The 2003 Rank Them as You See Them Thread
 

DISCLAIMER: Please post only your list, no off-topic posts please. These only make the thread long and cluttered. Also, when you see more movies, edit your original post rather than making a new one so that we can keep the thread as short as possible. Lastly, if you're going to list a movie that was in limited release in 2002 for Oscar consideration, put (2002) beside it. Thanks.

The 2002 Rank Them as You See Them Thread
The 2001 Rank Them as You See Them Thread

Using a ***** scale.

1 Seabiscuit x2 *****
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King x2 *****
3 X2 *****
4 Finding Nemo *****
5 Chicago (2002) x2 *****
6 Pirates of the Carribean ****1/2
7 Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World ****1/2
8 The Last Samurai ****1/2
9 Open Range ****1/2
10 Lost in Translation ****1/2
11 Love Actually ****1/2
12 Something's Gotta Give ****1/2
13 School of Rock ****1/2
14 Confidence ****
15 Mystic River ****
16 Gangs of New York (2002) ****
17 Elf ****
18 Bad Boys 2 ****
19 The Italian Job ****
20 Freddy vs. Jason ****
21 Identity ****
22 The Matrix Revolutions ****
23 Kill Bill, Volume One ****
24 S.W.A.T. ****
25 The Matrix Reloaded x2 ****
26 Bruce Almighty ****
27 American Wedding ****
28 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ****
29 Daredevil ****
30 Shanghai Knights ****
31 Tears of the Sun ****
32 The Recruit ****
33 Hulk x2 ***1/2
34 Underworld ***1/2
35 Once Upon a Time in Mexico ***1/2
36 Anger Management ***1/2
37 The Rundown ***1/2
38 Old School ***
39 Scary Movie 3 ***
40 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle ***
41 Jeepers Creepers 2 ***
42 The Hunted **1/2
43 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre **1/2
44 House of the Dead *

Matt

The Second Annual Bus-Ranks-Em-On-The-First-Page Post
 

I will rank all the movies I see this year in the theatre for the first time, regardless of release year. I will not re-rank something after I see it again. To each movie's credit, I did like each of these movies (except for Tomb Raider).

[Best of 2003]

1. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) $$$
2. X2 $$$
3. Mystic River
Lost in Translation
4. 21 Grams $$$
5. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle $$$
6. Freaky Friday
7. A Mighty Wind $$$
8. Kill Bill: Volume 1 zzz $$$
9. Matrix Revolutions $$$
10. Matrix Reloaded $$$
11. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
12. Adaptation
13. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines zzz $$$
14. Finding Nemo
15. Once Upon a Time in Mexico $$$
16. Pirates of the Caribbean zzz $$$
17. Underworld zzz
18. S.W.A.T.
19. Brother Bear
20. The Hulk zzz
21. Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

as of November 2003

zzz denotes movies where I dozed off or downright fell asleep
$$$ denotes movies which I will fund further through purchase of the DVD


[2002 Stats]

Top movie: Y Tu Mamá También (out of 26 seen theatrically)
% of zzz films: 26.9%
% of $$$ films: 34.6%

