Only counting films that were not released anywhere in the U.S. during 2002:

My Best Films of 2003 thus far: (using a 4 star scale)


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1. Kill Bill & Matrix Reloaded
3. Matrix Revolutions
4.Antoine Fischer and 28 Days Later
6.Daredevil and The Hulk
7. X2
8. T3: Rise of the Machines
9.Drumline
10. The Italian Job
11.Phone Booth
12. Biker Boyz
13. Paycheck
14. Charlies's Angels : Full Throttle
15. Bad Boys 2
16. BulletProof Monk
17. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Movies I saw theatrically in 2003. Ranked from best to worst. You all already know which ones are 2002 releases.

1. The Hours - A+
2. Catch Me If You Can - A+
3. Chicago - A+
4. About Schmidt - A-
5. Adaptation - A-
6. Gangs of New York - A-
7. Confessions of a Dangerious Mind - A-
8. 25th Hour - B
9. Final Destination 2 - B
10. Darkness Falls - D-

I'll be brief & rank the two movies I saw this weekend:
1) Old School - **** (A) - if you like Animal House, PCU, American Pie style humor, then see this movie when it comes out in two weeks. Will Ferrell is hilarious. My wife even found it very funny. If you're not into this style of flick, then don't waste your money, because you will be miserable.
2) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - * (D) - bad, bad movie. Not very funny, very drawn out. This was a very painful one to sit through. We had 2 couples, & both men & both women thought it sucked. See at your own risk.

1. A Mighty Wind
2. House of Sand and Fog
3. 28 Days Later
4. Hulk
5. Mystic River
6. Identity
7. Whale Rider
8. Lost in Translation
9. Monster
10. X2
11. Wrong Turn
12. Matrix Reloaded



98. Anger Management - Alas, another dreadful choice.
99. Daredevil - Blech. Hopefully, this will be the worst I'll see in 2003.




2001
2002

Best movie I've seen so far in 2003 in the theatre....
DAREDEVIL

Wost movie I've seen so far in 2003 in the theare....
DAREDEVIL

actually its the only movie I've seen since January, and its the only one I really wanted to see so far this year.

Out of *****

Catch Me If You Can ****
Daredevil ****

Movies seen in 2003 ranked on a four star scale:

Daredevil - *** (nice to see the comic book put to life on the big screen)

Old School - **** (easily one of the best comedies in the last five years)

Anger Management - **½ (I love Adam Sandler, but was somewhat disappointed with this outing, I blame it on Nicholson)

1.Gods and Generals ( A )

Out of ***** (five) stars:

1. Distance ****1/2
2. Ten ****1/2
3. Friday Night ****
4. Divine Intervention ****
5. Public Toilet ****
6. The Twilight Samurai ****
7. Mystic River ****
8. Master and Commander ****
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ****
10. Finding Nemo ****
11. Irreversible ****
12. The Triplets of Belleville ****
13. The Son ****
14. Facing Windows ***1/2
15. Japon ***1/2
16. Platform ***1/2
17. Morvern Callar ***1/2
18. My Mother's Smile ***1/2
19. Tiresia ***1/2
20. 11'09"01 ***1/2
21. The Magdalene Sisters ***1/2
22. The Profession of Arms ***1/2
23. Lilja 4-Ever ***1/2
24. Dirty Pretty Things ***1/2
25. City of God ***1/2
26. Love Actually ***1/2
27. Respiro ***1/2
28. Yossi & Jagger ***
29. Returner's Tragedy ***
30. Whale Rider ***
31. In My Skin ***
32. Sex is Comedy ***
33. The Dancer Upstairs ***
34. A Mighty Wing ***
35. Blind Shaft ***
36. Once Upon a Time in Mexico ***
37. Kill Bill ***
38. Suddenly ***
39. Swimming Pool ***
40. The Little Chinese Seamstress ***
41. The Best of Times ***
42. Terminator 3 ***
43. X2 ***
44. Together ***
45. Waiting for Happiness ***
46. Hukkle ***
47. Unknown Pleasures ***
48. Intolerable Cruelty ***
49. Yomigaeri: Resurrection **1/2
50. Goodbye Lenin! **1/2
51. Pirates of the Caribbean **1/2
52. Shanghai Knights **1/2
53. Seaside **
54. Zus & Zo **
55. Calendar Girls **
56. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not *1/2
57. The Uncertainty Principle *
58. Dolls *
59. Night Corridor (zero stars)

