DVDProfessor

Final Destination 2 (seen on January 31, 2003): Excellent film! 3 1/2 stars

Old School (seen on February 27, 2003): Funny as hell! 4 Stars!

House of 1,000 Corpses (seen on April 11, 2003): Great horror film! 3 stars

Malibu's Most Wanted (seen on April 22, 2003): Not good at all, really a piece of garbage, not the worst though. 1 1/2 stars

Identity (seen on April 28, 2003): Great horror/mystery film, really had me on the edge of my seat. 3 1/2 stars

X2 (seen on May 1, 2003): Really good film, not as good as the first though. 3 stars

The Matrix Reloaded (seen on May 14, 2003): Great film, a little too long, but what are you gonna do? 2 1/2 stars

Bruce Almighty (seen on May 23, 2003): Funny, great film! Jim Carrey has returned home! 4 Stars!

Wrong Turn (seen on June 15, 2003): Great horror film, not really original, but still great 80s feeling horror film. 3 stars

Hulk (seen on June 22, 2003): Terrible, garbage, worst movie I've ever seen, boring and stupid. Way too long! 1/2 star

FamilyGuyFZ

Total: 13

10:

9:

8:
X-Men 2 - 8.8
Phone Booth - 8.2

7:
Daredevil - 7.5
House of 1000 Corpses - 7.1
Daddy Day Care - 7

6:
Hulk - 6.7
Narc - 6.6
the Hunted - 6.6
Anger Management - 6.1
Dark Blue - 6.1
Matrix:Reloaded - 6

5:
The Recruit - 5.1

4:

3:

2:

1:

Avg: 6.3

Plus I've watched and rated 251 movies on DVD.

Including movies at theatre and DVD's:
Jan.: 65 movies - Avg: 6.7 Best: Signs - 9.7 Worst: Dealin' Dirty - 0.9

Feb.: 53 movies - Avg: 6.9 Best: Donnie Darko - 9.5 Worst: Scorpion King - 3.2

Mar.: 56 movies - Avg: 6.4 Best: Clockwork Orange 8.8 - Worst: Flesh Feast - 1.7

Apr.: 37 movies - Avg: 6.4 Best: Requiem For A Dream - 9.3 Worst: Teenage Zombies - 2.3

May: 51 movies - Avg: 6.4 Best: Kung Pow:Enter the Fist - 9.3 Worst: The Fists of Bruce Lee - 2

Red Dog

1. Italian Job
2. X2
3. Bruce Almighty
4. Old School

bsktballDude1

2003 releases: Out of ****

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ****
2. Kill Bill Vol. 1 **** (x2)
3. Finding Nemo ****
4. House of Sand and Fog ****
5. Seabiscuit ***1/2
6. Pirates of the Caribbean ***1/2 (x3)
7. Matchstick Men ***1/2
8. Lost in Translation ***1/2
9. Love Actually ***1/2
10. Cold Mountain ***1/2
11. In America ***1/2
12. Master and Commander ***1/2
13. Mystic River ***1/2
14. The Last Samurai ***1/2
15. Something's Gotta Give ***1/2
16. Shattered Glass ***1/2
17. School of Rock *** 1/2
18. Bend it Like Beckham ***1/2
19. X2: X-Men United ***
20. The Human Stain ***
21. Stuck On You ***
22. Open Range ***
23. The Hulk ***
24. Down with Love ***
25. The Matrix Reloaded ***
26. Bruce Almighty ***
27. Brother Bear ***
28. Anything Else ***
29. American Wedding ***
30. Phone Booth ***
31. The Matrix Revolutions ***
32. Once Upon a Time in Mexico ***
33. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle ***
34. The Haunted Mansion **1/2
35. Intolerable Cruelty **1/2
36. Anger Management **1/2
37. Dreamcatcher *1/2

Alien: The Director's Cut ****

2002 releases seen in 2003

1. Gangs of New York **** (2nd time)-Best Film of 2002
2. Chicago **** (2nd time)
3. The Pianist ***1/2 (x2)
4. Adaptation ***1/2
5. About Schmidt ***1/2
6. The Hours ***
7. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ***

BRAISKI

T3-------------------------->10.5/10*
Matrix Reloaded--------->9/10*
X2-------------------------->8/10*
Dare Devil---------------->7.5/10*
The Hulk------------------>6/10*

barrym71

My best of 2003. Since I live in NYC, I count limited releases for whichever year they came out. I count video viewings as long as it has a theatrical release the same year.

Ten point scale.