001 - Sherlock Jr. (1924)bk
002 - Trouble in Paradise (1932)el
003 - Nosferatu (1922)+
004 - Stalker (1979)at
005 - Ikiru (1952)+
006 - To Be or Not to Be (1942)el
007 - Le fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) (1974)+
008 - One Week (1920)bk
009 - Duck Soup (1933)+
010 - The Shop Around the Corner (1940)+
011 - The High Sign (1921)mvs
012 - Andrei Rublev (1966)at
013 - Spider (2002)
014 - Greed (1924)+
015 - The Sacrifice (1986)at
016 - The Playhouse (1921)bk
017 - A Man Escaped (1956)+
018 - Porto da Minha Infância (Oporto of my Childhood) (2001)eu
019 - 10 (2002)
020 - Die ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun) (1979)rwf
021 - The Tulse Luper Suitcases (Episodes 1, 2 & 3) cff
022 - Une filme falado (A Talking Movie) cff
023 - The Pianist (2002)
024 - Heaven Can Wait (1943)el
025 - Cluny Brown (1946)el
026 - The Devil is a Woman (1935)vsb
027 - The Scarlet Empress (1934)vsb
028 - La Voie Lactée (The Milky Way) (1968)+
029 - Bimbo's Initiation (1931)mvs
030 - 25th Hour (2002)
031 - Cat People (1943)+
032 - The Mirror (1974)at
033 - The Baby of Mâcon (1993)+
034 - The Naked Spur (1952)+
035 - El Bruto (1952)la
036 - Seven Men from Now (1956)+
037 - The Saga of Anatahan (1953)vsb
038 - The Lady from Shanghai (1947)+
039 - The Tracker (2002)ad
040 - demonlover (2002)
041 - Good bye dragon inn cff
042 - American Splendor
043 - Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
044 - De l'autre côté (2002)
045 - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)+
046 - Angst essen Seele auf (Fear Eats the Soul) (1974)rwf
047 - The Love Parade (1929)el
048 - Ninotchka (1939)el
049 - Morvern Callar (2001)
050 - Le fils (The Son) (2002)
051 - Black Narcissus (1947)+
052 - One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999)at
053 - Le trou (1960)+
054 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
055 - ABC Africa (2001)+
056 - Thunderbolt (1929)vsb
057 - All the Real Girls (2002)
058 - Cowards Bend the Knee, or The Blue Hands
059 - Whale Rider (2002)
060 - Skin Deep cff
061 - Ce jour-là (That Day) cff
062 - La balsa de piedra (The Stone Raft) (2002)la
063 - Le Cercle Rouge (1970)+
064 - Last Dance (2002)
065 - Crimson Gold cff
066 - House of Sand and Fog
067 - The Skywalk is Gone (2002)cff
068 - Sweet Sixteen (2002)
069 - Melvin Goes to Dinner (2002)mvs
070 - Pierrot Le Fou (1965)+
071 - Dishonored (1931)vsb
072 - Laissez-passer (Safe Conduct) (2001)
073 - Martin & Orloff (2002)
074 - The Howlin' Wolf Story
075 - Lundi Matin (Monday Morning) (2001)
076 - The Station Agent
077 - Dans ma Peau (In My Skin)
078 - Être et avoir (To Be and To Have) (2002)
079 - Les Invasions Barbares (The Barbarian Invasions)
080 - Krysar (The Pied Piper) (1985)chf
081 - Int. Trailer. Night. (2001)mvs
082 - Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)+
083 - Funny Ha Ha (2002)
084 - Lost in Translation
085 - Mystic River
086 - Une place parmi les vivants (A Taste for Murder) cff
087 - Morocco (1930)vsb
088 - The Triplets of Belleville
089 - Finding Nemo
090 - Shattered Glass
091 - Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
092 - The Sea is Watching (2002)
093 - The Cooler (2002)
094 - De nåede færgen (They Caught the Ferry) (1948)mvs
095 - The Shape of Things
096 - Platform (2000)+
097 - Capturing the Freidmans
098 - Stevie (2002)
099 - l'Homme du Train (2002)
100 - The Sea (2002)
101 - Bad Santa
102 - Like Twenty Impossibles cff
103 - Design (2001)
104 - Divine Intervention (2002)
105 - Lilja 4-Ever (2002)eu
106 - Marion Bridge (2002)
107 - Cremaster 2 (1999)
108 - Une grande fille comme toi (A Big Girl Like You) (2002)fra
109 - Irreversible (2002)eu
110 - The Slaughter Rule (2002)
111 - The Guys (2002)
112 - 1300cc (2000)spk
113 - The School (2002)cff
114 - The Quiet American (2001)
115 - The Isle (2000)
116 - Derrida (2002)
117 - Murder By Contract (1958)+
118 - The School of Rock
119 - Odilon Redon, or the Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity (1995)+
120 - Cremaster 3 (2002)
121 - The Last Customer cff
122 - Morgiana (1971)chf
123 - 21 Grams
124 - The Singing Detective
125 - Bubba Ho-tep
126 - At Five in the Afternoon cff
127 - Blackboards (2000)
128 - Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (The Girl from Paris) (2001)eu
129 - Cremaster 5 (1997)
130 - 28 Days Later (2002)
131 - The Volatile Lion cff
132 - petites miseres (Dead Man's Hand aka Shopping) (2001)eu
133 - Monte Carlo (1930)el
134 - The Open Window (2002)cff
135 - The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
136 - Une Femme est Une Femme (A Woman is a Woman) (1961)+
137 - Swimming Pool (2002)
138 - Def cff
139 - Ali Zaoua (2000)
140 - The Drive North cff
141 - I Used to be a Filmmaker cff
142 - J'attendrai le suivant... (I'll Wait for the Next One) (2002)osc
143 - Swinging cff
144 - Hit & Run cff
145 - Bænken (The Bench) (2000)eu
146 - Take Care of My Cat (2001)
147 - The Way Home (2002)
148 - Cidade de deus (City of God) (2002)
149 - Barbeiros (2001)cff
150 - The Spirit of Gravity cff
151 - Towers Open Fire (1963)mvs
152 - On My Knees cff
153 - Hulk
154 - May (2002)
155 - Millenium Actress (2001)
156 - Kill Bill Vol. 1
157 - Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
158 - Matchstick Men
159 - Seabiscuit
060 - Destino (2002)
161 - Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (Who Wants to Kill Jesse?) (1966)chf
162 - Tamala 2010 (2002)cff
163 - Roxie Hart (1942)+
164 - Teknolust (2002)
165 - The Trumouse Show (2002)cff
166 - Portrait of a Filmmaker cff
167 - Golden Chicken cff
168 - The Matrix Reloaded
169 - Kill, Baby . . . Kill! (1966)+
170 - The Matrix Revolutions
171 - Identity
172 - Nina Simone, Love Sorceress (1998)+
173 - Señorita Extraviada (2001)
174 - Nutria (2002)cff
175 - Defector (1998)chf
176 - Cremaster 1 (1995)
177 - Cremaster 4 (1994)
178 - Got Your Money (1999)mvs
179 - Fishy cff
180 - The Raven (2000)chf
181 - The Toll Collector (2002)cff
182 - She is Dead cff
183 - I Was a Mathlete Until I Met Margo Marris cff
184 - Five Deep Breaths cff
185 - Last Day (2002)cff
186 - Flood (2002)cff
187 - To Impress the Girl Next Door cff
188 - The Inbreds spk
189 - l'auberge espagnole (2002)
190 - Roofsex spk
191 - The Good Thief (2002)
192 - Gerry (2001)
193 - Models (1998)+
194 - An Assignment cff
195 - Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (2002)cff
196 - House of Fools (2002)
197 - F--- Her Gently spk
198 - Onmyoji (The Yin Yang Master) (2001)
199 - Happy Tree Friends (8 shorts) spk
200 - X2
201 - Cowboy Bebop The Movie (2001)
202 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
203 - Hangnail (2000)spk
204 - 6 Days (2002)cff
205 - Das Rad (2001)osc
206 - Coming Home cff
207 - Pickles Day Out (2001)spk
208 - Down with Love
209 - Master and Commander—The Far Side of the World
210 - Nougat (Parts 1 & 2) (2001)spk
211 - Kung Phooey (2002)aas
212 - Neon (2002)cff
213 - The Parody of the Giving Tree cff
214 - Press Any Button (2002)cff
215 - Bánk bán (2002)
216 - Better Luck Tomorrow
217 - Daughter from Danang (2002)
218 - Dead or Alive Final (2002)
219 - Fulltime Killer (2001)
220 - Versus (2000)
021 - Vera
222 - The Last Samurai
223 - Promise Land (2002)cff
224 - Refrigerator Art (2001)spk
225 - Pass It On (2001)spk
226 - Shh (2001)spk
227 - Cracker Bag cff
228 - Teach Me (2002)spk
229 - Fait d'hiver (2001)osc
230 - Phone Booth (2002)
231 - What Are You Having? cff
232 - Poolhall Junkies (2001)
233 - S.W.A.T.
234 - The Matrices aas
235 - Mt. Head (2002)osc
236 - No Neck Joe (1998)spk
237 - Three Pigs spk
238 - Gack Gack (2001)spk
239 - À la folie . . . pas du tout (He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not) (2002)
240 - Cubism (2002)spk
241 - Inja (Dog) (2001)osc
242 - Der er en yndig mand (This Charming Man) (2002)osc
243 - The Life of David Gale (2001)
244 - Narc (2002)
245 - Once Upon a Time in Mexico
246 - 6 New Vignettes by Bill Plympton (2000)spk
247 - The Doll (1995)spk
248 - Five F---ing Fables (2002)spk
249 - The Italian Job
250 - Confidence (2002)
251 - The Cathedral (2002)osc
252 - Night Out cff
253 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
254 - Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
255 - Malibu's Most Wanted
256 - Mike's New Car (2002)osc
257 - Lost in La Mancha (2001)
258 - Bruce Almighty
259 - The Twilight Hour (2002)eu
260 - The Recruit