Yasujiro Ozu retrospective:
1. The Only Son ****1/2
2. Late Autumn ****
3. Tokyo Twilight ****
4. Record of a Tenement Gentleman ***1/2
5. Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family ***1/2
6. Floating Weeds ***1/2
7. Equinox Flower ***
8. Early Summer **1/2
9. A Hen in the Wind *1/2

Francois Truffaut retrospective:
1. The 400 Blows **** (re-watch)
2. The Last Metro ***1/2
3. The Woman Next Door **1/2
4. The Green Room *1/2
5. Jules and Jim * (re-watch)

50 Years of Korean Cinema:
1. The Surrogate Woman ****
2. Mist ***
3. An Aimless Bullet **
4. A Flower of Hell (1/2 *)

F. W. Murnau retrospective:
1. Sunrise ***
2. Taboo ***1/2

Le French May:
1. Belle de Jour ****1/2
2. The Earring of Madame D... ***1/2

Coming soon:

Lost in Translation
21 Grams
Girl with a Pearl Earring
School of Rock

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Seen For The First Time This Year
This is an all-inclusive list -- titles eligible for my 2003 Top Ten list are in blue

&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Shop Around the Corner (1940, Ernst Lubitsch; USA) A
&nbsp;&nbsp;2. F For Fake (1975, Orson Welles; France) A
&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Trouble in Paradise (1932, Ernst Lubitsch; USA) A
&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Fanny and Alexander: 5-Hour Version (1982, Ingmar Bergman; Sweden) A-
&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Imitation of Life (1959, Douglas Sirk; USA) A-
&nbsp;&nbsp;6. Winchester '73 (1950, Anthony Mann; USA) A-
&nbsp;&nbsp;7. Macbeth (1971, Roman Polanski; UK) A-
&nbsp;&nbsp;8. To Be or Not To Be (1942, Ernst Lubitsch; USA) A-
&nbsp;&nbsp;9. Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary (2003, Guy Maddin; Canada) A-
10. Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker; France) A-
11. <b>Othello </b> (1952, Orson Welles; France) A-
12. <b><i>Serial Experiments: Lain - Episode 1</i> </b> (1998, Ryutaro Nakamura; Japan) A-
13. <b>Scarface </b> (1932, Howard Hawks; USA) A-
14. <b>Raw Deal </b> (1948, Anthony Mann; USA) B+
15. <b>Ninotchka</b> (1939, Ernst Lubitsch; USA) B+

Lots more to add ... I've seen about 80 for the first time this year so far, so it might take a while...

1. Mystic River ( A )
2. Dark Blue ( A - )
3. Last Samurai ( A - )
4. Matchstick Men ( A - )
5. Identity ( A - )
6. Cold Mountain ( B + )
7. Out Of Time ( B + )
8. Open Range ( B+ )
9. The Hunted ( B+ )
10. Master and Commander ( B + )
11. 2 Fast 2 Furious ( B + )
12. Love Actually ( B+ )
13. Seabiscuit ( B+ )
14. Tears Of The Sun ( B + )
15. Gods And Generals ( B+ )
16. A Mighty Wind ( B )
17. The In Laws ( B )
18. A Man Apart ( B )
19. Phone Booth ( B )
20. SWAT ( B )
21. Basic ( B )
22. Anger Management ( B )
23. The Italian Job ( B - )
24. Two Weeks Notice ( B - )
25. Whale Rider ( C+ )
26. Timeline ( C+)
27. 28 Days Later ( C+ )
28. X2 ( C + )
29. Return Of The King ( C )
30. T3 ( C )
31. Poolhall Junkies ( C - )
32. Dreamcatcher ( C - )
33. Matrix Reloaded ( C - )