9.5 Laurel Canyon
9.4 Hero (theatrical release in Nov 03)
9.2 American Splendor
9.2 Lost in Translation
9.2 The Man on the Train
9.1 May
9.1 City of God
9.1 X2
9.0 The Slaughter Rule (no theatrical release)

8.9 All the Real Girls
8.8 Capturing the Friedmans
8.8 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
8.7 Swimming Pool
8.7 The Magdelene Sisters
8.7 28 Days Later
8.7 Whale Rider
8.6 A Mighty Wind
8.6 Spellbound
8.6 Cabin Fever
8.5 Once Upon a Time in Mexico

8.4 Dirty Pretty Things
8.4 The Shape of Things
8.4 Wrong Turn
8.2 The Matrix Reloaded
8.2 Sweet Sixteen
8.2 Better Luck Tomorrow
8.1 Lilya 4-Ever
8.1 Pirates of the Caribbean
8.0 Freddy vs Jason
8.0 Irreversible

7.5 Thirteen
7.4 Darkness Falls
7.3 The Eye
7.3 Phone Booth
7.2 Jeepers Creepers 2
7.2 Dreamcatcher
7.1 Spider
7.0 Cold Creek Manor

6.8 The Italian Job
6.7 Identity
6.4 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
6.0 Daredevil

5.6 Dark Blue
5.6 The Order
5.5 The Hulk
5.0 The Embalmer

4.8 Cube 2: Hypercube

Cornelius1047

List
[list=1][*]About Schmidt (2002) ***1/2[*]Adaptation (2002) ****[*]Anger Management **1/2[*]Bruce Almighty ***1/2[*]Dreamcatcher **[*]Finding Nemo ***1/2[*]Hollywood Homicide **1/2[*]The Hulk ***[*]Identity **1/2[*]The Matrix Reloaded ***1/2[*]Phone Booth ***1/2[*]Pirates Of The Caribbean ****[*]T3 ****[*]28 Days Later ***[*]X2 ****[/list=1]

Out of five (5) stars *****, listed alphabetically

K

jrsl76

1.) Irreversible
2.) Bend It Like Beckham
3.) Finding Nemo
4.) Lilya 4-Ever
5.) Pirates of the Caribbean - I thought it would suck, but it
was a lot of fun
6.) X2
7.) A Mighty Wind
8.) Swimming Pool
9.) 28 Days Later
10.) Better Luck Tommorrow

Thats a lot more mainstream Films than I expected. I need to add one more movie or I would be remiss -

Worst Movie of the Year
T3
The other movies coming out this year are going to have to work hard to be worse than film.

TenaciousD

Here's my list

Identity ****
Spider ****
Italian Job *** 1/2
28 Days Later *** 1/2
T3 ***
Irreversible ***
X2 ***
Matrix Reloaded ***
Old School ***
American Wedding ***
Final Destination 2 ** 1/2
Phone Booth ** 1/2
The Recruit ** 1/2
Daredevil ** 1/2
2 Fast 2 Furious ** 1/2
Dark Blue ** 1/2
Bruce Almighty ** 1/2
Basic **
Tears of the Sun **
Darkness Falls **
A Guy Thing **
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days **
Shanghai Knights **
Lockdown **
House Of 1,000 Corpses **
Bad Boys 2 * 1/2
Life of David Gale * 1/2
Spun * 1/2
Just Married * 1/2
National Security * 1/2
Biker Boyz * 1/2
Malibu's Most Wanted *
Real Cancun 1/2
Dreamcatcher 1/2
Kangaroo Jack 1/2

ProjectMayhem

1. Phone Booth: 96%, A.
1. City of God: 96%, A.
1. Cremaster 3: 96%, A.

2. Owning Mahowny: 95%, A.
2. Swimming Pool: 95%, A.
2. Capturing the Friedmans: 95%, A.
2. House of 1,000 Corpses: 95%, A.

3. 28 Days Later: 94%, A.
3. Willard: 94%, A.
3. Spellbound: 94%, A.
3. Confidence: 94%, A.
3. Better Luck Tomorrow: 94%, A.
3. Identity: 94%, A.
3. Sweet Sixteen: 94%, A.

4. Terminator 3: 93%, A-.
4. The Italian Job: 93%, A-.
4. Whale Rider: 93%, A-.
4. Dirty Pretty Things: 93%, A-.
4. Irréversible: 93%, A-.
4. Poolhall Junkies: 93%, A-.
4. Spun: 93%, A-.
4. XX/Xy: 93%, A-.
4. The Good Thief: 93%, A-.

5. The Matrix Reloaded: 92%, A-.
5. Winged Migration: 92%, A-.
5. Wrong Turn: 92%, A-.
5. The Man on the Train: 92%, A-.
5. Lost in La Mancha: 92%, A-.
5. Spider: 92%, A-.
5. Laurel Canyon: 92%, A-.
5. The Slaughter Rule: 92%, A-.