The above are films I've first seen in the theater this year.

+ revival or special screening | aas Asian American Showcase | ad African Diaspora Film Festival | at Andrei Tarkovsky retrospective | bk Buster Keaton program | cff Chicago International Film Festival | chf Czech Horror and Fantasy Program| el Ernst Lubitsch retrospective | eu European Union Film Festival | fra Festival of New French Cinema | la Chicago Latino Film Festival | mvs Movieside Film Festival | osc 2002 Oscar Shorts program | rwf Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective | spk Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation | vsb Joseph Von Sternberg retrospective

I got a front page spot! Woohoo!

...out of 10

(Films Released in 2003 Only)

***9-10***

Lost in Translation - 9.2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - 9.1
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - 9.1


***8-8.9***

The Matrix Reloaded - 8.9 (x2)
Finding Nemo - 8.8
Kill Bill: Part One - 8.8
Big Fish - 8.7
Out of Time - 8.6
28 Days Later- 8.6
Dirty Pretty Things - 8.5
The Italian Job - 8.5
Freaky Friday - 8.5
Love Actually - 8.5
Bend It Like Beckham - 8.4
Intolerable Cruelty - 8.4
Old School - 8.3
Seabiscuit - 8.3
Somethings Gotta Give - 8.3
Stuck on You - 8.2
Swimming Pool - 8.2
Owning Mahoney - 8.0

***7-7.9***

X2: X-Men United - 7.9
Identity - 7.8
A Mighty Wind - 7.8
Dark Blue - 7.6
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - 7.5
Elf - 7.4
Bad Boys II - 7.3
Bruce Almighty - 7.3
Underworld - 7.2
Bringing Down the House - 7.1
Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle - 7.1
Confidence - 7.0


***6-6.9***

Shanghai Knights - 6.9
Northfork - 6.9
Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 6.9
The Matrix Revolutions - 6.8
Under the Tuscan Sun - 6.6
Basic - 6.3
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde - 6.2

***5-5.9***

The Recruit - 5.9

***0-4.9***

The Hunted - 4.8

Out of 4 Stars

The Recruit ***
Dreamcatcher *
Daredevil ***1/2
Bringing Down the House *1/2
Phone Booth ***
Bend it Like Beckham ***1/2
Identity ***1/2
X2 ***1/2
A Mighty Wind **1/2
The Matrix Reloaded ***1/2
Down With Love ***
Wrong Turn ***
Old School ***
House of 1,000 Corpses *
Hulk **
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ***
Pirates of the Carribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ***


