****
-Ladder 49: Zero stars
-Team America: World Police: **** (#4 movie of the year)

Willh51

10-05-04, 10:53 PM

All out of five stars

Suspect Zero **
Sky Captain ***1/2
Collateral ****1/2
Resident Evil 2 ***
Cellular ***1/2
Ladder 49 ***1/2
Eternal Sunshine ****
Forgotten **1/2

starseed

10-10-04, 12:31 PM

*****

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
Good Bye Lenin!
The Incredibles
Maria Full of Grace

****

BAADASSSSS!
Before Sunset
Coffee and Cigarettes
Collateral
Dawn of the Dead
Dogville
The Dreamers
Fahrenheit 9/11
50 First Dates
Garden State
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I ♥ Huckabees
Kill Bill Vol. 2
The Motorcycle Diaries
Napoleon Dynamite
Open Water
Spider-Man 2
Super Size Me
The Terminal

***

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Alexander
Along Came Polly
The Bourne Supremacy
The Butterfly Effect
The Clearing
The Day After Tomorrow
De-Lovely
The Door in the Floor
Godsend
Hellboy
Intermission
The Manchurian Candidate
The Passion of the Christ
Saved!
Saw
Secret Window
Shark Tale
Wicker Park

**

The Chronicles of Riddick
Eurotrip
The Girl Next Door
The Grudge
The Village

*

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
The Stepford Wives

Tutankham

10-29-04, 06:56 PM

Based on five star scale:

January:
The Cooler - 5

February:
Welcome to Mooseport - 3

March:
Monster - 3
Twisted - 3
Starsky and Hutch - 4
Secret Window - 3
Spartan - 5
Taking Lives - 2
Dawn of the Dead - 4
The Passion of the Christ - 3
The Ladykillers - 4

April:
Hellboy - 4
Walking Tall - 3
Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 5 * 3
The Punisher - 3
Man on Fire - 4
Godsend - 2
Envy - 4

May:
Van Helsing - 0

June:
Super Size Me - 5
Dodgeball - 5
The Stepford Wives- 3
The Terminal - 5
Fahrenheit 9/11 - 5 * 3

July:
Spider-Man 2 - 5 * 2
Anchorman - 4
The Clearing - 5
I-Robot - 4
The Bourne Supremacy - 5 * 2
The Manchurian Candidate - 4

August:
Collateral - 4
Alien vs. Predator - 1
Maria Full of Grace - 5
Garden State - 4
Suspect Zero - 3
Hero - 3

September:
Resident Evil 2 - 3
Cellular - 4
We Don't Live Here Anymore - 3
Without a Paddle - 3
Silver City - 3
Sky Captain - 5
Mr. 3000 - 4
Shaun of the Dead - 4

October:
Ladder 49 - 5
Going Upriver - 5
Taxi - 3
The Forgotten - 3
Friday Night Lights - 4
The Door in the Floor - 4
Team America - 4
I Heart Huckabees - 4
Stealing Christmas - 3
Saw - 5

undergradsfan

11-17-04, 08:15 PM

The Butterfly Effect - *****
50 First Dates - ****
Miracle -****
Eurotrip -***1/2
Broken Lizard's Club Dread -****
Bubba Ho-Tep -*****
Starsky and Hutch - ****
Hidalgo -****
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -***1/2
The Ladykillers -1/2
Hellboy -*
Kill Bill Volume 2 -***
Johnson Family Vacation -0*
The Girl Next Door -0*
Mean Girls-****1/2
The Stepford Wives- **1/2
Farenheit 9/11- 0*
Spider-Man 2 - **1/2
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ****
The Bourne Supremacy **
Collateral **

rafaeljose

12-04-04, 07:52 PM

From a Five Star Scale:
Starsky and Hutch - ***
Dawn of the Dead - ***
Hellboy - ***1/2
The Punisher - *1/2
Man of Fire - ****
Van Helsing - **1/2
Dodgeball - ***
Spider-Man 2 - ****1/2
Anchorman - ***1/2
Alien Vs Predator - **
The Incredibles - *****

Third Baseman

12-05-04, 09:42 PM

I only list newly released movies of 2004.

LAST UPDATED: Jan. 19th, 2005 (Flight of the Phoenix)

[2004] Two Thousand Four

* * * * * (Perfect: 10)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State

* * * * ½ (Wonderful... Superb: 9.5)
Closer
Collateral
Finding Neverland
Hero
I Heart Huckabees
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Oldboy
Shaun of the Dead
Spider-Man 2
The Aviator (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338751/)

* * * * (Great: 8.5-9.0)
Dead & Breakfast
Man on Fire
Miracle
Ray
Saints and Soldiers
Saw
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spartan
Stage Beauty
The Bourne Supremacy
The Incredibles
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362270/)
The Notebook
The Passion of the Christ
The United States of Leland

* * * ½ (Very Good: 7.5-8.0)
Alfie
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Before Sunset (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381681/)
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
I’m Not Scared
I, Robot
Mean Creek
Mean Girls
Shrek 2
Team America
The 24th Day
The Butterfly Effect
The Corporation
The Girl Next Door
The Manchurian Candidate
The Phantom of the Opera (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293508/)
The Snow Walker
The Terminal
The Village
Wicker Park

* * * (Good: 7.0)
13 Going On 30
50 First Dates
Around the World In 80 Days
Birth
Cellular
Criminal
Dawn of the Dead
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Fahrenhype 9/11
Hellboy
Immortel
In Enemy Hands
Napoleon Dynamite
National Treasure
One Point O
Primer
Secret Window
Seeing Other People
Starsky & Hutch
Super Size Me
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Ladykillers
The Woodsman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127/)
Traffic: The Mini-Series
Troy