Video rental: Paid In Full ( B + ) 13 Conversations About One Thing ( A ) Scooby Doo ( D - ) Secretary ( C ) Swimfan ( C + )
Abandon ( B ) The Banger Sisters ( B ) Juwanna Mann ( C + ) The Rules Of Attraction ( B ) Punch Drunk Love ( B - ) The Hours ( B+ ) 25th Hour ( B ) Gangs Of New York ( B ) Analyze That ( B-)
Enough ( C ) Featdotcom ( C ) Narc ( B ) Road To Perdition ( B ) Equilibrium ( C + ) DVD : To Live And Die In L.A. ( A )

Out of ****

In order
Old School ***
Anger Management ***

Top 10
1.Old School
2.Anger Management

Out of ***** (five) stars:

1. Ten ****1/2
2. Friday Night ****
3. Divine Intervention ****
4. Public Toilet ****
5. The Twilight Samurai ****
6. Hero ****
7. Irreversible ****
8. The Son ****
9. Japon ***1/2
10. Platform ***1/2
11. My Mother's Smile ***1/2
12. Lilja 4-Ever ***1/2
13. The Magdalene Sisters ***1/2
14. Dirty Pretty Things ***1/2
15. City of God ***1/2
16. Respiro ***1/2
17. In My Skin ***
18. Blind Shaft ***
19. The Little Chinese Seamstress ***
20. The Best of Times ***
21. X2 ***
22. Waiting for Happiness ***
23. Hukkle ***
24. Unknown Pleasures ***
25. Seaside **
26. The Uncertainty Principle *1/2
27. Dolls *

Coming soon:

Together

These are the films I saw in theatres in 2003, to date.
The scale is 1 to 10 with 10 the highest.


Rabbit Proof Fence 8
About Schmidt 7
The Hours 8
A Guy Thing 4
El Crimen del Padre Amaro 6
The Pianist 8
Morvern Callar 7
Lost in La Mancha 8
Daredevil 4
Russian Ark 8
The Quiet American 7
The Little Republic (Cinequest) 7
Hunting of Man (Cinequest) 3
Violin (Cinequest) 7
Oysters at Nam Kee (Cinequest) 5
Spider 8
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 4
Irreversible 9
City of God 7
Stone Reader 7
Divine Intervention 9
Chicago 8
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 6
San Fran Film Festival:
Ten 9
Fear & Trembling 5
Clement 6
Decay of Fiction 7
Blissfully Yours 7
Woman of Water 6
Eat, Sleep, No Women 6
His Brother 8
Bus 174 8
Hukkle 6
Piedras 6
Best of Times 7
Hard Goodbyes: My Father 7
Our Times 7
So Close 5
La Turbulence des Fluides 6
End Festival.
House of Sand and Fog (Test screening) 5
X2 7
Le Cercle Rouge 8
Man without a Past 7
The Shape of Things 5
The Good Thief 5
Matrix: Reloaded 7
Man on the Train 7
Friday Night 8
L'Auberge Espagnole 7
Together 5
Sweet Sixteen 7
Respiro 7
Capturing the Friedmans 8
Marooned in Iraq 7
Japon 6
The Hulk 6
Whale Rider 6
The Eye 4
Terminator 3 5
28 Days Later 7
Finding Nemo 7
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 5
Swimming Pool 7
Pirates of the Caribbean 7
Bad Boys 2 2
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary 6
American Splendor 9

At the Classics theatre / Midnight Movies:
The Reckless Moment ('49) 6
Gilda ('46) 7
The Beauty and the Boss ('32) 7
Employee's Entrance ('33) 6
One Way Passage ('32) 8
Waterloo Bridge ('31) 4
Roman Holiday ('53) 7
To Kill a Mockingbird ('62) 8
Lawrence of Arabia ('62) 8
Donnie Darko ('01) 7
Psycho ('60) 8
The Birds ('63) 6
The 39 Steps ('35) 8
Young and Innocent ('37) 6

Sunday morning here on a sunday morning to say my list is updated.