2002 releases seen in 2003

Far From Heaven ****
Chicago ****
About Schmidt ****
Adaptation ****
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ***1/2
The Pianist ***1/2
The Hours **

Out of 4 ****:

The Recruit: **1/2
Dreamcatcher: *1/2
Phone Booth: **1/2
The Matrix Reloaded: **1/2
The Italian Job: ***1/2
Hulk: **1/2
Dark Blue: ***1/2
Terminator 3: ***
Antoine Fisher: ***
Pirates of the Caribbean: ***
Basic: *1/2
Undefeated: **
Seabiscuit: ***
Open Range: ***1/2
Identity: ***
Final Destination 2: **1/2
Old School: **
Matchstick Men ***1/2
Cabin Fever: **1/2
Confidence: **1/2
Lost In Translation: ***
Mystic River: ***1/2
The Transporter: **
Kill Bill: ***1/2
Master and Commander: ***
The Missing: ***
The Runaway Jury: **1/2
Timeline: *1/2
The Last Samurai: ***1/2
Lord of the Rings: ROTK: ***1/2
Cold Mountain: ***
Bad Santa: ***
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: **1/2
The Cooler: ***

I am doing what everyone should be doing in this thread & ONLY listing movies I saw in the theater that were REALEASED ONLY in the U.S. in 2003. And they are graded on a 1-10 scale. of coarse 10 being the best, 1 completely sucking.


1. Kill Bill - 10/10 - Everything that ciname is suppose to be.



2. Pirates Of The Caribean - 9.5/10 - Near perfect movie.


3. Old School - 9/10 : A perfect comedy


4. X2: X-men United - 8.5/10


5. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - 8/10


6. Dark Blue - 8/10

7 Identity - 7.5/10

8. Hulk - 7.5/10

9. The Matrix: Reloaded - 7/10

10. Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle - 6/10

11. Shanghai Knights - 6/10

12. Daredevil - 6/10

13. Once Upon A Time In Mexico - 6/10

14. The Hunted - 6/10

15. Cabin Fever - 6/10

16. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind - 6/10

17. Confidence - 6/10

18. Cradle 2 Grave - 5/10

19. Narc - 5/10

20. Tears of the Sun - 5/10

21. Dreamcatcher - 1/10

Out of 4 stars:
1. Kill Bill Vol.1 ****
2. City of God ****
3. Lost in Translation ****
4. 21 Grams ****
5. Mystic River ****
6. Once Upon a Time in Mexico ***1/2
7. Pirates of the Caribbean ***1/2
8. Master and Commander ***1/2
9. Bad Boys 2 ***
10. 28 Days Later ***
11. Terminator 3 **1/2
12. The Italian Job **1/2
13. American Wedding **1/2
14. Hulk **1/2
15. The Matrix Reloaded **1/2
16. S.W.A.T **1/2
17. Freddy vs Jason **
18. Bulletproof Monk *1/2
19. Final Destination 2 *1/2

1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2. City of God (Brazil)
3. Kill Bill
4. House of Sand and Fog
5. Lost in Translation
6. Mystic River
7. Dirty Pretty Things
8. Magdalene Sisters
9. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
10. Whale Rider

A great year for movies! Good enough that I'm obligated to add a 2nd 10 of honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)...

American Splendor
Calendar Girls
The Cooler
The Gatekeeper
He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
In America
Monster
Owning Mahowny
Swimming Pool
21 Grams

I also liked Elephant, Irreversible, Master and Commander, 28 Days Later, Finding Nemo, School of Rock and Better Luck Tomorrow, but I'm out of space.

This is my final update for 2003. Hopefully 2004 will be just as good.