6. Bad Boys II: 90%, A-.
6. Final Destination 2: 90%, A-.
6. Stevie: 90%, A-.
6. May: 90%, A-.
6. American Wedding: 90%, A-.

7. Pirates of the Caribbean: 89%, B+.
7. The Recruit: 89%, B+.
7. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: 89%, B+.
7. Old School: 89%, B+.
7. Tears of the Sun: 89%, B+.
7. Bend it like Beckham: 89%, B+.
7. Basic: 89%, B+.
7. Cowboy Bebop: 89%, B+.
7. The Eye: 89%, B+.

8. City of Ghosts: 88%, B+.
8. The Dancer Upstairs: 88%, B+.
8. The Sea: 88%, B+.
8. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: 88%, B+.

9. X2: 87%, B+.
9. Dark Blue: 87%, B+.
9. Gods and Generals: 87%, B+.
9. WXIII (Wasted 13: Patlabor The Movie 3): 87%, B+.

10. Shanghai Knights: 85%, B.
10. Daredevil: 85%, B.
10. Darkness Falls: 85%, B.
10. The Life of David Gale: 85%, B.
10. Malibu's Most Wanted: 85%, B.
10. Charlotte Sometimes: 85%, B.

11. Blue Collar Comedy Tour: 84%, B.
11. Fulltime Killer: 84%, B.

12. A Guy Thing: 78%, C+.
12. Bulletproof Monk: 78%, C+.

13. P.S. Your Cat is Dead: 75%, C.

14. Anger Management: 74%, C.

15. Just Married: 72%, C-.

16. Bruce Almighty: 71%, C-.
16. Bringing Down the House: 71%, C-.

17. National Security: 70%, C-.
17. A Family Affair: 75%, C.

18. The Real Cancun: 69%, D+.

19. Deliver Us From Eva: 65%, D.

72 total.

Keyser_Soze2

Number of new, domestically released films seen: 84

Rated out of four stars, listed in order of preference:

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (****)
Dogville (****) -- ineligible for placement on end-of-year list
Lilya 4-Ever (****)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (****)
Whale Rider (****)
21 Grams (****)
Finding Nemo (****)
Better Luck Tomorrow (****)
Spellbound (****)
Lost in Translation (****)
City of God (****)
Identity (****)
Raising Victor Vargas (****)
The Magdalene Sisters (****)
Open Range (****)
Monster (****)

The School of Rock (***1/2)
Shattered Glass (***1/2)
Bad Santa (***1/2)
Shaolin Soccer (***1/2)
Sweet Sixteen (***1/2)
The Last Samurai (***1/2)
A Mighty Wind (***1/2)
28 Days Later (***1/2)
Capturing the Friedmans (***1/2)
The Matrix Reloaded (***1/2)
S.W.A.T. (***1/2)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (***1/2)
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (***1/2)
The Man Without a Past (***1/2)
May (***1/2)
Irreversible (***1/2)
The Cooler (***1/2)
Owning Mahoney (***1/2)
Thirteen (***1/2)
Dirty Pretty Things (***1/2)
Freddy vs. Jason (***1/2)
Dark Blue (***1/2)
A Decade Under the Influence (***1/2)
X2: X-Men United (***1/2)

Cold Mountain (***)
Down with Love (***)
The Triplets of Belleville (***)
Mystic River (***)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (***)
So Close (***)
In America (***)
The Station Agent (***)
American Splendor (***)
Hulk (***)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (***)
Man on the Train (***)
Big Fish (***)
The Matrix Revolutions (***)
Winged Migration (***)
The Rundown (***)
Bend It Like Beckham (***)
Love Actually (***)
The Secret Lives of Dentists (***)
Matchstick Men (***)
American Wedding (***)
Anger Management (***)
Lost in La Mancha (***)
The Good Thief (***)

Seabiscuit (**1/2)
Swimming Pool (**1/2)
Intolerable Cruelty (**1/2)
Elephant (**1/2)
Nowhere in Africa (**1/2)
Holes (**1/2)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (**1/2)
Daredevil (**1/2)

The Son (**)
House of Sand and Fog (**)
Ichi the Killer (**)
To Be and To Have (**)
Cold Creek Manor (**)
Spider (**)

2 Fast 2 Furious (*1/2)
Bringing Down the House (*1/2)

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (*)
Cradle 2 the Grave (*)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (ZERO STARS)
All the Real Girls (ZERO STARS)


Top 10 of 2002:

1) Y Tu Mama Tambien
2) Gangs of New York
3) Nine Queens
4) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5) Chicago
6) Panic Room
7) About Schmidt
8) Unfaithful
9) Sex and Lucia
10) Femme Fatale