I don't ge to go to movies as much as I'd like to due to a certain little 8 month old (who never sleeps). Here is what I have seen and how I rank them for this year. I will preface by saying I am including movies from late December 2002. A few of them only had a week of viewing time in that year anyways.

1. Catch Me If You Can *****
2. Identity ****1/2
3. Gangs of New York **** 1/2 Like DiCaprio above much more. Thought Danile Day Lewis rocked.
4. Phonebooth ****
5. The Recruit ***1/2
6. The Hunted ***1/2
7. Phonebooth ***
8. Daredevil ** (One of the worst comic book to major movie adventures ever. The only good thing about it was Jennifer Garners looks and Colin Farrell's acting.)

2002 movie I saw this year:
1. Chicago - ****; I was very, very surprised

2003 films:
1. Identity - ****
2. Dreamcatcher - *; thank god Jason Lee gave this intentional comic relief, as compared to the rest of the film just being laughable.

Using a FOUR STAR scale...

The Recruit: ***
Daredevil: ***
Tears of the Sun: ***
Dark Blue: *** 1/2
The Core: ** 1/2
Phone Booth: ***
Identity: next on the list

1) X2: X-Men United
2) Matrix: Reloaded
3) Tears of the Sun
4) The Dreamcatcher

I haven't gone to the movies much this year. I saw Catch Me If You Can in December so I don't count that.

2003: List of movies I've seen In the theater.


1. The Lord of The Rings: Return Of The King
2. The Last Samurai
2. Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines
3. The Matrix: Reloaded
4. The Matrix: Revolutions
5. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Finding Nemo A+
Bruce Almighty A
Pirates of the Caribbean A
Lords of the Ring: Return of the King A
XMen 2 A
Chicago A
Bad Santa B+
About Schmidt B+
Matrix Reloaded B+
T 3 B+
Bend It Like Beckham B+
Old School B
Elf B
Anger Management B
Shanghai Knights B
The Italian Job B
Phone Booth B
Tomb Raider 2 B
Adaptation B
Holes B
Daddy Day Care B
Agent Cody Banks B
Dreamcatcher C
Charlies Angels: Full Throttle C
Antwone Fisher C
Identity C
28 Days Later C
Once Upon a Time in Mexico C
Legally Blonde 2 C
Daredevil C
Tears of the Sun C
The Recruit C
The Core C-
Wrong Turn C-
Bulletproof Monk D
Hulk D
It Runs in the Family D

Five point scale:

28 Days Later ***1/2
About Schmidt ***1/2
Adaptation ****
Bulletproof Monk *
Chicago ***1/2
City of God ****
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ***1/2
Confidence ***
Daredevil **1/2
Hulk **
Identity ***
Intolerable Cruelty ***1/2
Kill Bill Vol. 1 *** (may bump up when vol. 2 comes out)
Lost in Translation ****
Matrix Reloaded ***
A Mighty Wind ***1/2
Narc ***1/2
Phone Booth ***
Pirates of the Caribbean ***1/2
The Quiet American ***
Seabiscuit ***
Shanghai Knights **
Spirited Away ****
Whale Rider ****1/2
X2 ***1/2

2003 films..hmm:

About Schmidt (I saw it in 2003 :P ) ****
Narc ****
National Security **
Darkness Falls */2
City of God ****
Shanghai Knights ***
Daredevil **
Dark Blue **
Cradle 2 the Grave **
Spider ****
Tears of the Sun **
Willard ** */2
Irreversible *****
Bubba Ho-Tep ****
The Core ***
Basic ****
A Man Apart ****
Phone Booth *****
The Good Thief ****
Anger Management *
Identity *****
X2 ****
Matrix Reloaded ***
Bruce Almighty ***

Later

Sanjay

1. 25th Hour
2. 28 Days Later
3. Identity
4. X2
5. The Italian Job
6.
7. Tears of the Sun
8.
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10. Bruce Almighty
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12.
13.
14.
15. Matrix Reloaded
16. Dreamcatcher