2003 Films: 99
2002 Films*: 82
Pre-2002 Films*: 58
Short Films: 100

001. My Architect: A Son's Journey
002. Olympia (1936-38) LR
003. Ikiru (1952)
004. Etre et Avoir (To Be and To Have) (2002) SilD
005. The General (1926)
006. La Belle et la bête (1946)
007. Andrei Rublyov (1966)
008. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1973) WH
009. Once Upon A Time in the West (1968)
010. City of God (2002)*
011. Russian Ark (2002)
012. Fitzcarraldo (1982) WH
013. In this World (2002) HRW
014. Triplettes de Belleville, Les
015. Stalker (1979)
016. Strangers on a Train (1951) H/U
017. Dr Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
018. It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) (70mm)
019. The Tulse Luper Suitases, Episode 3. Antwerp (Ep. 3,4)
020. Ten (2002)*
021. My Voyage to Italy (1999) WI
022. The Tracker (2002)
023. House of Sand and Fog
024. Big Fish
025. Japón (2001) LAFF
026. American Splendor
027. All That Jazz (1979)
028. The Pianist (2002)
029. Alexei and the Spring (2002) EFF
030. Ônibus 174 (2002)* FFDC
031. Silent Lives: Hidden Children and their Rescuers (2002)
032. Gloomy Sunday (1999)*
033. Yossi and Jagger (2002)*
034. Peter Pan
035. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
036. Girl with the Pearl Earring EU
037. El Alamein - The Linefire (2002) WI
038. The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part I: The Moab Story (Ep. 1-3)
039. The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Reifenstahl (1993) LR
040. The Station Agent
041. The Barbarian Invasions
042. Alien (Director's Cut) (1979/2003)
043. The Fog of War
044. Elephant
045. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2002)*
046. Marnie (1964) H/U
047. Solaris (1972)
048. Madadayo (1993)
049. Embrace Me (2001) WJFF
050. The Child I Never Was (Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen) (2002) RA
051. The Green Butchers (2002) EU
052. A Birch Tree Meadow WJFF
053. The Man Who Sued God (2001) Aus
054. Demonlover (2002)*
055.The Man Without A Past (2002)*
056. Frenzy (1972) H/U
057. The Pied Piper (Krysar) (1986) A CHF
058. La Dolce Vita (1960)
059. Whale Rider (2002)* EFF
060. Fate ignoranti, Le (His Secret Life) (2001)
061. Mein Bruder, der Vampir (My Brother the Vampire)(2002)
062. Vendredi soir (Friday Night) (2002)*
063. Step Into Liquid
064. Shattered Glass
065. Lost In Translation
066. High and Low (1963)
067. Merci Docteur Rey (2002) RA
068. Freaks (1932)
069. in america
070. Caiman's Dream (2001) CA
071. Mamma Roma (1962)
072. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
073. Morvern Callar (2002)
074. 25th Hour (2002)
075. Mystic River
076. Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)
077. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
078. Almost Peaceful (2002) WJFF
079. Riversense TM
080. Sans Soleil (1983) CM
081. Orphans of Mathare SilD
082. Topaz (1969) H/U
083. Zajaneh (The Ladies') (2002) SilD
084. Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary (2002)* FFDC
085. Peuple migrateur, Le (Winged Migration) (2001)*
086. Swimming Pool (2002)*
087. Divine Intervention (2001)*
088. Spellbound (2002)*
089. Beyond Hitler's Grasp
090. Provence United (2002) IFF
091. Shanghai Ghetto (2002)
092. Irreversible (2002)*
093. Raising Victor Vargas (2002)*
094. Oasis (2002) FFDC
095. Blue Car (2001)*
096. Stevie (2002)*
097. Bad Santa
098. Decalage Horaire (Jet Lag) (2002)* FFDC
099. Da zui xia/Daa chui hap (Come Drink With Me) (1966) FFDC
100. Spider (2002)*
101. Finding Nemo
102. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)*
103. Kill Bill Vol. 1
104. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (2002)
105. Always Wanted to Be A Saint EU
106. Under Water (2002) WJFF
107. Thirteen
108. For the Children (2002) FFDC
109. L' Homme du Train (2002)*
110. The Handcuff King (2002) EU
111. Horns and Halos (2002)*
112. Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (The Girl from Paris) (2001)*
113. Dracula (1931)
114. Bhopal Express (2001)
115. Holes
116. Moi et mon blanc (Me and My White Guy) NVA
117. I Capture the Castle (2002)*
118. L' Auberge Espagnole (2002)*
119. A Tree of Palme (2001) JA
120. Kukushka (The Cuckoo) (2002)*
121. The Cooler (2002)*
122. Si-Gueriki: The Queen Mother (2002) NVA
123. Bonhoeffer
124. Klassenfahrt (School Trip) (2002)
125. Berlin: Symphony of a City (1927)
126. All the Real Girls (2002)*
127. The Mirror (1974)
128. Ghosts of the Abyss (Imax 3D)
129. The Good Thief (2002)*
130. X2: X-Men United
131. Mambo Italiano
132. The School of Rock
133. Cold Mountain
134. Looney Tunes Back In Action
135. Wade Davis: The Explorer (2002) TM
136. The Bride With the White Hair (1993) HK
137. A Mighty Wind
138. Marooned in Iraq (2002)*
139. 28 Days Later (2002)*
140. Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002) (Imax)
141. True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers (2002)
142. Guns of Navarone (1961)
143. Neco z Alenky (Alice) (1988)
144. My Life Without Me (2002)*
145. Matchstick Men
146. Anger Management
147. Camp
148. The Heart of Me (2002)* FFDC
149. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)*
150. Laurel Canyon (2002)*
151. Le Mariage de Alex (Alex's Wedding) NVA
152. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
153. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
154. Cremaster 1 (1995)
155. Identity
156. The Holy Land
157. Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door (2001)*
158. Quai des Ofevres (1947)
159. Lubovnik (The Lover) (2002)
160. Madame Sata (2002)*
161. Umur (2002) EU
162. The Secret Lives of Dentists
163. Freaky Friday
164. The Human Stain
165. Sylvia
166. Die Mommie Die!
167. Seabiscuit
168. Matrix: Reloaded
169. Veronica Guerin
170. Charlotte Sometimes (2002)*
171. Cremaster 2 (1999)*
172. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
173. Fleur du mal, La (Flower of Evil)
174. Alai Payuthey (Waves) (2000) FFDC
175. Freddy Vs. Jason
176. Runaway Jury
177. Full Time Killer (2001) HK
178. Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle
179. House of 1000 Corpses
180. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
181. Le Roi Danse (2000) F
182. Bugs!(Imax-3D)
183. Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (2002) DCUFF
184. Los Lunes al Sol (Mondays in the Sun) (2002)*FFDC
185. The Quiet American (2002)
186. Bollywood / Hollywood (2002)* FFDC
187. Secondhand Lions
188. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
189. Underworld
190. Brother Bear
191. Once Upon A Time in the Midlands (2002)*
192. Down With Love
193. How Harry Became A Tree (2001)
194. Antwone Fisher (2002)
195. Space Station (Imax-3D) (2002)*
196. The Last Samurai
197. Eden's Curve RA
198. Calendar Girls
199. Once Upon A Time in Mexico
200. That's Entertainment Part II (1976)
201. Tattoo (2002)*
202. The Hours (2002)
203. The Shape of Things
204. Shanghai Knights
205. Matrix: Revolutions
206. The Italian Job (wip)
207. The Ballad of Bering Strait (2002)*
208. The Safety of Objects (2001)*
209. Lost in La Mancha (2001)*
210. Taqasim (1999) WJFF
211. Season of Youth
212. Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)*
213. Love Actually
214. Havana (1990) FFDC
215. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
216. Miss Entebbe WJFF
217. Dancing on the Moon
218. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)*
219. Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
220. Drumline (2002)
221. Phone Booth (2002)*
222. Nos Miran (They're Watching) (2002) EU
223. Timeline
224. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
225. Narc
226. Under the Tuscan Sun
227. The Singing Detective
228. Assassination Tango (2002)*
229. Basic
230. La Fiebre del Loco (Loco Fever) (2001) FFDC
231. Intolerable Cruelity
232. Gods and Generals
233. The Guru (2002)*
234. Daredevil
235. The Recruit
236. Tears of the Sun
237. How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
238. Dreamcatcher
239. Paycheck
240. Darkness Falls
241. Alex & Emma