Tony Block

SPIDER
IRREVERSIBLE
CITY OF GOD
SWIMMING POOL
28 DAYS LATER
LE CIRCLE ROUGE
THE MAN ON THE TRAIN
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
THE GOOD THIEF
X2
THE EYE
SPUN
WILLARD
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN


Need to see
A MIGHTY WIND
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW
BUBBA HO-TEP
DENON LOVER
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
FRIDAY NIGHT
IN MY LIFE

JediBadAzz

Good:
X2: X-Men United - 5/5
Pirates of the Caribbean - 4.5/5
Finding Nemo - 5/5
28 Days Later - 4/5
The Matrix Reloaded - 4/5
Irreversible- 4.5/5
Freddy Vs. Jason- 4/5

Meh:
The Hulk- 3/5
Willard- 3.5/5
Old School- 3/5
House of 1000 Corpses- 3/5

Bad:
Kangaroo Jack - 0/5
Anger Management - .5/5
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - 1.5/5
Bend it like Beckham - 2/5
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - 2/5
Daredevil- 2.5/5

Watch List:

When Available in area
---------------------------------------------------------------
Dirty Pretty Things- Now Playing
American Splendor- Now Playing
Party Monster- Sept 5
Bubba-Ho-Tep- Sept 19
Lost in Translation- Sept 19
21 Grams- Nov 14
Big Fish- Dec 18

Must See's
----------------------------------------------------------------
Cabin Fever- Sept 12
Once Upon A Time In Mexico- Sept 12
Kill Bill Volume I- Oct 10
Alien- Oct 31
The Matrix Revolutions- Nov 5
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy- December 16

cactusoly

My top ten in Sept

1) X2
2) Terminator 3
3) Once Opon A Time in Mexico
4) Daredevil
5) 28 Days Later
6) American Wedding
7) Freddy vs Jason
8) Hulk
9) House Of 1000 Corpses
10) Matrix Reloaded

dknight04

DAREDEVIL -> 3 STARS
X-MEN 2 -> 5 STARS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN -> 3 STARS
FINDING NEMO -> 5 STARS
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN -> 2 STARS
OLD SCHOOL -> 3 STARS
THE HULK -> 3 STARS
ANGER MANAGEMENT -> 4 STARS
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE -> 3 STARS
IDENTITY -> 3 STARS
DADDY DAY CARE -> 1 STAR

Alex15

(out of 4 stars)

Lost In Translation ****
Nowhere In Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) ****
Thirteen ****
To Be And To Have (Être et avoir) ****

All The Real Girls ***1/2
Dogville ***1/2
Camp ***1/2
Finding Nemo ***1/2
Spellbound ***1/2
Station Agent ***1/2


American Splendor ***
Bend It Like Beckham ***
Blue Car ***
Cold Mountain ***
Mighty Wind ***
Rivers And Tides ***
School Of Rock ***
Shattered Glass ***
Swimming Pool ***
Whale Rider ***
Winged Migration ***


Dirty Pretty Things **1/2
Monster **1/2
Northfork **1/2
Russian Ark **1/2
Touching The Void **1/2
Stevie **1/2

And Now Ladies And Gentlemen **
Cooler, The
House Of Sand And Fog **
Le Divorce **
Owning Mahowny **

Anger Management *
Dreamers, The *
Suriyothai *

occupant

2003 Theatrical Releases only.

Lost in Translation - 10

The Magdalene Sisters - 9.5
Whale Rider - 9.5
City of God - 9.5
Northfork - 9.5

Thirteen - 9
American Splendor - 9
Secret Lives of Dentists - 9
Capturing the Friedmans - 9
Raising Victor Vargas - 9

The Good Thief - 8.5
All the Real Girls - 8.5
Blue Car - 8.5

Dirty Pretty Things - 8
Secret Lives: Children and their Rescuers - 8
Swimming Pool - 8

A mighty Wind - 7.5
XX/XY - 7.5
I Capture the Castle - 7.5
The Shape of Things - 7.5
Matchstick Men - 7.5

Morvern Callar - 7
The Man on the Train - 7
Italian Job - 7
Pirates of the Carribean - 7
Down With Love - 7
Freaky Friday - 7
Owning Mahowny - 7
Bend it Like Beckham - 7

Spellbound - 6.5
Winged Migration - 6.5
The Housekeeper - 6.5
Identity - 6.5

The Guru - 6
Le Divorce - 6
Camp - 6
He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not - 6

Horns and Halos - 5.5

Confidence - 5
Bruce Almighty - 5
Anything Else - 5

The Recruit - 4.5

Old School - 4

Terminator 3 - 3

American Wedding - 2

Charlies Angels 2 - 1

The Antipodean

Order of preference as of 11/03. I'm only counting movies released in 2003, none of this "came out in 2002, saw it in 2003" business for me:

Return Of The King (10/10)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (9/10)
Lost In Translation (9/10)
Whale Rider (9/10)
X2: X-Men United (9/10)
Confessions of A Dangerous Mind (8/10)
A Mighty Wind (8/10)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (8/10)
Pirates of the Caribbean (8/10)
Seabiscuit (8/10)
Finding Nemo (7.5/10)
Daredevil (7/10)
Matrix Revolutions (7/10)
Shape of Things (7/10)
Phone Booth (7/10)
Old School (7/10)
Matrix Reloaded (6.5/10)
Hollywood Homicide (6.5/10)
Identity (6/10)
Down With Love (5.5/10)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (5/10)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (5/10)
Hulk (5/10)
Anger Management (5/10)

Calistoga

In order of preference:

Finding Nemo ****
Pirates of the Carribean *** 1/2
Bruce Almighty *** 1/2
X2 *** 1/2
Seabiscuit ***
Matchstick Men ***
Anger Management ***
Matrix Reloaded ***
Phone Booth ** 1/2
The Rundown ** 1/2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico **

Staccatos

Top 10 (Rating out of 10)
-------------------------------
1. Kill Bill, Volume 1 (9.5)
2. Lost in Translation (9)
3. My Life Without Me (9)
4. Thirteen (9)
5. Swimming Pool (8.5)
6. L'Auberge Espagnol (8)
7. Intolerable Cruelty (8)
8. Matchstick Men (8)
9. Dirty Pretty Things (8)
10. X2 (8)

The Rest
-----------
Seabiscuit (8)
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (8)
Irreversible (7.5)
28 Days Later (7.5)
The Matrix Reloaded (7.5)
Bubba Ho-Tep (7.5)
Tears of the Sun (7)
Le Divorce (7)
The Shape of Things (7)
So Close (6.5)
Northfork (6.5)
Hulk (6)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (6)
Underworld (4)
Tom Raider: The Cradle of Life (3)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (1)

starseed

*****
Bend It Like Beckham
Capturing the Friedmans
Finding Nemo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Spider
Sweet Sixteen
Thirteen
Whale Rider

****
American Splendor
The Eye
Holes
Identity
The Italian Job
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Love Actually
May
A Mighty Wind
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Spellbound
Swimming Pool
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
28 Days Later
X2: X-Men United
XX/XY

***
American Wedding
Better Luck Tomorrow
Big Fish
Cabin Fever
Confidence
The Core
Final Destination 2
Grind
Hollywood Homicide
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Hulk
Irréversible
The Matrix Reloaded
Phone Booth
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Safety of Objects
The Shape of Things
Spun
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Willard
Wrong Turn

**
Anger Management
Assassination Tango
Bruce Almighty
Daredevil
Down with Love
Dreamcatcher
Gerry
Gigli
The Matrix Revolutions

*
Darkness Falls
Freddy vs. Jason
House of 1000 Corpses
Jeepers Creepers 2

kenbuzz

The following are rated on the modified USS Eisenhower scale.

The Matrix Reloaded (3 1/2 out of 5)

STI: 1 star, sentinels everywhere!
DPP: 1/2 star, cop car damaged in highway chase scene, but the damage was inside the Matrix, not in the real world.
BS: 1/2 star, implied Neo/Trinity sex scene.
ML: 1 star, Merolingian: "Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperie de connard d'enculé de ta mère."
GM: 1/2 star, most of the "good deaths" were dealt inside the Matrix, not in the real world. None of the real world deaths were particularly memorable.

Kill Bill (3 1/2 out of 5)

STI: 1 star, the assassins are all codenamed for snakes
DPP: 0 stars, I don't recall a single "publically-owned" thing being destroyed.
BS: 0 stars, no gratutious nudity, the coma ward rape scene doesn't count
ML: 1 star, The Bride:"You can take my word for it, your mother had it coming."
GM: 1 star + 1/2 bonus star, like I really need to explain?