* * ½ (Solid: 6.0-6.5)
Along Came Polly
Jersey Girl
King Arthur
Open Water
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Taking Lives
The Day After Tomorrow
The Final Cut (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364343/combined)
The Punisher
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The Stepford Wives

* * (Mediocre: 4.0-5.0)
Bad Apple
Eurotrip
Flight of the Phoenix (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377062/)
Hu$tle
Mr. 3000
Paparazzi
Shark Tale
Stateside
The Calcium Kid
The Goodbye Girl
The Whole Ten Yards
Unstoppable
Walking Tall
Welcome to Mooseport
Without a Paddle

* ½ (Poor...Very Weak: 2.0-3.5)
Alien vs. Predator
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Catch that Kid
Garfield
Sniper 3
Surviving Christmas
Suspect Zero
Van Helsing

* (Bad .. Just Bad: 1.0-2.0)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Envy
Godsend
Thunderbirds

½ (Horrible: .5-1.0)
10.5
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Home on the Range
Johnson Family Vacation
Never Die Alone

ZERO (Possibly one of the worst of all time: 0.0)
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Catwoman
Fahrenheit 9/11
Going the Distance
New York Minute
Sleepover
Wild Roomies

Willh51

12-05-04, 10:19 PM

Recently: out of five stars

Rented/Watched (some are my dvds, but hey I viewed them in 2004)
Envy (zero stars)
Garfield **
Bad Boys II ***1/2
Star Wars: New Hope ****1/2
Friday 13th: ***1/2
Pt. 2 **1/2
Godfather, II, III - *****.****3/4,***1/2
Spiderman 2 video rating (improved due to no bad kids in theater) ****
Ju-On - ****1/4
Untouchables ****
Deep Impact ****
Love, Actually **** (can't believe I liked this so much...)

Theater:
Saw ***
Grudge ***3/4
Team America ****
Seed of Chucky ***
Incredibles ****1/2
National Treasure ***1/2
Alexander ***1/2
Ray ****1/2
After the Sunset ***

Travis66

12-07-04, 03:15 AM

5 *
The Motorcycle Diaries
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Maria Full Of Grace
Collateral
Kill Bill vol.2
The Corporation
Finding Neverland
A Very Long Engagement
4*
Garden State
Ray
Carandiru
3***
The Passion Of The Christ
Fahrenheit 911
Alexander
Kinsey
Troy
Birth
0 *
Closer

Third Baseman

12-07-04, 12:04 PM

Added "Closer": * * * * ½ (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5601854&postcount=113)

Snorf

12-12-04, 10:06 PM

2004 Film List

4.5 stars
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Control Room (everyone go rent this!!!)
The Incredibles

4 stars
Before Sunset (better than the first)
Shaun of the Dead
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (best so far)
Touching the Void

3.5 stars
Spider-Man 2 (better than the first)
The Girl Next Door
Shrek 2
Super Size Me
Dogville
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Collateral
Napoleon Dynamite
Primer
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (about the same as the first)
The Bourne Supremacy (better than the first)

3 stars
Mean Girls
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Dreamers
The Butterfly Effect (mostly I give it points for effort)
Intermission
House of Flying Daggers (pretty, but no plot to speak of)
The Yes Men
Garden State (not as good as everyone said IMHO, ending drags it down)
Club Dread
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The Hunting of the President

2.5 stars
The Passion of the Christ
The Ladykillers (so disappointing, the Coens are losing it)
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Spartan (Mamet may be losing it too)
Open Water
Finding Neverland
Hidalgo
Hellboy (maybe I'd like this better after another viewing, I dunno)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Secret Window
Troy
Eurotrip
Saved! (could have been so much more)

2 stars
I, Robot
Alien Vs. Predator
The Chronicles of Riddick (still hoping for another one, so funny-bad)
The Stepford Wives
Van Helsing (honestly, I expected far worse)
The Day After Tomorrow
50 First Dates
Man on Fire

1.5 stars
Taking Lives
Coffee and Cigarettes (pretentious as all get out)

1 star
The Village (awful, just awful)
Raising Helen
Godsend

0.5 stars
Wicker Park

Cameron

01-01-05, 01:39 AM

2005 and the thread is dead.....a new year awaits2005 rate them as you see them (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=402097)

The Bus

11-11-07, 09:11 PM

I decided to fill in the gaps for 2004 and 2005, so I'm going back and ranking the movies that I saw in the theatre. Here we go:

<ol>
<li> Shaun of the Dead
<li> Collateral
<li> Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
<li> Ocean's Twelve

<li> Kill Bill Vol. 2
<li> The Bourne Supremacy
<li> Fahrenheit 9/11
<li> Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

<li> I Heart Huckabees
<li> DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
<li> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
<li> The Village
<li> Starsky and Hutch
<li> Open Water
<li> Cellular

<li> Hellboy
<li> Team America: World Police
<li> The Chronicles of Riddick
<li> Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
<li> I, Robot
<li> Resident Evil: Apocalypse
<li> Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
<li> The Day After Tomorrow
</ul>


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2.	Cars [Blu-ray] Buy: ~~$34.99~~ $15.49
3.	Monsters vs. Aliens Buy: ~~$29.99~~ $12.99
4.	John Adams (HBO Miniseries) Buy: ~~$59.99~~ $20.99
5.	Mad Men - Season One Buy: ~~$39.98~~ $18.99
6.	District 9 [Blu-ray] Buy: ~~$39.95~~ $19.99
7.	The Boondock Saints [Blu-ray] Buy: ~~$29.99~~ $11.99
8.	Mad Men: Season 2 Buy: ~~$49.98~~ $18.99
9.	Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season Buy: ~~$59.99~~ $22.49
10.	Castle: The Complete First Season Buy: ~~$39.99~~ $16.49