Short Films

01. Left Behind (2002) SilD
02. 1300CC A SMST
03. The Pit, the Pendulum, and Hope (1983) JS/CHF
04. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) SSFC
05. New Scenes from America (Nye Scener Fra Amerika) (2002) SilD
06. Petite Lumiere (Little Light) (2002) NVA
07. Vincent (1982) A TAS
08. He Dances For His Cormorants (1993) TM
09. Hide Your Words (Harfhayat Ra Penhan Kon) (2002) SilD
10. Pure TM
11. 200 Dirhams (2002) CAC
12. Captive, Waiting... (Asir, Entezar) (2002) SilD
13. Rejected (2002) A TAS
14. Minnie Yancey TM
15. Leonard (2001) SSFC
16. Billy's Balloon (1998) A TAS
17. I Used to Be A Filmmaker (2003) SilD
18. A Drink in the Passage (1997) NVA
19. You Forgot Your Shoes (1997) TM
20. At the Border (2002) SilD
21. The Inbreds A SMST
22. The Last Theft (Posledni Lup) CHF
23. Welcome to the Show/Intermission in the Third Dimension/The End of the Show (2003) A TAS
24. Dream Machine ((2000) DCUFF
25. Ah L'Amour A SMST
26. Pret-a-porter Imm Ali (2001) CAC
27. River Runners (1995) TM
28. Emergency Announcement (2003) DCUFF
29. Life As It Is (Prosto Zhizn) (2002) SilD
30. Rapbizz (2002) NVA
31. The Fall of the House of Usher (1980) A JS/CHF
32. Pass it On A SMST
33. Unscrew (2001) SSFC
34. Jean Fares (2001) CAC
35. Strange Invaders (2001) A TAS
36. Down to the Cellar (1983) JS/CHF
37. The Bread (2000) CAC
38. La Course À L'AbÎme (1982) A TAS
39. Parking (2002) A TAS
40. Aki's Story TM
41. Refrigerator Art A SMST
42. Click, Clack, Moo! Cows That Type (2001)A FFDC
43. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (2002) SilD
44. Roads Narrow (2002) DCUFF
45. Family (2002) SSFC
46. Capelito Papá (2000)AFFDC
47. Masturbation: Putting the Fun Back Into Self-Loving (2002) DCUFF
48. Happy Tree Friends (6 shorts) A SMST
49. The Choir (2002) SSFC
50. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight (2002)A FFDC
51. Hawa Beirut (2002) CAC
52. Biscuit the Climbing Canine TM
53. Mars and Beyond (excerpts) (1957) A TAS
54. Albie: Quick On The Draw (2002)A FFDC
55. Nougat (Parts 1 and 2) A SMST
56. Roofsex A SMST
57. Katedra (The Cathedral) (2001) A TAS
58. Final Flight of the Osiris A
59. Yoko! Jakamoto! Toto!: The Scary Monster (2002) A FFDC
60. Das Rad (2001) A TAS
61. Slo-Mo (2001) DCUFF
62. Lunar Jig (2001) A SSFC
63. Castle of Otranto (1977) A+Live Action JS/CHF
64. Like Twenty Impossibles (2003) CAC
65. Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (2002) SilD
66. Fifty Percent Grey (2001) A TAS
67. In the Red (2002)DCUFF
68. That Bastard Race DCUFF
69. Shh A SMST
70. The Doll A SMST
71. A Night In the Gilman (2000) A DCIFF
72. Cubism A SMST
73. Master Libation (2002)DCUFF
74. Love is a Four Letter Word (2002) SSFC
75. Pickles Day Out A SMST
76. Sharony! (2000) DCUFF
77. Getting Stronger Everyday (2001) DCUFF
78. 6 New Vignettes by Bill Plympton A SMST
79. Sun And Cloud (2001)A FFDC
80. 3D Trick Pony DCUFF
81. The Lucky Dip (2002)A FFDC
82. F--k Her Gently A SMST
83. The Three Pigs A SMST
84. The Adventures of Ricardo (3 segments) A TAS
85. Pulse (2002) DCUFF
86. The Fine Arts DCUFF
87. Well Well Well (2002) DCUFF
88. No Neck Joe A SMST
89. Mt. Head (2002) A TAS
90. Teach Me A SMST
91. Coco the Junkie Pimp 3: Revenge of the Junki SMST
92. Pencil Tests and Other Experiments [including 'Hush?' (1991) and 'Office Space'] (1990) A TAS
93. Is Your Mama A Llama? (2001)A FFDC
94. Rowdy TM
95. Five F--king Fables A SMST
96. Ident (1989) A TAS
97. Gack Gack A SMST
98. Chronicle of Georgian Mountaineering TM
99. Undress DCUFF
100. A Father and Son Chat SMST