The Italian Job (3 out of 5)

STI: 1 star, Balinese dancer on gold ingots
DPP: 1 star, street gets blowed up, dropping armored car into subway
BS: 0 stars, too bad, what with Charlize Theron and all
ML: 1 star, John/Stella "I trust everyone. It's the devil inside the person I don't trust."
GM: 0 stars

Chicago (2 out of 5)

STI: 1 star, Mama with a feather boa.
DPP: 0 stars
BS: 0 stars
ML: 1 star, Roxie: "He was trying to burgle me!" Harrison: "From what I hear, he's been burgling you three times a week for the past month."
GM: 0 stars

Rating Categories:
STI: Snake, Train or Indian (Is there a snake, a train, and/or an Indian in the movie?)
DPP: Destruction of Public Property (Private property does not count.)(see note)
BS: Blatant Sex (1 star for sex or implied sex scene, 1/2 star for nudity, nips and/or pubes)
ML: Memorable Line (can you remember the line and recall the scene 24 hours after seeing the movie?)
GM: Good Mort (unusual or particularly memorable death scene)

1 star per category, bonus half-stars may be awarded in up to two different categories, maximum rating = 5 stars

(note: In a monarchy or empire, everything is by definition owned by the king/queen/emperor, therefore there is no public property. Movies in these settings will score zero in this category, but two additional bonus half-stars (for a total of four) may be awarded in other categories as compensation. Movies set in communist countries, where everything is by definition owned by everybody, will automatically score 1 star, but are ineligible for a bonus half-star in this category.)

Caliking

Last update < 1/15/04>


ratings based on a scale of 10. only my top 10 of the year stay! i believe they are all 2003 only.
1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 10/10
2. Big Fish 10/10
3. Lost In Translation 10/10
4. Mystic River 10/10
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 9/10
6. X2 9/10
7. Cold Mountain 9/10
8. Finding Nemo 8/10
9. American Splendor 8/10
10. Open Range 8/10

others:
School of Rock 8/10
Whale Rider 8/10
The Good Thief 8/10
Pirates of the Caribbean 8/10






Still waiting to see:
Capturing the Friedmans
Dogville
The Station Agent
The Barbarian Invasions
21 Grams
Love Actually
Shattered Glass
My Life Without Me
House of Sand and Fog
Master and Commander
Peter Pan
Monster
Elephant
Concert for George
Dirty Pretty Things
Thirteen
Intolerable Cruelty
Demon Lover

mikewendt

My scale...

-


Kill Bill Vol. 1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mystic River


As of 10/26/03

Fred C. Dobbs

NOTE:
01. I am putting ALL titles is bold.
02. I will not put DVDS like "The Twilight Zone" in because they are not film, they are television.
03. All ratings are scored out of 5 stars.


January 2003
1/1/03-Dracula: Prince of Darkness****
1/2/03-Dr. Phibes Rises Again ***
1/4/03-Lethal Weapon III **
1/4/03-Madhouse ***
1/5/03-Barber Shop****1/2
1/10/03-Tales from the Crypt****
1/10/03-The Tomb of Ligeia ****1/2
1/11/03-The Black Cat (1941) **
1/11/03-Horror of Dracula ***
1/12/03-Barber Shop ****1/2
1/13/03-Black Sabbath****
1/16/03-Barber Shop****1/2
1/18/03-The Tingler****1/2
1/18/03-Hound of the Baskervilles***1/2
1/19/03-Freaks*****
1/19/03-Curse of Frankenstein*****
1/20/03-Carnival of Souls (Directors Cut)****
1/21/03-Last Man on Earth***1/2
1/22/03-The Fly (Original)***1/2
1/25/03-The Black Cat (1934)****
1/25/03-Torture Garden**
1/28/03-Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?****
1/30/03-Mr. Sardonicus****

February 2003
2/1/03-Champagne for Caesar****1/2
2/1/03-Twice Told Tales***
2/5/03-Champagne for Caesar****1/2
2/7/03-The Pit and the Pendulum***1/2
2/7/03-Circus of Horrors****
2/8/03-xXx*1/2
2/11/03-Vault of Horror***1/2
2/12/03-13 Ghosts***
2/13/03-Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular****1/2 (DVD)
2/15/03-The Baron of Arizona**1/2
2/15/03-City of the Dead***
2/15/03-Young Frankenstein***
2/16/03-Frankenstein****
2/17/03-Mystery of the Wax Museum***1/2
2/17/03-Comedy of Terrors***1/2
2/18/03-Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein*****
2/18/03-Black Christmas**
2/19/03-Bride of Frankenstein*****
2/19/03-Mad Love****1/2
2/20/03-The Haunted Palace****
2/21/03-Kwaidan****1/2
2/24/03-The Invisible Man****1/2
2/26/03-The Raven (Lugosi)****
2/26/03-The Black Cat (Karloff)****