* denotes US commercial release in 2003

Aus: 'New from Australia' showcase
CAC: Contemporary Arab Cinema Showcase
CHF: Czech Horror and Fantasy
CM: Chris Marker retrospective
HK: 'Made in Hong Kong' Festival
HRW: Human Rights Watch 2003 International Film Festival (London)
H/U: 'Hitchcock at Univeral' retrospective
EFF: Environmental Film Festival
CA: Cine AmericaArtes
F: Francophonie Film Festival
FFDC: Filmfest DC
DCIFF: DC Independent Film Festival
DCUFF: DC Underground Film Festival
EU: European Union Film Festival
IFF: Israeli Film Festival
JA: Festival of Japan Animation
JS: Jan Svankmajer retrospective
LAFF: Latin American Film Festival
LR: Leni Reifenstahl retrospective
NVA: New Visions of Africa Film Festival
RA: Reel Affirmations Film Festival
SMST: Spike and Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation
SSFC: Scottish Short Film Collection
SilD: SilverDocs (Discovery Channel/AFI Documentary Film Festival)
TAS: 'The Animation Show'
TM: Telluride Mountainfilm World Tour
WH: Werner Herzog Retrospective
WI: 'Washington, Italia' (Italian Film Festival)
WJFF: Washington Jewish Film Festival

A: Animated short
WIP: Work in Progress print

First Time Non-Theatrical viewings:
79 Films



The Freshman(1925)
For Heaven's Sake
Speedy
The Kid Brother
Metropolis (Restoration) (1927)
Dersu Uzala
The Great Escape
Hero (Ying xiong)
The Magnificent Seven
Fantastic Planet
Emploi du temps, L' (Time Out)
Casino Royale
The Navigators
Get Carter (1971)
Ripley's Game
Blazing Saddles
The Reluctant Dragon
What Time is It There? (Ni neibian jidian)
Sling Blade
The Twilight Samurai
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger 4
Borstal Boy
Dead or Alive: Birds
Ichi the Killer (Koroshiya 1)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Beefcake
Airplane!
The Eye
The Party’s Over
Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion
Rikki Oh: The Story of Ricky
Golden Voyage of Sinbad
OT: Our Town
El Mar
The Slaughter Rule
Junk
Friday the 13th (unrated version)-
Marquis De Sade: Justine
The Devil’s Playground (1976)
Mondo Cane
May
The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Believer
24 Hour Party People
A Decade Under the Influence
Interstellar 555
Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha
Blue Crush
An Angel for May
Little Otik
Anita and Me
The First Nudie Musical
Say Anything-
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
Life as A House
Song of the South
Strange Fruit
Stacy
Dark Water
Ring 0: Birthday
Dead or Alive: Final
Stitch! The Movie
Suicide Club
The Storm Riders
Hell of the Living Dead (Virus)
Haxan
Absolute Beginners
Tuck Everlasting
Lengua de las Mariposas, La (Butterfly)
The Mysterious Doctor
Final Destination 2
When the Sky Falls
La Grande Bouffe
Sorority Boys
Clockstoppers
Just Married
The Core
Ordinary Decent Criminal
John Q


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http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...95#post1276861

The Last Samurai A+

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind A
25th Hour A
About Schmidt A
Old School A
Seabiscuit A
Matchstick Men A
The School of Rock A
Mystic River A
LOTR: Return of the King A
Big Fish A

Phone Booth A-
X2 A-
Finding Nemo A-
Runaway Jury A-
The Matrix Revolutions A-
Elf A-

Daredevil B+
Identity B+
The Matrix Reloaded B+
Bruce Almighty B+
Terminator 3 B+
Pirates of the Caribbean B+
S.W.A.T. B+

Chicago B
Gangs of New York B
The Recruit B
Anger Management B
The Italian Job B
The Hulk B
Bad Boys 2 B
American Wedding B
Freddy Vs. Jason B
Kill Bill B
The Rundown B