March 2003
3/1/03-Phantom of the Opera (Hammer)*1/2
3/1/03-Curse of the Werewolf**1/2
3/1/03-Ed Wood*****
3/2/03-The Ring**
3/4/03-House of Frankenstein****
3/6/03-Horror of Dracula***
3/7/03-The Abominable Dr. Phibes***1/2
3/8/03-Champagne for Caesar****1/2
3/8/03-Live and Let Die*****
3/8/03-Asylum***1/2
3/9/03-Dawn of the Dead*****
3/12/03-Sleepy Hollow (Commentary)****
3/13/03-The Man Who Laughs*****
3/14/03-Freaks*****
3/14/03-The Reptile***1/2
3/14/03-Tombs of the Blind Dead***1/2
3/15/03-War Gods of the Deep*
3/15/03-Paradise**1/2
3/15/03-Red Dragon***
3/15/03-The Seventh Seal*****
3/16/03-Strait-Jacket***1/2
3/18/03-8-Mile**
3/21/03-The Raven (Lugosi)****
3/22/03-Barber Shop****1/2
3/22/03-The Haunting (1963)****
3/22/03-Monkey Business****1/2
3/22/03-The Mummy's Hand***
3/24/03-Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy**
3/25/03-Shock Waves****
3/25/03-Citizen Kane*****
3/26/03-Night of the Demon****
3/27/03-Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman****
3/29/03-The Climax***
3/29/03-The Man with the Golden Gun****
3/29/03-A Night at the Opera****
3/30/03-House of Dracula**
3/30/03-WWE WrestleMania 19 (Not a film, but noteworthy)

April 2003
4/1/03-Duck Soup***
4/4/03-Return of the Living Dead***
4/4/03-Old Dark House****1/2
4/5/03-Tenebrae****
4/5/03-American Werewolf in London**
4/7/03-At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul**1/2
4/9/03-The Abominable Snowman****
4/9/03-Night of the Hunter*****
4/10/03-Island of Lost Souls***
4/13/03-The Mummy's Tomb***1/2
4/15/03-Murders in the Rue Morgue (Hessler)***1/2
4/17/03-The Mummy's Ghost**1/2
4/18/03-House of Horrors***1/2 (My Birthday)
4/18/03-The House that Dripped Blood**** (My Birthday)
4/18/03-Son of Frankenstein**** (My Birthday)
4/21/03-A Day at the Races***1/2
4/22/03-The Road to Utopia*****
4/23/03-The Road to Singapore****1/2
4/24/03-The Ghost Breakers****
4/25/03-Son of Frankenstein****
4/25/03-A Day at the Races****
4/25/03-Abbott and Costello meet The Killer***
4/25/03-Barber Shop****1/2
4/28/03-Go West****
4/29/03-At the Circus***
4/29/03-The Ringer**1/2
4/29/03-Abbott and Costello in the Foregin Legion**1/2
4/29/03-Frankenstein (1910) N/A, Can't rate this one. Too short. Beautiful transformation scene.

May 2003
5/1/03-Animal Crackers****
5/3/03-Creature from the Black Lagoon***1/2
5/5/03-At the Circus***
5/6/03-MTV Icon: Metalicca (Not a film, but noteworthy)
5/7/03-The Beyond***1/2
5/8/03-Hell of the Living Dead***
5/8/03-Invisible Invaders***1/2
5/9/03-Singin' in the Rain****
5/10/03-Seven Samurai****
5/10/03-The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Extended TV Version*****
5/11/03-Deep Red****1/2
5/11/03-The Crazies****
5/12/03-Ed Wood (Commentary)*****
5/15/03-The Road to Morocco***1/2
5/17/03-Horse Feathers****
5/18/03-Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap**1/2
5/19/03-O**
5/20/03-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea****1/2
5/22/03-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea****1/2
5/24/03-Dracula (Commentary)***1/2
5/25/03-Dead of Night****
5/26/03-Dr. Terror's House of Horrors****1/2
5/30/03-The Fog****
5/31/03-The Tingler****1/2
5/31/03-Freaks*****
5/31/03-The Road to Rio***1/2
5/31/03-The Ringer (Commentary)***

June 2003
6/2/03-A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies: Part One
6/3/03-House of 1,000 Corpses****
6/4/03-House of 1,000 Corpses****
6/5/03-A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies: Part Two
6/7/03-Unforgiven****1/2
6/8/03-One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest*****
6/11/03-A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies: Part Three
6/12/03-North by Northwest****1/2
6/14/03-Finding Nemo****
6/15/03-The Day the Earth Stood Still*****
6/16/03-Vertigo****
6/17/03-You Only Live Twice****1/2
6/17/03-High Noon****1/2
6/21/03-The Paleface****
6/22/03-Torso****
6/22/03-Rope****1/2
6/25/03-The Treasure of the Sierra Madre*****