Shanghai Knights B-
Tears of the Sun B-
2 Fast 2 Furious B-
Intolerable Cruelty B-
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre B-
Master and Commander B-
Something's Gotta Give B-

Scary Movie 3 C+

Adaptation C
Confidence C

Bringing Down The House C-
The Core C-
Final Destination 2 C-
Once Upon A Time In Mexico C-
Paycheck C-

A Guy Thing D
Dreamcatcher D

Bulletproof Monk F

Just loitering....

ok for my list I am going to list movies that started in 2003 in my LOCAL theatre....like they could have opened in 2002, but they have to start in my local theatre in 2003

1.Adaptation 8/10 (excellent film)
2.Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 9.5/10
3.Shanghai Knights 6.5/10
4.Daredevil 5.0/10
5.Anger Management 7.0/10
6.House of 1,000 Corpses 5.0/10

I'm going by any movie that I saw in the theater this year, regardless of original release, and any films originally released in 2003 but I didn't catch them in the theater and watched them for the first time on dvd. A number followed by an x tells if I've seen a movie more than once, such as (2x) would mean I saw it twice in a theater.

1.Daredevil *****
2.Old School ****1/2
3.Terminator 2 (1991) ****1/2
4.Final Destination 2 ****
5.Narc (2002) (2x) ****
6.Darkness Falls **1/2

1. <b>The Matrix Revolutions</b>
2. The Matrix Reloaded
3. Bad Boys II
4. X-Men 2
5. Seabiscuit
6. Master and Commander
7. Daredevil
8. Pirates of the Caribbean
9. T3
10. The Last Samurai

Hee!

I have one:

1.
2.
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
4.
5.

Just thought I'd jump the gun by 12 months, yet be realistic about my rankings. Of course I probably won't see it till it comes out on DVD anyhoo.

1) Matrix: Reloaded (9/10)
2) T3 (8.5/10)
3) X-2 (8.5/10)
4) The Hulk (8/10)
5) About Schmidt (7.8/10)
6) Old School (7.5/10)
7) The Recruit (6/10)
8) 2 Fast 2 Furious (1/10)

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. The Last Samurai
3. Kill Bill Volume 1
4. The Matrix Reloaded
5. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
6. The Matrix Revolutions
7. Adaptation (2002)
8. Pirates of the Caribbean
9. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
10. Open Range
11. Radio
12. Finding Nemo
13. Once Upon A Time In Mexico
14. Underworld
15. X2: X-Men United
16. Gods and Generals
17. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
18. Daredevil

My rankings include all movies seen in the theater and on DVD (marked with an asterisk) for the calendar year Jan 1 through Dec 31.

Fresh
1) Matchstick Men
2) Lost in Translation
3) Kill Bill vol. 1
4) Finding Nemo*
5) Whale Rider
6) The Matrix Reloaded
7) Chicago (2002)
8) City of God (2002)
9) The Good Thief*
10) Better Luck Tomorrow
11) The Cooler
12) Matrix Revolutions
13) Love Actually
14) Auberge espagnole, L' (2002)
15) X2: X-Men United
16) Cowboy Bebop (2001)
17) Spider*
18) Bend it Like Beckham (2002)*
19) About Schmidt (2002)
20) Old School*
21) The Italian Job*
22) Elf
23) 28 Days Later*

Rotten
24) Daredevil*
25) Bruce Almighty
26) Hulk*
27) Shanghai Knights

*Seen for the first time on DVD

***my 2003 rankings

Daredevil 4 stars out of 5

2003 as seen by me.
 

BEST FILM OF 2003:


ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT

Flag staked..........


-Seabiscuit
-Bruce Almighty
-Tears of The Sun
-SWAT
-Pirates of the Carribbean
-Secondhand Lions
-Catch Me if You Can (all right, I know it opened in 2002!)
-Bringing Down the House
-Shanghai Knights
-Drumline
-Hollywood Homicide
-Spy Kids 3-D (BAD!)

Out of 5 stars

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the king ****1/2
Big Fish ****1/2
The Matrix Reloaded ****
The Matrix Revolutions ****
Kill Bill ****
School of Rock ****
X2 ****
28 Days Later ****
Mystic River ****
Catch Me if You Can ****
Identity ****
Pirates of the Carribbean ****
Matchstick Men ****
Runaway Jury ***1/2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico ***1/2
Underworld ***1/2
Phone Booth ***1/2
Gothika ***
DareDevil ***
Adaptation ***
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 ***
LXG ***
Final Destination 2 **1/2
Freddy vs Jason **1/2 (great fun though!)
Dreamcatcher **

chicago **** movie of the year
Biker Boyz **1/2 Decent funny biker flick.
spirited away ****
shanghigh knights 2 ***
bruce almighty
catch me if you can ***
cowboy bebop ****
x men 2 *
matrix reloaded *** 1/2
daredevil *** 1/2
the pianist **
punch drunk love no stars
willard ***
the italian job ***
finding nemo ****
phone booth ***1/2 not long enough
t3 *** too many plot holes
bad boys 2 ***1/2 too long
seabiscuit ****
freddy vs. Jason ****
Kill Bill **** 2003's best movie of the year so far
texas chainsaw massachre **** better and scarier then the original