August 2003
8/19/03-Gangs of New York*****
8/20/03-The Gold Rush****1/2
8/20/03-House of 1,000 Corpses (Commentary)****
8/21/03-Tower of London (Original)***
8/21/03-The Maltese Falcon*****
8/22/03-House of Wax****
8/22/03-Casablanca*****
8/24/03-Tower of London (1962)**1/2
8/24/03-Treasure of the Sierra Madre*****
8/29/03-Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed****1/2
8/30/03-Halloween****

September 2003
9/1/03-The Raven (1963)****
9/1/03-Tomb of Ligeia****1/2
9/1/03-House of Long Shadows**1/2
9/1/03-The Ghoul***
9/1/03-Targets****1/2
9/4/03-The Jazz Singer***1/2
9/5/03-Patton****1/2
9/6/03-Freddy vs. Jason***
9/6/03-Sideshow: Alive on the Inside (Not a film, but noteworthy)
9/7/03-Goldfinger***1/2
9/7/03-The Desperate Hours****1/2
9/9/03-On the Waterfront*****
9/12/03-The Petrified Forest****
9/14/03-Raw Meat***
9/18/03-Charlie Chan at the Opera***1/2
9/20/03-The Devil Commands**
9/20/03-Passage to Marseille***
9/20/03-The African Queen****1/2
9/21/03-Captain Blood****1/2
9/21/03-Notorious***1/2
9/21/03-Sunrise*****
9/24/03-Modern Times*****
9/25/03-The Tenant*****
9/27/03-Arsenic and Old Lace***1/2
9/27/03-Key Largo****1/2
9/27/03-The Thing (1982)****
9/27/03-Day of the Dead***
9/27/03-Inferno****
9/27/03-The Hills Have Eyes****
9/28/03-Bacall on Bogart (Not a film, but noteworthy)
9/28/03-Blue Sunshine***1/2
9/29/03-Adventures of Robin Hood****1/2

October 2003
10/1/03-Comedy of Terrors***1/2
10/2/03-The Ghost and Mr. Chicken**1/2
10/3/03-Abbott and Costello meet The Invisible Man***
10/3/03-Aguirre, The Wrath of God****
10/4/03-The Black Castle***1/2
10/4/03-Night Monster**1/2
10/7/03-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)*****
10/9/03-The Man Who Laughs*****
10/10/03-The Devil and Daniel Webster****
10/13/03-Jackie Brown*****
10/15/03-The Big Sleep****
10/20/03-Sherlock Jr.****1/2
10/23/03-Raiders of the Lost Ark****
10/26/03-Hard Boiled****1/2
10/27/03-Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (Not a film, but noteworthy)
10/28/03-The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari****1/2
10/29/03-The Penalty****
10/30/03-The Unknown*****

November 2003
11/5/03-They Drive by Night****
11/6/03-Little Caesar***1/2
11/11/03-Tales from the Crypt****
11/12/03-Once Upon a Time in America*****
11/16/03-Peeping Tom***1/2
11/18/03-The Oklahoma Kid***1/2
11/19/03-The Big Heat****1/2
11/20/03-Monkey Business****1/2
11/23/03-Duck, You Sucker (Film Forum)****1/2
11/24/03-Treasure of the Sierra Madre*****
11/27/03-Sisters****1/2
11/29/03-Public Enemy****
11/29/03-X2***1/2

December 2003
12/2/03-The Grapes of Wrath*****
12/3/03-The Scarlet Empress***1/2
12/4/03-Across 110th Street***1/2
12/5/03-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea****1/2
12/6/03-Carnival of Souls****
12/7/03-Wages of Fear****1/2
12/8/03-Once Upon a Time in the West*****
12/9/03-Pirates of the Caribbean***1/2
12/10/03-Bad Boys II**1/2
12/11/03-Double Indemnity****1/2
12/14/03-Sunset Boulevard*****
12/16/03-Yojimbo****1/2
12/18/03-Reservoir Dogs****1/2
12/19/03-Here's Looking at You, Warner Brothers (Not a film, but noteworthy)
12/21/03-Twitch of the Death Nerve***1/2
12/23/03-Baron Blood***1/2
12/23/03-What Have You Done to Solange?***1/2
12/23/03-Dracula: Prince of Darkness****
12/24/03-From Russia With Love****
12/24/03-Foxy Brown****
12/25/03-Tomorrow Never Dies****
12/26/03-A Bullet in the Head***1/2
12/27/03-They Live****
12/28/03-House With Laughing Windows***1/2
12/28/03-Black Caesar****
12/29/03-Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell****
12/30/03-Curse of the Demon***1/2
12/30/03-The Killers (1946)****
12/31/03-Alien (Directors Cut)*****

TOTALS:
January - 23
February - 24
March - 37
April - 28
May - 27
June - 17
July - N/A
August - 11
September - 32
October - 18
November - 13
December - 29


TOTAL: 259 films watched in 2003